The Martian
The Martian feels like something I’ve seen before. Perhaps because it plays out like Tom Hanks has been Castaway in Apollo 13, if that cinematic mash-up were written by a team of […]
Category Archives: Sci-fi
Cider and Cinema: The Terminator
Tonight’s cider is by my favourite cider brand – Rekorderlig. This Swedish company does THE BEST pear cider I’ve ever found – it’s my absolute favourite – and they also […]
Lucy
Remember when Luc Beson was awesome? Remember Leon? One of the BEST FILMS ever made. Well, Lucy is a long way from that. The basic premise for anyone who hasn’t […]
Real Steel
In the near future boxing, as we know it, will be a thing of the past. Instead we’ll have robot boxing. Yep. Robot. Boxing. Hugh Jackman (ah, lovely Hugh) stars […]
Coherence
Ages ago our good friend Eric came over here and was all like ‘hey, you have to watch Coherence, it’s really great and I think you’ll like it’ or some such. […]
2001: A Space Odyssey
Scoring an impressive 8.3 on IMDB and 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, 2001: A Space Odyssey, is Stanley Kubrick’s enigmatic and mysterious 1971 offering. It’s safe to say I had quite […]
Bad horror: The Blackout
Dear lord, why oh why do I put myself through this? My quest for good Christmas horror (so far I’ve only found Black Christmas and P2) continues in vain. Blackout […]
Night of the Creeps
Fred Dekker’s 1986 B-movie, Night of the Creeps, is a loving homage to the genre films of the 1950s. It follows two lovable losers and college newbies, Chris and J.C., […]
Under the Skin
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Under the Skin, having heard some incredibly mixed reviews, so I was pleasantly surprised by what I found. Scarlett Johansson stars as a […]
The Stuff
So, the Stuff is addictive, it makes people crazy, violent and then they seem to become very fragile (because just one punch and they seem to shatter and break into […]
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