Star Trek: The Motion Picture
With the impending release of Star Trek Into Darkness, now would seem to be an opportune time to have look back at the previous films in the series. To date there have been eleven films in total cove...
Category Archives: Sci-Fi
Elysium – First Look
Back in 2009 I was blown away by a little film called District 9, which was my first experience of Writer / Director Neil Blomkamp. Today I came across the trailer for his new feature about which I h...
The Gang’s All Here!
The gossip mill around Episode VII has been rolling pretty solidly this year. We have the involvement of JJ Abrams and Harrison Ford confirming he’ll be back. Now hot on the back of Carrie Fi...
Star Wars Prequel Trilogy Revisited
When you mention you’re a Star Wars fan to anyone outside your normal social circle, you tend to get one of two reactions. One is the “Eurgh, what did I just step on?” look as they incons...
Sleeper
By 1973 Woody Allen was a firm favourite with Cinema going audiences. Although not yet feted as a master by the critical community his films were highly successful at the box office. That’s not...
JJ Abrams to Helm Star Wars 7!
I don’t know what to say! I’m stunned! If he does anywhere near as good a job as he has been doing for Star Trek we could be in for a treat! Just Fanboy Wow! I got the news from The Wrap....
Looper
Time travel films require a certain amount of faith on the part of the viewer. If you are willing to accept the premises presented then all is well. In some films thinking a bit too much about the sc...
AVPR: Aliens Vs Predator – Requiem
The journey has certainly been eventful. From its initial beginnings in 1979, the Alien and Predator franchises have had their highs and lows. It was always going to be a tall order to follow-up on t...
Prometheus (2012)
1979’s Alien is a bona fide classic of science fiction cinema and has spawned umpteen sequels, video games, comic books and other media and has since merged into the Predator universe with the ...
Red Planet
In the next thirty years mankind will face its biggest challenge. Population will spiral out of control, resources will begin to dwindle and pollution will start to kill the Earth. How will we react?...