The Terminator
1984 proved a mixed year for sci-fi – some successful (Ghostbusters), some flops (Dune) and some no one remembers at all (a 2001 sequel called 2010). But none had such […]
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Conan the Destroyer
Burly Barbarian Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent to rescue the niece (Olivia d’Abo) of Queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) with the promise of his lost love being returned to him. He’s […]
Broadway Danny Rose
It’s hard to review a Woody Allen movie in the current climate without it seeming like we’re trying to make a point, so please rest assured there is no point. […]
Snowpiercer
Chris Evans stars in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi set on a train that never stops running. Told you it was sci-fi. This 2013 tracktion movie follows the revolutionary lower-class tail-section passengers […]
Dune
In the same way the Star Trek TV show facilitated the aggrandisement of space adventures which allowed Star Wars to be made, which in turn proved the genre could be […]
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Following on directly from the events of Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock is a 90 minute undoing of that film’s ending. At the end of the second film […]
LGBT History Month: Before Stonewall
Before Stonewall is a 1984 documentary about life for LGBT people before the infamous 1967 riots that began the gay liberation movement. In this fascinating and eye-opening documentary we see […]
The Brother From Another Planet
This blaxploitation sci fi asks what would happen if an alien arrived who looked like a black man and instead of landing in a blaze of media to speak to […]
Once Upon a Time in America
This is Sergio Leone’s gangster tale of epic proportions which follows a group of friends from their New York childhood in the 1920s through their underworld dealings over the next […]
Strictly Classified Part 1: Nineteen Eighty-Four
With revelations about the NSA’s programme of spying on US citizens earlier this year, we have never been more watched, and the security versus privacy debate has never been more […]
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