Starship Troopers
Adapted from Robert A. Heinlein’s humans vs bugs novel, Starship Troopers is set in a techno fascist future where the director of Showgirls is still allowed to make movies. Director Paul […]
Tag Archives: Aliens
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 […]
Jason X
Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) goes to space in the 10th Friday the 13th movie, which they should have called Jason and the Astronauts. Sending your characters into space is a […]
Aliens
Fifty-seven years after Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) last thwarted the xenomorph she’s found alive floating through space. But her nightmare is only just beginning as she discovers her daughter is dead […]
Arrival
Look up to the skies! What’s that approaching? It’s Arrival, the new alien contact movie from Denis Villeneuve, the director of Enemy and Sicario – but don’t let that put […]
Blog: Cinematic Crescendos
It’s conventional movie wisdom that the most exciting stuff should happen at the end. But there are some films which crescendo in a notably incredible way, going from humble beginnings […]
The Five Coolest Sci-Fi Exosuits
To harness and increase the power of human movement has been one of the great aspirations of sci-fi film makers. Here’s a look at a few of their attempts… 5. […]
Avatar gets a sequel, and another…and another
We recently got an official announcement, after months of speculation, that the long-awaited Avatar sequel will be followed by not one but two more films, but is this a good […]
