Star Wars: The Force Awakens
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… I won’t give any plot details here as you can probably guess the kind of things that happen and […]
Tag Archives: sci-fi
The Lobster
Colin Farrell channels Dougal McGuire, as he checks in to a dystopian spa, where he has 45 days to find a romantic partner or else be turned into an animal of […]
The Martian
If you were stranded on a deserted planet, what would be your first move? Find food? Secure oxygen? Build yourself a robot friend? Matt Damon plays such a person, astronaut […]
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Charlton Heston plays Taylor, an astronaut on a long mission away from earth. After 2000 earth years (1.5 years to them) he and his crew crash-land on a strange planet, where […]
Terminator Genisys
This sequel/prequel/cannot unsee-quel to The Terminator (and possibly T2. Pretend 3 and 4 didn’t happen) starts in familiar territory with everyone’s favourite futuristic super-soldier Kyle Reese being sent back in […]
Star Trek V: The Final Front Ear
Shortly after the end of The Voyage Home, recently demoted Captain Kirk is on shore leave with McCoy and Spock while a new Enterprise is kitted out. Then there’s a […]
On iPlayer: Quatermass 2
1957 sci-fi Quatermass 2 (AKA Enemy from Space) is available on iPlayer – for the next 7 hours. So get a move on. Hammer’s sequel to The Quatermass Xperiment sees the return of Brian […]
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 […]
Solaris
In the immortal words of Boney M: “Oh, those Russians…” One can’t help but agree with the sentiment when watching Solaris, a three-hour Soviet sci-fi slog. Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) […]
The Mad Max Quadrilogy
As Mad Max: Fury Road roars into cinemas, let’s take a look at George Miller’s dystopian franchise, set in a post-apocalyptic Australia where all that survived armageddon is leather. Mad […]
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