The Core
When electromagnetic disturbances in Earth’s atmosphere start causing problems, the cause is traced to an anomaly in the planet’s core. Fortunately the technology required to tunnel to the core and […]
Tag Archives: sci-fi
Melancholia
It’s Justine’s (Kirsten Dunst) wedding day at a remote country house, but she’s feeling uneasy and the situation rapidly goes pear shaped. Her sister, Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), tries to pull […]
Slaughterhouse-Five
This is not a horror film, much to the confusion of the staff at my local HMV, who put it in the horror section presumably based on the title alone. […]
The War of the Worlds (1953)
This classic film is a classic adaptation of the classic novel by H.G. Wells. When mysterious meteors crash land on earth, aliens emerge in seemingly invincible spacecraft and wage war […]
Antiviral
When Duncan Jones, the offspring of David Bowie, made a low budget sci-fi film, it was met with some surprise. Less shocking is Brandon Cronenberg’s foray into the genre, as […]
Blog: 5 Best Sci Fi Sex Scenes
If there’s anything sexier than science fiction I’ve yet to come across it. No pun intended. It’s unsurprising, then, that the genre has given us some amazing sex scenes. Here’s […]
Gravity
Three astronauts are doing a space walk on the exterior of a satellite orbiting the earth, but when a debris storm damages their craft they are sent adrift in space. […]
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
I’ve never seen a Planet of the Apes movie before, put off by the dodgy rubber masks and by having watched five minutes of the Tim Burton one. Yet Andy […]
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 […]
The Day the Earth Stood Still
In this 1951 sci fi classic a mysterious spaceship lands in the heart of Washington DC. A man emerges proclaiming that he has come in peace, and is apprehended by […]
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