Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island
A group of Hollywood executives defile the deceased stars of a 1970s TV series in this drivellous rehash of Fantasy Island. Currently sporting a surprisingly generous 7% on Rotten Tomatoes, […]
Tag Archives: Total Recall
Total Recall
Bored construction worker Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) seeks a quick thrill with memory implants of a spy adventure on Mars. But when the procedure goes wrong, Quaid realises he’s actually […]
Blog: Artificial Intelligence in Film
This article contains spoilers for I, Robot, Ex Machina and A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. I recently read the brilliant Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark; a look at the implications of the […]
Total Recall (2012)
Of all the movies to remake, cult films seem a particularly bad prospect. Fans don’t necessarily love the characters or stories independently of the film, they’re fans of the film […]
Alita: Battle Angel
A cyborg (Rosa Salazar) in the slums must compete in a deadly sport to reach the floating city that holds the key to her past in Alita: Battle Angel, AKA Ready […]
The 6th Day
The 6th Day is set in the near future (“sooner than you think”), when a cloning company called RePet can make genetic copies of your deceased pets so you never […]
Demolition Man
Warning: this film is going to take a bit of explaining. Demolition Man was made in 1993. Its opening is set in the then-future of 1996, where a rogue cop […]
