Category Archives: Science Fiction/Fantasy

Pixels review — It’s pretty bad, folks

Directed by Chris Columbus, written by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, based on a short film by Patrick Jean There was no way I could miss the critical drubbing Pixels received when it opened last weekend. Reviews were practically unanimous in their negative assessment of the film, from one side of the critical community to…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS Ep. 10 — BUGS!!!

Stephen Cooke and I dug into a few creepy-crawly insect movies, inspired by seeing  Ant-Man. Other titles up for discussion in the newest podcast include Them!, Tarantula, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Kingdom of Spiders, The Swarm, The Fly, Arachnophobia, Matinee, Angels & Insects, Starship Troopers, and Enemy! Go here for podcast #10Read More

Self/less review — Immortality for dummies

Written by Tarsem Singh, Written by David Pastor and Alex Pastor In the midst of a summer crammed with fantasy franchises, sequels, and prequels, comes this oddity, a free-standing scifi thriller starring Ben Kingsley and Ryan Reynolds, with a plot that channels elements of both John Frankenheimer's Seconds and an obscure Mick Jagger picture, Freejack. It's…Read More

Jurassic World review — Better off extinct

Directed by Colin Trevorrow, Written by Trevorrow, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Derek Connolly, based on the Michael Crichton book Jurassic Park Wherein a superhero dinosaur, genetically engineered to be bigger, smarter, and tougher than all who came before, finds freedom from enslavement, then crushes and eats all who oppressed her. It's a tale of redemption,…Read More

5 (+1) Reasons The Time Is Right For #HellboyIII

If you've trawled the nerdier corners of the Internet in the past week or so you can't have missed Ron Perlman's Twitter campaign to fan the flames for a third Hellboy movie. The first two, Hellboy, and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, are adaptations of Mike Mignola's celebrated graphic novels, written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. They…Read More