‘They watched so many sci-fi programmes/films and decided to copy them’ Another Life, 2019 Directed by: Mairzee Almas (two episodes), Allan Arkush (two episodes), Sheree Folkson (two episodes), Metin Huseyin (two episodes), Omar Madha (two episodes) Starring: Katee Sackhoff, Justin Chatwin, Samuel Anderson, Blu Hunt, Jake Abel, Alex Ozerov, Selma Blair After theContinue reading “TV Series Review: Another Life (2019)”
Category Archives: Sci-Fi
Classic Film Review: Aliens (1986)
‘It always amazes me when I see a film that’s older than I am look as good as this film does’ Aliens, 1986 Directed by: James Cameron Written by: James Cameron Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen This is one of those rare occasions where the sequel takes what the original created, andContinue reading “Classic Film Review: Aliens (1986)”
Film Review: Bright (2017)
Netflix Originals: Bright, 2017 Directed by: David Ayer Starring: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, Ike Barinholtz Unnecessarily racist, unnecessarily crude, unnecessarily convoluted and unnecessarily boring. Set in an alternate Los Angeles, Daryl Ward (Will Smith) and Nick Jakoby (Joel Edgerton, It Comes at Night) are two police officers (theContinue reading “Film Review: Bright (2017)”
Classic Film Review: Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner, 1982 Directed by: Ridley Scott Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos Blade Runner stars Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, a former police officer and ‘Blade Runner’ whose job was to ‘retire’ (kill) androids known as replicants, and is brought back into the police for one final job toContinue reading “Classic Film Review: Blade Runner (1982)”
Film Review: The Dark Tower (2017)
2017 in Cinema: The Dark Tower, 2017 Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee, Jackie Earle Haley Based on Stephen King’s best-selling The Dark Tower series (the first of which, The Gunslinger, is reviewed here), The Dark Tower sees Roland, the Gunslinger (Idris Elba,Continue reading “Film Review: The Dark Tower (2017)”
Steve James 