Sci-Fi

Avatar: Fire and Ash

James Cameron takes us back to Pandora for a third action-packed adventure between the Na’vi and the evil Sky People, but does the franchise still deliver that spectacle of awe… Read More
Predator: Badlands

Elle Fanning plays a bisected android who teams up with a deadly yautja predator to survive a hostile planet in Dan Trachtenberg’s latest reimagining of the science fiction action franchise,… Read More
Bugonia

Yorgos Lanthimos takes on the challenge of remaking the 2003 South Korean cult classic “Save the Green Planet” this time with Emma Stone playing the corporate CEO and Jesse Plemons… Read More
Save the Green Planet

With Yorgos Lanthimos’ remake “Bugonia” on the horizon, James & Steve decide to do a “deep dive” into the original Korean cult classic “Save the Green Planet” that inspired it.… Read More
Avatar: The Way of Water

James Cameron’s much anticipated follow up to his 2009 blockbuster, “Avatar: The Way of Water” sees Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his family on the run and seeking refuge with… Read More
Radio Rambles – Jurassic World and Sir Christopher Lee

On this week’s show I discussed the fourth film in the hugely popular dino-park films, Jurassic World, starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Vincent D’Onofrio, and then Phil and… Read More
Radio Rambles – Tomorrowland and Spy

This week on Morning Brew, I share my thoughts with Phil on Brad Bird’s futuristic love letter to Disneyworld, Tomorrowland, as well as Spy, the Melissa McCarthy/Jason Statham espionage comedy.… Read More
Parasyte – Completion

Much like how Parasyte Part 1 suffered from being all set-up, so its sequel, Parasite – Completion, is similarly hobbled by being mostly a series of climactic stand-offs and philosophical… Read More
Insurgent

Part two of the big screen adaptation of Veronica Roth’s bestselling series of YA sci-fi novels boasts a larger budget and sharper hairstyles than its predecessor, but remains incapable of… Read More
Transformers: Age of Extinction

The fourth instalment of Michael Bay’s big screen robot romp offers few surprises but an abundance of the series’ familiar tropes in another marathon-length, narratively vapid action spectacular. Bay’s trademark… Read More
Genocide

Also known as War of the Insects, this is a real sci-fi horror oddity from Criterion’s Eclipse series, When Horror Came to Shochiku, about a swarm of marauding bugs capable… Read More
REVIEW: RoboCop

For many, myself included, Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop is something of a sacred text in the world of 80s action and intelligent science-fiction cinema. It’s one of those films I saw… Read More
Things To Come

This is what happens when H.G. Wells is allowed to make a science fiction. Visually impressive, wildly prescient and stunning in its ambition. Read More
Coherence

Reminiscent of the comedy It’s A Disaster, as reimagined by Shane Carruth. A dinner party disintegrates into mind bending science-fiction, from their may be no escape. Utterly gripping stuff. Read More
Gravity

Pure cinema. Fantastically staged, inventively shot and robustly performed. Epic, intimate, claustrophobic & thrilling. See it BIG. Read my full review here. Read More
Timecrimes

I’ve enjoyed and shared Nacho Vigalondo’s debut feature many times but this was the first time I had seen it on the big screen. Fantastic Fest had a special screening… Read More
REVIEW: Elysium

Neill Blomkamp made an incredible entrance in 2009 with District 9 – a bold new voice in science fiction that used the allegory of a lingering alien invasion to discuss… Read More
Pacific Rim

On second viewing it must be conceded that Guillermo del Toro’s film is far more of a disappointment than many wee willing to admit – but still manages to be… Read More