Sci-Fi
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There was such a giddy sense of anticipation for Bong Joon-ho’s first English language film that ultimate disappointment seemed almost inevitable. But, where his countrymen Park Chan-wook and Kim Ji-woon… Read More
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Guillermo del Toro pits huge metal mech suits against giant creatures from a parallel dimension in his epic science-fiction beat ’em up. But is sheer spectacle enough, when the characters… Read More
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After months of anticipation, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim arrived in Hong Kong on a wave of muted praise and widespread disappointment. The feverish anticipation for the film had waned… Read More
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Futuristic Disney adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel has some interesting concepts smuggled in between servicing the source material. The alien designs are particularly good, and the action scenes… Read More
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Building on the success of the first film, the adorable and hilarious minions are given much more screen time this time around. When Gru is approached by the Anti-Villain League… Read More
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A rather baffling melange of horror, science-fiction and comedy that screams out to be embraced as a late night cult classic in the vein of Repo Man or director Don… Read More
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Made right off the back of Doctor Who and the Daleks‘ success, Peter Cushing reprises his role as the affable time traveller, who this time stays on Earth, albeit nearly… Read More
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Chilean-born Alejandro Jodorowsky is responsible for some of the weirdest, most psychedelic movies of the 1970s. His breakthrough hit was the quasi-Western El Topo which become a monster hit on… Read More
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This rather quaint soft-hearted approach to the beloved timelord sees Peter Cushing portray a human version of the time travelling space adventurer, who brings along his niece, granddaughter and the… Read More
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I only heard about this film from the special features on Arrow’s excellent Zombie Flesh Eaters disc, and it seemed the perfect late-night splatter flick. For large parts, Contamination seems… Read More
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Will Smith and son Jaden must face their fears after crashlanding on a post-apocalyptic Earth 1000 years in the future. M. Night Shyamalan directs this bland, uninspiring vanity project that… Read More
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Will Smith continues to create work for his son and heir, Jaden, this time playing on a decimated, post-apocalyptic Earth. As was the case with fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise’s recent… Read More
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I managed to miss this at a couple of different festivals last year, before finally catching up with it this week on iTunes. The feature debut from Eron Sheean stars… Read More
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Shane Carruth follows up Primer with this confounding, beautiful and endlessly intriguing examination of memory, identity and relationships. Read More
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Shane Carruth follows up his impressive, confounding 2004 time-travel mindbender, Primer, with this equally ambitious science fiction thriller. Less easy to pigeonhole, Upstream Color is the story of a young… Read More
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Having never been much of a Star Trek fan, and emotionally underwhelmed by the 2009 re-boot, I had zero expectations from J.J. Abrams’ second outing with the crew of the… Read More
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