Wizards (1977)
Following the death of their beloved mother, two wizard brothers – the good Avatar (Bob Holt) and the evil Blackwolf (Steve Gravers) – are pitched into a [...]
Sci-Fi
Iron Sky (2012)
What if the Nazis had never been defeated, but instead had escaped in 1945 and set up a colony on the dark side of moon, spending the intervening years plotting their [...]
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2014)
Captain America (Chris Evans), along with his companions Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson), and newcomer The Falcon (Anthony Mackie), are [...]
INTERSTELLAR (2014)
When viewing some films you find yourself asking whether you are missing something which everyone else appears to get: or is it simply that you fail to follow the [...]
Hell (2011)
Hell (2011), the Sci-fi / horror from producer Roland Emmerich and director Tim Fehlbaum, is aptly named. For the viewer, to watch this film starring Hannah [...]
Divergent (2014)
It’s a sign you’re getting old when you can sit through a screening of a film like Divergent (2014) – the high-tech adventure based on the [...]
Lifeforce (1985)
Lifeforce, director Tobe Hooper’s foray into space based terror, is very much a product of its time. The Sci-fi / horror starring Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, [...]
Pacific Rim (2013)
In recent years Hollywood has come to believe that in order to satisfy the paying public it must give them more bang for their buck. If this is the case it would [...]
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness dispels the general misconception that Sci-fi is, on the whole, the domain of geeks and teenagers. Here is a thinking man’s blockbuster [...]
Gravity (2013)
People who follow my reviews regularly will know by now that I have a particular bugbear – namely the incessant overuse of 3D in contemporary Hollywood blockbusters. It [...]
