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Chappie
As big brains like Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk warn of the threat of artificial intelligence, it’s no surprise that it’s as popular- a subject as ever in the film world, with two films coming out...
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Akira
Often credited with bringing anime to Western attention, 1988’s Akira is a landmark of Japanese animation. The plot, which follows a biker gang in post-World War III Neo-Tokyo, borders on incoherence....
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Doomsday
As the polls close on today’s tedious general election, let’s take a look at an equally unexciting movie – Neil Marshall’s Doomsday. I’m a big Neil Marshall fan – Dog Soldiers was brilliant and The...
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The Mad Max Quadrilogy
As Mad Max: Fury Road roars into cinemas, let’s take a look at George Miller’s dystopian franchise, set in a post-apocalyptic Australia where all that survived armageddon is leather. Mad Max (1979) We...
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Solaris
In the immortal words of Boney M: “Oh, those Russians…” One can’t help but agree with the sentiment when watching Solaris, a three-hour Soviet sci-fi slog. Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) is sent to an...
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Following on directly from the events of Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock is a 90 minute undoing of that film’s ending. At the end of the second film Spock’s corpse was unceremoniously ejected from...
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On iPlayer: Quatermass 2
1957 sci-fi Quatermass 2 (AKA Enemy from Space) is available on iPlayer – for the next 7 hours. So get a move on. Hammer’s sequel to The Quatermass Xperiment sees the return of Brian Donlevy as the...
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Star Trek V: The Final Front Ear
Shortly after the end of The Voyage Home, recently demoted Captain Kirk is on shore leave with McCoy and Spock while a new Enterprise is kitted out. Then there’s a standard Star Trek ‘ship not ready,...
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Terminator Genisys
This sequel/prequel/cannot unsee-quel to The Terminator (and possibly T2. Pretend 3 and 4 didn’t happen) starts in familiar territory with everyone’s favourite futuristic super-soldier Kyle Reese...
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
Charlton Heston plays Taylor, an astronaut on a long mission away from earth. After 2000 earth years (1.5 years to them) he and his crew crash-land on a strange planet, where the humans are treated...
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The Martian
If you were stranded on a deserted planet, what would be your first move? Find food? Secure oxygen? Build yourself a robot friend? Matt Damon plays such a person, astronaut Mark Watney – an authentic...
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The Lobster
Colin Farrell channels Dougal McGuire, as he checks in to a dystopian spa, where he has 45 days to find a romantic partner or else be turned into an animal of his choosing. Let’s call it The Love...
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… I won’t give any plot details here as you can probably guess the kind of things that happen and I don’t want to give too much away, but all I need to say...
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Wide-mouthed eighth wonder of the ancient world Charlton Heston is back in this sequel to the iconic sci fi film. It sees a new astronaut arrive on the mysterious planet (*cough* Earth), who finds his...
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes was a hard act to follow. Not least because the entire planet was destroyed at the end. The fact this film isn’t called Floating Space Rubble of the Planet of the Apes is...
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
From 1972, this is the fourth instalment in the Planet of the Apes series – not to be confused with South Thanet of the Apes, a documentary about UKIP supporters. By 1991, all the cats and dogs have...
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The Fly II
The Fly II opens with a birth similar to the gruesome dream sequence in the original, but this time it’s for real and it’s the offspring of the original mad scientist, Seth Brundle. Will he turn out...
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Top of the Flops 4: R.I.P.D.
The Rest in Peace Department is responsible for hunting down dead souls that refuse to leave the mortal realm. It’s staffed by dead cops from a range of times and places, leading to the mismatched...
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Zardoz
In the year 2293, lesser humans called Brutals farm the decrepit Earth to feed the Eternals, who live forever in the luxurious Vortex. Until one day, Sean Connery (in his most celebrated role)...
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Midnight Special
When it comes to lazy naming conventions, the prefix Midnight is second only to American – Midnight Cowboy, Midnight Run and now Midnight Special. The film opens with two men and a child (Michael...
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