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On The Radio This Morning: Giles Fraser Delights In The Oncoming Dark Age Of...
Giles Fraser is an odd sort of theologian. I've found he's said some quite interesting things in the past and apparently he's quite keen on social justice, but this morning I must say that I was rather...
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Rewatch of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2"
Yeah, I watched it again. What can I say? I guess I'm a fan.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) - RewatchOn a second watch it seems that I prefer the second half to the first half. In the first half we...
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"In Your Hands" Is Yet Another Film Elevated By Kristin Scott Thomas'...
In Your Hands (2010)It has tended to be a good sign for any film if it has Kristin Scott Thomas in it recently. Even if you don't like the film, you're likely to find Scott Thomas is fantastic anyway:...
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Self-Aware Slasher "You're Next" Has A Remarkable Ending Which Forces You To...
You're Next (2011)I can now see why this film received such a varied response. Some seemed to decry it as a sub-standard slasher flick. While others claimed it was subverting the genre 'Cabin In The...
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The 2014 Version Of Godzilla Is An Awesome Monster. The Movie, However, Is...
Godzilla (2014)When I first heard about this film it sounded like one of those crazy internet rumours. Garth Edwards had managed to produce a quite stunning film using a combination of appropriate...
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Why I Often Hate Ghost Films.... And A Review Of "Fragile"...
Fragile (2005)I decided to check this out because it's a film from Jaume Balaguero, one of the director's of the REC film series currently working on "REC 4: Apocalypse". His latest film "Sleep Tight"...
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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 1: "Elysium" Tries To Match Blomkamp's Debut...
I've got a whole bunch of reviews I need to add to my blog and quite a few of them are sci-fi flicks. Here's the first of the bunch.Elysium (2013)Well frankly anyone criticising this film for its left...
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A Trailer Is Out For "Kingsman" Matthew Vaughn's Upcoming "Secret Service"...
Starring Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson. Looks like this will do for spy thrillers what Kick-Ass did for superhero films.(video link)And just a quick reminder of what this...
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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 2: "Philadelphia Experiment" Has Dated, But Has...
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)An experiment intended to make a ship invisible to radar during the second world war ends up sending two of the crew forward in time. In modern times, when the crew...
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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 3: "Melancholia" Is My First Ever Lars Von...
Melancholia (2011)This is the first Lars Von Trier film I have ever seen. I've heard mixed reports on his films, so it seemed to make sense to start with a sci-fi title.I had heard that the initial...
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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 4: "Soylent Green" Is A Must-See Sci-Fi Classic.
Soylent Green (1973)It has been a long time since I saw "Soylent Green" and while I definitely watched it to the end the first time around I didn't remember being blown away by it. I seem to remember...
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X-Men Movie Series Rewatch
My views on the movies in the X-Men franchise are rather mixed. On the one hand I consider it a far more promising series from the early 00s era than the Blade movies or Raimi's Spider-Man. On the...
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"X-Men: Days Of Future Past" Mostly Avoids Being A Convoluted Jumble Of...
X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014)Well that about wraps up everything. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" didn't happen since a young Stryker turns up here in completely the wrong place. And even "The...
View ArticleNew Awesome Jeremy Renner Movie: "Kill The Messenger"
Jeremy Renner has had a string of unsuitable roles over the past few years. I don't think he gels well with action movies, but he has already proved himself to be awesome in serious dramas. This looks...
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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 5: "Fantastic Planet" Is An Inventive But Silly...
Fantastic Planet (1973)A bizarre cartoon about a world where humans are either pets or pests to gigantic blue aliens. The initial scene involves a mother with her child being tormented like insects...
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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 6: "Demon Seed" - Intriguing Concept And...
Demon Seed (1977)Many many years ago, at the end of a videotape after a film that we'd intentionally recorded, I discovered this strange science fiction film. The film had been broadcast as part of the...
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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 7: "Shadowzone" Is Low Budget Horror Relying...
Shadowzone (1990)I went into this expecting an underrated gem. I believe this is from a studio known for low budget work and, if this was a low budget flick then I guess they did pretty well. It's a...
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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 8: "Beyond The Black Rainbow" Is Beautiful And...
Beyond The Black Rainbow (2010)This is an odd film. Right from the start I was rather frustrated by what appeared to be the most boring advertisement possible for some kind of New Age facility. Using a...
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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 9: "Machete Kills" Takes The Craziness Up A Few...
Machete Kills (2013)I feel very misled by the negative reviews of Robert Rodriguez' sequel to Machete. As with the original, it is a tongue-in-cheek spoof. This time, however, things are that little...
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