It’s like death – but with a safety net!” Lily the therapist [If you’re looking for my 4-star review, it’s here] Normally here I would list who dies, and the generally horrible ways this happens, and I will do this; though in ClearMind people never really die as it’s a simulation. And one person –… Still game: life and death in ClearMind Read More
Lab Rat (short film) Short Film 4 stars
Two lovers find themselves on opposite sides of a deadly AI experiment. I love dystopian science fiction shorts, not least because all the gloomy dark corridors mean I have to actually clean my my computer screen properly to work out what’s going on. Lab Rat is a compelling and immensely satisfying example of the genre… Lab Rat (short film) Read More
Singularity 1.5 stars
This is a story about mankind versus machine, as killer robots patrol the earth and the few human survivors dream of Aurora – a semi-mythical stronghold in the north, free of all robots. Yes, even those little Roombas which do the hoovering for you. It’s 2020 and VA Industries, the world’s biggest robotics company, has… Singularity Read More