*** Read my 3-star Moonfall review and very spoilery article about the ending here. *** Earth in peril: check. Famous landmarks in tatters: check. Looters out in force: check. Desperate “GET TO HIGHER GROUND!” instructions: check (not sure how that works, surely you’re then nearer the actual Moon, which is heading towards you?). Three plucky… Moonfall trailer: the Moon is not what we think it is! Read More
2021-set sci-fi classic Johnny Mnemonic gets new Digital HD release…
“Everybody and his mother wants to kill me!” The new Digital HD release is out this May, as the sci-fi classic starring Keanu Reeves reaches its quarter-century. This synopsis doesn’t actually sound too far out, only they missed COVID: In the 21st century the information superhighway has developed so far that cyberspace is the norm… 2021-set sci-fi classic Johnny Mnemonic gets new Digital HD release… Read More
“Now, voyagers!” (Said in my best mum voice)
Voyagers looks to be about the messy power of young people as they move from child to adult, and their parents – and society – struggle to control them. Obviously it’s set on a spaceship on an interminable flight to a new planet, and turned up to the nth degree, because otherwise this would risk… “Now, voyagers!” (Said in my best mum voice) Read More
The Dune trailer promises an epic Christmas (if it doesn’t move)
*** If you’ve already watched the trailer 58 times, check out these images from the film. *** Beyond fear, destiny awaits… …And beyond breathtaking visuals™, I had no idea what to expect of the trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, mainly because despite seeing the original movie years – decades? – ago, I can’t remember anything… The Dune trailer promises an epic Christmas (if it doesn’t move) Read More
TENET final trailer goes even more timey-wimey
*** My 4-star review *** “What do you think we’re seeing?” asks the Protagonist (John David Washington). “The detritus of a coming war” is the response from Barbara (Clémence Poésy). This final trailer – which features Travis Scott song The Plan – dives much more into time-travel. Bullets leaping from tables into clenched fists, a… TENET final trailer goes even more timey-wimey Read More
Solitary trailer: it’s 2044 and we’re blasting prisoners into space
No that doesn’t mean you should take up shoplifting in the hope of a free ticket. *** my four star review and (very spoilery) article are now live *** I meant to post this trailer a few weeks ago though in my defence I still think it’s April. Solitary started life as a short, filmed… Solitary trailer: it’s 2044 and we’re blasting prisoners into space Read More
The Beach House ending, and that jelly…
Lots of people have called The Beach House Lovecraftian and it’s also had plenty of comparisons to Nicolas Cage’s alien infection fable Colour Out Of Space. I have neither read Lovecraft nor seen that film, though if you want to know what Lovecraftian horror is there’s a handy wiki page here. I found watching The… The Beach House ending, and that jelly… Read More
Indie sci fi film Nightlens has a trailer – just don’t open the… oh
Creepy indie science fiction horror Nightlens has a trailer, and yes that is a brain in a box. The film is about relationships, and how you can’t go back to how things were with someone if you haven’t explored what went wrong and why. In the film, the shady Cerebrics agency reconstructs people’s memories to… Indie sci fi film Nightlens has a trailer – just don’t open the… oh Read More
Keanu’s cloning quandary “Replicas” finally hits the UK
*** Read my review of Replicas now *** I can’t think of anything more terrifying to hear after waking up from an accident than “try to relax, you’re coming online”, even if it is Keanu Reeves saying it – but that’s what a previously dead man is faced with after Will Foster, a scientist more… Keanu’s cloning quandary “Replicas” finally hits the UK Read More
The Predator Trailer – Now They’re Hybrids & Not In A Good Way
*** Read my review of The Predator *** Confession time! I really loved Alien vs Predator. Ok glad that’s out of the way. Check out the trailer for director Shane Black’s reboot The Predator, below. An alien spacecraft crash lands on Earth, and is found by a group of assassins. And then, I think its occupant… The Predator Trailer – Now They’re Hybrids & Not In A Good Way Read More
Keanu’s Replicas Trailer Is Batshit Brilliant & Can We Clone Him Too
*** Read my review of Replicas now *** UPDATE 05/01/2019: A new teaser trailer has been released ahead of the film’s US release on 11 January. Check it out here along with the other two trailers. A few cloned Keanus would keep a big chunk of the population happy (or just me – four or… Keanu’s Replicas Trailer Is Batshit Brilliant & Can We Clone Him Too Read More
Dark Star 4 stars
Set in the 22nd century, Dark Star chronicles the lives of the crew of the eponymous spaceship – already in space for two decades, they are tasked with destroying unstable planets so Earth can potentially colonise other planets nearby. Contact between the Dark Star and Earth is perfunctory and occasional at best. Mission Control back on Earth make it clear… Dark Star Read More