Dune is considered one of the greatest sci-fi novels ever published. Seeing that the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is about to be released it is a good time to revisit David Lynch’s version of Dune and Arrow Video’s re-release. In the distant future, the known universe is ruled by the Padishah Emperor and a feudal system of government functions. […]
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Review
The Hunger Games movie series has returned after an eight-year break with an adaptation of the prequel novel The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. It has been 10 years since the failed rebellion against The Capitol. As punishment, the Districts of Panem must send two tributes aged between 12 to 18 to fight in the annual Hunger Games. […]
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire Review
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire is a space opera Zack Snyder and Netflix plan to use as a launching pad for a franchise. It is already a film that has stirred a lot of debate. Kora (Sofia Boutella) is a woman who lives in a simple farming community on the moon of Veldt. […]
The Hunger Games Retrospective: Mockingjay – Part Two
The Hunger Games concludes with the second part of Mockingjay and shows the final clash between The Capitol and the Rebels. Peeta has been rescued from The Capitol, but he has been brainwashed, leading to him harbouring a bloodlust against Katniss. The war has swung in the Rebels’ favour and the Capitol is about to […]
The Creator Review
In a media landscape of franchises milked for everything they’re worth, 20th Century Studios has done something remarkable: giving audiences an original, special effects-loaded sci-fi film. In the future, a nuclear strike on Los Angeles leads to the United States outlawing A.I. and destroying any remaining robots in the nation. A.I. is given sanctuary in […]
Asteroid City Review
Wes Anderson is a filmmaker known for his signature visual style and whimsical tone. He takes his directional traits to the sci-fi genre with Asteroid City. In 1955 a group of assorted people arrive in a small desert city. This includes war photographer Augie Steenbeck (John Schwartzman) and his 14-year-old son Woodrow (Jake Ryan), famous […]
Hypnotic Review
Hypnotic is a mind-bending sci-thriller that cult filmmaker Robert Rodriguez had written back in 2002. Danny Rourke (Ben Affleck) is an Austin Police Detective whose daughter has been kidnapped and murdered. He gets a tip off that a bank is about to be robbed. This case is stranger than Rourke expected since the perpetrator, “Dellrayne” (William Fichtner) […]
65 Review
65 is a high-concept sci-fi survival thriller that sees Adam Driver crash landing on Earth 65 million years ago. Mills (Driver) is a pilot who is hired to lead a two-year expedition into deep space. When Mills’ ship encounters an asteroid field, he’s forced to crash land on an undiscovered planet. The only other survivor is […]
Vesper Review
Vesper is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi film and a co-production between Lithuania, France, and Belgium. In the future humanity has fallen into a new Dark Age. The elites in the Citadel control all the resources for food production and the rest of humanity toil on a hostile planet. Vesper (Raffiella Chapman) is a young girl who’s a […]
Crimes of the Future Review
Crimes of the Future is a sci-fi film by the master of body horror, David Cronenberg. It’s the first film made by the director in seven years and was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. In the near future humanity is rapidly changing. Many people have modified their bodies so they […]