Sci-Fi

Featured Small Screen 

Review – Doctor Who Series 11, Episode 1: ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’

08/10/201808/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Amit Shah, BBC, Bradley Walsh, Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Series 11, Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, Sci-Fi, Sharon D Clarke, Tosin Cole, TV

Jodie Whittaker makes her debut as the Doctor, along with her new TARDIS crew, in the new, very Northern, series of Doctor Who.

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Featured Reviews 

Review – ‘The Predator’ loses any sense of fun in a noxious macho haze

21/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Alfie Allen, Boyd Holbrook, Certificate: 15, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Rating: Poop, Sci-Fi, September 2018, Shane Black, Sterling K Brown, The Predator, Trevante Rhodes, Yvonne Strahovski

With Shane Black at the helm and a cast full of lads, The Predator is so blokey that it can’t muster even a moment of genuine emotion.

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Review – Sci-fi thriller ‘Upgrade’ really wants to be Cronenberg

13/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, August 2018, Benedict Hardie, Betty Gabriel, Certificate: 15, Harrison Gilbertson, Leigh Whannell, Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Rating: Poop, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Upgrade

Leigh Whannell and Blumhouse join forces for Upgrade, which reaches for a cross between Black Mirror and David Cronenberg.

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Reviews 

Review – YA sci-fi ‘The Darkest Minds’ is not enough to revive the genre

25/08/201828/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Amandla Stenberg, August 2018, Bradley Whitford, Gwendoline Christie, Harris Dickinson, Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Mandy Moore, Miya Cech, Patrick Gibson, Rating: Pop, Sci-Fi, Skylan Brooks, The Darkest Minds, Young Adult

Years after the YA wave became a trickle, The Darkest Minds attempts to bring yet another dystopia to the big screen, with mixed results.

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Review – Mind-bending sci-fi ‘The Endless’ is as frustrating as it is intriguing

29/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Aaron Moorhead, Callie Hernandez, Certificate: 15, Horror, James Jordan, June 2018, Justin Benson, Kira Powell, Lew Temple, Rating: Pop, Sci-Fi, Tate Ellington, The Endless

Directing duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead take centre stage as they star in The Endless, which weaves a complex sci-fi mystery.

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Featured Guest Posts Reviews 

Review – Despite production problems, ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ keeps the franchise motor running

24/05/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Alden Ehrenreich, Certificate: 12, Chris Miller, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, Joonas Suotamo, May 2018, Paul Bettany, Phil Lord, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Ron Howard, Sci-Fi, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, Woody Harrelson

Alden Ehrenreich steps into the iconic role of the space outlaw who always shoots first, unless George Lucas gets to him.

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DVD & Blu-ray Reviews 

DVD Review – A scowling John Cusack isn’t enough to save ‘Singularity’

08/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Carmen Argenziano, Certificate: 12, DVD, Jeannine Wacker, John Cusack, Julian Schaffner, May 2018, Rating: Poop, Robert Kouba, Sci-Fi, Singularity, Thriller

The Hunger Games is ripped off and ample talent is wasted in the dismal sci-fi thriller Singularity, which squanders its concept.

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Featured Guest Posts Reviews 

Review – ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ pays off a decade of storytelling with a mad action spectacle

28/04/201828/04/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Action, April 2018, Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bradley Cooper, Certificate: 12, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Josh Brolin, Marvel, Rating: Pop, Road to Infinity War, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sci-Fi, Superhero, The Russo Brothers, Tom Holland, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana

A decade of the most ambitious movie franchise in the history of a cinema finally comes to a head with Avengers: Infinity War. But was it worth the wait?

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Review – ‘Ready Player One’ is a rip-roaring adventure with an injection of pop culture nostalgia

05/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Ben Mendelsohn, Certificate: 12, Lena Waithe, March 2018, Mark Rylance, Olivia Cooke, Philip Zhao, Rating: Pop, Ready Player One, Sci-Fi, Simon Pegg, Steven Spielberg, TJ Miller, Tye Sheridan, Win Morisaki

Steven Spielberg has distilled an exhausting book into a shot of pure cinema that is genuinely a joy to watch with Ready Player One.

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Review – ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ succeeds via the joyous energy of John Boyega

03/04/201807/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Burn Gorman, Cailee Spaeny, Certificate: 12, Charlie Day, Jing Tian, John Boyega, March 2018, Pacific Rim, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Rating: Pop, Rinko Kikuchi, Sci-Fi, Scott Eastwood, Steven S DeKnight

The massive robots and even bigger monsters of Pacific Rim are back for a sequel and, somehow, it’s really good indeed.

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Guest Posts Reviews 

Review – Alex Garland sci-fi ‘Annihilation’ is a masterclass of big ideas and smart acting

27/03/201828/03/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Alex Garland, Annihilation, Benedict Wong, Certificate: 15, Drama, Gina Rodriguez, Jennifer Jason Leigh, March 2018, Natalie Portman, Netflix, Oscar Isaac, Rating: Pop, Sci-Fi, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny

Bypassing cinemas in the UK, Alex Garland’s sci-fi Annihilation is a spellbinding journey into a convincing sci-fi story.

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