A mysterious signal leads two exploratory space vehicles to the fog-covered planet of Aura. While attempting to land one ship crashes with the loss of all hands, while the crew of the other start attacking one another while under some … Continue reading REVIEW: Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Saul Bass is a legend of American cinema. As a designer of opening title sequences and promotional posters he worked with some of the very best filmmakers Hollywood ever had: Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger and Robert … Continue reading REVIEW: Phase IV (1974)
‘When the original Disney Black Hole movie came out,’ said astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, ‘I was in graduate school. I was so disappointed in that film. Black holes were my favourite subject coming out of the Seventies. The movie was … Continue reading “More light…” | The Black Hole (1979)
After a military build-up ensues between the USA and USSR over Iran, a thermonuclear war ensues. In the industrial city of Sheffield, a pregnant young woman named Ruth Beckett (Karen Meagher) struggles to survive in the aftermath of the atomic … Continue reading REVIEW: Threads (1984)
Alan Hakman (Robin Williams) is a ‘cutter’: a professional editor of recordings made by implants in the human brain. When the CEO of the company that owns the implant technology dies, Alan accepts the offer to edit the man’s memories … Continue reading REVIEW: The Final Cut (2004)
Programmer Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) wins an office competition to spend one week at the home of his company’s CEO Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). After being dropped off at Bateman’s remote mountain estate, Caleb discovers he has been tasked with … Continue reading REVIEW: Ex Machina (2014)
Alice Woodard (Emily Beecham) is a horticulturalist working to develop a new type of houseplant that require more regular care, but responds by secreting calming and pleasant chemicals into the home. When the prototype plants begin to aggressively pollinate – … Continue reading REVIEW: Little Joe (2019)
A trio of blue-collar workers operate a rescue and repair spacecraft for the interplanetary corporation Cosmic Rescue. Each joined imagining a glamorous life rescuing civilians from dangerous accidents and crises, but instead find themselves collecting debris from around the moon’s … Continue reading REVIEW: Cosmic Rescue: The Moonlight Generations (2003)
Decades after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a young Mexican woman (Natalia Reyes) comes under attack from an advanced killer robot from the future, with her only protection coming from a time-travelling guardian (Mackenzie Davis) and Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) … Continue reading REVIEW: Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
On the International Space Station, a team of astronauts and specialists receive soil samples from a Martian probe. Inside they discover proof of life on Mars: a single-celled organism. Once attempts to stimulate it result in the creature’s rapid growth, … Continue reading REVIEW: Life (2017)
