The Day the Earth Caught Fire
In anticipation of the BFI’s forthcoming Sci-Fi season, Gavin Midgley looks back at a landmark British entry in the genre.
In anticipation of the BFI’s forthcoming Sci-Fi season, Gavin Midgley looks back at a landmark British entry in the genre.
Laced with humanity and softly tragic humour, Spike Jonze’s HER is an emotionally packed film that will tease out pensive moments, writes Jim Ross
Neither a complete failure nor entirely successful, ROBOCOP 2.0 scrapes a pass but can’t escape the shadow of its forebear, writes Gavin Midgley.
Although it doesn’t hit the comedic heights of its predecessors, THE WORLD’S END may be the most interesting of Edgar Wright’s homage-driven trilogy of films, writes Jim Ross.
RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH, which screened at Belfast Film Festival, is the closest we’ve seen yet to Philip K. Dick’s vision being put on the screen, writes Noel Megahey.
ROBOT AND FRANK is a dutiful shot in the arm to science fiction, calmly addressing a range of prescient topics without flashy aesthetics, writes Ed Frost at the London Film Festival.
LOOPER is an intelligent neo-noir science fiction, with some striking images and more emotional resonance than the likes of INCEPTION. Jim Ross reviews the CFF2012 Surprise Film.
Undead classics and alternate histories could and should make for some killer summer blockbusters.
Although a heavily flawed work, hamstrung by the muddled and often lazy script, PROMETHEUS is an undeniably compelling film.
SCI-FI SATURDAY SECRET MATINEES at the Grand Illusion Cinema! Space Madness! Steampunk Adventures! Beasts From Beyond! March 24th was the final installment of the 2012 three-month series.