The Dog Stars: A man, a dog, and the end of the world directed by Ridley Scott (trailer).
There’s a particular flavour of apocalypse that Ridley Scott seems to favour. Not the loud, explodey sort where cities are
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Godzilla Minus Zero: Because Things Clearly Weren’t Miserable Enough Already (trailer).
There are sequels, and then there are sequels that look at the smouldering wreckage of the previous film and say,
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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (trailer).
There are prequels, there are sequels, and then there are those slightly unnerving narrative time-loops where Hollywood digs up a
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Supergirl: Hangover in Space (With Occasional Laser Violence)
If Superman is the polite chap who holds the door open and says “after you,” Supergirl appears to be the
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He-Man, By the Power of Development Hell (film trailer).
There are films that take a while to get made, and then there’s Masters of the Universe, which appears
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The Device (2014) (film DVD review).
Two sisters, Abby (actress Angelo DiMarco) and Rebecca (actress Kate Alden), finally get together after many years to spread their
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The End of Oak Street: when your quiet suburb time-slips (trailer).
There is something faintly sinister about suburban streets at the best of times. Too neat. Too tidy. Too many identical
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (Mark Kermode’s science fiction film review).
There are films that politely introduce their premise, ease you in, maybe offer a canapé of exposition before the main
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Journey to the Far Side of the Sun: classic scifi film (retrospective).
There are films that stride confidently into cinema history in polished boots, puffed up with their own importance, and then
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Dune Part Three brings the holy war home, and Arrakis still isn’t offering package holidays (trailer).
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three is now looming over the horizon like another sandstorm with a grudge, and the newly
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