Starring: Deborah Gibson, Lorenzo Lamas, Sean Lawlor, Dean Kreyling Director: Jack Perez Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 15 Released: 2009 The Asylum are some collection of chancers. The film studio are famous for taking current blockbusters and cranking out their own version; or “mockbusters” as they have been dubbed. “Transmorphers“, “Snakes on a Train“, “The Terminators“, “I […]
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo Director: M Night Shyamalan Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 15 Released: 2008 My only ambition for “The Happening”, having failed to sit through director M Night Shyamalan’s previous outings “The Village” and “Lady in the Water”, was to see the closing credits roll . The decreasing level of entertainment derived from […]
Starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith Director: Francis Lawrence Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 15 Released: 2007 I try not to feel intimidated by films with big casts, budgets and reputations. “I Am Legend” is one such film – a $150m budget with a $585m box-office gross and starring Hollywood’s most bankable […]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Peter Falk Director: Lee Tamahori Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 15 Released: 2007 Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage, who it seems has appeared in every movie for the last five years) is a Vegas magician whose corny, low-key act doesn’t seem to raise many eyebrows around town. But FBI agent Callie […]
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk Director: Joss Whedon Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 15 Released: 2005 After losing an inter-galactic war to The Alliance, a crew of rebels, captained by Mal (Fillion), drift through space in their spaceship, Serenity, making money from occasional robberies. Since aiding their doctor, Simon (Maher), rescue his psychic sister, River […]
Starring: Michael Keaton, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice, Sarah Strange, Chandra West Director: Geoffrey Sax Genre: Thriller Cert: 15 Released: 2004 Michael Keaton reappears from whatever cryogenic career-freeze he indulged in over the last few years to take the lead in yet another of those appealing spooky movies that everyone loves to watch. Think “Ghost”, […]
Starring: Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Sanaa Lathan, Ewen Bremner, Tommy Flanagan Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Genre: Horror Cert: 15 Released: 2004 Charles Weyland (Henriksen), a rich industrialist, has spotted peculiar thermal activity in Antartica via one of his satellite systems. He believes that an ancient pyramid lies thousands of feet under the ice and puts […]
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Eric Stoltz Directors: Eric Bress, J Mackye Gruber Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 15 Released: 2004 Ever wondered what you would do if you had the power to change the past? Imagine you could change that thing you said that upset your mother or perhaps […]
Starring: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk, James Cromwell, Bruce Greenwood Director: Alex Proyas Genre: Sci Fi Cert: 12 Released: 2004 I’ve been to Chicago a few times and no matter how hard I try, I can never imagine it looking the way it does in “I, Robot” come 2035. Alex Proyas’ (“The Crow”, “Dark […]
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Richard Jenkins, Bruce Greenwood, Delroy Lindo, DJ Qualls Director: Jon Amiel Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 12 Released: 2003 If any one of the disasters portrayed in movies actually hit our planet, I wonder how we’d all react. I wonder if the depicted reality would be anything like the event […]
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