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Review in Brief: The Purge: Election Year (2016)
This would be a whole lot funnier if he hadn’t won. THE PURGE as a franchise didn’t exactly hit the ground running – the first movie was dull and clunky and not the least bit scary – but the franchise … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Dirty Harry, Frank Grillo, Horror, Mad Max, The Purge, The Purge: Anarchy, The Purge: Election Year, Thriller
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10 Years, 10 Spectacular Sci-fi Films (2005-2014)
Science fiction has become a film genre increasingly derivative and dispiritingly inconsistent in quality in recent years. 2012’s TOTAL RECALL was a terrible remake and PROMETHEUS was arguably guilty of cheapening its own source material, the ALIEN series, by existing … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged Alex Garland, Alfonso Cuarón, Alien, Alive in Joberg, Andy Serkis, Aubrey Plaza, Ben Burtt, Bong Joon-ho, Children of Men, Christopher Nolan, Clive Owen, Colin Trevorrow, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Danny Boyle, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, District 9, Film, Firefly, Fox, Inception, Interstellar, Joss Whedon, Jurassic World, Looper, Mad Max, Mark Duplass, Movies, Neill Blomkamp, Pixar, Predestination, Prometheus, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Safety Not Guaranteed, Sarah Snook, Sci-fi, Serenity, Sharlto Copley, Snowpiercer, Spierig Brothers, Sunshine, Total Recall, WALL-E
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Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Here’s an unpopular opinion: I don’t think any of the MAD MAX films are outright classics. They’re influential, yes, and iconic, but not great films. They’re fun distractions. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD comes the closest of the series to top-tier … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Charlize Theron, Film, George Miller, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Movies, Sci-fi, Tom Hardy
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Review: Doomsday (2008)
DOOMSDAY is by far the weakest link in British writer-director Neil Marshall’s career so far. Following a pair of highly original horror films DOG SOLDIERS and THE DESCENT, Marshall endeavoured to continue his run of success, and sadly as soon as he brought sci-fi … Continue reading
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Tagged 28 Days Later, Bob Hoskins, Centurion, Doomsday, Film, Game of Thrones, Horror, Mad Max, Movies, Neil Marshall, Resident Evil, Rhona Mitra, Robin Hood, Sci-fi, Troll Hunter
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SSP Thinks Film 
Wonder of Wonders
Alright Warner Brothers, you have my attention. The coveted high-profile Hall H panels at San Diego Comic Con as always boasted the very shiniest footage from big studios’ upcoming extravaganzas, but by far the most promising was our first proper … Continue reading →