Tag Archives: Sci-fi

Review in Brief: The Running Man (2025)

The least Edgar Wright-y Edgar Wright film so far takes some time to build up momentum, but THE RUNNING MAN is pretty entertaining when it’s tactile action builds to terminal velocity. In a dystopian, corporate-owned future, poverty-stricken blue collar worker … Continue reading

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Project Hail Mary (2026) Review

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Review in Brief: Predator: Badlands (2025)

How can you make a Predator, an alien big game hunter who always has technological superiority on his side a compelling protagonist? You make him the shame of his family with a serious chip on his shoulder, strip him of … Continue reading

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Double Feature: The Wrecking Crew and Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026) Reviews

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Review in Brief: Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

The main problem with FIRE AND ASH isn’t the unimpeachable visuals or James Cameron’s earnestness, it’s the repetition. The latest chapter of Jake and Neytiri’s (Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña) story on the verdant planet of Pandora sees them confront … Continue reading

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Review in Brief: The Shrouds (2024/25)

David Cronenberg plumbs his real-life grief trauma to fuel one of the most twisted yet affecting sci-fi horrors for years. Following his invention of technology allowing mourners to view a live feed of their loved ones’ decomposing body from their … Continue reading

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Bugonia (2025) Short Cut Review

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Frankenstein (2025) Review

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Review in Brief: Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)

If PREY proved that there is still plenty of life in the PREDATOR franchise, then animated anthology KILLER OF KILLERS offers more exciting new routes for it to take. Extraterrestrial predators face off against warriors from three of Earth’s time … Continue reading

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Science Fiction Double Feature: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Shock Treatment (1981) Reviews

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