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Dune Part 2 increasingly likely after positive reaction from critics
After overwhelmingly positive reviews following a Cannes film festival screening, and recent comments by Dune director Denis Villeneuve, the probability that Dune (Part 2) will be made has increased dramatically. Rotten…
Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch and the critics: Part One
No movie release in 2011 was more misunderstood and unfairly criticised as a result of misunderstanding than Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. Chances are you’ll disagree with that statement. An indication…
Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch and the critics: Part Two
This article is in two parts and was first published on ScienceFictionWorld.com on 25 March 2012. In the first part we look at the critical response to Sucker Punch. This…
Independence Day: Resurgence worse than expected
There’s little to like about Independence Day: Resurgence. The sequel to the 20-year-old science fiction blockbuster Independence Day has more plot holes than a sieve. The dialogue is worthy of a…
Jurassic World fails to deliver
Twenty years after Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park and its two forgettable sequels, you may have hoped for a few new ideas and at least some above average special effects from Jurassic World…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – lazy but good
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens is the type of movie George Lucas should have made back in 1999, instead of torturing us with Jar Jar Binks in Star…
We’re all Cylons: Battlestar Galactica’s last days
If your country was invaded and occupied by a foreign power, would you blow yourself up to fight back? If someone pointed a gun at your head and threatened to…
M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening: much worse than expected
The Happening is awful. The writer and director of the science fiction and fantasy classics Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense, along with the enjoyable Signs and The Village, has hit…
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull review
I’ve just watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and quite frankly I’m amazed. Firstly I’m amazed that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas could expect anyone to…
Cloverfield gave me a headache
I’ve just watched J. J. Abram’s new flick Cloverfield and it’s given me a massive headache. The Blair Witch-style camera movement is claustrophobic, non-stop, and at times unbearable. Just imagine…
What’s new in Blade Runner: The Final Cut?
After 25 years since its original release, a definitive version of Ridley Scott’s science fiction masterwork Blade Runner, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, has arrived. So what exactly has changed?…