The last person on earth trope – one of the most adored subjects in the history of literature, television and film. Over the past few centuries, we have seen speculative fiction written on the subject of the apocalypse, where some situation results in the death of the entire human population, with the exception of one…

There have been very few franchises that have been formative in the lives of many people as Star Wars. Despite the franchise only entering slightly later in my life than it should have, I can understand fully why George Lucas’ masterpiece of a space opera has been the definitive moment in the childhoods of multitudes…

We have reached quite a fascinating era, where the past is suddenly becoming far more fashionable than it was before, and people are more obsessed with recapturing previous eras than actually moving forward, particularly in terms of entertainment. This has resulted in many television shows from the 1990s and early 2000s being rebooted – Roseanne,…

Dear readers, what would my career as a cinephile and film writer be without occasional hesitant admissions towards terribly embarrassing cinematic blind-spots? It would be almost non-existent, and I really do have quite a confession to make today – up until tonight, I had never seen a single film in the Alien franchise, and while I…

In 1982, Ridley Scott redefined science fiction with his adaptation of Phillip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in his groundbreaking neo-noir Blade Runner. Now 35 years later, we have finally been able to enter into that incredible futuristic realm that Scott created, this time through the eyes of one of the greatest…

Well, this was quite something. Not entirely sure what Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (Czech: Kdo chce zabít Jessii?) was exactly, but I certainly am not convinced that it wasn’t something absolutely extraordinary. Whether you love or hate this film, there is very little doubt that this is one that will linger with you, for…

So it continues, my journey into the brilliant and audacious Cornetto Trilogy, the genius film series put together by Edgar Wright and his frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The World’s End was the final film in the loose trilogy, and it continues the legacy left by Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz…

I had previously heard of Phase IV in passing. It never really struck me as something that I definitely needed to watch, because it honestly seemed like an obscure B-movie that may be memorable, but not necessarily very good. It was only when I saw Edgar Wright gushing about this film that I decided to…

I have been writing reviews for this blog for a few years now. One thing I have always believed is that no film should go unreviewed. Every single film I watch will be reviewed, regardless of how good or bad it is. It is a logical rule, and a principle that has never really bothered…

In my continuing (and eternal) quest to fill in cinematic blind spots, one at a time, I decided to take a journey into the future and watch Blade Runner, a film known for being one of the definitive works of science fiction cinema. It is actually pretty bizarre that I had never previously seen Blade…