For the past few years, there seems to be an annual “space” film – some big blockbuster set in space or related to space-travel in some way. I have liked all of them (and outright loved Gravity and The Martian), and the best part is that they were different enough to be excellent on their…
Category: science fiction
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
I am not someone who thinks that any film adaptation of a book is superior to its source material, but I am also not someone who vilifies the practice. I do think there are some truly extraordinary cinematic adaptation of great books (such as Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films, which border on being…
Ghostbusters (2016)
In all my years of watching and loving films, I have never come across something quite like the reaction to the reboot of Ghostbusters, particularly the pre-mature response by many people who would refuse to see this film for a variety of reasons. I have never seen so much hatred thrown at a film, mainly…
Equals (2016)
There have been so many films made about the future, and what society will look like, and they start to become very homogeneous and interchangeable. Humanity has a fixation with speculating about our future, and somehow, all films set in the future are at one of two extremes – either they show a completely destroyed,…
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Anthology films – what ever happened to them? They have seemed to have gone out of popularity, which is a shame because I think they were remarkable. Instead of having to sit through one long story, the audience instead experiences a few different stories, all centered around a specific theme. Perhaps the only bastion of anthology…
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
I will not deny that like the rest of the world, I was in complete shock to hear about the death of musical icon David Bowie yesterday. In response to his sad death, my thoughts naturally wandered to his musical legacy, and his music has been on repeat in my head for the last day….
The Martian (2015)
Space – the final frontier (how could I not start with that immortal line?). It seems that every year, there seems to be a film that tells the story of some disaster befalling an astronaut in space. In 2013, we saw Sandra Bullock float around the universe in Gravity. In 2014, we had to endure…
Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
There are very few words in any language that can describe how happy I am to finally be able to say I’ve seen this film, and have the ability to write it. Today was one of the most anticipated days of my life, and even though I was only officially a member of the Star…
Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
I am almost certain my review for the first film of the prequel trilogy, The Phantom Menace, was one of the most scathing reviews I have ever written. In retrospect, I feel somewhat bad for being so harsh on it. Unfortunately, I will not be reneging on my statement that Jar Jar Binks is the…
Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
This was a monumental step up from the dull and dreadful first film in the prequel trilogy. However, the film could’ve been terrible and still have been better than the disaster that was The Phantom Menace. However, it wasn’t terrible, and was quite a good film, but of course it goes without saying that it…
The Postmodern Pelican 