Tag: Science Fiction
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CAPTAIN MARVEL
Strap yourselves into your cinema seat for a cosmic and colourful sci-fi action adventure ride, Disney delivers the 21st superhero smash from its Marvel Cinematic Universe. A member of the alien elite military unit, Starforce, the Captain Marvel is on a mission to locate a secret device on Earth, where she battles shapeshifting aliens while being pursued by US…
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MORTAL ENGINES
The latest blockbuster to rumble across the big screen from the makers of The Lord of the Rings trilogy is surprisingly clunky and run of the mill. Adapted from a series of books by Brit author Philip Reeve it’s a steampunk sci-fi fantasy epic set 1000 years into the future on an apocalyptic Earth. Icelandic…
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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: VOL 2
Brace yourself for cinematic hyper-speed as Marvel’s bickering band of galactic outlaws return in another loony tunes outer-space adventure. Once again the inadvertent heroes have to save the universe, this time from a celestial being who wants to recreate all life in his own image. The Guardian’s first adventure in 2014 was a £600 million box office supernova, and this…
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ALIEN: COVENANT
Scream as though no-one can hear you as the galaxy’s greatest space horror franchise is back to terrorise us once again. Director Ridley Scott returns to the sci-fi thriller which made his name, and delivers an epic of spine-busting action, exotic locations and stunning design. The Oscar winning director made the original Alien in 1979 when he was a young man in a hurry. As one…
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WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
There’s no monkeying about when the fur starts flying in this epic end to the sci-fi trilogy. It’s a mean, meaty, and hair raising action adventure which doesn’t hang around and becomes increasingly tense and spectacular as the explosive conclusion approaches. And it’s far superior to this year’s other monkey movie, the disappointing Kong: Skull…
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THE DARK TOWER
Horror writer Stephen King has a had a mixed bag with movie adaptions of his work, for every brilliant Shawshank Redemption there’s a Carrie remake. With an A list cast, a decent budget of nearly £50m and an epic eight series book to work from, this is easily one of the worst. Bland teenager Jake…
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STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
This spectacular addition to the long running sci-fi action adventure series is wonderfully exciting, funny and moving, and often at the same time. Totally committed to providing top drawer popcorn entertainment for the casual cinema goer, hardcore fans will love it for it’s respect it has for the franchise history and for what it promises moving forward.…
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VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
Take a holiday trip to a city in space with this spectacular looking sci-fi adventure. War is threatened when aliens kidnap a space police commander, so a pair of glamorous intergalactic agents blast off to save the universe. It’s based on a 1970’s French comic which was one of the key influences of the original…
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BLADE RUNNER 2049
Prepare to see things you’ve never seen before in this astonishing sci-fi sequel. In Brit 1982 Brit director Ridley Scott and star Harrison Ford created the most influential sci-fi film of the last 35 years. I love the original Blade Runner so much I was consumed with gut wrenching nerves immediately before seeing this new trip to Los…
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PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING
Bulldozing across the screen with the tone and intelligence of a low rent kids’ Saturday morning cartoon, this belated sci-fi sequel is a monotonous series of clanking CGI battles. I loved 2014’s original adventure which barely broke even due to it’s colossal budget. Costing less and looking as if it did, this lacks the former’s visual majesty,…
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