ReviewScifi
Needle In A Timestack (film review).
‘Needle In A Timestack’ is based on a story by popular Science Fiction author Robert Silverberg. Though he has been a prolific author…
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June 2026
December 2023
ReviewFantasy
Barbie (2023) by Mark R. Leeper (a film review).
The narrator of ‘Barbie’ informs us at the outset that before Barbie, all dolls were baby dolls. This is followed by a spoof…
ReviewScifi
Asteroid City (2023) by Mark R. Leeper (a film review).
In ‘Asteroid City’, director/co-writer Wes Anderson creates a feel of the 1950s that is more convincing than accurate. For many, this was a…
June 2023
ReviewScifi
A.I. Love You (2022) by Mark R. Leeper (a film review).
‘AI Love You’ is a United States/Thai Science Fiction film which predates the current A.I. craze by about a year. It has elements…
ReviewScifi
M3gan (2023) by Mark R. Leeper (a film review)
‘M3gan’ portrays a nearly-human robot in the form of a young girl, reminiscent of ‘Deadly Friend’. Evelyn, on the other hand,…
March 2023
ReviewFantasy
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022) by Mark R. Leeper (a film review).
‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’ is the sequel to ‘Puss In Boots’ (the 2011 movie), ‘Puss In Boots’ (the 2012 video), and…
ReviewFilms
DC League Of Super-Pets (2022) by Mark R. Leeper (a film review).
In ‘DC League Of Super-Pets’, the dog Krypto comes to Earth with Superman and, of course, he has super-powers. But when Lex Luthor…
November 2022
ReviewHorror
Blood Relatives: a film review by Mark R. Leeper (movie review).
‘Blood Relatives’ is described as having a ‘Yiddish vampire’, but this is a bit of an inaccuracy. Yiddish is a language, not an…
January 2022
ReviewFilms
No Time To Die (2021) by Mark R. Leeper (a film review).
The latest Bond film, ‘No Time To Die’, is also the longest, clocking in at 165 minutes and what have they one with…
July 2021
ReviewScifi
Destination Moon (1950) (retrospective film review).
‘Destination Moon’ (1950), the film that probably should have led off the 50s Science Fiction cycle, actually is still an enjoyable adventure film,…
August 2020
ReviewFantasy
All Hail the Popcorn King (documentary: review)
All Hail the Popcorn King is a study of the surrealist writer Joe R. Lansdale, author of 50 novels and 500 short stories.…
June 2019
ReviewScifi
I Am Mother (2019) (Netflix scifi film review).
A young woman (played by Clara Rugaard) has lived her whole life in a huge cyber-controlled-hard metal environment/bunker. This environment is the only…