ReviewScifi
Forbidden Planet (1956) (film UHD Blu-ray review)
Do I have to tell you the plot of the 1956 film ‘Forbidden Planet’? OK, for those Science Fiction fans who might have…
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Movie and films.
September 2026
ReviewHorror
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom brings you Frankenstein’s flock (Mark Kermode film review).
Aardman go full Universal monster movie, Shaun turns mad scientist, and the scariest thing in the woods is a mob of villagers with…
ReviewHorror
Resident Evil (2026) (Mark Kermode’s film review).
Twenty-four years and eight films in, somebody has finally worked out what a ‘Resident Evil’ movie should be: a terrified man with no…
ReviewScifi
The Old Guard 2 (2025) (film review).
Uma Thurman’s Discord digs up a 500-year grudge and the rules of immortality get murkier than ‘Highlander’. GF Willmetts reviews the blu-ray of…
ReviewScifi
The Old Guard (2020) (film review).
Charlize Theron leads a team of immortal mercenaries who keep getting shot and keep getting back up. GF Willmetts reviews the blu-ray of…
ReviewFantasy
Logan Of Loxley: The Death Of Robin Hood (film review).
Michael Sarnoski drags Robin Hood through the mud, the blood and a great deal of Irish drizzle, with Hugh Jackman as an ageing…
August 2026
ReviewFilms
Practical Magic (1998) (film review).
Sisters Sally (actress Sandra Bullock) and Gillian (actress Nicole Kidman) are witches, although the latter doesn’t show much of this talent when she…
ReviewScifi
The End of Oak Street (Stephen Hunt’s film review).
There comes a melancholy moment in every man’s life when he realises that Obi-Wan Kenobi is now entirely convincing as Homer Simpson. Not…
July 2026
ReviewScifi
Soylent Green (1973) (film review).
Do you remember the food famine, over-population and global warming of 2022? Thought not. Welcome to the world of Soylent Green, filmed in…
ReviewScifi
SOULM8TE: When your A.I. girlfriend updates her Terms And Conditions with a boiled bunny (film review)
SOULM8TE, pronounced Soulmate because apparently even murder-bots need branding consultants, is the latest offshoot from the M3GAN universe, arriving on digital platforms from…
June 2026
ReviewScifi
Cherry 2000 (1987) (film review).
You know the usual romance story. A man goes home to his wife, she short-circuits and crashes. That’s the problem with having a…
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…