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Independence Day Resurgence: scifi movie retrospective (video).
Our most critical film reviewer, the Critical Drinker, sits down once more in front of the scifi film Independence Day: Resurgence – mainly,…
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Alien invasion
Alien invasion stories imagine extraterrestrial forces arriving as a threat to Earth or its inhabitants. The encounter can be told through resistance, occupation or the struggle to survive.
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October 2020
January 2020
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War of the Worlds 2020 TV series (trailer).
Here’s a new science fiction TV series – which is a Fox and StudioCanal co-production – that puts a modern spin on HG…
November 2019
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War Of The Worlds (an appraisal of the second episode of the BBC’s new 2019 series).
Please bear in mind that I’m writing down my thoughts and reactions as I watch this episode. It’s very odd seeing the food…
September 2019
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War of the Worlds (BBC TV trailer).
Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark, Loving Vincent) and Rafe Spall (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Big Short) lead the cast for the BBC’s War of…
May 2019
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Rim Of The World (Netflix alien invasion movie: trailer).
In Rim Of The World, a YA-ish scifi movie (think ET meets Independence Day), four young students spending their vacation in a US…
March 2019
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Captive State (2019) [a film review by Frank Ochieng].
If one is going to call its edgy alien invasion SF flick as compelling and intriguing as ‘Captive State’ , then it better live…
ReviewScifi
The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson (book review).
It’s with a little trepidation that I approach ‘The Rosewater Insurrection’ by Tade Thompson. The first book left a lasting impression on me…
January 2019
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Occupation (2018) (Blu-ray film review).
An Australian production, ‘Occupation’ is an SF film of the survivors of an alien invasion of Earth. The humans lost by the way.…
December 2018
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Captive State (full trailer: alien invasion movie).
From the director of Rise of the Planet of the Apes comes a new alien invasion sci-fi thriller with hints of District 9…
November 2018
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Captive State (alien invasion film: second trailer).
Set in a Chicago neighbourhood a decade after an invasion and occupation of Earth by an advanced alien race, Captive State explores the…
September 2018
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Captive State (scifi movie trailer).
Here’s a trailer for a new science fiction movie called Captive State, set in Chicago in the USA ten years after a successful alien…
July 2018
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Extinction (new Netflix-created alien invasion series).
Here’s a new Netflix alien invasion series, Extinction, hitting your Netflix account on July 27th 2018. In our current time, a U.S.-based engineer…