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A still from the sci-fi film Bliss. The background is a sunny seaside resort with a blurred palm tree behind a confused man and happy woman. The man has blonde hair and is played by Owen Wilson, dressed in a grey suit jacket with a black shirt. He's holding a half-eaten peach. The woman has long black hair, dressed in a white gown, and is played by Salma Hayek. She's pointing proudly into the distance at something we cannot see.

REVIEW: Mike Cahill’s Sci-fi Drama ‘Bliss’ (2021) Gets Lost in a Silly, Weightless Plot

By: Kevin Woodley 10th Feb 20218th Feb 2021

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Not even Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek can rescue this dull sci-fi fantasy from glitching all over the place, and you’d expect a double act of this calibre to be a lot more fun than it is

Nancy (Allison Hayes) walks through the town, as a 50 foot giant.

Now That’s What I Call Kino #18 – ‘Attack of the 50 Foot Woman’ (1958): America’s Fear of Second-Wave Feminism

By: jamespalmerfilm 31st Jan 202128th Jan 2021

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Certain movie posters can stay ingrained on your mind whether or not you’ve seen the film in question. A shark lurking beneath the ocean’s surface of an unaware swimmer has been spoofed until its original poster has become a cliché. And so before movie posters were just a compilation of Photoshop faces to attract you…

[The Revolution Will Be Televised] Starship Troopers (1997) and American Fascism

What’s scary – and I believe this was Verhoeven’s intent – was that Starship Troopers wasn’t that far off the Hollywood normal.

10 Years On, ‘Tron: Legacy’ (2010) Deserves More Credit for its Ambitions

By: Gavin Spoors 17th Dec 20205th Dec 2020

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Sure, the film doesn’t exactly tell a masterful story with intelligent writing and dialogue, but there are so many narrative and thematic elements that deserve to be praised.

LFF REVIEW: ‘Possessor’ (2020) is an Engrossing, Nihilistic Dreamscape

By: Gavin Spoors 20th Oct 202019th Oct 2020

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What we do get, however, is a stylish blood-soaked thriller bolstered by strong performances and a strong visual identity.

The Protagonist (John David Washington) stares at a glass bullet hole.

REVIEW: Tenet (2020) Strives to Break New Ground

By: jamespalmerfilm 31st Aug 202030th Aug 2020

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Tenet is a ferocious film that moves forwards and backwards at an alarming rate

REVIEW: Shudder Original ‘The Beach House’ (2020) is Neither Scary nor Memorable

By: Kevin Woodley 6th Jul 202028th Jun 2020

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Although The Beach House has all the ingredients of a smart low-budget terror, it has none of the bite.

REVIEW: ‘The Complex’ (2020) is an Admirable Attempt at Pushing the Interactive Film Genre Forward

By: Gavin Spoors 5th Apr 202017th Jun 2020

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Video games and films are different mediums, yet their respective industries are adamant that they share enough similarities to blend the two together. Here, we have the live-action interactive science-fiction film, The Complex.

An image from the film Color out of Space. Nicolas Cage stands beside his car door, watching in horror as a purple haze engulfs and mutates his garden.

REVIEW: ‘Color Out of Space’ (2020) A Technicolour Wonder of Cosmic Horror

By: Kevin Woodley 2nd Mar 202029th Feb 2020

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From the producers of Mandy, Color Out of Space is a technicolour wonder of cosmic horror and Nicolas Cage insanity.

The Father’s Frontier: Familial Separation in Modern Space Movies

By: Chris Rogers 20th Sep 201920th Sep 2019

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With a fully-armed and operational Star Wars franchise in play, cinematic portrayals of the great unknown which don’t belong to a galaxy far, far away have truly had their work cut out. Financially and in terms of sheer screen space, the Skywalker saga (and its various spin-offs) has dominated the sci-fi landscape. But as this…