Reviewed by GREG KING Director: J J Abrams Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Alice Eve, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Leonard Nimoy. The original Star Trek television series ran for only three seasons between 1966-1968 before it was cancelled, but it acquired cult status [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Shane Black Stars: Robert Downey jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Don Cheadle, Rebecca Hall, Jon Favreau, James Badge Dale, Miguel Ferrer, William Sadler, Ty Simpkins, Paul Bettany, Spencer Garrett, Stephanie Szostak, Mark Ruffalo. When a successful film spawns a sequel it is often rushed into production to capitalise [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Brandon Cronenberg Stars: Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Joe Pirogue, Malcolm McDowell, Nicholas Campbell, Wendy Crewson, Douglas Smith. There is little doubting that 32-year old Brandon Cronenberg is the son of noted Canadian director David Cronenberg (Videodrome, The Fly, Scanners, etc). He seems to have inherited his father’s love for [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Joseph Kosinski Stars: Tom Cruise, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo. The visually stunning sci-fi drama Oblivion is the sophomore film from director Joseph Kosinski, who previously gave us the equally dazzling Tron: Legacy. Although hailing from a background as a visual artist and an architectural [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Wayne Knight, Samuel L Jackson, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, B D Wong, Bob Peck. Twenty years after it first hit screens, Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi action thriller Jurassic Park has been rereleased, and retro fitted for 3D. The film stands [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Zal Batmanglij Stars: Brit Marling, Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Davenia McFadden, James Urbaniak, Richard Wharton, Kandice Stroh, Alvin Lam, Constance Wu, Avery Pohl. It’s a coincidence that this low budget science fiction film about the inner workings of a mysterious [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Pete Travis Stars: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris, Domhnall Gleeson, Rakie Ayola, Warrick Grier. With the stench of Sylvester Stallone’s misguided 1995 adaptation of the comic book character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra now long faded from memory it is probably a good time to [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rian Johnson Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels, Paul Dano, Piper Perabo, Pierce Gagnon, Noah Segan, Qing Xu, Garrett Dillahunt, Nick Gomex, Frank Brennan. Time travel has been the staple of television sci-fi series like Dr Who, Star Trek and The Time Tunnel. The concept of time [...]
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