Science-Fiction

The First Season 1 Review

September 4 2018, by Daniel Hart

In the first episode of Hulu Original series The First, you are given the impression that 58-year-old Sean Penn has taken care of himself later in...

‘UFO’ (2018) | Film Review

September 3 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The rather obviously-titled UFO was clearly a student at the Dan Brown school of so-called “clever” fiction. It speaks entirely in mouthfuls of semi-interesting facts...

‘Upgrade’ | Film Review

August 7 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

If it isn’t one of the best movies of the year, Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade is without a doubt one of the most unique and memorable....

On Children Season 1 Review

August 4 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

It has been a good week for Netflix’s international programming. Wednesday saw the release of Switched, a live-action Original Series adapted from the manga by...

‘Our House’ | Film Review

August 1 2018, by Tyler Howat

Our House begins with a preoccupied Ethan (Thomas Mann) ditching family dinner to go work on a groundbreaking experiment back at school. They cause a blackout...

‘Extinction’ | Film Review

July 27 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

These days, watching a Netflix science-fiction film is like picking through the bins of a high-end restaurant. You might, if you’re lucky, fish out something...

Netflix’s “Final Space” Review

July 22 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

When I started Final Space, the new Netflix Original sci-fi animated adventure, I began to wonder exactly what I’d let myself in for; there was just...

5th Passenger Review

July 11 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

5th Passenger, a Star Trek reunion brought to us largely by a successful Kickstarter campaign, is the kind of cheap-looking science-fiction that makes up for...

Bleeding Steel Review

July 5 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Jackie Chan is 64 years of age. He’d qualify for a free bus pass. Not that he’d ever use it; a career sprung out of...

The Endless Review

July 1 2018, by Alix Turner

If I was to tell you The Endless is the new film by the guys who made Spring, would that mean anything to you? If...

Tau Review

June 29 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

My goodness, I really didn’t enjoy Tau. It’s a thriller in the very loosest sense of the word – I can’t really think of a time where...

Kiss Me First Season 1 Review

June 27 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Kiss Me First is based on a book of the same name by Lottie Moggach, and even though it was first published in 2013, the story...

Fahrenheit 451 Review

May 21 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Based on the current political climate, it’s really no surprise that Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 seemed ripe for another adaptation. The first was...

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Season 3 Review – Ambitious Action Meets Continuity Chaos

May 8 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Even by the usual standards of a show where teenage aliens battle with humming multi-colored laser swords, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 3 is...

The Station Review

April 28 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The titular station is the Espial, and it’s orbiting a planet of violent, warring aliens. Aboard are three scientists, whose jobs are to observe the...

‘Orbiter 9’ Review: A Visually Stunning but Narratively Flat Sci-Fi Drama

April 6 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Orbiter 9 tells us a story of the human condition, of love, life, and the value of existence. Laboratory conditions can only monitor so much,...

Caught (2018) Review – Unintentionally Hilarious Sci-Fi Horror Film

April 2 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

As far as unintentionally hilarious sorta-sci-fi horror movies go, Caught is a pretty hysterical one. Set in the quaint West Sussex countryside of 1972, it...

Reboot: The Guardian Code Season 1 Review

March 30 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

ReBoot: The Guardian Code is a Canadian animation/live-action crossover that follows the lives of four teenagers as they start life at Alan Turing High School. The...

Film Review | The Titan (2018)

March 30 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s latest Original, The Titan, is a criminally drab slab of science-fiction that sees a lifeless military man subjected to genetic experimentation. Directed by Lennart...

Film Review | Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

March 30 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Nobody asked for it, but Pacific Rim: Uprising is the sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s nutty original, in which giant robots smacked giant monsters in...