Sci-fi

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) Over four decades before ?Mars Attacks? there was H.G. Wells? THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. Perhaps most famous for the radio play of by Orson Welles that terrorized real people into believing that Martians were indeed invading our home planet, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS seems to have spawned inspiration for many science fiction films to come. When watching these relentless aliens from Mars plotting to take over the Earth of the 1950?s, it can be disturbing to realize that there were citizens of the time who believed this horrifying invasion was actually taking place. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) In this cult ...  Read the complete review

I'm not suggesting that any of these films should be made - in fact most of them would probably be dire. But it's fun (for me anyway) trying to picture what the movies would be like. So, with tongue firmly stuck in cheek, here's my choices of Summer 2004 blockbusters. Stephen Speilberg's The Hobbit As long as he didn't make Bilbo too cute, I'd love to see this done. Billy Connelly as Gandalf, Anthony Hopkins as Thorin Oakenshield, Jeff Goldblum as Gollum and Tim Roth as Bilbo. And can't you just imagine what Industrial Light and Magic would do with Smaug? Ridley Scott's Conan Swords, sandals and sourcery. ...  Read the complete review

This is what I would say was my favourite top 10 sci-fi films. I am putting them in decending order with my favorote at No1. With so many films being released these may well change and I believe that they will with other excellent films due to hit our screens. Not all are single films though so ones that I believe fit into a group or collection I simply put them into the same category and if I have a favourite from them I will state it in the list. 10 Terminator Arnie played this blockbuster brilliantly. The story that mindkind was facing certain destruction from the race of machines and their only hope was to send someone back to protect Sarah ...  Read the complete review

I decided to split my top 10 film choices into the 3 categories of Horror, Sci-Fi, and Action due to the impossibility of narrowing it down to only the ten. I completed the horror list yesterday, mainly due to the ease of selection, and the next easiest is the Science-Fiction. As I have mentioned previously, all my selections are based on entertainment alone, and not on some aesthetically based critique formed from 'quality acting' or worthiness. In no particular order, these are my Top10 Sci-Fi films. Robocop. The only reason this is at the top of the pile is that, after looking down the list, I have included 2 other films by ...  Read the complete review

Science fiction's quite a difficult genre to pick from, mainly because it's so enormous. The comprehensive Aurum Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction includes all manner of films that I'd never really thought of as sci fi at all, like Frankenstein or the James Bond movies. And I suppose they are in a way, but they both seem to belong firmly in other genres more than they do in science fiction, so I'm not going to include them here. Anyway, here are ten sci fi movies that I really like. 1) Flash Gordon - My favourite film. Mindless, gaudy fun. Brian Blessed. Queen. Klytus. And so on. I already wrote an opinion if this, so I'm not going to ...  Read the complete review