Tagged: Science Fiction
Knowing, DVD Review
It’s difficult to put a genre to Alex Proyas latest film ‘Knowing’. Disaster movie, drams, thriller, science fiction, they’re all in there somewhere, what it certainly is, is different.
In 1959 a class of young children are asked to come up with an idea to mark the opening of their new school. One girl, Lucinda, a [...]
Transformers Optimus Prime on David Letterman
Saw this on another blog and thought I would post it here. It’s Optimus Prime presenting the top ten things that sound cool when spoken by a giant robot.
Learn more...Terminator Salvation News
The wait is nearly over, Terminator Salvation hits cinema screens from Wednesday! From the reviews I’ve seen online it seems to be getting universal praise as well. There were those that feared when McG was put at the healm, but all seems well with the franchise. Below is the official synopsis and a few new [...]
Learn more...Kirk’s Movie Blogspot May 27th
Finally managed to get and see the new Star Trek film at the cinema the other night. Expectations were pretty high after the glowing reviews it seems to have received everywhere. After seeing it, whilst very good, I’m not sure that it quite lived up to those raised expectations. Now don’t get me wrong it’s [...]
Learn more...Terminator 3, Blu Ray Review
Terminator 3 continues the story of John Connor and his battle against the time travelling machines and against his destiny. It’s also a bit of a divergence for the franchise in a couple of ways. Firstly the director, Jonathan Mostow has the unenviable task of stepping into James Cameron’s shoes. Secondly we have a female [...]
Learn more...Terminator: Salvation News
There’s a great new 4-minute trailer up for the upcoming Terminator Salvation. Well worth checking out! There’s also an interesting picture below. Looks like those pesky Terminators are interested in a fast set of wheels! All the better to catch John Connor with (will they have the silky smooth driving style of Jensen though, I [...]
Learn more...Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines News
With the imminent cinematic release of Terminator: Salvation, it’s an excellent time for the release of the third installment in the franchise on Blu Ray. If you need your Terminator fix before going to see Salvation and want to see how John Connor progresses through to Judgement Day then this is an essential purchase. Arnie’s [...]
Learn more...The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), Blu Ray Review
It seems that Hollywood is running out of original ideas. We’ve had a plethora of remakes over the last couple of years, some of them have been remakes of films that weren’t really that old! One genre that may benefit from a remake you’d think would be the old sci-fi films of the 50s and [...]
Learn more...The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) – Blu-Ray Review
The Day Earth Stood Still
My first blu-ray review is a classic science fiction film that I already own as a SD release. The Day the Earth Stood Still is based on a short story by a guy called Harry Bates, I’ll be honest and say that I have never heard of him before but if [...]
Kirk’s Movie Blogspot 7th March
This is the part 1 to my Top10 wishlist of films to be brought out on Blu Ray that aren’t already available (hopefully the Blu Ray gods will read this and make my wishes come true!). I’ll run through the first 5 here, don’t think I’m going to do them in any particular order, just off [...]
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