sci-fi

Today (December 28) saw the surprise release of a Black Mirror film, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.  Named after an obscure 1980's video game that never saw the light of day, it is truly unique in that it's the first true interactive cinematic…

The real horror these days seems to be not being able to afford the basics. Basic healthcare, food and shelter. It's the former I'm going to focus on. Dead Space can throw all the necromorphs, asteroids and hallucinations it wants at me the…

It’s hard to imagine how Liam Torres pitched the concept for Alien Country’s Like My Life Depends on It. But after listening through the finished product, it’s a bit easier to comprehend – this sci-fi country project isn’t as dangerous or…

Released in 2008, Pixar’s ninth feature remains one of the studio’s most ambitious productions and one of its most critically acclaimed. WALL-E is about a lonely robot living 700 years in the future and his pursuit of love across the…

Good news, guys: Netflix’s new apocalyptic drama answers the age-old question: what happens to the rain on Danes? (Answer: it really messes with their brains). Horrific punning aside, if you have been waiting ten years for an updated (and…

Anon – written and directed by Andrew Niccol (director of Gattaca and Simone, writer of The Truman Show) – couldn’t be released at a better time. Set in a near future where privacy no longer exists, the sci-fi has been given an added dose…

In the 15 years since its debut, The Core has become an exemplar of bad science onscreen. There are countless posts online which analyse the many ways that this film plays fast and loose with the laws of physics. However, science fiction…

Doomsday was the third feature written and directed by Neil Marshall who had previously made Dog Soldiers and The Descent, two of the more interesting horror films of the 2000s. It’s an ambitious action thriller that blends familiar…

*Contains mild spoilers* Natalie Portman delivers one of the best performances of her career in the new sci-fi film, Annihilation. The film offers a subdued thematic repertoire of creation and destruction that leaves one reflecting for…

Mute, the latest Netflix sci-fi, is a weird Frankenstein’s creature of a film. It’s filled with interesting ideas and unique touches. Sadly, they are just ones which never coalesce into a satisfying whole. Set in a future Berlin, Alexander…