Director: Neill Blomkamp Starring: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, William Fichtner, Diego Luna Written by: Neill Blomkamp Running time: 109 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21st August 2013 There was an air of expectation around Elysium. The follow-up film from writer/director Neill Blomkamp, who gave us the surprise hit District 9. So…
Tag: Sci-Fi
The World’s End
Director: Edgar Wright Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsden, Rosamund Pike Written by: Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th July 2013 When you have made two outstanding and incredibly popular comedies like Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, the level of…
Pacific Rim
Director: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman Written by: Guillermo del Toro and (also story) Travis Beacham Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th July 2013 A few weeks ago I wrote a review about Man Of Steel, in which I complained that the…
After Earth
Director: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Zoe Isabella Kravitz, Sophie Okonedo Written by: Gary Whitta, M. Night Shyamalan and (story) Will Smith. Running Time: 100 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 7th June 2013 Could someone please stop giving M. Night Shyamalan money to make any more movies. His films are getting worse and…
Star Trek Into Darkness
Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumerbatch, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Alice Eve Written by: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof and (based on the characters created by) Gene Roddenberry Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 12A Release Date: 9th May 2013 Four years after the first reboot and newly appointed…
Oblivion
Director: Joseph Kosinski Starring: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo Written by: Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt, (also comic book) Joseph Kosinski and (comic book) Arvid Nelson Running Time: 126 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th April 2013 Science fiction is a hard genre to handle. It can go any way. It can…
Dark Skies
Director: Scott Stewart Starring: Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, Kaden Rockett, J.K. Simmons Written by: Scott Stewart Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd April 2013 There are several things to learn when watching trailers: they are made to make a film look inviting and interesting and they have all the best…
The Host
Director: Andrew Niccol Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, Max Irons, Jake Abel, William Hurt, Francis Farmer Written by: Andrew Niccol and (novel) Stephenie Myers Running Time: 125 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 29th March 2013 As you might already know, i was never a big fan of the Twilight saga. To be honest, it wasn’t…
Cloud Atlas
Directors: Tom Tykwer, Andy Waskowski, Lara Waskowski Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, Susan Sarandon, Hugo Weaving. Written by: Tom Tykwer, Andy Waskowski, Lara Waskowski and (book) David Mitchell Running Time: 172 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd February 2013 In a season of extremely long films…
Looper
Director: Rian Johnson Starring: Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels, Paul Dano. Written by Rian Johnson Running time: 118 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 28th September 2012 Time travel thrillers are incredibly hard to get right. You have to be able to fill the blanks in without leaving too many holes or questions…
Dredd
Director: Pete Travis Starring: Karl Urban, Olivia Thibley, Lena Hedley, Wood Harris, Rakie Ayola. Written by: Alex Garland, (based on the characters created by) Carlos Ezquella and John Wagner. Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 7th September 2012 I feel really sorry for the makers of Dredd. First they decide to take on…
Total Recall
Director: Len Wiseman Starring: Colin Farrell, Jessica Biel, Kate Beckensdale, Bryan Cranston, Bill Nighy. Written by: Mark Bomback, (also screen story) Kurt Wimmer, (screen story) Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Jon Povill (short story) Philip K. Dick. Running Time: 118 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 29th August 2012 In 1990, Paul Verehoeven’s sci-fi classic Total Recall…
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