Revenge movies have been a staple of horror films since almost the beginning of the genre itself, one could even say James Whale’s Bride of Frankenstein had an element of revenge to its story, and today we will be looking at another type of “Frankenstein Monster” revenge tale, and this one that takes the premise…
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D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) – Review
When it comes to computers with artificial intelligence Hollywood has mostly been in the camp of “This is a really bad idea,” with such notable examples being the murderous Hal 9000 from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, to the more recent entry in the genre the duplicitous Ava from Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, but…
Justice League (2017) – Review
With Zack Snyder’s Justice League the DC Extended Universe moves into full gear, unfortunately at times it looks like they’ve stripped a gear or two. As the film’s troubled production has been no secret, with the original concept of it being a two part film being jettisoned in favour a two hour standalone one, and…
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) – From Book to Screen
In 1972 writer Martin Caidin wrote a speculative science fiction story called Cyborg, where astronaut and test pilot Steve Austin loses an eye, one arm, and both legs after a disastrous crash during a test flight but with advanced cybernetics, they are then able to replace them with bionic ones.
Terminator Genisys (2015) – Review
Writing a good time travel movie is tricky business, writing a good time travel movie franchise is almost impossible, but that doesn’t stop the makers of The Terminator movies from trying. Bless their greedy little hearts.