Mark Wahlberg is The Chosen One – believe it or not this is an actual a plot point in Transformers: The Last Knight – and for those of you who thought Wahlberg playing an inventor in Transformers: Age of Extinction stretched the laws of credulity beyond the breaking point, well you are in for a…
Tag: science fiction
Coherence (2013) – Review
Never trust a comet – it’s as simple as that – if they aren’t blinding people ala Day of the Triffids, they’re turning the population into red dust or mutants vis-à-vis Night of the Comet. Still, in James Ward Byrkit’s directorial debut, the nature and effects of the comet are of a more subtle and…
Latitude Zero (1969) – Review
Toho Studios may mostly be known for their Godzilla and other kaiju movies but in the late 60s they created a little gem called Latitude Zero, where an altruistic Nemo type does battle with his nefarious evil counterpoint, and his monstrous creations, and to capture some of that good ole American box office Toho wasn’t…
Chopping Mall (1986) – Review
The 80s were a wondrous time because long before there was Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram if teens wanted to hang out they’d actually have to do it in person, and the most popular place for kids to meet was at the local mall. Now, movie-wise kids were being murdered left right and center by machete-wielding…
Alien: Covenant (2017) – Review
I had some serious issues with Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel Prometheus, as it seemed to be a film that just randomly threw in mythology and then never bothered to explain anything – maybe Scott had hopes that we would all be patient enough to wait for the sequel to the prequel – but then he…