When the previous two Next Generation movies received a less than stellar reception at the box office Paramount Pictures fell back on the old tried and true solution for a flagging franchise, the ever-reliable reboot, but this particular reboot would get a bit of twist as it wouldn’t be a simple case of recasting young…
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Forbidden Planet (1956) – Review
When it comes to adaptations of a body of work William Shakespeare is easily one of the most adapted authors in history, from Laurence Olivier to Kenneth Branagh his plays has been handled by some of the great, but my personal favourite interpretations of his work would be that of MGM’s science fiction classic Forbidden…
Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956) – Review
Ed Wood’s Plan 9 from Outer Space has been often labelled “The Worst Movie Ever Made” but that wasn’t until after it had wrestled that title away from 1956’s Fire Maidens of Outer Space a British entry into the realm of science fiction cinema that consisted mostly of scantily clad women, cardboard sets and an…
PlayStation VR: Enter a New World of Console Gaming
With the PlayStation VR Sony has entered the ring of virtual reality, something we’ve only had access to in PC gaming with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, but with this new system from Sony we get a slightly more affordable unit, and if not as sharp and immersive as its PC rivals it’s damn…
Star Trek Beyond (2016) – Review
The crew of the Enterprise has been exploring the “Final Frontier” for fifty years now and have encountered countless dangers and bumpy-headed aliens, but in 2009 J.J. Abrams rebooted the franchise with a new cast and crew and with this reboot, Abrams created an alternate timeline.