Masters Of The Universe loosely remakes the very dicey 1987 Dolph Lundgren film as a Thor Ragnarok-style pisstaking action/ fantasy/ comedy. Within the scope of its juvenile ambition this film works occasionally but not often enough. Masters follows the adventures of Adam Glenn (Nicholas Galitzine) aka He-Man a refugee from the planet Eternia which has been taken over by the
Read moreWith Ryan Gosling in the lead, space adventure Project Hail Mary is one of the big science fiction movie hopefuls for 2026. Evoking many films past, Project Hail Mary will likely tick boxes of familiarity for a lot of filmgoers and its introspective serio-comic style will no doubt resonate with some but others will probably find it strangely underwhelming. The
Read moreThe Avatar film franchise, which depicts the battle between the giant blue indigenous Na’vi people of the planet Pandora and us greedy humans, holds the number one and three positions on the list of highest grossing films of all time. This is a remarkable feat that seems due to a combination of a novel science fiction concept (in this case
Read morePaul Thomas Anderson is rightly considered one of the most important directors of the last few decades and his film are regarded as event cinema. Still, his last couple of movies, the nostalgic Liquorice Pizza and oddball fashion world drama Phantom Thread, had mixed reactions. His latest film, the exhilaratingly bonkers activist action/drama/comedy One Battle After Another, is his most
Read moreIt’s been a big year for Stephen King adaptations about people in deadly foot races. Earlier, we had the impressively gruelling and poignant The Long Walk and now comes The Running Man, not only a King adaptation but a remake of the 1987 Arnie film. The original film was an entertainingly silly piece of glossy 80’s sci fi action that
Read moreThe Gen X franchise regeneration continues with a surprisingly entertaining addition to the sci fi action franchise Predator in Predator: Badlands. As with the Terminator movies, what was once the otherworldly villain has now become the hero as the Predator known as Dek (New Zealand actor Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), who is a member of the a Yautja people, is at the
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