Matt Damon plays an astronaut abandoned on Mars who manages to survive a lot longer than expected.
read more'Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence' - Movie Review
The follow-up movie to "Ghost in the Shell," one of the greatest and most thought-provoking science fiction anime films ever made.
read more'Home' (2015) - Movie Review
Goofy and colourful, not very original or overly funny, the animated kids flick "Home" isn't much of a success.
read more'Insurgent' - Movie Review
Better writing, stupider action in the sequel to "Divergent."
read more'Divergent' - Movie Review
Weak SF movie that probably appeals to teens. And yet I'll probably watch the sequel.
read more'Conscience of the Beagle' - Book Review
Patricia Anthony's noir SF cop novel.
read more'Ant-Man' - Movie Review
The most recent film in the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" goes a little lower key: it stars a guy in a suit that can make him really small, and leans heavily to comedy.
read more'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' - Movie Review
JJ Abrams does an amazing tribute-slash-rehash of everyone's favourite childhood movies (like any sensible person, he ignores the second trilogy).
read more'Jurassic World' - Movie Review
Pretty special effects (shiny! dinosaurs!), lots of action, and excruciatingly poor dialogue.
read more'Quofum' - Book Review
A review of Alan Dean Foster's 2008 title "Quofum" - a far cry from his entertaining early titles ... and not in a good way.
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