Cleanin' Up The Town is a fascinating in-depth look at the making of 1984's Ghostbusters. Back in 2008, brother and sister production team, Anthony and Claire Bueno started work on a definitive behind the scenes Ghostbusters documentary entitled Cleanin’ Up The [...]

After Romero, Nicholson, Ledger and Leto, Can Joaquin Phoenix bring anything new to the Joker story? Joker. This was a film that I was honestly not expecting to be any good at all. But first, let us turn back the clock [...]

"Making a girl. Actually making a girl. Like Frankenstein... except cuter." It’s a cliché, but Weird Science is a film of its time, 1985 to be exact. Directed by John Hughes who helmed previous classics such as Sixteen Candles and The [...]

After two successful Hellboy film adaptations, can this reboot bring something fresh to the table? When I first saw an image of Ron Pearlman as Hellboy, possibly in the first trailer for the original 2004 film directed by Guillermo Del Toro, [...]

What if Superman was evil? This is Brightburn. Brightburn is a film that doesn’t seem to have caused a big impact at the box office and I think that’s a shame. This low budget film, a reported $7 million, sci-fi/horror tale [...]

'Detective Pikachu' may be a little predictable, but it offers a fantastic family movie experience packed with your favourite Pokémon. A quick disclaimer. My understanding of Pokémon is mostly garnered from the phenomenon that is Niantic Labs' augmented reality game Pokémon [...]

The Sun is about to transform into a red giant engulfing the Earth. Can humanity survive? I first heard about The Wandering Earth (Liu lang di qiu) when a trailer popped up amongst my YouTube feed. Despite the obvious language barrier, [...]

Can Arrow Video's release of Waterworld finally give the film the attention it deserves? Regular readers here at The Unheard Nerd will know of my passion for the film Waterworld. What was originally a simple article about the PC CD-ROM game [...]

The literary hero Biggles is brought to life with a sci-fi twist. The story of Biggles: Adventures in Time has always held a particular place in my memories. As a child, I used to listen to a lot of storybook and [...]

A quadriplegic is offered the chance to walk again via a bionic chip implant. However, the chip holds surprises. Having watched the two trailers earlier this year for the Australian science fiction film Upgrade, my interest was piqued, and I eagerly [...]