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 [...]

An extensive exercise in exposition. 'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald' serves, more than anything, to set up the continuation of the series. It's been two years since 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' opened in cinemas. As a film [...]

With a troubled production and a poor box office performance, is Solo worth your time? Background As far back as 2013, not long after they had purchased Lucasfilm, Disney announced a series of spin-off films that would be set within the Star [...]

Ready Player One, an entertaining bombardment of pop-culture references. But no extra life needed. One play through is enough. Based on Ernest Cline's 2011 novel of the same name, 'Ready Player One' receives a big screen adaptation from legendary director Steven [...]

An 18th-century cartographer becomes lost in a small Ukranian village and stumbles upon a dangerous evil. Background Forbidden Kingdom is the 2014 UK release for a Russian fantasy film entitled Viy. This isn’t to be confused with The Forbidden Kingdom, a martial [...]

After two years of waiting, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is finally here! Was it worth the wait?...mostly. Background I’m not going to sit here and write a long meandering text about how Star Wars is probably the primary reason I’m a [...]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi falls way below expectation. Clunky storytelling, unfinished sets and a whole heap of unfulfilled potential. With the Star Wars saga in its fortieth year, the story which began in 1977 continues this December with director Rian [...]

Director Denis Villeneuve replicates the essence of Ridley Scott's original in Blade Runner 2049 - a sequel thirty five years in the making. Blade Runner didn't need a sequel. Ridley Scott's interpretation of Philip K. Dick's classic novel, 'Do Androids Dream of [...]

With an all-star cast, sci-fi thriller The Circle foretells the dangers of complete social media transparency through the eyes of Mae Holland, tech-giant employee. Emma Watson leads an all-star cast that includes Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Karen Gillan, Patton Oswalt, Glenne Headly [...]

A powerful and wealthy business man with a terminal illness finds a way to prolong his life, by taking another in Self/Less. Sir Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3) shares the lead as Damian, a New York powerhouse in the business world, diagnosed [...]