'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 [...]

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 [...]