Clever, inventive, visually breathtaking and studded with gritty action sequences, the dystopian adventure, The Creator is one of the stronger cinematic sci fi offerings of recent times. Still, a few too many conspicuous film references, structural issues and superficial examination of key issues like artificial intelligence and American imperialism lessen its impact. In scenes reminiscent of the start of District
Read moreRogue One: A Star Wars Story is a prequel to the original Star Wars film A New Hope and tells the story of how the Rebel Alliance came to acquire the plans to the Death Star. This is no spoiler as the broad plot of this film was scrawled across the screen in the opening minutes of A New Hope
Read moreThe latest screen incarnation of Godzilla was preceded by one of the more enticing trailers of recent times. It depicted a team of paratroopers descending through an ominously dark and cloudy sky to the eerie strains of Gyorgy Ligeti’s Reqium otherwise known as the monolith music from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was spooky, menacing and instantly grabbed the attention
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