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Dante 01 (2008) Movie Review
After watching Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s newest film, “Micmacs”, I started to wonder what has become of Marc Caro. It was an easy question to answer; I simply hadn’t taken the time to ask it before....
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Assault Girls (2009) Movie Review
It takes a lot for me to hate a movie these days. Bad acting, poor direction, weak scripts, low-rent computer-generated special effects — I am seemingly impervious to it all, which often allows me...
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Pandorum (2009) Movie Review
At first glance “Pandorum” looks like it is going to be a straight up sci-fi action movie, which it certainly is. But in addition to that the film also crosses into monster movie, horror,...
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The Andromeda Strain (2008) TV Mini-Series Review
Science-fiction movies have a few rules they generally must adhere to in order to be considered “science” fiction. First, they must revolve around a science, whether that’s physics, astronomy, biology, quantuum mechanics, geology or...
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Sunshine (2007) Movie Review
Once, every now and then, a movie comes along with imagery and tone so solid that it makes me say, “Yeah”. I say it with a sort of nonchalant awe and relaxed wonder, not...
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Android Apocalypse (2006) Movie Review
Whoa! It’s that guy from “Blossom”, and he’s playing a cyborg! Whoa! Or, actually, Joey Lawrence (billed as “Joseph Lawrence”) plays a soft-voiced robot soldier who begins to develop feelings for humans, much to...
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Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children (2004) Movie Review
Guest Movie Review by Alex Lui For followers of the Final Fantasy games, “Advent Children” comes as a reward for those long hours spent in front of the TV pushing buttons and ignoring a...
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Lethal Target (1999) Movie Review
Sometimes I think I’m just a glutton for punishment. Take my DVD buying habits as a prime example. The DVD “Lethal Target” is why I hate buying movies I have never heard of, starring...
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Avatar (aka Cyber Wars, 2004) Movie Review
Despite better than expected special effects, there’s one thing the Singapore sci-fi flick “Avatar” can’t quite overcome — well, okay, there’s a lot of things, including stilted acting, awful dialogue, and most of all,...
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Riverworld (2003) Movie Review
An argument can be made that the 2003 television movie “Riverworld” could have been a decent (and perhaps even good) science fiction film if approached in the correct manner in the first place. Alas,...
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Sci-Fighter (aka X-Treme Fighter, 2004) Movie Review
It’s really quite amazing how a movie like “Sci-Fighter” managed to get made in 2004, much less found its way to an audience via a DVD release in mid-2005. The film is hopelessly anachronistic,...
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The Puppet Masters (1994) Movie Review
I liked “The Puppet Masters” when I first saw it many moons ago, while still at the age where the word “impressionable” can reasonably be used. But time has ways of shedding light on...
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Casshern (2004) Movie Review
Like “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”, and before that, Mamoru Oshii’s “Avalon”, the Japanese sci-fi film “Casshern” seems to have been built on a foundation of, “It’d be really cool if we...
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Patlabor: The Movie (1990) Movie Review
In the late 20th century, highly advanced robots, known as Labors, were created for construction purposes. Other labors were developed to be used in the military, for undersea exploration and even recreational purposes. However,...
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Decoys (2004) Movie Review
There are certain films that you question why the producers even bothered to make. “Decoys” falls nicely into that category. An uninspired mating of sci-fi, horror, and campus sex comedy, it’s as awful as...
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Species 3 (2004) Movie Review
“Species III” — the sequel to a movie most known for introducing the beautiful Natasha Henstridge, in all her nude glory, to the world — is terribly slow, unfathomably uninspired, illogically long, dubiously illogical,...
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) Movie Review
It’s difficult to dislike Mamoru Oshii’s sequel to his seminal anime work “Ghost in the Shell”, the cyberpunk sci-fi that influenced “The Matrix” and many others. Then again, it’s also difficult to completely like...
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Stargate: Atlantis, Pilot (2004) TV Review
Wondering if you should bother with “Stargate: Atlantis” when you’ve never even seen a single episode of its predecessor, “Stargate: SG-1″? Here’s the quick answer: the first 30 minutes or so of the “Atlantis’”...
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The Matrix: Revolutions (2003) Movie Review
Who knew the Wachowski brothers had a Jesus Christ fixation? As it turns out, the entire “Matrix” series is nothing more than a remake of Jesus’ life. Who would have thunk it? “The Matrix:...
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