Category Archives: Movie

I appear to be operating by way of superhero movies at the moment, even though I am not a fan of the genre and scarcely looked at any comics even in my youth, allow by yourself because. However, great ones … Continue reading →

The current Christmas fantasy blockbuster, this is based on Northern Lights (known as The Golden Compass outside the UK), the first volume of Philip Pullman’s highly successful His Dark Materials trilogy. I read the trilogy a few years ago and, … Continue reading →

An fascinating preview of Iain M Banks’ new Tradition novel Issue (due out in hardback in February), inside an entertaining job interview with the author, is the initial characteristic in the newest issue of the SFF mag. One to seem … Continue reading →

The time is the present, the location New Orleans. A massive car bomb destroys a ferry packed with families, and ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) is assigned to the team to investigate it. Be warned: I try to avoid … Continue reading →

V for Vendetta (2006) is set in a future dystopian England in which security fears have led to the imposition of a police state, with tight controls on public behaviour and suppression of dissent. A girl (Natalie Portman) becomes caught … Continue reading →