Film Review: Ex Machina (2015)
byA great many science fiction stories have wrestled with the idea of artificial intelligence. In the case of the recent Battlestar Galactica reboot, and…
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TV Recap: Orphan Black, S03E02, “Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis”
byIn episode two we have a little more plot development, a little more weirdness and a farewell of sorts. In season two we were…
Orphan Black – Season 1 Overview
byOrphan Black is a science fiction series from creators Graeme Manson and John Fawcett through BBC America, with a storyline of many competing plot lines. It…
Orphan Black – Season 2 overview
byBBC America’s medical science-fiction show Orphan Black was renewed for a second season and picked up where season one left off. Tatiana Maslany reprises the role…
Orphan Black – S3E1: The Weight Of This Combination
byIt’s good that there’s been a year between season two and three because it means there’s been time to digest the story so-far, and…
Film Review: Kidnapping Mr Heineken (2014)
byDaniel Alfredson’s movie about the abduction and ransom of the Heineken brewery CEO in 1983 seems, despite an excellent cast, somehow less than the…
Film Review: Selma (2014)
byYou may be forgiven for wondering why in the 21st century, it takes a movie about the civil rights movement to showcase the talents…
Film Review: The Salvation (2014)
byA Danish western is something you don’t see everyday, and this is perhaps the only unique aspect of The Salvation, directed by Kristian Levring….
Film Review: The Ref (1994)
byThe Ref (1994) is a family Christmas movie with a difference: it doesn’t give saccharine sweet families getting along, instead it goes into a…
Film Review: The Congress (2013)
byThe Futurological Congress (1971) written by Stanislaw Lem forms the basis of Ari Folman’s The Congress (2013). Lem, also known for Solaris (1961), penned the black…