8.5 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): On Political Paranoia David Kahen Kashi May 5, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction, Super Hero 2 Comments “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” - Horace "It is sweet and right to die for one’s country". Most famously, and aptly, used by the World War I era poet Wilfred Owen in his poem, "Dulce Et Decorum...
4 Transcendence (2014): A Pretentious Film From a Rookie Director Manon de Reeper April 29, 2014 2010-Present, Drama, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction 2 Comments Christopher Nolan, Wally Pfister, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman… The big names attached to this film as well as the potentially great story all promised a pretty awesome movie. The movie, however, did not live...
6.5 Gravity (2013): Does the Multi-Oscar Winning Film Live Up to the Hype? Kimberly Gamble April 24, 2014 2010-Present, Drama, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction, Thriller 6 Comments When I saw the first preview of this film, it appealed to me as a sci-fi thriller fan. I had every intention of going to the theaters to see it, but alas, I waited too long. Meanwhile, Gravity won several...
6.8 Divergent (2014): The Glorification of Extraversion Manon de Reeper April 3, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Adventure, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction Divergent's a fun, entertaining movie, but it has a few flaws. We discuss whether the film lived up to the book, and its glorification of extraversion.
8 Pacific Rim (2013): A fun film, or a wasted concept? Tyler Rowe April 1, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Adventure, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction Tyler Rowe's review of Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim. Those kaijus and robots were awesome, but we wanted MORE. Of everything.
5.5 Oblivion (2013): Visually Stunning but Without Content or Originality Manon de Reeper February 11, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Adventure, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction Oblivion was a movie I’d been looking forward to as I'm a huge (dystopian) sci-fi fan. Unfortunately, it was quite a disappointment. Rarely have I seen a movie as unoriginal as this one. In Oblivion,...
8 Why World War Z (2013) Is More Nuanced Than You Realized (Review) Manon de Reeper January 21, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Horror, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction, Thriller 3 Comments I'm honestly not much of a horror fan, especially the ghosts I cannot handle (nor the high-pitched violin shrieking and shots that give me heart attacks). Zombies are something else, though. I'm pretty good...
5 Review: The Purge (2013) Manon de Reeper September 16, 2013 2010-Present, Horror, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction, Thriller In The Purge, a happy, wealthy family gets ready for the annual night of the Purge, a 12-hour period during which all crime is legal. This new way to fight crime has been very successful - crime is at an all...
9 Review: Elysium (2013) Manon de Reeper August 25, 2013 2010-Present, Action, Drama, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction In Elysium, the world has gone to shit. It is heavily polluted and poverty has risen to extremely high levels - the ghettos stretch as far as you can see. This is where the poor working class lives. The rich...
9.5 Review: THX 1138 (1971) Manon de Reeper July 24, 2013 Movie Reviews, Oldies (1950-1989), Science Fiction, Thriller The following contains spoilers! Most people I tell about THX 1138 have never heard of it before. When I tell them it was George Lucas' first feature-length film, they look at me dumbfounded. Though, if...
8 Review: Iron Man 3 (2013) Manon de Reeper June 25, 2013 2010-Present, Action, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction, Super Hero Robert Downey Jr. returns once more as the extravagant Tony Stark and Iron Man. In this third installment of this popular super hero franchise, Tony Stark faces a pretty tough terrorist with (really cool)...