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Aliens go to the top of the class!

Advantages: A brilliant alien edgy feel to the film
Disadvantages: Surely...someone would have gone for help!

The faculty is a good example of a late 1990's teenage horror sci fi flick...milder than the Scream films it focusses on the takeover of a school by aliens who take over people in a gruesome way (and without wishing to spoil it...it is worth waiting to see it!). One of the main strengths in the film is that initially you do not really know who has been taken over by the aliens... simply because it is set in a school and teachers are generally just ...
...what is happening, but obviously the aliens being clever little blighters have infiltrated all the right people... The group of teenagers soon realise what they have to do to save everyone and have to confront possibly the biggest and ugliest thing you will ever see. It is great, well made with CGI and puppetry work and in terms of cinematic monsters...its a gem! There are some highly memorable scenes in this film. I loved the alien in the swimming ...

excelsior81 31.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Faculty (DVD)

DONT READ THE BOOK FIRST

Advantages: GOOD STORYLINE
Disadvantages: IF YOU'VE READ THE BOOK FIRST, ITS HARD TO GET INTO

...own ideas of what the sphere might might be A spacecraft is found at the bottom of the sea and a group of scientists are rushed in to investigate it. The spacecraft is undamaged and is covered in coral which is believed to be at least 300 years old which is impossible. Inside they find a sphere. Throughout most of the film they try to find out how to get inside and to see what its used for. The film keeps you guessing as to what it is and why it ...
...film you need to be in a quiet environment as it keeps your brain working, get rid of any chatty friends who always ask " whats that for" "why's he doing that" With the cast being Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone etc. it does make it watchable and the special effects are good The ending is a little dissapointing(so is the book) it doesnt answer all questions about events which happened ...

beckwat6 13.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Sphere (Special Edition) (DVD)

Godzilla - worth a watch

Advantages: Good filmography, good special effects, believable characheters
Disadvantages: the love story between two of the leads wasn't really needed to enhance the film.

...you are into this kind of film, or sci fi give it a shot I don't think you'll be disappointed. Extras: Trailers (of the film x3) Special EFX's supervisors commentry Photo gallery Godzilla takes New York Featurette Music video - The Wall Flowers "Heroes" Director/Producer Promo Cast Filmographies ...

aragorn01 07.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Godzilla (DVD)

This should be Lost in Space!

Advantages: Plot twist, special effects, Gary Oldman
Disadvantages: Everything else

...up into space and got lost (funny that, the title kind of gives it away!). So, when they made the decision to remake the series into a film, giving it a futuristic overhaul, I was really excited. The film was released in 1998, and its running time is 130 minutes. The Plot In the year 2058, scientists have realised that in order for the population of Earth to survive, they must relocate to somewhere outside the planet, for it is dying. The Robinson ...
...yet they find themselves literally lost in space when the sinister Smith stows away. Dr John Robinson and family then find themselves searching for a way back home and fighting for their own survival, let alone that of the Earth. Armed with the latest state of the art gadgetry and a hot shot military man, Major Don West, the Robinsons see adventure after adventure as they try to find their way back. The Cast and Performances, and then My Opinion! ...

pmcds 13.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Lost In Space (DVD)

Insurrection

Advantages: Excellent special effects, great cast
Disadvantages: It feels like a feature-length TV episode

STAR TREK: INSURRECTION is the 9th in the 'Star Trek' movie series, and the 3rd to feature the 'Next Generation' crew, led by Captain Picard. The film tells the story of a scheme between a Starfleet Admiral and the Son'a (a dying race) to destroy the Ba'ku, a peaceful race who have a formula to halt the aging process. When Picard and his crew discover this plot and are put into direct conflict with their superiors in order to save the Ba'ku. After ...
...parts. When I see a Star Trek movie I want to see something that feels more than just a feature-length episode of the TV shows. With the movies starring the original crew I got this - the films came along over a decade after the original series had finished, and special effects had come a long way. I really felt in watching those films that I was getting something new. The first of the 'Next Generation' films, GENERATIONS, gave me that feeling, with ...

phurren2006 16.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Star Trek 9 - Insurrection (DVD)