Science Fiction & Fantasy

Advantages: Unique storyline, with upto date issues
Disadvantages: none

...his state of mind. I found this film quite tense as you weren't sure how safe he was as he travelled through New York and much tension is derived from using the shadows and the unknown and i also found it poignant, what he finds to do all day as a lone survivor in New York and how being alone affects him and how he manages to survive, find food and a purpose to living all add to his story. This also helps us reflect on what effect mankinds constant ... Read review

Advantages: An idea of what our future could hold
Disadvantages: Dull and lifeless

...say that the world that Zero Population Growth displays was inevitable. Set in the future (though when is unknown) this 1972 movie finds Oliver Reed and Geraldine Chaplin playing a young couple whose hopes and dreams of the future are delivered a crashing blow. After what could have been several nuclear wars, or at least some sort of radioactive disaster, the population live in a sort of Big Brother existence. The air outside is so polluted that ...
...more dangerous dreams. Zero Population Growth follows in the wake of movies like Fahrenheit 451, giving a clinical and disturbing view of the future. Its ultimate storyline would not come as a surprise to anyone, two people daring to go out on a limb in order to have a child of their own. But what does come as a bit of a surprise is how unforgiving dull this movie is after so much potential. If you'll forgive me, the world mind numbing would not ... Read review

Advantages: Gets you thinking, decent acting and concept
Disadvantages: TV ending not included in special features

...enjoy thought-provoking, original films, then The Butterfly Effect could be for you. It isn't as philosophically mind-bending as I think its creators wanted it to be, but it is quite intense and will invoke some debate after watching. The storyline and acting are both good, and you get caught up in the tension as the main character attempts to make the decision that's best for all, with devastating consequences. There's a part in the middle where ...
...purpose to every scene. If you saw it in the cinema or on TV, be prepared for a different ending. I was a bit disappointed that the whole alternative ending wasn't included in the special features, only the corny part of it. Definitely worth having, to watch at leisure. Enjoy. ... Read review

Advantages: extremely funny and moving, great CGI
Disadvantages: a bit generic looking at times

...who haven't seen the original Tenchi Muyo series, it is about a typical high school boy whose home is invaded by beautiful women from space connected together by the power of the planet Jurai's space trees through one form or another. Planet Jurai is very similar to planet earth but the Jurians themselves are very much like the elves from Lord of the rings. Providing they stay connected to a tree which is also their space ship they can live forever. ...
...same time scale as the Tenchi Muyo series but follows the lives of Tenchi's high school friend who accidentally gets mistaken for a space warrior and is recruited in the Galaxy police service (GXP). This young mans name is Seina Yamada and he is the most unlucky boy you could ever imagine, catastrophe follows him anywhere he goes. It does feature references and characters from the Tenchi Muyo series but you don't have to have watched it to follow ... Read review

Advantages: Great family film
Disadvantages: Not available to buy in this country

Mr Destiny is a film which my hubby has been telling me about for years and what joy he had when I managed to get a copy on eBay for him. The only downside to the DVD is that it is a Dutch import so the cover is all in foreign words so you cant read any of it. Despite this the film is, to my surprise, very good. THE FILM Larry Burrows (James Belushi) is living a normal life with his wife and his boring job. The only positive thing to his job is ...
...the bar is run by Mr Destiny (Michael Caine) and the two guys get talking and Larry tells Mr Destiny how he wishes his life could be different. He says is all starts back in his school days when he missed a crucial hit in the baseball game the school team needed to win. Mr Destiny gives Larry a special drink, and as Larry then leaves the bar his life has drastically changed. Will Larry like is new life style or will he finally realise the life he ... Read review