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Life *** (2017, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds) – Movie Review

The trouble with director Daniel Espinosa’s enjoyable and entertaining 2017 sci-fi horror is that is an Alien ripoff, and, while that is in some ways a good thing, in others, it’s bad. The story is very familiar […]

Mar, 24

The Space Between Us ** (2017, Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino, Britt Robertson) – Movie Review

Director Peter Chelsom’s 2017 interplanetary adventure film occupies the space between interesting and boring. It’s way too long and talky for its own good, and some dialogue and scenes could just be cut, which could […]

Feb, 11

The Martian **** (2015, Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kristen Wiig) – Movie Review

Matt Damon stars in director Ridley Scott’s 2015 The Martian as astronaut Mark Watney who is left behind by his evacuating crew, presumed dead after a devastating dust storm during a manned mission to Mars. But Watney […]

Sep, 28

Flight to Mars *** (1951, Cameron Mitchell, Marguerite Chapman, Arthur Franz, Virginia Huston, John Litel, Richard Gaines, Morris Ankrum) – Classic Movie Review 2561

  Director Lesley Selander’s pioneering 1951 low-budget sci-fi movie quickie, produced by Walter Mirisch for poverty row studios Monogram, stars Cameron Mitchell, Marguerite Chapman, Arthur Franz, Virginia Huston, John Litel, Richard Gaines and Morris Ankrum. […]

Jun, 06

Total Recall ****½ (1990, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside) – Classic Movie Review 2028

Both director Paul Verhoeven and his star Arnold Schwarzenegger are on or very near their best form for this exhilarating 1990 science-fiction thriller, a clever mix of bright ideas, involving plot, witty satire and violent […]

Jan, 01

Mission to Mars *** (2000, Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Jerry O’Connell) – Classic Movie Review 1292

Take the best bits of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the worst parts of The Abyss. Add in pieces of Contact, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Apollo 13 and just a dash of […]

Jun, 04

Red Planet **** (2000, Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, Simon Baker, Benjamin Bratt, Terence Stamp) – Classic Movie Review 707

The special effects are out of this world in director Anthony Hoffman’s gripping Aussie-made 2001 sci-fi thriller, which provides an entertaining visual treat with its splendidly realised vision of Mars in the future. Mission commander […]

Jan, 17

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