Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
July 27, 2005
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) is a film bound to polarize audiences and critics alike. Loving homage or blatant rip-off? It really depends on whether you love or hate this movie. Personally, I was transported away to this cinematic dreamland...
Metropolis
July 6, 2005
It’s not that often that the words ‘masterpiece’ or ‘work of art’ are used in reference to film, but you’d be hard pressed to find any writings on Fritz Lang’s Metropolis that does not. Eureka are releasing a...
The Ultimate Matrix Collection
June 26, 2005
It’s safe to say that The Matrix trilogy has become firmly entrenched in our pop culture zeitgeist. It is a classic example of being in the right place at the right time with just the right blend of genres: moody film noir, Cyberpunk science fiction...
The Iron Giant: Special Edition
June 13, 2005
When The Iron Giant was released in 1999, it flew in the face of the current trend popularized by Disney animated musicals. Based on the 1968 children’s book, The Giant: A Story in Five Nights, by late British poet Ted Hughes, The Iron Giant refuses...
Roswell: Season Three
May 7, 2005
Teenagers. Tantrums. Tabasco. At the end of last season Tess’ betrayal and psychic murder of classmate Alex were revealed and, carrying Max’s child, she took the alien ship back to their home planet. Just your average Friday night in Roswell,...
Star Trek: Generations: Special Collector’s Edition
April 20, 2005
Touted as the legendary meeting of Captain Kirk (Shatner) from the classic Trek and Captain Picard (Stewart) from The Next Generation, Star Trek: Generations (1994) was seen as a symbolic passing of the torch from one franchise to the other. However,...
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1
February 20, 2005
In 1966, Sci-Fi was still a developing genre and the world had not yet seen the spectacular imagery of ‘Star Wars’. Drawing on the likes of Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Lost In Space and The Twilight Zone, Gene Roddenberry created one of the...
Resident Evil: Deluxe Edition
December 30, 2004
While it’s certainly true that video games have come a long way since the heady days of Pac Man, with elaborate game worlds, large casts of characters and detailed plots, they don’t always translate well into a coherent movie. Paul W.S. Anderson,...
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
December 27, 2004
“Dark Fury” tells the story of what happened after “Pitch Black”. The great thing about this is that they used anime as a medium, which is so much more versatile than standard film. Vin Diesel still voices the character of Riddick,...
I, Robot
December 7, 2004
One mistake was all it took for Big Willie to lose his crown as king of the summer blockbuster. Now I, Robot is his rise from the ashes of Wild Wild West. The script is near perfect. The special effects are near perfect. The direction is near perfect....
