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Action, DVD Review, Family Friendly, Fantasy, Science Fiction, WarAvatar - In the year 2154, Earth relies heavily on a rare but precious resource called ‘Unobtainium’. Finding rich deposits on an Earth-like moon called ‘Pandora’ the military try to negotiate with the Na’vi, the indigenous population.…
Thor: The Dark World
Action / Adventure, Comic Book, DVD Review, Family Friendly, FantasyThor: The Dark World - An ancient race who lived before the light of the universe want to turn all existence back to eternal night. The key to doing this is using a powerful force known as The Aether during the Convergence of the nine realms…
Ender’s Game
DVD Review, For Adults, Science Fiction, TeensEnder's Game - Decades ago, Earth barely survived an attack from the insect-like Formics. Since then children have been trained to be the best fighters Earth can produce. A generation raised on video games are much better placed to process the…
Race To Witch Mountain
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, Family Friendly, For Kids, LOVEFiLM, Science FictionRace to Witch Mountain - Jack Bruno is a Las Vegas cab driver having to deal with all sorts of customers, especially when there is a sci-fi convention in town. When two children, Seth and Sara, appear in the back of his cab, they offer him a…
Pacific Rim
Action, DVD Review, Science Fiction, TeensPacific Rim - When the Earth is attacked by monsters from an inter-dimensional fissure under the sea, humans create colossal ‘Jaegers’ as a way to combat them. These enormous sophisticated war machines are controlled by two pilots whose…
Battleship
Action, DVD Review, Family Friendly, Science FictionBattleship - After scientists send a deep-space signal to Planet-G, a distant planet with similar conditions to Earth, an alien fleet crashes into the waters of the Pacific Ocean. The main ship creates an invisible shield around itself, trapping…
Man Of Steel
Action, Comic Book, DVD Review, For AdultsMan Of Steel - The planet Krypton is doomed to implode when General Zod stages a coup. Jor-El hides the ‘codex’, the basis on which all genetic life on Krypton is based, inside the escape pod of his son, Kal-El. The pod arrives at Earth…
I Am Number Four
Action, DVD Review, Family Friendly, Netflix (UK), Romance, Science Fiction, TeensI Am Number Four - Residing on Earth after the destruction of their own planet, Lorien, nine young aliens are in danger as they are picked off one by one and in numerical order by the Mogadorians. After Number Three is killed, Number Four and…
Small Soldiers
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, Family Friendly, Science FictionSmall Soldiers - When a toy manufacturer puts artificial intelligence chips from the Ministry of Defence into their toys ‘Commando Elite’ and the ‘Gorgonites’, the toys become sentient and believe that they must fight each other. Teenager,…
After Earth
DVD Review, For Adults, Science FictionAfter Earth - A thousand years ago, mankind was forced to leave Earth due to an environmental cataclysm and they settle on their new planet, Nova Prime. After a terrible conflict with an alien species that use fear-detecting creatures called…
Battle: Los Angeles
Action, DVD Review, For Adults, LOVEFiLM, Science Fiction, WarBattle: Los Angeles - When Earth is attacked by an unknown alien species with far superior fire power, all seems lost. Staff Sergeant Nantz has retired but is asked to return to active duty in order to assist a platoon of Marines to rescue a…
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Action, DVD Review, TeensTransformers: Revenge Of The Fallen - Following the events in Mission City, Sam Whitwicky has decided to leave the Autobots behind and go to college. When he finds a fragment of the ‘All Spark’, he suddenly starts seeing strange symbols…