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Edge Of Tomorrow
Action, DVD Review, For Adults, Science Fiction, WarEdge of Tomorrow - Cowardly Major Cage hides behind a media-friendly PR drive to recruit more soldiers in the war against the alien ‘Mimics’. When he cannot escape the war, he is deployed during a battle that was supposed to turn the tide…
Tarzan
Animated, Drama, DVD Review, Family Friendly, For KidsTarzan - During an expedition to discover the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, scientist James Porter and industrialist John Greystoke explore the African jungle for clues to its whereabouts. Instead, they discover and inadvertently set…
Divergent
Drama, DVD Review, Science Fiction, TeensDivergent - After a war has devastated the Earth, survivors living in Chicago (who may be the last of mankind) are separated into five factions: Abnegation (selfless), Amity (peaceful), Candor (justice), Erudite (science) and Dauntless (peace…
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Action, DVD Review, For Adults, Science Fiction, TeensThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire - In the aftermath of the 74th Annual Hunger Games, winners Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark struggle with the trauma of the terrible things they have been forced to see and do to survive. Becoming a symbol…
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, Fantasy, For Adults, Science FictionThe Lost World: Jurassic Park - Four years after the horrific events at ‘Jurassic Park’, Ian Malcom is pushed into travelling to another island inhabited by dinosaurs by John Hammond, the man originally responsible for bringing the dinosaurs…
The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, Fantasy, Romance, TeensThe Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - Clary Fray is starting to see horrific images of people being killed that no-one else can see. She meets a mysterious stranger called Jace Wayland who tells her that, like him, she is a ‘Shadowhunter’;…
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…
Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, Family FriendlyPercy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters - When the tree protecting the inhabitants of Camp Half-Blood is poisoned and begins to die, Percy Jackson, his friends and newly found half-brother, a Cyclops named Tyson, embark on a quest to find the ‘Golden…
The Bourne Legacy
DVD Review, For Adults, ThrillerThe Bourne Legacy - Following the public exposure of Operation Blackbriar and Treadstone due to their failure to find Jason Bourne, the ‘Outcome’ program is launched to replace Blackbriar and all operatives are given ‘chems’, pills which…
How To Train Your Dragon
Animated, DVD Review, Family Friendly, Fantasy, For KidsHow To Train Your Dragon - Hiccup is a young Viking who is yet to kill his first dragon. It’s not that he doesn’t want to; he’s just not very good at it. When his new contraption enables him to capture a rare ‘Night Fury’ dragon, he…
World War Z
Action, DVD Review, For Adults, HorrorWorld War Z - A zombie pandemic is sweeping the globe and the outlook seems bleak. When ex-United Nations worker, Gerry Lane, barely manages to escape with his family, he finds himself forced to undergo a globe-trotting mission in order to try…
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…