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UK Film Review
- Aug 29, 2019
- 3 min
I Am Mother Netflix movie review
★★★★ Directed by: #GrantSputore Starring: #ClaraRugaard, #LukeHawker, #RoseByrne, and #HilarySwank Netflix Film Review by: Charlotte Little I Am Mother is a 2019 Australian science fiction thriller, widely released by #Netflix. Sputore’s directorial debut follows a girl living in a post-apocalyptic bunker. She is raised by an android, whose purpose it is to aid the repopulation of Earth and the restoration of humankind. Their relationship is tested when a wounded stranger arr
Chris Olson
- Mar 26, 2019
- 2 min
Ricochet short film review
★★★★ Directed by: Tim Earnheart Written by: #TimEarnheart Starring: #GiannaMarie, #CorrieFleming, #SJoeDowning, #KatelynAnderson, #AyubaAuda Short Film Review by: #ChrisOlson Slick and fully cranked, short film Ricochet from filmmaker Tim Earnheart is a case study in action #filmmaking. Taking a no-holds-barred approach to blood and gore, this movie's Panic Room meets The Strangers meets Kick-Ass dynamic is a refreshingly bold outing for short cinema. Gianna-Marie plays Ana,
Chris Olson
- Mar 18, 2019
- 2 min
Alien Hunter Nerf War short film review
★★★★ Directed by: Newmantron Written by: #Newmantron Starring: #AimeeCullen, #SteveBrownlie, #ChrisRyman, #IsabellaStevensonOlds, #SamChapman, #AlecChristie, #TonyMacMurray Short Film Review by: #ChrisOlson Comedy pastiche Alien Hunter Nerf War from filmmaker Newmantron (his birth name) delivers a cacophonous yet engaging sci-fi movie for audiences who like their monsters terminated with foam-based weaponry. Aimee Cullen plays Deathwish Smith, a rookie Alien Hunter whose wet-
Chris Olson
- Feb 27, 2019
- 2 min
The Chosen short film review
★★★★ Directed by: Donnell Henry Written by: #DonnellHenry Starring: #KellyWray, #FrankGaldorise, #TeeWilliams Short Film Review by: #ChrisOlson Exploring humanity through an alien invasion is a familiar cinematic journey. Whether the experience is something mainstream and action-packed, like Independence Day, or more intimate and emotional like Arrival, the result is often the same. An alien race turning up on Earth makes us question our species and what makes us, for better
UK Film Review
- Oct 7, 2018
- 3 min
Safe short film
★★★★ Directed by: Tim Earnheart Starring: Nadine Nagamatsu, Corrie Fleming, S. Joe Downing, Ayuba Audu, Reeve Scott Short Film Review by: Jack Bottomley When Tim Earnheart’s award winning action/thriller short Safe begins, it is rather easy to get lulled in to a false sense of security (pun is absolutely intended). What starts very much as a familiar double life thriller yarn, soon takes on a whole new angle and ends up taking influences from the home invasion thriller and, i
UK Film Review
- Jul 16, 2018
- 2 min
The Manual short film
★★★★ Directed by: Wil Magness Starring: JJ Johnson and Lauren Emery Short Film Review by: Niall Maggs The Manual is set in the distant future in what seems to be a post-apocalyptic America. Deep in the woods lives the last human on earth: James, played terrifically by JJ Johnson. James is raised by a humanoid robot known as the Machine (Lauren Emery) after his parents die. We see James' development and growth through a great span of time while being lectured - by the Machine
UK Film Review
- Apr 18, 2018
- 2 min
Exodus short film
★★★ Directed by: Kiran Dhoot
Written by: Kiran Dhoot
Starring: Ricardo Freitas, Meena Rayann, Sanee Raval
Short Film Review by: Chris Olson Dystopian short film Exodus sees a world left void, both physically and morally, as we witness three survivors in a bunker attempt to cling to life in the desperate hope that one of the shuttles that are ferrying citizens off the planet may turn up. Ricardo Freitas plays Caesar, one of the unlucky trio, who spends his time in the bunker
UK Film Review
- Apr 15, 2018
- 2 min
The Endless film review
★★★ Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead Starring Justin Benson, Aaron Moorehead, Callie Hernandez, James Jordan, Tate Ellington Film Review by Hope Madden There is something very clever about the way Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead’s movies sneak up on you. Always creepy, still they defy genre expectations even as they play with them. Camp Arcadia offers the rustic backdrop for their latest, The Endless. A clever bit of SciFi misdirection, the film follows two bro
UK Film Review
- Apr 1, 2018
- 2 min
The Survivor short film
★★★ Directed: by Christopher Carson Emmons
Starring: Nick Kordysh, Sam Koze, Alida Lacosse, Valerie Lightheart and Matthew Nichols
Short Film Review by: Rachel Pullen The Road, I Am Legend, Mad Max...Mad Max 2, the list of apocalyptic films is endless and for good reason, they provide a sense of creativity, scenarios, places and the rules of the land can be manipulated and developed to suit the needs of the storyline, without being as far fetched as certain sci fi plots. And
UK Film Review
- Mar 30, 2018
- 2 min
Ready Player One film review
★★★★ Directed by Steven Spielberg Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, T.J. Miller Film Review by Hope Madden Ready Player One may be the most Spielbergian of all Spielberg movies. It’s Spielberg on Spielberg. Meta-Spielberg. You get the idea. It’s 2045 in Columbus, Ohio and the world is so miserable for so many that they spend all day, every day inside their video games. OASIS is a virtual world where you can play anything against anybody at any
UK Film Review
- Mar 24, 2018
- 2 min
Echoes short film
★★★★★ Directed by: John Carlin
Written by: Aaron Gray and Paul Skillen
Starring: Katie Goldfinch, Antony Achaempong, Nigel O'Neill
Short Film Review by: Chris Olson Full of dark intrigue and compelling science fiction, short film Echoes, written by Aaron Gray and Paul Skillen is also a tale of humanity in the face of uncertain peril. Told aboard a futuristic transport carriage, we are quickly introduced to the three characters. Remy (Nigel O’Neill) is a somewhat morose sort
UK Film Review
- Mar 21, 2018
- 2 min
The Grand Palaver short film
Directed by: Michael Cristian Greene
Starring: Jacob Lentfer-Maguire, Zana Rockwell, and Jasper Lloyd
Short Film Review by: Owen Herman The Grand Palaver is a nostalgic sci-fi short centred around three children trying to solve a mystery. It’s certainly playing to the current popularity of this style and genre but has enough of its own charm to just about stand on its own. Tommy, Chilli, and Dill are become obsessed with finding out what their neighbour is mysteriously build
UK Film Review
- Mar 5, 2018
- 3 min
The Gem short film
Directed by: Joaquin Sharpe Jr
Starring: Ethin Goodman and Jared Hittle
Short Film Review by: Annie Vincent The Gem, one of two short films currently in circulation from Joaquin Sharpe Jr, is an amateur short film with a tragically ironic title. The film follows two boys, Ethan and David, as they wander along some wastleland and spy a glowing rock. David goes to pick it up, only to find his hand is fixed to it and when Ethan tries to help him, an explosion causes them both t
UK Film Review
- Feb 25, 2018
- 2 min
Virtuality short film
Written and Directed by Elliott Fox
Starring Abdoulie Mboob, Tim Shoesmith, Dominika Mari, Elliott Fox and Jonathan Ranger
Short Film Review by Rachel Pullen In this day and age it feels like everything about us is for sale, we advertise ourselves on the internet daily, Instagram, Facebook, the list goes on, then Facebook tells us to post memories of something we posted on the social media platform 5 years ago...the cycle of keeping us attached to these sites never ends. But
UK Film Review
- Feb 23, 2018
- 2 min
Annihilation Netflix film review
★★★★ Directed by Alex Garland Starring Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Tessa Thompson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez Netflix Film Review by George Wolf Alex Garland's work as both a writer (28 Days Later..., Sunshine, Never Let Me Go) and a writer/director (Ex Machina) has shown a visionary talent for molding the other-worldly and the familiar. Annihilation unveils Garland at his most existential, becoming an utterly absorbing sci-fi thriller where each answer begs more
UK Film Review
- Feb 11, 2018
- 2 min
A Man's World short film
Written and Directed by Fred Cavender Story by Fred Cavender and Anne Sinagra Starring Lloyd Lewis, Kaitlyn McGill, Rob Lawrence Short Film Review by Chris Olson Given the deplorable revelations coming out of Hollywood with regards to the treatment of women by male execs and even filmmakers over recent months, it would be interesting to posit the following scenario. If women were a rare, even endangered species, would men treat them any better? Such is the premise of short fi
UK Film Review
- Feb 8, 2018
- 2 min
A Welcoming Place short film
Written and Directed by Sam Saffold
Starring Daniel J. Layton, Francesca Louise White, Cael King, Rebecca Day, Guy Larsen, Sophie Wyatt, & Ashley Russell
Short Film Review by Chris Olson Short mystery thriller A Welcoming Place is a fluid and compelling journey through loss and grief, cocooned in a sci-fi shell that plays on themes of isolation, otherness, and man’s struggle to be anything other than fearful towards the different. Struggling to cope in the aftermath of his f
UK Film Review
- Dec 28, 2017
- 2 min
Time and Again short film
Directed by Kel Webster and Steve Lawson Written by Helen Crevel Starring Colin Baker, Helen Crevel, James Parnham, Skye Lleshi Short Film Review by Chris Olson As old as science fiction itself, time travel stories are a cinematic mainstay. For decades, filmmakers have dared to embroil themselves with complex narratives that intertwine scientific theories on the possibility of traveling into the past and/or future, with the human impact this can have emotionally, physically,
UK Film Review
- Dec 19, 2017
- 3 min
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
★★★★★ Directed by Rian Johnson Starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, and Domhnall Gleeson Film Review by Niall Maggs With the longest runtime in the whole franchise, the 2 hour and 32 minute duration strangely feels a lot shorter than that, which in this case is a good thing! There isn't one scene or act that bores, and the excellent direction and narrative, by Rian Johnson, keeps you captivated instantly. The characters of
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