Alita: Battle Angel

A deactivated cyborg is revived and rebuilt with no memory of her past so goes on a quest to learn the truth about herself in Robert Rodriguez’ Alita: Battle Angel. Adaptations of Japanese Anime and Manga have been fairly poorly received over the years. The most recent example was Ghost in the Shell; a film…

Downsizing

Alexander Payne’s Downsizing offers an innovative sci-fi solution to the global overpopulation problem by shrinking Humans to around 5 inches tall. A high concept idea like this should be right up my alley. I love exploring real world issues through a science fiction lens and the idea of shrinking Earth’s population so that they take up…

The Legend of Tarzan

David Yates’ The Legend of Tarzan brings back the most adapted character in history for a new adventure. The twist with this one is that it’s set after the Tarzan stories have already happened so it seems to want to do its own thing. Think Hook but with more Apes. It’s a good idea. Most…

Spectre

Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in Spectre; the 24th official entry in the Bond Canon and Craig’s fourth outing as the famous MI6 agent. In this adventure, Bond goes rogue to uncover the truth about a mysterious organisation connected to everything that he has been involved in. It’s been a big year for spy films with…

On the Silver Screen – Big Eyes

Tim Burton’s Big Eyes tells the story of painter Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) as she tries to climb out of the shadow of her overpowering husband Walter (Christoph Waltz) when he claims credit for her work. Burton’s track record with live action film making has been spotty at best in the past few years so…