War Of The Worlds Aussie-style, as small-town residents fight alien invaders in a slam-bang sci-fi epic packed with dazzling effects and bug-eyed beasties. Luke Sparke follows up his hugely enjoyable action-horror Red Billabong with a no-nonsense alien invasion epic that mixes Red Dawn into Independence Day for an explosive burst…
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In the tradition of Dominion and The Mortal Instruments, and from director Jenni Ivers (The Cabin) comes the sci-fi thrill-ride LOOPHOLE, out now from High Octane Pictures. “If this gene is in your DNA, you will commit a violent crime”. Synopsis: The gene for violence is discovered, setting off a…
WHITE SPACE (a.k.a. Beyond White Space) ***** U.S.A. / Hungary 2018 Dir: Ken Locsmandi 94 mins In the year 2150, the interplanetary fishing vessel ‘Essex’ is boarded by pirates and the crew left with few provisions. To recoup their losses, the captain makes the dangerous decision to go after a…
AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS **** UK 2018 Dir: Johnny Kervorkian. 91 mins A decade after his elegiac Elephant & Castle council estate ghost story THE DISAPPEARED, director Johnny Kervorkian makes a welcome return with an apocalyptic horror film doubling as a suitably uncomfortable portrait of a typical British Christmas. While the…
ALIEN PREDATOR ** U.S.A. 2018 Dir: Jared Cohn 88 mins Time to enter ‘The Asylum’ territory of filmmaking with ALIEN PREDATOR which was released to capitalize on the 2018 big budget movie THE PREDATOR. In this movie a team of soldiers are attacked by an unknown enemy when they go to…