The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival, a celebrated gathering that spotlights the literary genius of its namesake, returns in full force for its ninth annual season. Events include film screenings, post-film discussions, virtual reality, and screenplay and graphic novel competitions. As a platform for exploring the evolution of…
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Kino Lorber have released THE LAST MAN ON EARTH on special edition Blu-ray. Screen legend Vincent Price (Tales of Terror, The Raven) gives a masterful performance in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi chiller, the first and most faithful adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel I Am Legend. A plague envelops the earth,…
OCCUPATION: RAINFALL * Australia 2020 Dir: Luke Sparke. 128 mins The battle for Earth and the anticipated enslavement of humans. Why in our species like privileged existence should we care? OCCUPATION: RAINFALL (2020) reeks of MAD MAX, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, PREDATOR, GI JOE and practically any militaristic science fiction film around.…
‘A tense, suspenseful and engrossing film… a nuanced character study of its hero… there aren’t many people who can make sci-fi films like this’ Rivets On The Poster Black Mirror meets A Quiet Place in gripping sci-fi thriller A New World Order from director Daniel Raboldt in his feature debut, which has its UK premiere on DVD…
SNOWPIERCER **** South Korea / Czech Republic 2013 Dir: Bong Joon Ho. 126 mins A typically spry multi-layered social satire from one of the world’s most consistent genre filmmakers, this fell victim to Weinstein tampering and, after a spotty release around the world, only arrived on disc in the UK…