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RESTORE POINT MOVIE REVIEW In Prague in the year 2041, new tech allows people to upload their consciousness at regular intervals so in case they are killed, they can be resurrected with their memories up to that point intact. The catch is, if you don’t back up within 48 hours, you can’t legally be brought […]

THE CREATOR MOVIE REVIEW From the director of Godzilla and Rogue One comes this new sci-fi film NOT based on a previous IP (at least not overtly), The Creator. In the future, the humanoid robots humanity have built have achieved total sentience, despite most of the world’s reluctance to accept their ‘humanity’. After a nuclear […]

INFESTATION: FANTASTIC FEST 2023 – MARTIN THOMAS REVIEWS We pulled in our old friend and Chris’s old co-worker from Spill dot com, Martin Thomas, to give his perspective on this year’s Fantastic Fest, his first in a decade. Martin, Chris, and Wright talk about the films The Origin, Strange Darling, Cobweb, River, Fishmonger, The Last […]

THEY CLONED TYRONE MOVIE REVIEW I don’t know if you are aware of this, but the United States has a history of oppressing those who are not white/anglo-saxons. I know, crazy to read in print but it’s true. Trail of Tears, the Tulsa Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments, Japanese internment camps during WWII, the list goes […]

STRANGE NEW WORLDS SEASON 2 REVIEW The second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds continues our five year mission with Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship Enterprise in the 23rd century, a decade before Star Trek: The Original Series. This season offers some fantastic looks at some truly classic scenarios: A […]

APORIA MOVIE REVIEW When Marty McFly returned to his home at the end of Back to the Future, he found that his actions in the past had a ripple effect on the timeline. He still lived in his house, but it was nice now. His brother and sister were still there, but they had real […]

THE POD GENERATION In the not-too-distant future, we’ve moved beyond our smartphones and laptops. We’ve got fully autonomous vehicles, created Oxygen Bars and park pods, and pretty much made the whole world artificial, but like super nice looking in an Apple product sorta way. We’ve automated everything, and amid this society madly in love with […]

NIMONA MOVIE REVIEW Whimsical magic and future tech collide in Netflix’s Nimona, based on the Eisner winning webcomic by ND Stevenson. In a futuristic yet medieval world, there is a castle that thrives on electricity and the fear-mongering state run media in a kingdom physically and figuratively surrounded by walls. Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed) is […]

BIOSPHERE MOVIE REVIEW So there’s this movie about a couple buddies locked inside a self-sufficient dome…No, not that movie. This one is a serious examination of masculinity, gender, race and Super Mario Bros starring Mark Duplass as Billy and Sterling K. Brown as Ray. These long-time friends seemingly find themselves the only humans left on […]

BLACK MIRROR SEASON 6 REVIEW After taking a break from the series while we all dealt with a pandemic, because, as creator Charlie Brooker said, “The world is too depressing right now, I don’t want to add to the misery,” Black Mirror returns with it’s sixth installment and five new entries into the anthology series. […]