Sci-Fi

Godzilla

By Adam Lee Davies

Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla is one of the great blockbusters of modern times. Believe.

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2

By Chris Blohm

Your friendly neighbourhood web-slinger returns for more of the same, albeit with much less charm.

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Gravity

By David Jenkins

The trailers were right for once – Alfonso Cuarón’s disaster movie set in space is one of the year’s best.

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Elysium

By Adam Woodward

Matt Damon suits up for Neill Blomkamp’s high-tech celestial epic. But we’re left wanting more.

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The World’s End

By Adam Woodward

Lagergeddon? The hopocalypse? The bitter end? Edgar Wright and co are back for one final throw of the dice.

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Pacific Rim

By David Jenkins

Guillermo del Toro’s epic homage to classic-era monster movies is a triumph of consummate design and old school romanticism.

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Star Trek Into Darkness

By Adam Woodward

Cumberbitches rest easy: JJ Abrams ably navigates the USS Enterprise through dark skies.

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Iron Man 3

By David Jenkins

The superhero movie gets a Dickensian meta-comedy treatment care of writer/director Shane Black.

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Cloud Atlas

By Adam Lee Davies

Tom Hanks and Halle Berry go all out to give the mad, multi-stranded sci-fi folly a bad name.

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Looper

By Matt Bochenski

Meet Looper, by a country mile the most resourceful, vivacious and savage science fiction movie of 2012.

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Dredd

By David Jenkins

Alex Garland takes another sweep at bringing the infamous 2000AD strip to the screen. The results are sensational.

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Sound of My Voice

By Martyn Conterio

Brit Marling shines in this creepy cult sci-fi movie that has its genre cake and eats it.

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The Amazing Spider-Man

By Matt Bochenski

Despite a few comic book movie trappings, The Amazing Spider-Man is a major success story.

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Prometheus

By Matt Bochenski

Ridley Scott’s sci-fi saga is an overreaching folly that’s well worth seeing on the biggest screen possible.

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Chronicle

By Adam Woodward

Not only does Chronicle herald the coming of age of Generation I, it also won’t give you a headache.

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Another Earth

By Matt Bochenski

Another Earth is original, intelligent and eccentric – a true American indie that deserves to be admired and supported.

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The Thing

By Ashley Clark

While the characterisation is thin and delivered in broad strokes, by the time havoc breaks loose it’s unlikely you’ll care too much.

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