With Game of Thrones not around for a while, and the current nerd offerings on television and in film only as epic as Donald Sutherland’s totalitarian beard (why is Mockingjay two films anyway?), it has become necessary to plug into some other rich veins of […]
Yet again, the debate over science in cinema has arisen, all orbiting around the release of Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster about galaxies, black holes, wormholes, and the awesome vastness of space. Interstellar, which has received pretty positive reviews from the majority of filmgoers and critics, […]
The original Alien movie—and I don’t mean any of the drek sequels which have followed it—is one of the scariest movies ever made. If you haven’t seen it, I urge you to. Dan O’Bannon and Walter Hill’s script, Ridley Scott’s dynamite direction and the deft […]
‘Are you going anywhere this summer?’ ‘Are you spending Christmas in England?’ I’m often asked about my travel plans, which are invariably non-existent. I loathe all things Christmassy, and it’s the worst time of year to head to the UK. Everyone is stressed, tickets are […]
HR Giger, the Swiss-born artist whose talents were employed by Ridley Scott for the design of his iconic, terrifying extraterrestrial in the movie Alien, has died at the age of 74 after sustaining injuries from a fall on stairs. Giger’s weird biomechanical fusions were a […]
