New Alcatraz (2002)
Sep 21, 2010Future Prison/Giant Snake Amok
Gimmicky B-budget film about a hi-tech future prison built at the South Pole. Thus has been thrown together with a giant snake amok plot. A passably routine effort
Mark Sheppard
The Mysterious Island (2012)
Dec 29, 2013Desert Island Survival/Time Warp
About the ninth film version of Jules Verne's desert island survival story. This doesn't add the giant animals/insects other versions do, although we still get a number of wild sf elements the original book never had. Problem though is that the film never adds enough to make proceedings very interesting
War of the Worlds: Goliath (2012)
Aug 23, 2015H.G. Wells Sequel/Steampunk Alternate History
Sequel to the H.G. Wells novel that imagines a fascinating alternate history that might have occurred following the Martian invasion. The clear appeal has been creating a series of scenes showing humanity tackling invading tripods in giant Steampunk manned robots