Science Fiction Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Lion-Girl (2023)	Total trash, by design	2024-04-20	Simon
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010)	Quite a change of style	2023-02-07	Simon
Zebraman (2004)	An accessible Miike film	2022-12-20	Simon
Drive (1997)	A joy to watch	2022-11-12	Simon
Enthiran 2.0 (2018)	Crazy spectacle	2022-05-01	Simon
Doomsday (2008)	Very uneven but has some fun moments	2021-09-19	Simon
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)	Interesting idea but dull development	2021-08-02	Simon
Ghost in the Shell (1995)	Who are you?	2021-07-17	Simon
Black Mask (1996)	Sounds great on paper but doesn't deliver	2021-06-17	Simon
Snowpiercer (2013)	Bong Joon-Ho's least subtle political allegory	2021-06-11	Simon
Bad Taste (1987)	The bastards have landed	2021-05-28	Simon
Laplace's Witch (2018)	Competent but generic murder mystery	2021-05-20	Simon
Acción Mutante (1993)	Wild and twisted genre mash-up	2021-05-19	Simon
Shin Godzilla (2016)	Mostly awful but Godzilla is pretty awesome	2021-05-17	Simon
The Host (2006)	Quirky monster movie with added social commentary	2021-05-16	Simon
Starship Troopers (1997)	Smart, subversive and gory as hell	2021-05-07	Simon
Dai Kaiju Mono (2016)	Don't you want to be a big strong man?	2021-04-03	Simon
Skylin3s (2020)	Easy to watch but pretty dumb	2021-03-20	Simon
Before We Vanish (2017)	Interesting concept but rather sterile execution	2021-03-06	Simon
Space Sweepers (2021)	Superficial but slick and polished	2021-02-23	Simon
Tokyo Dragon Chef (2020)	Wacky foodie film hampered by zero budget	2021-01-31	Simon
Bullets of Justice (2019)	Weird in ways I never imagined a film could be weird	2020-10-21	Simon
Akira (1988)	A landmark in animation and sci-fi	2020-09-17	Simon
Altered States (1980)	...read review...	2020-07-19	Simon
Future Cops (1993)	Relentless lunacy	2020-07-18	Simon
The Virgin Psychics (2015)	It's outrageous	2020-06-25	Simon
Meatball Machine (2005)	Budget constrained but imaginative	2020-05-10	Simon
Meatball Machine: Kodoku (2017)	One of the great works of cinema	2020-05-10	Simon
God's Puzzle (2008)	Miike takes on the universe	2015-01-25	Simon
The Midnight After (2014)	Uneven and ultimately a bit unsatisfying	2015-01-17	Simon