Ever since we first saw it in the sky and gave it its godly name, humanity has sort of had an obsession with Mars. As our enigmatic celestial neighbour, it’s captured our imaginations and has been at the centre of huge swathes of pop culture, and movies have most definitely not been immune to the red planet fever. (Like, for …

Making a movie isn’t easy. You’ve got to find backers, cash, distributors and actors, even before you start filming. And from there, you’ve still got make the movie, chop it up for a cinema and finish any lingering effects before you rev up the marketing engine. That’s usually a two to three year process for any film. But some films, took way …

At times movies will stick to science as much as it can. More often they rely on pseudo-science and questionable information as a mcguffin or red herring. And when that fails, they just make stuff up. But usually when it comes to elements, they stick to the real stuff. Yet not always… Last Updated: July 2, 2015

Every one of us has a movie that we felt should have done a lot better, but instead crashed face-first into the ground. But luckily box office results and critical approval are not necessary to discover a classic… Last Updated: May 28, 2015

Anybody else as surprised as I was that the recent Minority Report TV series looks as decent as it does? I’m not even sure why I was so surprised though, because while movies based on TV series have a track record more spotty than a hormonal 12 year old boy, the inverse has actually given us some great TV hits …

WAR! GOOD GOD Y’ALL! What is it good for? Ripping great yarns, massive movies and some of the finest cinema you’ve ever seen, that’s what! Here’s ten such movies that proved that war may have been hell for anyone involved in it, but heavenly to watch. The Great Escape I don’t even need to describe this gripping tale of a …

Sometimes, you can smell a bad movie from a mile away. That unmistakable aroma of box office crap, the pungent smell of cliche dipped in bad acting, scripting and production values cheaper than a prison tattoo. Still, sometimes, you’ll find a rare gem in these movies, where all the crap coalesces into one standout scene that doesn’t make the film …

It may be 2015, but we’re still stuck in 2014. Well most of us are at least, as Nick still thinks its 1988 judging by the red leather outfit he wears while singing Michael Jackson songs. 2014 had plenty of great films and TV to watch, spread out across 12 months of viewing. We decided to get together, and vote …