Starship Troopers: Fascist Satire Disguised as Popcorn Cinema
# Starship Troopers: Fascist Satire Disguised as Popcorn Cinema Kathleen here, settling once and for all the argument that’s been raging in our group since...
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Contact: Hard Science Meets Spielbergian Wonder
**Contact: Hard Science Meets Spielbergian Wonder** Zara here, settling a debate that’s been simmering since John started his latest rant about “soft science fiction masquerading...
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The Fifth Element: Style Over Substance That Actually Works
# The Fifth Element: Style Over Substance That Actually Works Zara here, writing this because Max has been particularly insufferable lately about “vapid spectacle masquerading...
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Total Recall: Verhoevens Violent Brilliant Mars Adventure
# Total Recall: Verhoeven’s Violent Brilliant Mars Adventure Look, I’m writing this because our team’s been having one of those arguments that goes on for...
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eXistenZ: Cronenbergs Weird Prescient VR Nightmare
Right, let’s talk about eXistenZ, because this is the film that proves Cronenberg was absolutely bloody mental in the best possible way. While everyone was...
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12 Monkeys: Terry Gilliams Masterpiece Nobody Saw Coming
# 12 Monkeys: Terry Gilliam’s Masterpiece Nobody Saw Coming Okay so can we talk about how Terry Gilliam literally created the most perfectly twisted time...
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The Best 90s Sci-Fi Films Ranked: From Matrix to eXistenZ
# The Greatest Science Fiction Films of the 1990s: Our Definitive Ranking The arguments started before we’d even finished our coffee. Quinn was already defending...
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The Empire Strikes Back: How the Sequel Outgunned the Original
# The Empire Strikes Back: How the Sequel Outgunned the Original Right, we need to settle this once and for all. Dylan’s writing this because...
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Akira: The Anime That Blew Up Cyberpunk Worldwide
# Akira: The Anime That Blew Up Cyberpunk Worldwide I remember when Akira first hit UK video shops in 1990, tucked away in the foreign...
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Aliens: How James Cameron Turned Horror Into a War Movie and Won
Zara is writing this piece because Logan and Dylan have been having an insufferable argument about whether sequels can ever match originals, with Logan claiming...
