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Super 8 ****

Posted: 09/08/2011

Since the Spielberg heyday of E.T. and The Goonies, we’ve been waiting for a really smart, contemporary kids sci-fi adventure to match. Although Super 8, a project produced by the film-maker and written and directed by another great, J.J. Abrams (Cloverfield), is a damn fine extraterrestrial Noughties version that will totally capture the hearts and …

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Category: Action, Drama, Family, Sci Fi

Tags: Cloverfield, Dakota Fanning, District 9, E.T., Elle Fanning, J.J. Abrams, Joel Courtney, Riley Griffiths, Stand By Me, Steven Spielberg, Super 8, The Goonies

Monsters – 4*

by lgileskeddie

Posted: 05/12/2010

For a film with such an emotive title that conjures up all kinds of stereotypical sci-fi imagery of Earth being taken over by extraterrestrial life forms, Monsters by documentary film-maker Gareth Edwards is quite the opposite. It’s actually a surprisingly tender relationship study between two humans that blossoms amongst nature of the Earth and alien …

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Category: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci Fi, Thriller

Tags: All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, Avatar, District 9, Gareth Edwards, James Cameron, Monsters, Scoot McNairy, The Abyss, Whitney Able