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Thing is, in this movie, the pilot is a corporal and her second seat is a private, IIRC.

Aliens (1986 movie) Much like Alien, I’ve been putting this review off for some time now, for essentially the same reasons. In fact, if someone hadn’t requested a review of this movie, I probably wouldn’t have bothered. It’s a bit harder for a novice reviewer like myself to review a movie as...

Alien (1979 movie) This is actually the start of a look at the entire "Alien Quadrology," as this is the DVD set I picked up of this series, and more specifically, the new director's cut/extended edition versions of those movies. Why stop only there? Well, there are a number of reasons, the...

Total Recall (2012 movie) I went in to this not quite knowing what to expect. I will admit to being not all that enthusiastic about it, though, simply because of this movie's status as a remake of the 1990 Paul Verhoeven classic. The trailer I saw for this movie reinforced that point, in...

Super 8 (2011 movie) I originally wasn’t going to bother with this movie, but after hearing a little bit about it from others, I was convinced to give it a try. Not long into this movie, however, I instantly regretted this decision. Why? Because not only did a half-ton pickup truck manage to...

Invasion (22 episode series) I honestly have some really mixed feelings about this series. In a lot of ways, it's superior to Lost, yet ABC elected to keep that convoluted series and it wanted nothing to do with this one. I guess having a plot that was moving in a definite direction and...

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004 movie) I really wanted to like this movie, but it just had a couple of major flaws that ruined it for me. So while this movie ended up being a flop and I don't think it deserves to be panned nearly as much as it tends to be (or for the reasons it...

The Thirteenth Floor (1999 movie) Much like Dark City, this is yet another high concept existentialist sci-fi movie that got overshadowed by The Matrix by virtue of being released the same year. To be fair, though, it really isn't as "high concept" per say as either The Matrix or Dark City...

Black Gestapo (1975 movie) You know, when I first saw the trailer for this thing, I thought it was one of the fake trailers that was shown between the two main features of the Tarantino/Rodriguez Grindhouse movie. I mean, no one would actually make a movie like that unless it was a joke...

Immortal (2004 movie) I'm not sure what it is about French sci-fi – it's almost like there's a rule that they aren't supposed to make sense or something. The really odd thing, though, is that oddly enough I actually find myself liking them, even though I can't really explain why. Immortal is...

Planeta Bur (1962 movie) I know a lot of people don't realize it, but the Soviet Union actually contributed its fair share of sci-fi to the movies. I actually caught one about a bald chick in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, which overall felt about the same as Planeta Bur here...

20th Century Boys (2008, 2009, 2009 movies) It might be laziness on my part to combine the reviews for all three of these movies, but I guess I'd argue that there simply isn't enough to any one of these movies to make it worth writing separate reviews for them. Actually, I was kind of tempted...

The Quiet Earth (1985 movie) Ah, another "end of the world" movie, or is it? Well, at the very least, it's damn strange, and seems to be remembered most for its ending, which I have to admit I found interesting, if frustrating. The movie starts off with something strange happening to the sun...

In the original they made a point of saying that no one that was left knew who started it, and that it was over fairly quickly. It did stretch belief a bit that the Sawfish was the only American submarine that happened to be underwater at the time, though.

On the Beach (1959 movie) This movie follows very much in the steps of movies like The Day the Earth Stood Still in it's anti-nuclear angle, but, unlike those other movies, it does so without being quite as patronizing. Instead, it's a rather depressing movie about the end of the world, which...

Moon (2009 movie) This is an outstanding movie, and a return to the old style hard sci-fi from earlier decades that has been almost completely absent from more modern sci-fi. It's a pity that it hasn't gotten much notice, and that it was completely shut out of any kind of major awards outside...

The Descent: Part 2 (2009 movie) If you ever had any illusion that The Descent was a good movie, you really might want to avoid its sequel. Not only is it filled to the brim with the standard horror movie clichés, it's also basically the plot of the first movie all over again, with very few...

The Descent (2005 movie) This is a film that's received a lot of praise in some circles because it's seen as being different from the standard horror flick. I can't say I really agree all that much with that, and I'll explain why soon enough. First, though, I have to put the disclaimer out...

Pandorum (2009 movie) You know, in some ways I feel a bit like writing this review is a waste of time and effort. On the other hand, it's a movie that, as far as I could tell, hasn't gotten all that much exposure, so I'd like to kind of put the word out there, even if this isn't a very good...

I also rather like the books, in spite of the fact the book of 2010 acts as a sequel to the movie rather than the book of 2001.