Science Fiction

Episode 3 is the last part of the prequel. Here the premonitions that Anakin will fall under the spell of the emperor to be and turn to the dark side finally come true and Darth Vader is born. Driven by ambition and the fear for losing Padme after already having lost his mother Anakin is…

In the second movie of the prequel the story starts to turn a little darker. Episode 1 was a bit of a ‘the beginning’ story where we learn about the very young Anakin and the threat of the Sith. Now we find Anakin back as an adolescent Jedi apprentice of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Padmé returns Coruscant…

The first movie of the prequel trilogy finally arrived in 1999, 16 years after the release of Return of the Jedi. Expectations were high but reviews were mixed. Certainly compared to the original trilogy the visual effects are stunning. And with Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman there are excellent actors in the leading…

Watched the Daredevil movie again recently. It came out 20 years ago in 2003 but visually it didn’t lose any of its flair and it doesn’t look 20 years old at all. It is more or less non stop action from start to finish so the story is a little thin and the character development…

After watching the 1990 version with Arnold Schwarzenegger I also watched the remake from 2012 starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel. The immediately obvious difference is that the remake is visually technically far superior and makes the future look convincingly like the future and not some failed cardboard attempt. This obviously helps the…

I recently watched the movie from 1990 with Arnold Schwarzenegger again. The real revelation then and still now is Sharon Stone. One moment she is the harmless, loving, young and innocent extremely good looking wife, the next one she is a ruthless killer, still extremely good looking but with all the innocence evaporated into thin…

The last movie with the TNG crew and the end of a 10 movie series that began with ‘Star Trek. The Motion Picture’ in 1979 and ends with ‘Star Trek. Nemesis’ in 2002. The first 5 movies suffered from varying quality and seemed to struggle to translate the themes central to TOS episodes into stories…

Movie number 9, the third TNG based one. And another good one if you ask me. It has drama, suspense and mystery, betrayal and even a love story with Picard as one of the lovers. Of course it stays all very dignified, Picard never losing control. The movie starts with Data malfunctioning and being out…

This is the first completely TNG movie without any TOS characters involved anymore. In it 2 stories are cleverly intertwined. The first one is the one about how humankind developed the warp drive and made contact with the Vulcans, the First Contact with extra terrestrials. The second one is about the Borg attack on Earth…