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Sci-Fi-London — A–Z of films

2009

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  • 20th Century Boys
    Review preview for 20th Century Boys

    A bit like a Kevin Smith version of Cloverfield, but in a good way.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A former rock star now working in a convenience store discovers that his childhood stories have inspired a megalomaniac with apocalyptic visions.
  • Black Sabbath
    Review preview for Black Sabbath

    There's scarcely a scene in this film that doesn't deserve to be a poster.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Three tales of terror: a threatening phone call; an ancient evil; and a ghostly morality tale.
  • The Clone Returns Home
    Review preview for The Clone Returns Home

    I find Tarkovsky’s mindset literal and linear by comparison to that of Nakajima.

    Tony Sullivan · 2 out of 5
    A Japanese astronaut who dies during a mission is subsequently resurrected as a clone and returns to his childhood home.

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  • Eraser Children
    Review preview for Eraser Children

    A film to be admired more for its vast ambitions than for its actual achievements.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    In a futuristic totalitarian state, where human memories are literally converted to fuel, one man becomes convinced he can save the world.
  • The Hunt For Gollum
    Review preview for The Hunt For Gollum

    This film delivers real thrills and real scares.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Gandalf sends Strider out to find Gollum before he gives away the location of the One Ring.

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  • Idiots And Angels
    Review preview for Idiots And Angels

    Although this is, in part, a darkly comic exploration of man's inhumanity to man, there is a current of optimism, flowing like the artwork, beneath the story.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of a reluctant angel turns into a flight of the imagination.
  • Labyrinth
    Review preview for Labyrinth

    There are many scenes delightful to young children which older viewers will find shallow and gimmicky, whilst the younger ones will be left puzzled and bored by the strange romance between Sarah and her enemy.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A teenage girl enters a mysterious maze to try and win back her baby brother from the Goblin King.

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  • Macabre
    Review preview for Macabre

    In the central role, Stegers hams it up like a pantomime dame.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman loses her mind after her lover is decapitated in a car accident.
  • Origin: Spirits Of The Past
    Review preview for Origin: Spirits Of The Past

    A visual treat which at times will take your breath away.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In a future world where the remnants of humanity are threatened by a sentient forest, a youth must reinvent himself in order to prevent people from the past destroying all that he holds dear.

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  • Sleepless
    Review preview for Sleepless

    An effective exercise in giallo style.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3 out of 5
    A police commissioner comes out of retirement to hunt a serial killer... with the help of a victim's son.
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
    Review preview for Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

    An enormously satisfying adventure, made with skill and care.

    Scott Macdonald · 4.5 out of 5
    A training cruise for Kirk turns deadly with the return of an old enemy.