Reviews by Martin Gray

Order by: Date, A–Z

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  Species (1995)

  Review preview for Species

  Predictability thy name is Species.

  A test-tube sci-fi girl grows up into a man-eating centrefold nymphomaniac.
• Stargate SG.1 - Series 6 - Vol 26 (2003)

  Review preview for Stargate SG.1 - Series 6 - Vol 26

  While not all home-runs, the episodes are well worth watching.

  Four episodes of the TV sci-fi series that challenges Star Trek in production values.
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  Superman Returns (2006)

  Review preview for Superman Returns

  A wonderful movie with a nice clear story, good good guys, bad bad guys, rather special effects . . . really, every department is on top form here.

  The Man of Steel returns to save lives - but can he salvage his own?
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  The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

  Review preview for The Twilight Saga: New Moon

  If you're an emotional teenage girl, take a tissue. If you're not, take a cushion, for this is a film that lasts about three days. And a sickbag.

  Can love conquer all when your boyfriend's a vampire?
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  Ultimate Avengers - The Movie (2006)

  Review preview for Ultimate Avengers - The Movie

  There's an intriguing storyline, plenty of action and characterisation to spare, well-conveyed by a cast mostly unknown to me.

  Animated super-hero adventure.
• The Umbrelly (2002)

  Review preview for The Umbrelly

  The poem is witty and the animation inventive... but a bit clever-clever for my tastes

  Cartoon dancing girls deliver safer sex message.
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  White Noise (2005)

  Review preview for White Noise

  This is satisfying stuff, with a tense script that delivers the requisite amount of jumpy bits while hanging on to just enough reality to make the truly outlandish moments stand out.

  Keep that frequency clear... or you risk dead air.
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  The Wolfman (2010)

  Review preview for The Wolfman

  The Wolfman is no one's definition of High Art, but it's great craft.

  Wolf bites man. Man bites everyone else.
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  The Woman In Black (2012)

  Review preview for The Woman In Black

  The slow-building tension of the stage play is still there, but the added narrative space sees room for for Grand Guignol shocks aplenty.

  Harry Potter and the Spooky Old House? Not quite. Out on re-issue.
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  Zodiac (2007)

  Review preview for Zodiac

  This is, for Fincher, dull stuff indeed.

  A cop, a reporter and a cartoonist become obsessed with a serial killer in 1970s San Francisco.