In the year 2036, a devastating war has broken out in Eastern Europe and during a particularly nasty battle, young drone pilot Harp (Damson Idris) disobeys an… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Outside the Wire” (2021)”
Tag: Sci-fi
Final Thoughts: “Star Trek: Discovery” (Series Three)
As a consequence of her plan to safeguard the lives of everyone in the universe, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) finds herself in the far future and begins… Read more “Final Thoughts: “Star Trek: Discovery” (Series Three)”
Final Thoughts: “The Mandalorian” (Series One)
Set after the events of Return of the Jedi, Disney Plus’ original Star Wars series focuses on a Mandalorian bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal) as he accepts an… Read more “Final Thoughts: “The Mandalorian” (Series One)”
Final Thoughts: “Star Trek: Picard” (Series One)
In Amazon Prime’s original Star Trek series, Partick Stewart steps back into his popular role of Jean Luc Picard, now retired from Starfleet and living at his… Read more “Final Thoughts: “Star Trek: Picard” (Series One)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Alita: Battle Angel” (2019)
The brainchild of producer/co-writer James Cameron and directed by Robert Rodriguez, Alita: Battle Angel takes place in the futuristic war-torn Iron City, a sprawling junkyard populated primarily… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Alita: Battle Angel” (2019)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Bumblebee” (2018)
Travis Knight’s 2018 film is the sixth instalment in the Transformers movie franchise, a prequel to 2007’s Transformers, and it stars Hailee Steinfeld as 18 year old… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Bumblebee” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Venom” (2018)
When disgraced investigative journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) decides to investigate the shady goings on of businessman Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), which involve integrating alien parasites to… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Venom” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Predator” (2018)
In Shane Black’s 2018 film, a fugitive Predator crash lands on Earth and, after getting into a skirmish with army sniper McKenna (Boyd Holbrook), is apprehended and… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Predator” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Darkest Minds” (2018)
After an unexplained disease kills the majority of the world’s children, the ones who remain all develop certain abilities (which include increased intelligence, telekinesis, electrokinesis, mind control… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Darkest Minds” (2018)”