Occasion: Friday night fun night Anticipation: Medium Overall Rating: In its desperation to stop global warming, humankind has triggered an ice age, wiping out virtually all life on earth. A few survivors have sought shelter onboard the Snowpiercer, a train powered by a perpetual motion engine, on an infinite loop around the world. The Snowpiercer is a […]
The following is an essay written by Virginia Streit as part of course work for her Master of Communication degree. The brief was to use a work of fiction to explore our uneasy relationship with technology. With its strong environmental message and anti-consumerism theme, Pixar’s 2008 robot romance WALL-E appears at first to be a […]
Occasion: Date night (2D) Anticipation: High Overall Rating: Mission Specialist Dr Ryan Stone (Bullock) finds herself spiraling into space after her crew are hit by a rouge cloud of space debris. Things go from bad to worse as Stone and fellow survivor Matt Kowalski (Clooney) struggle to get back to Earth before the debris completes […]
Occasion: Saturday night at the movies Anticipation: High Overall rating: A virus spreads rapidly across the world causing epic destruction. Transmitted via bites, it causes extreme violent behaviour and chattery teeth 12 seconds after exposure. Rather than present us with a gore-filled horror film, World War Z examines the logical long term steps which governments […]
Occasion: DVD night Anticipation: Medium Overall rating: Sci-fi stoner-surf comedy adventure Dark Star takes place on the ship of the same name, that four bored and bearded crew members call home. Gone a bit loopy from the tedium of 20 years of space travel, they perform mundane and repetitive tasks in cramped conditions, frequently reacting to comical […]
Occasion: Geek night Anticipation: Medium Overall rating: Star Trek Into Darkness is a buddy movie about two seemingly miss-matched friends, who’s opposing instincts help them to save the world. Chris Pine is James Tiberius Kirk, a loose canon, who makes decisions based on impulse; on gut feeling and passion. His best friend, Spock […]
