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Darren Humphries is a lifelong self-confessed sci fi freak and movie nut. He has contributed to the BBC my science fiction life website as well as being found on several science fiction forums and on Helium.
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Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: The Prisoner: 1 of 5
THE PRISONER, a small sci-fi fantasy show from the UK, has built up a cult following that is possibly second only to the great STAR TREK fanbase in its fanatical pursuit. The show itself has generated debates, analyses and musings on its meanings that its more mainstream challengers could never hope to match and the argument... More..
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 5 of 24
It's difficult to reveiw BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER without appearing to be a complete sycophant. It is, put simply, the best fantasy show ever aired on television. There, you see? I told you. Oh well, you'll just have to put up with it because this review is going to be a rave. Over seven seasons, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER exp... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Assessing the role of women in science fiction cinema: 2 of 9
Ask and the image that most people retain of women in science fiction is that of a pretty young thing, probably in a swimsuit, shrieking her head off as a man in an unconvincing monster suit lumbers towards her. How very 1950s. The fact of the matter is that the science fiction genre has long been in the vanguard of showing ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Alien: 2 of 8
A small group of people are trapped in a maze of dark and claustrophobic tunnels with remorseless killer, only their wits standing between them and bloody death. Talk about your overused plot, but ALIEN takes that cliche and turns it on its head by making the people the crew of a space freighter and the killer an alien monst... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Best science fiction movies: 3 of 11
There are, as in any genre, a number of films that have attained a status that makes them almost mandatory for anyone wishing to gain a working knowledge of science fiction film and others that have yet to attain that status, but which exemplify certain aspects of the genre. Those presented here do not represent an exhaustiv... More..
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: Star Trek: 4 of 14
When it first warped onto television screens in 1966 there can have been few people who could have predicted the culture-changing phenomenon that it became. This was, after all, a space adventure show that was already on its second pilot and second leading man. It lasted just three seasons before being cancelled. That would ... More..
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: Life On Mars: 2 of 7
A modern go-getting young British detective with a by the book attitude and reliance on evidence-based policing gets mown down by a car and wakes up to find himself in 1973 Manchester, a detective inspector working with the CID. It's not only a different time, it's a different world. Fingerprint checks take two weeks to proc... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Mythology & Folklore Is the Loch Ness Monster real?: 11 of 38
The Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie as it's more affectionately known, is one of the more delightful and enduring myths of our modern age. There have been sightings, stories, blurry pictures and grainy film footage all of which purport to show the elusive monster. We'd all like to believe them because that would mean there is s... More..
Entertainment > Movie Remakes & Adaptations Movie remakes: Comparing the original The Wicker Man with the 2006 remake: 3 of 9
As ideas dry up and the inspiration drought continues, Hollywood has been forced into a spate of remaking old classic horror movies to fill the void. Fair enough, the film industry has a history of reworking old material and sometimes improving on it. Cecil B DeMille and Alfred Hitchcock even remade their own movies. The pro... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Wanted: 4 of 11
Wesley (James MacAvoy) is a loser in life. His girlfriend is cheating on him, he has a dead end job and every time he thinks about standing up for himself he gets panic attacks. Only they're not panic attacks, because Wesley is one of a very small group of people who can control their body's adrenaline, making them capable o... More..