Science Fiction Rating System

Many moons ago Chris chose Yor over the Matrix sequels. After putting off watching it for months Alex, Chris and Sam are all pleasantly surprised by Yor’s brand of terrible. Cavemen, dinosaurs, Gimp …

This week Alex hosts and possibly stars in Attack the Block, Joe Cornish’s hoodies vs. aliens sci-fi romp. It doesn’t take us long to decide we have serious issues with the film and then spend a long…

This week Sam becomes ever more familiar with editing podcasts as we discuss Kevin Spacey’s K-PAX and definitely not anything else related to Kevin Spacey that may be in the news right now. Chris is …

Dr. Who is a big deal, a bigger deal than makes any sense to any of us here at SFRS. But let it not be said we aren’t willing to learn so this week we watch a Dr. Who film and partake in a wide rangi…

Our third and final 2014 film is Predestination in which Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook tie themselves in knots trying to catch the poorly named Fizzle Bomber. Predictably we also get a bit confused att…

Part 2 of our 2014 trilogy is Chris’ pick: Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, the big budget sci-fi thinker that *INCEPTION NOISE*d into cinemas five years ago. Find out which host can’t stand Jessica…

Its 2019 and we’re back from break with three weeks of films from 2014, a year now apparently (and absurdly) FIVE YEARS FROM NOW. I mean really, time is a bit weird, isn’t it?

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It’s Christmas Day so what better way to celebrate than putting your headphones in and watching a bunch of trailers with your chums from the SFRS? Its our 2nd annual Christmas show!

We discuss our fav…

We end 2018 with a bang, the second (and fifth) Star Wars, which is also the third we’re rating. Predictably we can’t stop talking about it in this bumper episode. How do you make a sound like a Myno…

This week its all Chris’ fault. We watch his choice of science fiction films, 1993’s Knights, a messy, cheap and Lance Henriksen starring post-apocalyptic tale of cyborg knights, kickboxing slaves an…

This week its back to the ’90s for Waterworld, Kevin Costner’s flopping wet fish of a blockbuster. In depth plot discussion, Kevin Costner’s casino, ideas for a better film, we dive so deep into Wate…

This week we take the red pill and ask the question: What is The Matrix? In a bumper episode we meticulously work our way through the film, discuss Keanu’s acting ‘style’, moan about how things were …

Our (late) horror season concludes with science fiction slasher and tenth entry in the Friday 13th franchise Jason X. 400 years in the future Jason is set loose aboard a school/military/research(?) s…

This week we continue our horror trilogy and things are getting creepier. Sam Neill and friends go to hell aboard the Event Horizon! We dissect the grisly events that ensue, whilst trying not to reme…

This week Chris hosts as we take a look at Danny Boyle’s Sunshine, the first of a loose (and late) horror trilogy of shows. Disagreement is rife about whether this is a good film, half a good film, o…

When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes on the prison island of Manhattan only Snake Plisskin can rescue the president! Join us as we discuss John Carpenter’s 1981 cult classic!

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This week Chris is back so we return to the business of ranking films, not trailers. Timecrimes is the latest addition to the list, with Alex hosting as we pull apart the complicated plot that inevit…

For part 2 of our bad film special Sam shows Alex some terrible trailers from the past. Rogue cops, evil frogs, dinosaurs in warehouses and purple monsters, our minds are repeatedly blown before we d…

Chris is away filming his Alien short film so Sam and Alex take the oppurtunity to indulge their taste for terrible films. In two special episodes we watch a selection of upcoming and old awful looki…

This week the gang watch George Miller's Mad Max, a little Australian indie flick that made a lot of money that introduced the world to Mel Gibson, so has a knock against it from the start. Join us a…