Science Fiction Rating System

James Cameron really loves the water, so he made a very expensive film that was very difficult to film so he could become a fish for a few months. The result is The Abyss, a clunky blockbuster that h…

Remember how great Predator was last week? What a well thought out, tightly scripted and tense action film it was? And remember Predator 2? How it took that formula and transplanted it to a city, add…

We’re back with a bang, as we celebrate the release of The Predator by watching Predator, no The required. Join us for an in depth breakdown of John McTiernan’s monster movie classic, as we follow Ar…

This week our accidental dystopian double bill continues with Equilibrium! Christian Bale arrests people for liking art, Sean Bean dies too early and Sean Pertwee lives too long.

Next week we get read…

IT’S OUR 100TH FILM!

And what better film to celebrate than the monochrome miserabilism of Michael Radford’s 1984, yay! Alex hosts as we thoroughly dissect the film breaking occasionally from the mis…

This week we enter the world of dreams where Dennis Quaid is doing some questionable things to other people. Its the ’80s classic no one remembers, listen to find out a million ways this film could h…

This week Chris hosts as we take a look at Robert Zemeckis’ Contact, a very long film with some interesting ideas, good acting and Science. There’s even a quiz!

Next week its 1984’s Dreamscape!

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For a 2nd year running we celebrate Bug Week with some GIANT ANTS. In a wide ranging episode we dissect the film itself, and also get into projection techniques, an in depth ant quiz, the wonder of …

We’re back from summer break and taking a look at Disney’s Treasure Planet, one of the final traditional hand-animated blockbusters from the mouse house, that flopped pretty badly, but is an entertai…

Our journey through the history of Star Trek on the silver screen reaches its nadir, with William Shatner’s atrocious Star Trek V. Spoilers: We didn’t like it, but of course we didn’t because who doe…

This week we stick with comedy and a trip back to the late ’80s, where the clothes were baggy, the music was radical and the casual homophobia was a shock. Join us as we travel through time and wonde…

Following weeks of big serious blockbusters we veer into the realms of ’90s comedy with the film that killed the Muppets for a decade- Muppets From Space! We talk a lot about muppets, answering such …

They say life finds a way and so, like a chaotic fractal blooming into the infinite the SFRS crew finally get back to Jurassic Park, the final of the ‘pilot’ episode films to get a rewatch. This tim…

This week we watch 2001, chosen by Matt Fitch, co-author of the fantastic new graphic novel Apollo, in stores now! We break down the film, Alex proposes an extra act break, and then when it comes to …

Westworld is big news again thanks to the HBO series currently airing its 2nd season, but how well does the 1973 original hold up? Is Yul Brynner still terrifying? Is it going to be as painfully slow…

A new era of Science Fiction Ratings has dawned! From here on in its one film a week, every week, with more hard-hitting analysis, nit-picking and Star Trek references than ever before! To kick off S…

Hey here’s three films you’ve seen before if you’ve been following along at home! But we just weren’t happy with where they were in the list and Alex is a masochistic who likes Ender’s Game so we wat…

Join us for an end of an era, as the last three films of SFRS mark one are reviewed. We head back in time to look at the films we've each selected for our annual re-ranking process.  Sam regrets his …

Creature Feature season comes to a triumphant close with our third set of animal based science ficition. This week KILLER BEASTS. From Predator dogs to Marlon Brando in white face paint via killer sh…