Yellow Submarine: My Journey into science-fiction part 9. Release date: 17 July 1968 (United Kingdom) Director: George Dunning Released: January 1969 Story by: John Lennon, Lee Minoff Before I get started, yes, I know this is more fantasy than science-fiction, but I really love the link between Children of Men, Yellow Submarine and John Lennon in part 8. If you would […]
The Shining 1980. Release date: 7 November 1980 (United Kingdom) Director: Stanley Kubrick Film series: The Shining Story by: Stephen King Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson There is something very beautiful about the opening scene of The Shining. Once you watch it, it’s carved into your imagination forever as you watch Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) drive his car up to the Overlook Hotel. Automatically […]
IMPOSSIBLE PLANET. DIRECTED BY David Farr. WRITTEN BY PHILIP K DICK (based on the short stories by) STARRING Geraldine Chaplin as IRMA, Benedict Wong as ANDREWS and Jack Reynor as NORTON. AIR DATE 24TH JANUARY 2018. PRODUCTION AND DESIGN. As I move into the second episode of the Electric Dreams series I am pleasantly just how different this episode looks from the first previous […]
My Journey into science-fiction, Part 8 takes me from A Scanner Darkly to the 2006 film Children of Men. If you are curious to find out what connects these two films then please click the link below to find out. A Scanner Darkly. My Journey into science-fiction part 7. A Descent into Madness! Children of […]
After watching and reviewing Das Boot a few weeks ago it got me thinking about iconic films from the past. Das Boot is an iconic film which I am glad I finally got round to watching it. That’s when I decided to look at the films that I should be watching and those that have […]
When I started my blog, the whole reason was to improve my knowledge of science-fiction, learn how to write both creatively and correctly and it really was the best idea I have ever had. One person, I find myself really enjoying a lot is Philip K Dick. I have already read some of his books and […]
I had watched A Scanner Darkly before revisiting the film for this blog, well at least I think I did! This is one of the reasons I decided to start a blog in the first place because If I forget about a certain film, then I can at least go back and read about it. Even […]
