Forbidden Planet

The top 100 TV and movie monsters

Robert Mclaughlin Odd List Mar 28, 2013

Covering the gamut of TV and cinema from the past to the present, here's Rob's rundown of the 100 finest screen monsters...

Celebrating sci-fi cinema’s memorable robot butlers

Ryan Lambie Odd List Mar 6, 2013

With Robot & Frank out this week in the UK, here’s a look at a few of cinema’s other great robot butlers...

The history of MGM: the golden era

News Jan 24, 2012

Zoe’s continues her journey through the turbulent history of one of Hollywood’s most influential studios, as we arrive at MGM's post-war golden era. Plus, a bit of 3D, too...

A celebration of the sci-fi ray gun

Han Solo
Ryan Lambie News May 16, 2011

From Buck Rogers to Star Wars, we salute one of sci-fi cinema’s most familiar trappings: the mighty ray gun…

The greatest sci-fi movies of the 1950s

Ryan Lambie Odd List Oct 20, 2010

The 50s was a golden era of big screen sci-fi. Here’s our pick of the decade’s ten very best genre films…

Forbidden Planet revisited

Ryan Lambie News Oct 4, 2010

As Forbidden Planet makes its Blu-ray debut, we salute this classic of 50s sci-fi cinema…

Top 50 movie special effects shots

Odd List Dec 29, 2008

There's more to a great visual effects shot than iconic status, and here are fifty that really paid their way...