Science Fiction Rating System

Feb 02 2025 335 ep. 55 mins 166

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Join Sam, Alex and Chris as they rank every science fiction film EVER. Every week we dissect a new film before adding it to a giant and highly scientific ranked list. We review a film a week until we run out of films.
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Sputnik

Feb 02 2025 42 mins

This week we conclude our 2020 season with Chris' choice, Russia's Sputnik! Join us for monster chat, iron curtain chat, and technically difficult chat because Chris' audio was SO far out of sync with the rest of us it sounds a bit like we're talking throuh an interpreter at times.Next week we begin another season of reranks, giving some classic films the proper one episode SFRS 2.

Star Trek: Section 31 Spoilercast

Jan 24 2025 28 mins

This week, we report back from our fancy screening of Paramount+'s Star Trek: Section 31. Join us for a spoiler-free discussion* about the newest trip to the Trek universe.Next week, we return to 2020 with Sputnik!*I think we threaten to spoil something towards the end but don't actually spoil anything anyway.See the new list!Play along at home!Get in touch!Visit the Website!Watch

Tenet

Jan 16 2025 63 mins

2020 season continues with Sam's pick, the saviour of cinema, Christopher Nolan's Tenet. We spoilercasted it way back when and were confused and couldn't hear anything...has anything changed since? Join us as we try to unravel reverse entropy (again), discuss the pros and cons of an endless montage, and disagree about the merits of Kenneth Branagh.Next week, we conclude our 2020 pi

The Invisible Man

Jan 11 2025 62 mins

This week, we kick off 2020 season with The Invisible Man, Alex's pick! Join us as we remember how weird lockdown was, discover what we would do with invisible powers, and ask: is James Bond sci-fi? Well maybe not, but let me tell you about the car in Die Another Day...Next week, we return to the backwards-talking nonsense of Tenet!See the new list!Play along at home!Get in touch!V

The 8th Annual SFRS End of Year Bonanza

Dec 30 2024 50 mins

For an eighth (!) time we gather round the dying embers of the year and discuss what we liked (and didn't) from 2024. Join us for discussions of Megalopolis, Transformers One, Alien Romulus, and much, much more! Also, we have a quiz and choose the first 6 films for 2025!See the new list!Play along at home!Get in touch!Visit the Website!Watch us on Youtube!See the old list!Download

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

Dec 23 2024 96 mins

It's Christmas Eve, and as is tradition round these parts we watch a Star War. Unfortunately, we're up to The Last Jedi, a film we spoilercasted way back when. In those heady days of 2017 Alex was a fan and Chris and Sam really weren't...but has time cured all ills? Find out in this absolutely MASSIVE episode!Next week, we end the year as we always do with the end of year show, as

Looper

Dec 12 2024 56 mins

This week we watch Looper, Rian Johnson's time-travel film that doesn't want to talk about time travel. Join us as we discuss bad prosthetics, try not to get too in the weeds with how everything works, and have differing opinions about a scary kid.Next week we take our annual trip to a galaxy far, far away - it's The Last Jedi!See the new list!Play along at home!Get in touch!Visit

Cocoon

Dec 06 2024 59 mins

This week we head back to the '80s to watch three horny old men on their quest for eternal youth in Cocoon. Join us for the Old Man Rating System, the problem with an aimless film, God's waiting room, Steve Guttenberg (unfortunately), and a whole lot more!Next week it's Looper!See the new list!Play along at home!Get in touch!Visit the Website!Watch us on Youtube!See the old list!Do

Cube

Nov 27 2024 49 mins

Halloween but really not season continues with Cube! Join us as we hear more about Chris' exploits abroad, run out of plot to talk about very quickly, then Sam learns that films are shot in order (but still doesn't believe it), Alex is interrupted by some late night DIY, and we hallucinate a film like Cube, but it's in a balloon.Next week, some super old-dude sci-fi, it's Cocoon!Se

Lifeforce

Nov 21 2024 57 mins

We're back! It's been a while, but we're here and we're still ranking! Keeping up with tradition, we miss halloween by almost a month and bring you sci-fi horror with Lifeforce! Join us as we hear about Chris' trips to film festivals with Time Travel is Dangerous (coming to a cinema near you next year!) and then enjoy some absolutely bonkers '80s fun.Next week - and it really will