Back in the 1990′s, Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, and Madeline Stowe showed up to put together a strange (soon to be cult) movie called 12 Monkeys. Thanks to a little On Demand magic, I cued it up, and was reminded of what a well put together movie they’d really invented. For those that haven’t seen [...]
Continue Reading...I have a bad habit of getting around to reviewing movies far after it becomes relevant. Cest la vie, this is another of those reviews. Will Smith’s I Am Legend is a tale about a man and his dog… And zombie vampires. In short, Smith plays Robert Neville, a government scientist, who is trapped in [...]
Continue Reading...Point blank: I don’t think I’ve done enough drugs to get this one. THX 1138 is a trippy mind bender set in a police utilitarian state where the workers build robotic policemen and have to stay sedated and / or medicated at all times (the workers, not the robots). The audio is strange. The imagery [...]
Continue Reading...In case some of you were wondering how / why I watch some of the sci fi movies that I review here (which are in no particular order except for how they show up in the mail) the service I use is Blockbuster Total Access. Sure, they’ve got the exchange-the-movie-in-the-store feature, but frankly I don’t [...]
Continue Reading...Reading some of the reviews of I Am Legend, Will Smith’s new post-apoc movie (which, I haven’t gotten to see yet but I will while it’s still in theaters), one thing stands as fairly obvious. Will Smith has the clout and character to stay on screen, by himself, for apparently an hour or so. Tom [...]
Continue Reading...The French have given us many great things. Sophie Marceau. French Fries (briefly Freedom Fries but who’s counting), French Toast (also, briefly, Freedom Toast). Sophie Marceau. Jacques Custeau. Snobbiness. And yes, Sophie Marceau. District B13, sadly, does not have Sophie Marceau. What it does have is 1 pretty awesome chase scene, and some typical “Evil [...]
Continue Reading...So our favorite Lost mystery man, JJ Abrams, is just putting the finishing touches on his new feature film, temporarily dubbed “Cloverfield” after the studio code name leaked on the web. Note: Of course we all know that NOTHING JJ Abrams does is “leaked” – rather it was “let out”. So what is this film [...]
Continue Reading...Blockbuster has a promotion going on to offload their used DVD’s – buy 4 DVD’s marked $9.99 or less and they cost $20. Not a bad deal, considering a rental is like $4.00 anyways. So, I wandered through and picked up a few that I’ve been meaning to see and/or purchase (among them: Blood Diamond, [...]
Continue Reading...Looks like another remake of a popular Japanese thriller (a la The Ring and The Grudge). One Missed Call looks like it could be pretty interesting. It’s supposed to come out this January. Personally, I like these types of thrillers – they’re usually pretty edge-of-the-seat (lets face it, if you’ve seen The Ring I know [...]
Continue Reading...Well, I’m always interested in finding out more about the people behind the movies that make science fiction come to life, and recently I realized that Christopher Nolan might be a screenwriter & director worth keeping a close eye on. His work so far is limited, but extraordinarily psychological. His first mainstream success was found [...]
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