Movies

Speaking of Kurt Russell (and I did back when I was talking about “The Thing”) here’s a movie you should check out the next time you’re bored (or up late at night racked with guilt over that Thai hooker). As I write this, the holidays are nearly upon us so a few vacation days and … Read more

If you haven’t yet made it to theaters to see “The Thing” I highly recommend that you do so while the film is still in theatrical release. If, like me, you are a fan of the 1982 version starring Kurt Russell; I promise you will not be disappointed. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is excellent in this … Read more

JJ Abrams had a way of telling stories about people; while distracting the audience with something outlandish. That’s unfortunate. I think he’s trying to show us how characters react to unthinkable situations and how they relate to one another in the face of some absurd adversity. In the case of Super 8 he almost succeeded … Read more

Contact’s cast includes Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, and Tom Skerritt. The film is an adaptation of the book written by the acclaimed astronomer and astrophysicist Carl Sagan. That should tell the film has some credibility. Not all science fiction is based on cheesy 1960’s robot toys On the weekends I like to watch movies. Sometimes … Read more

Note: I’m terribly sorry but … This post was part of the content that was lost due to a database error. All that could be recovered was the excerpt. Remember the television series Journeyman? it aired briefly on NBC during the 2007/2008 WGA writers’ strike. The series featured Kevin McKidd as an unwitting time traveler. … Read more

Hey, does Will Smith know people keep making new Independence day films without him? World Invasion, Battle: Los Angeles 2011 seems to be your standard alien invasion movie. Throughout modern history there have been eyewitness UFO reports of alien spacecraft. Their motives have never been understood… until now. Every major city in the world is … Read more

Dog Soldiers: Kevin McKidd’s military werewolf movie Dog Soldiers is a military action werewolf movie. Even though science fiction is by far my favorite genre, horror and military action movies are also pretty high on my list. Dog Soldiers is a military action werewolf movie. Even though science fiction is by far my favorite genre, … Read more

I managed to drag myself to the theater opening weekend. That is an achievement considering how much I loathe crowds. The kids next to me were incredibly annoying. The teenage girl continuously checked for messaged on her radiantly bright phone while the younger boy kept kicking me. Yeah, hell really is other people. The original … Read more

+Rec is a 2007 Spanish language horror movie starring Manuela Velasco, which was remade in 2008 as the remarkably similar English language film Quarantine. +Rec is a 2007 Spanish language horror movie starring Manuela Velasco, which was remade in 2008 as the English language film ‘Quarantine’. The two films are remarkably similar. In both the … Read more

Damnation Alley? I haven’t seen this awesomely bad sci-fi movie in a few years. I thought it was about time to suffer though “Damnation Alley” again. Damnation Alley capitalizes on cold war era fears of global nuclear war and features both Jan-Michael Vincent (Air Wolf) and George Peppard (The A-team). Despite the fact that both … Read more