REC: Manuela Velasco’s found news footage
+Rec is a 2007 Spanish language horror movie starring Manuela Velasco, which was remade in 2008 as the remarkably similar English language film Quarantine.
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The Movies
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Damnation Alley: a post-apocalyptic road trip
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.
Skyline: Stephen Hawking warned us
NASA sent a message deep into space, where aliens live. And they got the message: Delicious humans still available on Earth? Yum!
Lifeforce: Mathilda May is a naked space vampire
LifeForce is an awesomely bad sci-fi film from 1985. It’s based on the 1976 book Space Vampires by Colin Wilson. I can only hope its better than this movie.
Johnny Mnemonic: Keanu Reeves, its all in your head
Do you Remember Keanu Reeves in the 1995 Johnny Mnemonic movie? It was a low budget adaptation of a short story by William Gibson. Even with strong source material this film managed to fail.
Spacehunter: Adventures in the forbidden zone
Spacehunter was probably the very first time I saw a 3D movie in a theater. That’s right. Good old blue and red stereoscopic 3D glasses. Spacehunter might look lame (and it is), but it’s worth a wasted Sunday afternoon. It stars Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson,and Michael Ironside!
Splice is a genetically engineered morality story
Two genetic research scientists create unique life-forms by splicing together the DNA of various animals. Their work takes a shocking turn with the inclusion of human DNA.
The Time Traveler’s wife: a complicated relationship
The endearing story of The Time Travelers Wife stars Eric Bana as the chronologically displaced Henry Detamble and Rachel McAdams as His wife Claire.