Do you remember Westworld? I’m betting that you don’t because most of you don’t even remember rotary telephones. Rotary phones… You are aware that those existed right? There was a time before phones had buttons. Just like now is the time before evil robots overthrow the human race. It’s going to happen just you wait … Read more
Soldier is a 1998 action movie starring Kurt Russell about a soldier (duh!) known only as Todd, selected at birth for a life of cold military discipline, brutal training, and dangerous combat. Speaking of Kurt Russell (and I did back when I was talking about “The Thing”) Soldier is a movie you should check out … Read more
If you haven’t yet made it to theaters to see The Thing I recommend that you do. If you are a fan of the 1982 Kurt Russell film, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. There are certain films which lend themselves to re-interpretation. There are also those films which, although dated, simply cannot be improved. … Read more
Terra Nova looks to be one of the most interesting new titles slated for fall premier. In order To save mankind, colonists are transported millions of years into the past. Some people are already saying this could be the new “LOST”. As long as the visual effects are good and the characters are compelling, Terra … Read more
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.Journeyman wasn’t very original Journeyman was actually pretty interesting considering that it only aired to fill a programming gap caused by the writer’s strike. Unfortunately the series drew some heavy … Read more
Dog Soldiers is a low budget 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. A friend of mine recommended “Dog Soldiers” and it fits into both of the latter categories so I thought I might tell you … Read more
+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 original Spanish ‘REC’ and the US English ‘Quarantine’; the film follows TV reporter and her camera man as they document day to day (or … Read more
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 of these actors were big in 80’s TV action shows, this movie isn’t as awesome as Air wolf or the A-team. But you know I can’t … Read more
NASA sent a message deep into space, where all the hungry aliens live. They got the message: Delicious humans available on Earth for a limited time. Yum! There is a new trailer out another rather low-rent sci-fi film: Skyline. The basic premise is that NASA sent a message deep into space, where aliens live. And … Read more
LifeForce is an awesomely bad sci-fi film from 1985. It’s based on the 1976 book Space Vampires by Colin Wilson. I’ve never read it, but I can only hope its better than this movie. The Plot? A joint US/UK space mission investigating Haley’s comet discovers a huge alien spacecraft concealed in the comet’s coma. The … Read more