Friday, January 02, 2009
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Saturday, December 06, 2008
The Phantom Creeps
Featuring one of science fiction's less fortunate robots.
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Quantum of Solace
Finally saw Quantum of Solace the other day and I have never come across a greater collection of snobbery, male chauvinism, material excess, unhealthy eating and drinking, and gratuitous sex and violence in my life.God, I loved it.
Labels: Cinema, James Bond
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies
Deep hurting.
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Brave New World
When the American election results came in my wife told our six-year that "it's a brave new world".
Let's take a closer look.
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
Forbidden Planet Revisited

There's also been talk of bringing back Robby the Robot for the film, but it had better be a decent part and not just a cameo as usually happens in these sort of productions. It's not like he's a one-hit wonder like Gort or Kronos, you know. Bob is Old Hollywood and has a lot of pull in town, so fobbing him off with a bit part could backfire pretty badly.
He used to hang out with Sinatra.
Labels: Cinema, Hollywood, Science Fiction
Friday, October 31, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
The Whisperer in Darkness
The makers of The Call of Cthulhu have another H P Lovecraft film on the way–this time with that modern wonder: Sound!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
M, Call Your Service
The golden gun featured in the 1974 James Bond film has been stolen from Elstree studios.Police are looking for a man with three nipples accompanied by a dwarf.
Labels: Britain, Cinema, James Bond
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Saturday, September 06, 2008
The Horror of Spider Island
The monster is nothing compared to the frightening Babs.
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Ever wonder why we don't see more Danish science fiction films?
Wonder no more.
Caution: Contains John Agar
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The Quatermass Xperiment
Right. If this one goes through, then we're laughing.
Fingers crossed.
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction
Saturday, August 16, 2008
The Deadly Mantis
Okay, maybe drilling in ANWAR wasn't such a good idea.
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Atomic Submarine
Atomic submarines, UFOs, one-eyed aliens; what could be missing?
Acting, dialogue, sets...
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All
The best version of Flash Gordon ever made.
And if you don't agree, all I have to say is, tinkery tonk!
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Labels: Animation, Cinema, Science Fiction
Friday, August 01, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Zontar The Thing From Venus
More than a Roger Corman film. More than a remake of a Roger Corman film. It's a remake of a Roger Corman film starring John Agar.
A perfect storm.
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction
Friday, July 18, 2008
The Time Travelers.
The 1964 under appreciated sci-fi gem reduced to ten minutes.
Even if they never could spell travellers.
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction
Monday, July 14, 2008
Law of Should Have Seen It Coming Consequences
Because Wall-E has been so successful at the box office and so well received by the public, Broadway is considering reviving Hello, Dolly, which Wall-E uses clips from.Haven't we suffered enough?
Labels: Animation, Cinema, Science Fiction
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Saturday, July 05, 2008
The Last Woman On Earth
They were going to do the penultimate woman on earth, but that sort of fell through.
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction
Monday, June 30, 2008
Quantum of Solace
I think they've fleshed out Ian Fleming's short story a bit.
Labels: Cinema, James Bond
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Wall–E
I saw Wall–E last night and must say that it made R2D2 look like a dustbin in comparison. Several reviews have compared the eponymous robot to Charlie Chaplin and I must agree with them. This is not only an excellent animated feature and a decent science fiction film, but is also a damn good picture full stop. It even makes the "green" message, which is forty years out of date and inexcusable even on its own terms, forgivable for the set up it gives for a marvelous romantic comedy that shows its more "serious" competitors for the shams that they are.
Also, my soon-to-be-six-years old daughter thought the bra over the eyes joke exceptionally funny, which must count for something in the scheme of things.
Labels: Animation, Cinema, Review, Science Fiction
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Appointment on Mars
Best argument for unmanned exploration I've yet seen.
Labels: Cinema, Science Fiction, Television


