A.I. Rising aka Ederlezi Rising Director: Lazar Bodrosa Screenplay: Dimitrihe Vojnov Minutes: 85 Year: 2019 Score: 7.40 Release: Lionsgate DVD Someone asked me if A.I. Rising was an Ex Machina rip-off. In some ways, maybe. But my first thought was that AI Rising is a modern marriage of Solaris and 2001. There is a trigger […]
Read more "DVD Review – AI Rising – Lionsgate"There is a problem with 4k. When Warner Home Entertainment decided to push the release of the 2001: A Space Odyssey 4k it doesn’t appear that they told Amazon on time and they sent out a few of the pre-orders over the weekend. I was one of those lucky recipients. My expertise is not in […]
Read more "4k Review – 2001: A Space Odyssey"Invasion of the Body Snatchers Director: Don Siegel Screenplay: Daniel Mainwaring Minutes: 80 Year: 1956 Score: 6.67 Release: Olive Signature It seems passé but I have to thank Olive Signature for another great release. I have only ever watched the Philip Kaufman remake; for a lack of trying, not interest. Right or wrong it is […]
Read more "Blu-ray Review – Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Olive Signature"Imitation Girl Director: Natasha Kermani Screenplay: Natasha Kermani Minutes: 84 Year: 2017 Score: 8.27 Release: Theatrical Imitation Girl is truly special film to experience. While it is undoubtedly a science fiction film it feels much more like an edgy human drama than what you would commonly call sci-fi. From the press release: Imitation Girl is […]
Read more "Theatrical Review – Imitation Girl"The Green Slime Director: Kinji Fukasaku Screenplay: William Finger, Tom Rowe, Charles Sinclair Minutes: 90 Year: 1968 Score: 6.00 Release: Warner Archive Okay, I try to avoid linking to youtube videos but to be flippant, if this theme song doesn’t sell you on the movie, there is little more I can do to affect your […]
Read more "Blu-ray Review – The Green Slime – Warner Archive"Caltiki: The Immortal Monster Director: Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava Screenplay: Filippo Sanjust and Riccardo Freda Minutes: 76 Year: 1959 Score: 6.73 Release: Arrow Video There are two names which immediately jump out at me when I think if Italian horror/sci-fi flicks, Dario Argento and Mario Bava. There are more, they may be better, but […]
Read more "Blu-ray Review – Caltiki: The Immortal Monster – Arrow Video"File From Hell It Came under awful, terrible, dreadful, perfect, and awesome. The effects are so bad that they are a delight to watch. There are a whole laundry list of problems but that monster is not one of them.
Read more "Blu-ray Review – From Hell It Came"So much about this movie triggers all of the bits and pieces of cinema which should have completely transported me into a great bad science fiction film.
Read more "Blu-ray Review – World Without End"The Film A Trip to the Moon is one of the first science fiction films, and it is 114 years old (as of 2016). The film is about a group of astronomers who load themselves up in a gigantic cannon and fire themselves at the moon. After blinding the man-in-the-moon the scientists take a tour […]
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