WATCH NOW Weather Wars isn’t considered a timeless masterpiece of cinematography, but it features Stacy Keach as an unhinged climate scientist with adversaries. That’s something. I mean, Keach as a deranged cult leader who utilizes super-advanced technology to kill his disbelievers makes for an entertaining flick. Weather Wars Keach sounds menacing, but even if the […]
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WATCH NOW Consider a new take on a revenge thriller. This time, it stars the knockout reality star Scarlett Johansson, who is then abducted by a group of filthy and troublesome Korean thugs while in Taiwan, physically and emotionally abused, before finally getting her chance to repay them. You could also cast a major influencer
WATCH NOW I really do not know why Await the Dawn has not been in the limelight. The film is cast with Dee Wallace (Ayla, The Nest), Vernon Wells (Camp Twilight, Commando), Courtney Gains (Children Of The Corn, Camp Cold Brook), and Bruce Davison (Itsy Bitsy, Along Came The Devil 2). And they have more
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WATCH NOW Let’s celebrate “underground” films; wait until you see the first of the “inside” films! It’s tagline is ‘Fantastic Voyage’ – and it opened yesterday at Loew’s State and the festival theater. So what is it? It is the latest in sheer science fiction fantasy about a group of adventurous people who take a
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WATCH NOW I had a fascination with prehistoric animals, sharks, and cryptids while growing up. To feed my love for the subject, I read tons of books, built model toys, and I even owned a VHS collection that was mostly dinosaur-themed. One of my all time favorites is still THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT. Every
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WATCH NOW Riz Ahmed kicks off his performance in this new film co-written and directed by Michael Pearce in high trauma mode. In a motel room in which the wallpaper seems to be sweating itself off, he kills gnarly looking bugs, conducts arcane research, sprays himself down with insect repellent. Who can blame him? A
WATCH NOW Before I summarize my points supporting the premise of this movie, I would like to point out one negative aspect that I have noticed – how other characters in the movie view Dr. Morbius’s daughter Altaira (Anne Francis). This is not a negative towards the actress in any way; she acts brilliantly. However,
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This 2007 offering from low-budget exploitation champions, The Asylum, seeks to recreate the famed Verne novel, but as expected, falls face flat on reality. For one, there are no retellings, so any expectations in that spectrum are completely misplaced. Also, adding an extra 10,000 leagues to the title provides them an easy escape from the
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WATCH NOW Stanley Kubrick masterfully employed sparseness in his sci-fi film, “2001: A Space Odyssey,” which shows the true brilliance of the piece. The artist in question shows remarkable self-confidence; never does he include a shot just to grab our attention. He allows himself to look at each shot as an essence and allows it
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WATCH NOW The Italians were first to strike, rushing the boldly titled Alien 2: On Earth into theaters less than a year after the first one released. Luigi Cozzi’s Contamination followed. And who can forget the Roger Corman produced Galaxy of Terror? That was released in 1981 and he followed up with Forbidden World in
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