Posts Tagged ‘science fiction’
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Blu-ray Review: Maybe If She Were a Little Taller This Would Be Good
Out of all the schlocky 1950s science fiction out there, I don’t know why this one is one of the more popular ones.
Read MoreE.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Blu-ray Review: ’80s Friendly Alien Invasion
Spielberg’s second great alien encounter film is now 40 years old, and just as powerful as when it was new.
Read MoreEdge of Tomorrow 4K UHD Review: Groundhog D-Day
High concept sci-fi thriller that was underappreciated at the box office has a great premise and a decent execution.
Read More12 Monkeys (1995) 4K UHD Review: Time-Travel Tragedy
A psychological thriller, a science-fiction film, comedy and tragedy, 12 Monkeys is Terry Gilliam’s most wide-reaching and accessible film.
Read MoreCold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman Blu-ray Review: This Set Is a Must-buy
Arrow Video has just released a lovely little boxed set of four of his sci-fi/horror films.
Read MoreDune (1984) 4K Ultra HD Review: Beautiful, Fascinating Mess of an Adaptation
A messy adaptation of a nearly unfilmable book has amazing production design and a beautiful 4K release.
Read MoreStar Trek: The Original 4-Movie Collection 4K Ultra HD Review: 4K, The Final Frontier
The new box set achieves its main purpose.
Read MoreBook Review: Alien 3 by Pat Cadigan, based on the Unproduced First-Draft Screenplay by William Gibson
Alien 3 has been saddled with challenges since it was first announced. Multiple directors and screenplay efforts came forward, and the end product borrowed elements from a few different ones, resulting in a 1992 theatrical release that fell a bit short with critics and viewers alike. In 2003, the Assembly Cut was produced to reintegrate…
Read MoreNine Days Movie Review: A Soul-Stirring Piece of Minimalist Science Fiction
Edson Oda’s feature directorial debut is a wonderfully minimalist sci-fi picture on the nature of finding purpose.
Read MoreThe Final Countdown (1980) 4K Ultra HD Limited Edition Review: Great Planes, Great Set-up, No Story?
Beautiful release of a film with a great set-up, incredible aviation, and a frustrating story that doesn’t pay off.
Read MoreBook Review: Alien: Into Charybdis by Alex White
Alien: Into Charybdis is easy to recommend to Alien fans with a strong stomach and some time on their hands to consume its heft.
Read MoreSXSW 2021 Movie Review: Alien On Stage: Unlikely Heroes Played by Even Unlikelier Heroes
If you have even the slightest interest in prop crafting, theatre, or Alien, you owe it to yourself to give Alien On Stage a watch.
Read MoreThe Midnight Sky Movie Review: Astronomically Insipid
The Midnight Sky aims for the stars, but should’ve been brought down to Earth.
Read MoreWander Darkly Movie Review: A Decent Meditation on Love in the Afterlife
Diego Luna and Sienna Miller are an emotive dual force in this neutrally executed sci-fi romance.
Read MoreWarning from Space Blu-ray Review: Starmen Waiting in the Sky
The first Japanese science fiction film shot in color is as surprisingly stylishly made as it is old-fashioned.
Read MorePossessor Movie Review: Layered with Terror
Brandon Cronenberg’s sophomore effort is ridden with anxiety, distress, and shock. But you’ll crave for more.
Read MoreSplit Second (1992) Blu-ray Review: Blade Runner and Alien’s Stupid Baby
Combines two great sci-fi movies to make a not great horror film, taking place in the distant future of 2008.
Read MoreFlash Gordon (1980) 4K Ultra HD Review: Garish and Spirited Comic Action
Whether it’s too camp or in the proper comic spirit, Flash Gordon’s elaborately colorful production bursts onto 4K.
Read MoreBook Review: Alien: 40 Years 40 Artists by Various
A thoughtful, varied collection of work inspired by a sci-fi classic.
Read MoreThis Island Earth Blu-ray Review: Highly Recommended for the Sci-fi Film Buff
Scream Factory has done impressive work with this title.
Read MorePromare Blu-ray Review: Hyper Kinetic Superhero Firefighters
Studio Trigger’s debut feature-length anime film is a high energy, colorful sci-fi confection.
Read MoreBook Review: Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler
A bold new direction for a well-worn franchise, and it works extremely well.
Read MoreBook Review: Making Moon by Simon Ward
The behind-the-scenes story of the conception and filming of one of the 21st century’s best sci-fi movies.
Read MoreRadioflash Movie Review: A Mere Concept-Driven Post-Apocalyptic Story
An admirable yet quite shallow commentary on our tech-dependent society.
Read MoreAd Astra Movie Review: A Wonderfully Philosophical Sci-Fi Opus
A career-best Brad Pitt carries this simplistic gem about the wonders and perils of space.
Read MoreMen in Black: International Movie Review: A Neuralyzing Experience
Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. That is all.
Read MoreThe Thing from Another World Blu-ray Review: A Classic of the Sci-fi Genre
Available from Warner Archive, the Blu-ray offers impressive high-def video and pleasing audio.
Read MoreStarfish (2019) Movie Review: A Wonderfully Ambitious Sci-Fi Pic About Grief
Starfish has a jumbled narrative yet is wonderfully jumbled due to its inventiveness and focus on human emotion.
Read MoreJohn Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars Blu-ray Review: Sad Retread from a Master
This rote sci-fi horror thriller from a former master has some good ideas that it does nothing with.
Read MoreReplicas (2018) Blu-ray Review: Attack of the Keanu Clones
Replicas is a crazy, silly sci-fi movie. But as outlandish as its premise is, and unbelievable its plot, it is still fun to watch.
Read MoreMac and Me (Collector’s Edition) Blu-ray Review: E.T. Phone Lawyer
A blatant E.T. rip-off that is also the longest advertisement for both McDonald’s and Coca Cola.
Read MoreGodmonster of Indian Flats Blu-ray Review: Please, Don’t Act So Sheepish
The American Genre Film Archive and Something Weird Video present something so delightfully awful, it’ll leave you ecstatically screaming “Ewe!”
Read MoreThe Martian Chronicles (1980) Blu-ray Review: Is There Life on Mars?
Kino Lorber Studio Classics blasts off into the crazy surreal cosmos of this sci-fi miniseries.
Read MoreKiller Klowns from Outer Space (1988) Blu-ray Review: Krazy, Kampy Fun
Take a ride on the nightmare merry-go-round with Arrow Video’s excellent restoration of the Chiodo brothers’ cult classic.
Read MoreReady Player One Movie Review: A Fun yet Hollow Escapist Journey
Ready Player One is entertaining popcorn fare drenched in nostalgia and not much else.
Read MoreA Wrinkle in Time Movie Review: Wondrous yet Muddled
While it reaches for the stars with its jaw-dropping visuals, it still is bogged down by its storytelling and short length.
Read MoreAnnihilation Movie Review: A Beautifully Horrific Piece of Science Fiction
Annihilation is a brilliant mix of sci-fi and horror that is cringe-inducing yet inviting.
Read MoreJerome Bixby’s The Man From Earth (2007) Blu-ray Review: Science Fiction Chamber Play
Ten years after it was a sleeper sci-fi hit, Man from Earth comes visually restored to Blu-ray.
Read MoreThe Hidden (1987) Blu-ray Review: The Best Movie John Carpenter Never Made
The Warner Archive Collection proudly delivers this amazing horror/sci-fi/action/comedy hybrid starring young Kyle MacLachlan.
Read MorePhantasm: 5 Movie DVD Collection Review: The NeverEnding Horror Story
Don Coscarelli’s franchise has always reflected the times. Now, the time has come to repackage and re-release it. Again.
Read MoreThe Mummy (2017) Blu-ray Review: The League of Rather Average Gentlemen
Tom Cruise teams up with visually-impaired paint-by-numbers artist Alex Kurtzman to bring us something as old as ancient Egypt itself.
Read MoreBook Review: Aliens: Bug Hunt, Edited by Jonathan Maberry
A nice collection of napalm-spewing, acid-spraying, high-flying, skin-crawling, face-hugging critters that marines want to shoot, and The Company wants to domesticate.
Read MoreWorld Without End (1956) Blu-ray Review: Make Dystopia Great Again
The Warner Archive Collection travels through time and space to bring us one of cinema’s first ‒ and strangely optimistic ‒ views of a post-apocalyptic future.
Read MoreFrom Hell It Came (1957) Blu-ray Review: This Is More Like “Heaven-Sent”
One of the most amusingly bad drive-in monster movies ever conceived receives a beautiful new HD transfer from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreDemon Seed (1977) Blu-ray Review: Artificial Intelligence Meets Artificial Insemination
The kooky, slightly kinky ’70s sci-fi horror hybrid featuring the talents of the late Fritz Weaver and Robert Vaughn receives a beautiful makeover from the Warner Archive.
Read MoreBook Review: Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Vol. 2: Where Some Fans May Never Have Gone Before
The crew’s encounters with beings different from ourselves is still as fun and fascinating today as it ever was.
Read MoreSolace (2015) Blu-ray Review: Quantum of Bollocks
Anthony Hopkins stars in a four-year-old dud based off of a decades-old, rejected sequel to ‘Se7en,’ ineffectively re-written to rip-off the recently revoked ‘Hannibal.’
Read MoreWho? (aka Robo Man, 1974) Blu-ray Review: Wait, What?
An offbeat, seldom-seen British spy-fi offering goes HD courtesy the efforts of Kino Lorber.
Read MoreTime After Time (1979) Blu-ray Review: And Now for Something Completely Different
Nicholas Meyer’s quirky sci-fi classic ‒ wherein Jack the Ripper and H.G. Wells travel through time ‒ gets a much-needed makeover from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read MoreBody Snatchers (1993) Blu-ray Review: Uneven, But Not Unnecessary
The Warner Archive Collection dusts off filmdom’s oddest pod people Invasion yet.
Read MoreThe Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast Box Set Review: Class-Ick
Arrow Video releases the definitive box set (well two, actually) paying all respect due to one of filmdom’s most unique innovators.
Read MoreMen & Chicken Blu-ray Review: Hard-Boiled Danish
Breaching all boundaries of good taste, I can’t decide if Denmark’s award-winning black comedy is for mankind or just plain fowl.
Read MoreFrom Horrifying to Horrible: Back in Print from the Warner Archive
From a magnificent assembling of classic horror of the ’30s, to the various sorts of silliness the whole of the ’90s had to offer, these four releases will have you screaming.
Read MoreWarcraft Blu-ray Review: In My Entire Life, I Have Never Felt as Much Pain as I Do Now
Devoid of any originality, credibility, or explanation whatsoever, the big-screen adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s massively successful strategy game is a giant, predictable bore.
Read MoreThe Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959) Blu-ray Review: Beheading Your Way
The outright evil, bloodthirsty cousin of ‘The Creature from the Black Lagoon’ makes its long-awaited splash to home video courtesy a beautiful HD release by Olive Films.
Read MoreThe 100: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: Ramping up the Action and the Sci-fi Factor
Even with the major changes, it still held true to the previous seasons and was just as enjoyable.
Read MorePerson of Interest: The Fifth and Final Season DVD Review: Goodbye to the Machine
The prescient network TV action thriller comes to a satisfying, emotional conclusion.
Read MoreThe Stuff (1985) Blu-ray Review: The Thing Nightmares Are Made From
Larry Cohen’s comical, horrifying look at rampant commercialism, American gluttony, and corporate greed gets another chance to creep around thanks to Arrow Video.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents: Various Vamps, Visitors, Bats and Vats
As another dreadful holiday season falls upon us, there is perhaps no better time to re-celebrate Halloween with this line-up of killer October chillers.
Read MoreThe Brain That Wouldn’t Die Blu-ray Review: The Head of No Class
The decapitated grandparent of grindhouse cinema gets a beautiful HD makeover in this, the definitive release of a true cult classic.
Read MoreBack to the Future 30th Anniversary Trilogy Blu-ray Review: Once More Around the Clock
As good as it gets. Unless you have a time-traveling DeLorean lying around and were planning on joining me at the theater back in 1985.
Read MoreContamination (1980) Blu-ray Review: On Earth, Everyone Can Hear You Scream ‘Rip-Off!’
The cycloptic grandpappy of ALIEN clones makes its chest-bursting, worldwide High-Definition Blu-ray debut courtesy Arrow Video.
Read MoreJurassic World Movie Review: A Sequel 22 Years in the Making
The fourth film in the popular series is everything that the previous sequels should have been, but never could have.
Read MoreTwilight Time Presents European Dramas, American Musicals, and Zardoz
Caution: Musicals, intense British drama, and ’70s cinematic hallucinogens lie ahead.
Read MoreJourney to the Center of the Earth / First Men in the Moon Blu-rays Review: In & Out
Twilight Time explores the various space in-between the minds of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.
Read MoreRemembering Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)
His work will live long and the audience will prosper from it.
Read MoreBook Review: Modern Sci-Fi Films FAQ by Tom DeMichael
The choice of films makes the usefulness of this book; well, not very useful.
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Complete Eighth Series Blu-ray Review: Perhaps Even the Best
As the 12th Doctor, Peter Capaldi is off to a roaring start in the brilliant new series.
Read MoreSteven Spielberg Director’s Collection Blu-ray Review: Finally, Duel in HD!
Universal unveils the HD debuts of four of the iconic director’s works in this eight-film set.
Read MoreThe Blob (1988) Blu-ray Review: Everybody’s in the Pink Now
Twilight Time delivers a dazzling HD re-release of the cult favorite ’80s remake and it’s swell, kids!
Read MoreUnder the Skin DVD Review: Being Human…Sort of
Glazer has crafted a careful and bizarre ode to discovering humanity.
Read MoreThe Future, the Past, and Creepy Dolls: Twilight Time Breaks the Eclectic Mold
The niche Blu-ray label unveils, among other things, its first double feature release.
Read MoreSearch for the Gods (1975) DVD Review: What, Another Failed TV Pilot? You Bet!
Pre-action star Kurt Russell highlights this amusing piece of ’70s pseudoscience schlock.
Read MoreRadio Free Albemuth Movie Review: Faithful Adaptation of the Philip K. Dick Novel
Director John Alan Simon shows deep respect for the author.
Read MoreRoboCop (2014) Blu-ray Review: Let’s Hope They Don’t Remake RoboCop 2
Doesn’t live up to the original, barely can stand on its own.
Read MoreRollerball Blu-ray Review: Worth Viewing, but Didn’t Maximize Its Potential
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
Read MoreBook Review: Weird Fantasy, Volume 1: Glossy Reprint of Classic SF Comic
The latest hardcover EC Archives release features the first six issues of this series digitally recolored.
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Web of Fear DVD Review: A Cause for Celebration
Available for the first time since being broadcast 46 years ago, The Second Doctor and UNIT are ready for the Yeti.
Read MoreSearch: The Complete Series DVD Review: About 40 Years Ahead of Its Time
Search is perhaps the greatest “lost” TV show of all time.
Read MoreBook Review: The Zombie Film: From White Zombie to World War Z by Alain Silver and James Ursini
Because one more publication on the subject couldn’t possibly hurt the subgenre any.
Read MoreBook Review: Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon
Doesn’t take many risks or push the boundaries of established canon, but for franchise fans, it’s still worth picking up.
Read MoreVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) Blu-ray Review: Witness the Pidgeon Take Flight Underwater
Irwin Allen develops the prototype to the Roland Emmerich formula.
Read MoreFantastic Voyage Blu-ray Review: The Coolest Ship in the Movies
Classic science-fiction with a Cold War edge.
Read MoreAFI Fest 2013 Review: Her: O.S. I Love You
An authentic, insightful story about connections and relationships.
Read MoreThe Fly (1958) Blu-ray Review: A Classic Reborn in HD
A truly classic Vincent Price creature feature.
Read MoreStar Trek: Into Darkness Blu-ray Review: The Wrath of Fans
A step down from the first entry, but not without its charms – until the final act.
Read MoreCharles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man (Director’s Cut Special Edition) DVD Review: A Must for Fans
The fascinating life story of the Twilight Zone master.
Read MoreThe Twilight Zone: The Complete Fourth Season DVD Review: Charles Beaumont Is the Star of This Season
The stories are what count, and there are some great ones here.
Read MoreRobotech 2-Movie Collection DVD Review: The Shadow Chronicles Collector’s Edition and Love Live Alive: A Robotech Sequel and A Long, Long Clip Show
For an audience interested in an entertaining experience, I can’t imagine a duller time.
Read MoreFringe: The Complete Fifth and Final Season DVD Review: Observing the End
A good wrap-up to a series.
Read MoreOrphan Black: Season 1 DVD Review: Send in the Clones
I cannot recommend Orphan Black highly enough.
Read MoreOrphan Black: Season 1 Blu-ray Review: Black is the New Black
Through it all, Maslany develops thoroughly convincing and wholly independent characters.
Read MoreThings to Come Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Overly Didactic Technical Marvel
A sometimes prescient and sometimes naïve examination of the future.
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Visitation Special Edition Review: Rubber Reptiles and Disco Androids Bring the Plague
A visit to London with the Fifth Doctor and his companions.
Read MoreOblivion (2013) Movie Review: Could Be Where Tom Cruise Is Headed if He Keeps Trying Sci Fi
It may occasionally be fun to look at, but that is about it.
Read MoreBook Review: Doctor Who: Plague of the Cybermen by Justin Richards
The 11th Doctor battles his recurring Cybermen foes with the assistance of a plucky lass.
Read MoreSpiders (2013) DVD Review: It’s Only Bad If You Watch It
It could have at least been funny. Instead it just ended up being bad.
Read MoreBook Review: If You Like The Terminator, Here Are Over 200 Movies, TV Shows, and Other Oddities That You Will Love by Scott Von Doviak
A handy digest of the best sci-fi over the past 110 years.
Read MoreWorld on a Wire Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Nature of Unnatural Reality
While the plot is obvious, the film’s cerebral take on sci fi and impressive ’70s cinematography make it well worth its lengthy running time.
Read MoreThe Magnetic Monster DVD Review: A Very Good Science-Fiction Film
An older scientist’s experiments with magnetics get seriously out of hand.
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