I can’t wait for October to get here. Finally. Dune. Dune. The great I hope Dune. The Denis Villeneuve Dune. Villeneuve calls to mind Sicario. Arrival. Not that, other something he did that, well, in the words of Peter Gabriel,… Read More »Waiting on Wormsign
Experts say impatience is bad. That if I don’t stop focusing on the moving goalpost that is the release date for Dune, I’ll develop the “The Kane Madness.” Maybe they are right. Maybe I should focus on something else. Something… Read More »First Rate Contact
It’s no secret that I appreciate American composer, writer, director, and producer John Carpenter. I may have previously mentioned ‘Darkstar‘. Or ‘The Thing‘. Even ‘Ghosts of Mars’. I haven’t but should have mentioned ‘Escape from New York’, ‘Starman’, ‘Big Trouble… Read More »Remake, Reboot, or Rest in Peace? They Live
In the 1974 made-for-TV movie and series pilot “The Questor Tapes“, freshly minted android Questor has three days to locate his creator, Dr. Vaslovik. Failure is not an option. Short on time and information, Questor basically kidnaps Dr. Vaslovik’s mentee,… Read More »Remake, Reboot, or Rest in Peace? The Questor Tapes
Wolfgang Petersen—Das Boot (1981), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Air Force One (1997), The Perfect Storm (2000)—took over Enemy Mine in 1985. It would be his first English-language film. Enemy Mine was more futuristic melodrama than sci-fi… Read More »Remake, Reboot, or Rest in Peace? Enemy Mine
Writer David Peoples gave us Blade Runner, Unforgiven, and 12 Monkeys. He and director Paul Anderson–Mortal Kombat, Event Horizon–delivered Soldier. Essentially Shane in Space, this Science Fiction, One Man Army actionfest starred Kurt Russell. Critics and audiences hated it. My… Read More »Remake, Reboot, or Rest in Peace? Soldier
Sometimes Hollywood gets it wrong. Sometimes rather a lot really. Sometimes we do, too. Get things wrong. Growing up, I really really really wanted to be an astronaut. I knew the history of the space program, the good and the… Read More »Hooray for Hollywood
“We all know synthespians are coming. Very soon we will reach a point when we switch on a television or a computer, see an actor or newscaster, and not know if they are flesh and blood and what’s more… not… Read More »Fakereals, Realfakes
Looper is jet bike ride into a dystopian not so distant future. Time travel is used by a future syndicate to send their problem children back in time to be eradicated by hit men known as Loopers. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is… Read More »Looper – Time Travel Done Right
Man has looked out to space in wonder For thousands of years. Sometimes thinking that life could be somewhereAnd now — now it’s here! Green Slime!!! One of the best worst movies ever. Kind of sacred ground, if you know… Read More »Remake, Reboot, or Rest in Peace? Green Slime