Two scientists are abducted by aliens from a nuclear war-ravaged planet in This Island Earth. As part of the Universal Pictures Blogathon, we take off with the 1955 sci-fi epic starring Rex Reason and Faith Domergue.
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Hot on the heels of last week’s review of Galaxy of Terror, writer Fred Burdsall concludes his classic twin bill of Roger Corman-produced sci-fi/horror flicks with a visit to the 1982 shocker Forbidden World, starring Jesse Vint and June Chadwick.
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For over 60 years he’s written, directed or produced over more than 400 movies of all types. In this classic review, author Fred Burdsall blasts off with the Corman-produced 1981 sci-fi shocker Galaxy of Terror, starring Edward Albert and Erin Moran.
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Join bad movie connoisseur Julian Andre in a classic look at the Italian-made 1978 sci-fi tale Star Crash, starring Caroline Munro as a sexy space heroine and a pre-Knight Rider David Hasselhoff as the son of interplanetary emperor Christopher Plummer,
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Does the 1936 movie made from H.G. Wells’ novel do a good job of imagining the “Things to Come”? Check this analysis of the William Cameron Menzies movie starring Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, and Cedric Hardwicke, and then make your own predictions.
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Her comic was controversial. Her movie’s a cult classic. Let’s have a new look at “Barbarella,” now that there’s lots of talk about putting other female heroes on the big screen.
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Lock your doors and bolt the windows; classic horror and sci-fi films from the Universal Vault series are out this week. Check out a shock-filled selection that includes The Black Cat, The Deadly Mantis, Jungle Woman, The Mole People and more.
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Join guest blogger Blair Kramer as he shares his love of making movie model kits, beginning with (not to scale, obviously) plastic replicas of Godzilla and other classic kaiju!
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Some critics are hailing Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” as “the next 2001: A Space Odyssey.” Will any movie ever deserve that comparison? Is Stanley Kubrick’s film untouchable as the greatest of the Classic Space Movies? Here are my five personal favorites.
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Will Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, debuting this weekend, lead to a sci-fi/fantasy film series as successful as the ones depicted here? See Jason’s poster picks from six franchises and vote for which one best sums up the film it represents.
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