Since today is Alien Day — the annual celebration of the enduring science fiction franchise that has been thrilling audiences worldwide since 1979 — we thought it would be the perfect time to remind you that you can read about…
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Today marks that chest-burstingist of all Internet holidays, Alien Day! This celebration of 20th Century Fox’s landmark 1979 sci-fi/horror classic Alien and its various sequels/prequels/spin-offs. (The event takes its date from LV426, which also happens to be the classification…
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“It isn’t easy having a good time. Even smiling makes my face ache.” – Dr. Frank N. Furter (a scientist). Originally released in 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has had about as strange of a trajectory as any film…
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Terror in the Sky….beyond known flight! Just when you thought you explored all the sci-fi films of the 1960s, “new” titles appear in a book or while browsing online. For us, it was The Flight that Disappeared that magically appeared….
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“It’s almost time kids! The clock is ticking! Be in front of your TV sets for the horrorthon, and remember the big giveaway at 9. Don’t miss it, and don’t forget to wear your masks. The clock is ticking. It’s…
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For our first spooky-themed movie post this October, we are throwing it back to 1978’s original Halloween film. John Carpenter‘s seminal slasher not only was a massive hit that reinvigorated the horror genre (legitimizing it the eyes of many critics),…
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Flash! Ahh! Originally released in 1980, Flash Gordon is an enduring cult favorite. The film follows Flash (Sam J. Jones), quarterback for the New York Jets, and travel agent Dale Arden (Melody Anderson) are hijacked into a desperate space mission…
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Point to ponder: Is Fast Times at Ridgemont High the best teen movie of all time? Personally I think it is, and it’s also one of the best comedies of the 1980s…if not all time. Adapted from Cameron Crowe’s book…
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This week’s new Blu-ray and DVD offerings are the perfect snapshot of the diversity of the moviegoing experience. Making their home video debuts this week are are assortment of favorites — both classic and contemporary — from the Warner Archive…
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Arguably the biggest cult classic in recent memory, Donnie Darko stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a gifted but troubled ’80s high school student whose adolescent horrors take on new dimensions, as he starts to see “shifts in time” and is visited…
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