Some of the best sci-fi films have followed a hero (or heroes) on a journey into the unknown in pursuit of knowledge. Guest writer Constance Metzinger looks at four classic movies whose characters put their lives on the line in strange new worlds.
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Spaced Out Computer: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Preface: It may seem incongruous to the theme of my blog, but the truth of the matter is that, up until this blogathon, I have never watched 2001: A Space Odyssey in its entirety. I tried to watch it one…
Read more →The Movie Tagline Quiz: Sci-Fi Edition
With San Diego Comic Con and our very own Summer of Sci-Fi posts rolling on this weekend, we thought we’d present another edition of The Movie Tagline Game. This time around we have selected a number of science fiction/genre films…
Read more →What Went Wrong: Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Editor’s note: The following article appeared on MovieFanFare back in July of 2009. It is being re-run today as part of our May the Fourth Be With You celebrations. In the summer of 1999, Star Wars geeks (myself included) and…
Read more →Revisiting Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
A lot of people will tell you that the even-numbered Star Trek films are fantastic while the odd-numbered entries are nearly unwatchable pieces of junk. For many, none of the movies perpetuate that myth more than Star Trek V: The Final Frontier….
Read more →Good Dinosaur/ Bad Dinosaur Movies
With this week’s release of The Good Dinosaur in mind, we’d like to present a photo gallery of some of the best–and worst–examples of prehistoric fauna to roam their way across the screen, from 1925’s The Lost World to 2015’s Jurassic World.
Read more →This Island Earth (1955): Of Humans, Aliens and Mutants
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.
Read more →Double Dose of Roger Corman, Part 2: Forbidden World
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.
Read more →Double Dose of Roger Corman, Part 1: Galaxy of Terror
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.
Read more →Craptastic Cinema: Star Crash
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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