Many genre fans consider 1982 the greatest year in the history of science fiction cinema. With films like Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Thing, Tron, Blade Runner, and E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial released during that period 40…
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Looking Back at “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures” and “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey”
Today’s guest post has Jim Brymer sharing his thoughts on the Bill and Ted franchise. Take it away, Jim: Before the meteoric rise of one of the most recognizable actors of the 90’s and beyond, a virtually unknown actor was…
Read more →Guest Review: “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”
Star Trek, both the TV series and the series of movies, had its share of nasty villains. Everyone probably has their favorite. Although some may take the side of Lord Kruge (Christopher Lloyd) in Star Trek III: The Search for…
Read more →Travel Through Time to the Disco Era with “Doctor Who”
Man, the 1970s were weird. In what was a blink of an eye in terms of time being measured on a cosmic scale, disco briefly ruled the galaxy. Previously on MovieFanFare we’ve how the divisive musical genre was used to…
Read more →The Summer of Sci-Fi Comes To An End
With autumn beginning today, we must say an official goodbye to the Summer of Sci-Fi. Since Memorial Day, we have been showcasing a variety of articles about some of our favorite science fiction films spanning the length of film history….
Read more →Which Character from “Predator” Is Your Favorite?
This Friday, The Predator hits theaters. Co-written and directed by Shane Black (who played Hawkins in 1987’s Predator), the new film aims to restart the sci-fi franchise. But can it possibly live up to the Arnold Schwarzenegger original? We’ll let…
Read more →Don’t Panic! The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is Coming to Blu-ray
In the 40 years since it first debuted as a BBC radio show, Douglas Adams‘ sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as also been adapted as a best-selling series of novels, a stage show, a computer game, a…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Klaatu Barada Nikto! We are setting the wayback machine to 1951 for this week’s Create-A-Caption, focusing on the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. We’ve added our humorous caption to a moment from this film below, and we…
Read more →Robocop’s Weirdest Pop Culture Adventures
In 1987, the future of law enforcement was introduced…and the world hasn’t been the same since. The original Robocop blended dark humor with action and sci-fi, resulting in a movie that had a massive impact upon popular culture. In the…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Thing
This latest Create-A-Caption comes to us from John Carpenter‘s 1982 version of The Thing. Don’t worry though, we aren’t going to gross you out by showing you one of the flick’s creepy creatures, instead the following image chronicles what happens…
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