The 2007
Women of Sci-Fi Calendar Exclusive
Yikes! No Ripley . . . Believe It or Not! (But we do get Erica
Durance . . .)
Somebody Make This Into
a Movie - Hooked: A Thriller About Love And Other Addictions
by Matt Richtel
This noir-like book ought to make for a passable Michael
Crichton-style thriller.
Somebody Make This
Into a Movie - The Dark River: Book Two of the Fourth Realm
(Fourth Realm Trilogy) by John Twelve Hawks
Here
is the next National Treasure or Lara Croft wannabe
franchise . . .
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
“Relax, they're just movies!”
one wants to tell the excitable interviewees in the upcoming History
Channel documentary . . .
Somebody Make This Into a Movie
- Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk
We look at the new book by the Fight Club author . . .
Superman
II Redux - The Richard Donner Cut
"Anyone from Robert
Redford and Paul Newman to Elton John were considered for the role of
Superman . . ." (Part one of three - part two to be
published next week. Click
here to receive our free weekly e-mail newsletter to be notified
when it is published).
Somebody Make This
Into a Movie - The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
A “variation of themes” on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland
novels if you like, this novel aimed at 9 to 10-year-olds purports to
tell the “real story” behind Carroll’s beloved novels . . .
Somebody Make This Into A
Movie - It’s Superman By Tom De Haven
Perhaps the makers of Superman Returns should rather have filmed
author Tom De Haven’s novel It’s Superman, a clever
re-invention of the Superman mythos . . .
Metaphysics on a
Shoestring
Despite being infamously cheap producer/director Roger
Corman also made some dreadfully bad movies; something you
wouldn’t guess from reading this book . . .
The Next Lord of the Rings?
So far comparisons between the upcoming Chronicles of Narnia movie
and Lord of the Rings have been unavoidable . . .
Dark
Commandos
An “Internet-only” movie which means that it is (a)
cheap, (b) has no well-known stars, (c) poor special effects and (d) is
curiously watchable.
Best SF/Fantasy Movie of
2004?
And the winner is . . .
The Most Overrated
Movie Of 2003 | Part Two |
Part Three |
Part Four |
Part Five |
Part Six |
Part Seven
Sheesh, as if we weren't getting enough hate e-mail as it
is, we've gone and awarded Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as the most overrated flick of last year. Read our first in a series of
articles on why we think so . . .
Finally, Star Wars on
DVD (Not Really . . .) - Part One |
Part Two
So George Lucas finally bit the bullet and decided to release the
original Star Wars trilogy on DVD. That's fantastic, no? I mean, finally,
after years of waiting, we can finally have digital, pristine, unfading
copies of the original three movies that captured our hearts over twenty
years ago. Everything is peachy and birds are singing and the world just
became a better place, right? Hell, no . . .
The Philosopher at the
End of the Universe
A fun and easy-to-read book which explains several philosophic ideas and
concepts by using science fiction blockbusters such as
The Matrix, Total Recall
and Blade Runner as examples . . .
John Carpenter On . . .
Some exclusive excerpts from a new book about cult movie director John
Carpenter . . .
John Carpenter On . . .
(Part Two)
More exclusive excerpts from a new book about director Carpenter . . .
Prince of Darkness - Part One
If you’re a fan of cult director John Carpenter’s work then you’ll
definitely be interested in John Carpenter - Prince of Darkness by
Gilles Boulenger. It is also however recommended to
more casual genre fans and anyone interested in Hollywood.
Prince of Darkness - Part
Two
In retrospect The Thing
proved to be an artistic turning point for Carpenter. None of his later
films would match its brilliance and his directing output grew patchier as
the years passed by . . .
Prince of Darkness - Part
Three
Cult director
John Carpenter breaks several modern movie conventions and rules in his
movies. There are, amongst others, a hero dying by the end of the movie,
shockingly a child being killed for sport, violence against a dog and a
hero who consciously plunges the entire world into anarchy out of spite .
. .
Sci-Fi Movie Clichés
For example:
Aliens usually speak English and have
the same colloquialisms . . .
Sci-Fi Movies We Do Not Want To See
Off-screen Sci-Fi
A list of some good sci-fi
stuff I have recently read and watched.
Remaking Solaris
- Why Bother?
Wired News calls Solaris the
early 1970s movie recently remade and starring George Clooney "an
obscure but treasured Russian film". Some on-line sci-fi science
fiction fans are optimistic about the new version directed by Hollywood
flavour of the month Steven Soderbergh. I am unfortunately not one of
them. Remaking Solaris is something akin to heresy . . .
Attack of the Hollywood Clones - Part
One
and
Part Two
I won't be
taking the day off to see Star Wars: Episode Two - Attack of the Clones
when it starts . . .
Why a Planet of the Apes Remake?
Somehow
the original Planet of the Apes movies were
unique to the turbulent late 1960s/early 1970s and their relevance as
a "hysterical parable on race relations" would be lost in a
conservative era such as ours . . .
2000 A.D. -
Sci-Fi's Annus Horriblis
There were several times this year that I considered giving up doing this
web site - anything to avoid seeing utter dreck like Battlefield
Earth and Mission to Mars!
Battlefield Earth: Ishtar of the Apes?
Bad movies are more fun to write about
than good ones - which is
why critics must be secretly thanking Warner Bros. and John Travolta
for having made Battlefield Earth . . .
The Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies of the Decade (That
Was The 1990s - Part Four)
The Best and Worst of 1999
That Was The 1990s - Part Three (1996-1998)
That Was The 1990s - Part Two (1995)
That Was The 1990s - Part One (1990-1994)
Alien - 20 Years Ago
More Cool Sci-Fi Movies You Might Have Missed
Second Thoughts on Episode One
Jar Jar Binks Must Die!
Get the low-down on
accusations of racism being hurled at this computer-generated character from The
Phantom Menace and what site visitors and critics have to say about it.
The Most Anticipated Event of the Year - The Backlash Against
Episode One (Part One)
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