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A Short Rave for The Avengers (2012)

4 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Comic Book, Computer Animation, Event Film, Quick Reviews, Remake, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Superheroes, War with Aliens Tagged Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel, Robert DowneyJr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Stan Lee, Stellan Skarsgård, The Avengers, Tom Hiddleston

May 4th, 2012: Return of the Jedi (1983)

May4 by Mister Invisible

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Space Opera, War Movies Tagged Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, Frank Oz, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, John Williams, Kenny Baker, Lawrence Kasdan, Mark Hamill, Peter Mayhew, Richard Marquand

April 22nd, 2012: The Food of the Gods (1976)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Based on a Book, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Insects, Horror, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original Tagged "this enormous X could feed the world", AIP, bad animation, bad rear projection, bad special effects, Belinda Balaski, Bert I. Gordon, Drive-In, evil businessman, farm, farmers, flood, football player, football team, freely adapted, giant chicken, giant maggots, giant rats, giant wasps, H.G. Wells, Ida Lupino, it's not over, John Cypher, Marjoe Gortner, Ralph Meeker, rats, Samuel Z. Arkoff, scientists, shotgun, tunnel

April 17th, 2012: 28 Days Later (2002)

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Leave a comment Posted in Apocalypse, Arthouse, Horror, Indy, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original, Zombies Tagged Alex Garland, attempted rape, Brendan Gleeson, Britain, British Film Council, Christopher Eccleston, Cillian Murphy, coma, Danny Boyle, deserted city, digital, homage, hospital, insanity, it's not over, land mines, London, low-budget, multiple endings, Naomi Harris, rip-off, scientists, virus zombies

April 5th, 2012: It Conquered the World

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Black and White, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, War with Aliens Tagged "hell hath no fury", AIP, alien ultimatum, aliens as Communism allegory, allegory, bad special effects, Beverly Garland, burning, cash-in, cave, Charles B. Griffith, Cold War, Dick Miller, goofy monster suit, James H. Nicholson, Jonathan Haze, Lee Van Cleef, Lou Rusoff, low-budget, mind control, Peter Graves, rip-off, Roger Corman, Sally Fraser, Samuel Z. Arkoff, scientists, Venus

March 23rd, 2012: WarGames (1983)

Mar23 by Mister Invisible

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, War Movies Tagged Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Badham, John Wood, Matthew Broderick

March 15th, 2012: The Mist (2007)

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Disaster, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Parallel World Tagged "kill it with fire", Andre Braugher, Bob Weinstein, character study, Chris Owen, Dimension Films, fire, flamethrowers, Frances Sternhagen, Frank Darabont, Harvey Weinstein, it's not over, Jeffery DeMunn, Laurie Holden, Marcia Gay Harden, monsters from another dimension, religious nut, Richard Saperstein, secret military project, Stephen King, supermarket, Thomas Jane, Toby Jones, twist, U.S. Army, under siege, Weinstein Company, William Sadler

March 7th, 2012: A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Crime, Dark Future, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Satire, Sci-Fi Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, brain washing, Britain, cops, corrupt cops, David Prowse, double cross, futures past, it's not over, Malcolm McDowell, Nazis, Patrick Magee, political group, priest, prison, rape, scientists, Stanley Kubrick, street gang, Warner Brothers

March 4th, 2012: Giant from the Unknown

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Leave a comment Posted in So-Bad-It's-Good, Sci-Fi, Western, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Independent Tagged Drive-In, low-budget, giant, the declining years, sheriff, archaeological dig, scientists, storm, Morris Ankrum, Jack P. Pierce, American Indian, Bob Steele, California, "Native American Face", geologist, conquistadors, Albert Glasser, Richard E. Cunha, suspended animation, archaeologist, "we don't like strangers in these parts", cattle mutilation

March 1st, 2012: Bijo to Ekitainingen aka The H-Man (1958)

Mar1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Blobs, Cops, Crime, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi Tagged "kill it with fire", Akihiko Hirata, blobs, dancers, drug deal gone bad, drug dealers, drugs, Eiji Tsuburaya, fishermen, fishing boat, flamethrowers, ghost ship, Ishiro Honda, Japan, Kenji Sahara, lounge act, Masaru Sato, mobsters, moll, musical interlude, night club, police procedural, radiation, radiation mutation, rip-off, scientists, sewers, Takeshi Kimura, Toho, Tokyo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Yumi Shirakawa

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