Posts Tagged ‘Sci-Fi’

Straight-to-DVD Corner with Tonn Slingdog: Alien Raiders

December 24th, 2009 by Todd

Okay, for Christmas this year I’ve found a little alien creature feature that should satiate anyone like me who has an undending hunger for this particular subgenre.  And yes, the movie’s concept is as generic as the title, and it adds nothing new to all the stories it rips off.  However, its producers and director clearly understood the limits of their budget and managed to pull off a totally entertaining little B-picture that looks pretty good and is well acted. (more…)

R.I.P. Dan O’Bannon

December 18th, 2009 by Skelton

Goodbye to the man behind the curtain of many childhood delights and terrors.

MOVIE REVIEW: 2012 (2009)

November 19th, 2009 by Film Pigs

The Pigs see John Cusack destroy the hearts of 20-30something girls everywhere who still see him as Lloyd Dobler as he saves his family from the end of the world by driving a limo very fast and stealing beer from Woody Harrelson. This is one of the singularly stupidest films of all time, but kind of a blast. (IMDb)

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MOVIE REVIEW: District 9 (2009)

August 20th, 2009 by Film Pigs

The film Pigs go to another summer movie with robots but this time…it’s awesome! Also, it has some kind of social commentary about racism or maybe it’s that we are all created equal or maybe it has something to do with class structure…who cares! People blow up! Aliens look like bugs! There are space ships zooming around! Red matter! Wah-hoo! (IMDb)

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WTF: Bryan Singer Rebooting Battlestar Galactica

August 14th, 2009 by Skelton

So, Singer is doing a big screen reboot of a 30+ year-old television property that just had a 4-season long reboot on television? But it likely won’t be connected at all to the recent show. Does this make any sense to anyone? (more…)