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Tag Archives: gadgetry
Bicentennial Man
Man or Ro-man? Well, it was probably a mighty struggle, but Robin Williams (What Dreams May Come) put aside the ham for once and let the story breathe. Which is excellent, as movie adaptations of the works of Isaac Asimov … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Chris Columbus, future, gadgetry, Isaac Asimov, metropolis, Movie, Review, robot, Sam Neill, sci-fi, Stephen Root
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Dark City
Back in Black Well, you can’t accuse them of using an inaccurate title. Director Alex Proyas’ follow-up to his tremendously successful The Crow is set in a city where there’s never daylight, yet nobody ever notices the lack of sunlight. … Continue reading
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Tagged gadgetry, Jennifer Connelly, Keifer Sutherland, mad laboratory, metropolis, Movie, mutants, psychic phenomena, psycho killer, Review, Richard O'Brien, sci-fi, space alien, zombie
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Air Force One
The President and his Machine Gun Harrison Ford now joins the rapidly growing list of actors that have played the President of the United States. Ford usually provides a certain amount of presence to his roles, but here he gives … Continue reading
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Tagged action, airplane, explosions, gadgetry, gun fu, Harrison Ford, Movie, Review, Wolfgang Petersen
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Contact
Listening Movies about contact with extraterrestrial aren’t all that unusual these days. It seems like every week there’s another bunch of E.T.s, Aliens, and Bug Eyed Monsters from outer space running, gliding or oozing across our multiplex screens. However, there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Bassett, explosions, gadgetry, Geraldo Rivera, Jake Busey, James Woods, Jodie Foster, John Hurt, Movie, Review, Robert Zemeckis, sci-fi, space alien, space travel, teleportation, Tom Skerritt
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Batman and Robin
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah. It’s really a shame that Evita did not bring about the predicted resurgence of interest in big budget Hollywood musicals. Joel Schumacher should really be directing elaborate song and dance numbers, because … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Arnold Schwarzenegger, explosions, gadgetry, George Clooney, kung fu, Michael Gough, monster, Movie, Review, sequel, superhero, supervillain, Uma Thurman, weird gadgets
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Chain Reaction
A Big Bomb Chicago residents who were disappointed that our city was destroyed off-screen in Independence Day can find some consolation in this new Andrew Davis thriller, in which a big chunk of the south side is flattened by an … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Andrew Davis, Brian Cox, conspiracy, disaster, explosions, Fred Ward, gadgetry, Joanna Cassidy, Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Movie, Neil Flynn, Rachel Weisz, Review, sci-fi
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