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Devil Girl From Mars DVD

Posted on March 21, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Mars needs men Once I get my time machine perfected, one of the first trips I want to make is back to England in the early 1950s, if only to be in the audience for the stage production of Devil … Continue reading →

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Mission to Mars

Posted on March 10, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Angry Red Planet Hollywood Poor Gary Sinese. First he was left behind when the other astronauts climbed aboard Apollo 13 bound for the moon. Then he lost the title role in Being John Malkovich to (ironically) John Malkovich. Now he … Continue reading →

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Destination Moon DVD

Posted on February 29, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Angry white satellite While in the year 2000 the studios have Mars fever, in 1950 they were hot to land a movie rocket on the moon. Even those days had dueling projects – Rocketship X-M beat Destination Moon into theaters … Continue reading →

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Pitch Black

Posted on February 18, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Blacksploitation Circle the wagons – the natives are restless tonight! Up to now, the scriptwriting brothers Ken and Jim Wheat have been known as specialists in belated sequels like The Birds 2, The Stepford Husbands, It Came From Outer Space … Continue reading →

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Eye of the Beholder

Posted on January 27, 2000 by Brian Thomas

Eye-yi-yi! Ewan McGregor plays a spy who maintains an aura of mystery so dense that not even his co-workers know him that well. Truth is, he’s shut himself off from the world — viewing it only through surveillance devices, communicating … Continue reading →

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Galaxy Quest

Posted on December 25, 1999 by Brian Thomas

Tool Time in Space! A mixed cast of TV (Tim Allen, Tony Shalhoub) and film (Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman) stars play the stars of an early 80s sci-fi adventure TV show who are milking their fading fame for all the … Continue reading →

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The Good Book VHS

Posted on December 21, 1999 by Brian Thomas

Reality Bites Whoever said the cinema is about ideas? Here we have a film with what is so often the critics best friend: a fresh concept. In this low budget independent effort, the world of the future is presented (via … Continue reading →

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Bicentennial Man

Posted on December 17, 1999 by Brian Thomas

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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Gamera vs. Guillon

Posted on October 12, 1999 by Brian Thomas

Space adventure giant saucer turtle By the end of the 1960s, the audience for Japanese monster movies had changed dramatically. Monsters were showing up as villains on TV superhero shows — programs made specifically for children — and these shows … Continue reading →

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Mystery Men

Posted on August 6, 1999 by Brian Thomas

All In Color for $5.25 (matinees) The Flaming Carrot is cartoonist Bob Burden’s most original and inspired creation, but that big carrot mask must’ve scared off facetime-loving Hollywood, so his second greatest creation gets the movie treatment instead.

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