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Tag Archives: sci-fi
New Monster show at the Portage!
Here’s an announcement from PFS member Monster John about this weekend’s monster movie marathon at Chicago’s Portage Theater: Continue reading
Skyline on DVD/Blu-ray
Lost horizon This ambitious sci-fi thriller had the earmarks of a surefire hit. It’s an alien invasion epic with lots of scary monsters, explosions and battles, spiced with a few fresh ideas and served via excellent special effects work. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review
Tagged blood, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, explosions, horror, invasion, Los Angeles, monster, Movie, Review, sci-fi, siege, space alien, spaceship, Strause Brothers
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Sc-Fi Spectacular 5 announced
PFS member Rusty Nails has announced the FIFTH big science fiction movie marathon at the Music Box Theatre. Here is the scoop: Movieside Presents: Sci-Fi Spectacular 5 March 19, 2011 Music Box Theatre 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, IL 1.773.871.6604 … Continue reading
New psychotronic releases coming from VCI
VCI has announced a 2/1/2011 release date for several psychotronic titles on DVD. They’ll be serving up the rare film noir thriller The Prowler, a Precode Hollywood Double Feature of Hell Harbor and Jungle Bride, and a big 12-flick set … Continue reading
Sinister Cinema unearths Russian sci-fi
Just received the latest flyer in the mail from Sinister Cinema, the legendary video mail order label famous for making unknown or hard to find genre titles available during the first decade or so of the home video age.
Among the titles in their “25th Annual Bumper Crop” offerings available just in time for Halloween are a couple of rare Russian sci-fi epics. The Robots of Ripley (AKA Gibel Sensatsii – “Death of Sensation”) was long thought to be a 1935 adaptation of Karl Capek’s play R.U.R., for which the term “robot” was coined. Though this is not so, from Sinister’s description it sounds like a lot more fun! Continue reading
Beneath the Planet of the Apes on DVD
Talk about underground films…. Not every hit film demands a sequel. Sure, there’s been talk over the years about The Graduate 2, Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind, and Prettier Woman, but so far the filmmakers of many big hits … Continue reading
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Tagged atomic bomb, Charleton Heston, DVD, James Franciscus, mind control, Movie, mutants, nuclear holocaust, planet of apes, post-apoc world, psychic phenomena, Review, sci-fi, sequel, Tod Andrews, Victor Buono
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes DVD
The Lawgiver’s final proclamation Though the box office returns for Conquest of the Planet of the Apes didn’t break any records, by this time Ape fandom was growing ever larger. Theaters all over the country were hosting Ape marathons, showing … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review, Uncategorized
Tagged DVD, J. Lee Thompson, Movie, mutants, planet of apes, post-apoc world, Review, Roddy MacDowall, sci-fi, sequel
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Battle Royale
40 kids go in – only one comes out Ever watch a “reality” TV show like Survivor (or Big Brother or The Real World) and wonder what it would be like if, instead of getting voted off the island, contestants … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged blood, explosions, gun fu, heads roll, Japan, Movie, Review, sci-fi, swordplay, Takeshi Kitano
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes DVD
The monkeys strike back In the previous entry, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, the series was established as a vicious circle. Seemingly, the apes’ travel back in time was destined to make the future planet ruled by them … Continue reading
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Tagged DVD, future, gun fu, J. Lee Thompson, mind control, Movie, plague, Review, Ricardo Montalban, Roddy MacDowall, sci-fi
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Behind the Planet of the Apes DVD
Next to the Tool Shed of the Apes To celebrate the 30th anniversary of , Fox and the American Movie Classics channel produced this feature length documentary, which covers the entire series of films – plus whatever Apes spin-offs followed … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review
Tagged Charleton Heston, documentary, DVD, Hollywood Babylon, Movie, mutants, planet of apes, post-apoc world, Review, Roddy MacDowall, sci-fi
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