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Tag Archives: gadgetry
Event Horizon
An Event Picture – from Hell It’s got the necessary psychotronic bait: great f/x, oceans of blood and gore, spaceships, monsters, cult actors Sam Neill and Larry Fishbourne – even a bit of nudity. But director Paul Anderson’s follow-up to … Continue reading
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Tagged action, blood, demons, explosions, gadgetry, ghosts, gore, horror, Laurence Fishburne, Movie, Paul Anderson, Review, Sam Neill, sci-fi, space alien, spaceship
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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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Face/Off
Losing Face For John Woo’s third Hollywood feature, it was announced that he would be getting back to something much closer to the Hong Kong action thrillers that made him famous. Being a big fan of Woo, especially those HK … Continue reading
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Tagged blood, explosions, gadgetry, gore, gun fu, John Travolta, John Woo, mad laboratory, murder, Nicolas Cage, prison, psycho killer, sci-fi, surgery, vehicle chase
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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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Gamera, Guardian of the Universe
Giant Turtle to the Rescue! With 1998’s Godzilla getting so much attention, surely there’ll be wise guys in the crowd shouting out, “Hey! What about Gamera?!” Ah, yes. Gamera, the giant prehistoric jet-propelled fire-breathing flying turtle – friend to all … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Akira Kubo, destruction of city, explosions, gadgetry, Gamera, giant monster, Japan, Kojiro Hongo, monster, Movie, mutants, psychic phenomena, Review, sci-fi, Shûsuke Kaneko, superhero
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The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element is – Fun! In the year 2214, an ancient prophecy is fulfilled when a dark, devouring planet appears on the edge of the galaxy. It is composed of pure evil and it intends to destroy the Earth, … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Brion James, Bruce Willis, comedy, explosions, gadgetry, Gary Oldman, gun fu, kung fu, Luc Besson, mad scientist, Milla Jovovich, Movie, murder, Review, robot, sci-fi, space alien, spaceship, superhero, supervillain
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Mars Attacks!
Playing with a Full Deck? In 1964, two films were released with essentially the same plot: the United States accidentally sends the order to use atomic weapons against the Soviet Union and is unable to correct the mistake. While Sidney … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Christina Applegate, comedy, Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, destruction of city, disaster, explosions, gadgetry, giant monster, Glenn Close, gore, gun fu, horror, Jack Black, Jack Nicholson, Jim Brown, Joe Don Baker, Las Vegas, Lisa Marie, Lucas Haas, mad laboratory, mad scientist, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, monster, Movie, mutants, Natalie Portman, New York, Pam Grier, Pierce Brosnan, Review, robot, Rod Steiger, sci-fi, space alien, spaceship, Sylvia Sydney, Tim Burton, Tom Jones, zap guns
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L5: First City in Space
Space was Never Spacier The biggest science fiction film ever made – literally!