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Tag Archives: robot
B-fest 2014 line-up (spoilers)
We are proud to represent the Psychotronic Film Society (original Chicago chapter) at the annual B-fest 24-hour schlockarama again this year. Go to www.b-fest.com for more details. We have the latest line-up right here under the break:
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Tagged action, Ann-Margaret, Bela Lugosi, blaxploitation, China, comedy, Ed Wood, events, giant monster, Italy, juvenile delinquent, kung fu, marathon, Movie, robot, sci-fi, space alien, spaceship, spy, tobe hooper, Tor Johnson, Vampira, vampire, video game, Vincent Price
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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
The Matrix Reloaded
Whoa It takes my old computer about five minutes to restart, so it’s no surprise that it took the Wachowski brothers a few years to reload the Matrix. They’ve spent their time well, producing a sequel that feels more like … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Anthony Zerbe, blood, Carrie-Anne Moss, Collin Chou, David No, Essie Davis, explosions, future, gadgetry, ghosts, gun fu, Harold Perrineau, heads roll, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Keanu Reeves, kung fu, Laurence Fishburne, Leigh Whannell, metropolis, Monica Belluci, monster, Movie, murder, Ngai Sing, psychic phenomena, psycho killer, Review, robot, sci-fi, sequel, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, vampire, vehicle chase, Wachowski, Yuen Woo-Ping, zap guns
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Metropolis
Anime vitae Osamu Tezuka was so taken with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis that he had to create his own version. In 1949, Tezuka was one of Japan’s favorite young cartoonists. His New Treasure Island series had been a big hit, and … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, animation, anime, explosions, future, gadgetry, Japan, Katsuhiro Otomo, mad laboratory, mad scientist, metropolis, Movie, mutants, Osamu Tezuka, Review, Rintaro, robot, sci-fi, zap guns
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A.I.
The Anti-Intellectual This film will always be remembered as the project left unfinished by Stanley Kubrick, then picked up and finished by Steven Spielberg. The first question this brings up is: how much of A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)is Kubrick and how … Continue reading
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Tagged Frankenstein, future, metropolis, Movie, Pinocchio, psycho killer, Review, robot, space alien, Spielberg
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Mikey loves Lara! Guest Review by Mike Flores The tremendous opening weekend for Lara Croft Tomb Raider not only represents a triumph for actress Angelina Jolie, but also has great significance for women now working in Hollywood. From the 1920s to … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Angelina Jolie, fantasy, gun fu, kung fu, Movie, Review, robot, secret society, Simon West, superhero, video game
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My Son the Vampire DVD
Old Mother Riley meets Bela Lugosi Bela Lugosi had seen better days. In the early 1930s, he was in all his glory, cruising on his amazing triumph in Dracula, both on the stage and screen. He threw lavish parties, smoked … Continue reading
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Tagged Bela Lugosi, black & white, coffin, comedy, Dracula, DVD, fantasy, gadgetry, horror, hypnosis, John Gilling, mad laboratory, mad scientist, monster, Movie, musical, Review, robot, sci-fi, supervillain, UK, vampire
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Brothers Quay Collection DVD
Quazy Quartoons I first encountered the mad world of Stephen and Timothy Quay at the World Animation Festival in Ottawa in 1980. Stuffed into a program amid some very funny comedy vignettes was their first short, “Nocturna Artificiala.” The Quays’ … Continue reading
Patlabor 1 DVD
War of the robots Also known as Patlabor: The Mobile Police, this film depicts an alternate universe Tokyo of 1999, where the world’s industries receive a boost with the creation of “Labors”, robot mecha-suits used for everything from construction to … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, animation, anime, cops & robbers, DVD, future, giant robot, gun fu, Japan, mad scientist, Mamoru Oshii, metropolis, Movie, Review, robot, sci-fi
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