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The Fly/Return of the Fly DVD

Feel the buzz It’s a film that begins memorably with the sound of a huge hydraulic press coming down on a man’s head, flattening it to nothing. But the blood spilling over the machinery has never been so red as … Continue reading

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Battlefield Earth

Psychlo-tronic First of all: yes, this film based on the novel by L. Ron Hubbard is influenced by his famous cult Scientology. It stars, and was propelled into production, by its star, prominent Scientologist John Travolta, who probably wouldn’t have … Continue reading

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Gamera vs. Guillon

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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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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