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Land of
the Lost
The original Land of the Lost TV show
was so squeaky clean it made Little House on the Prairie
look sleazy!
The
Green Lantern: First Flight
interviews
We speak to director Lauren Montgomery &
actress Juliet Landau!
They
haven't saved Spock's brain!
The new J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot squanders the
best character from the original 1960s series!
What's
on TV?
Don’t feel like braving long cinema queues to check out the
latest blockbusters this summer?
Nicolas
Cage Uncaged!
We look at Nic Cage's schizoid career and what is next in
store for the Knowing star . . .
Exclusive
Interview With Watchmen's Dave Gibbons
"I based The Comedian loosely on Groucho
Marx!"
Kitty Genovese &
the Watchmen
More than two decades later Watchmen
is still “the Citizen Kane of comics”, but it got one
thing wrong however . . .
2009
Oscar-nominated shorts
Is there anything of interest to sci-fi &
fantasy fans?
XIII
Action movie fans will appreciate the NBC mini-series XIII
that will air on February 8th and 15th from 9-11 p.m.
XIII -
Q&A WITH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JAY FIRESTONE
A XIII TV series is in the works he reveals . . .
Someone Make This Into A Movie - Superman: Brainiac by Geoff
Johns
We just have one piece of advice for Hollywood: let comic
book author Geoff Johns write the next Superman movie
. . .
Someone Make
This Into a Movie - The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton
Isn’t it time someone made a movie out of one of British
science fiction author Peter F. Hamilton’s books? Or perhaps
a TV series, considering what doorstop novels they all are .
. .
13 - Fear Is Real
Legend of the Seeker
Inkheart
The
Ten-Cent Plague - The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It
Changed America
Vicious
Circle
Watchmen Q&A
with actors Matthew Goode and Billy Cradup
The graphic novels
that inspired The Dark Knight movie
Someone Make This Into A
Movie: Gone by Michael Grant
Empress
The Andromeda
Strain Remade
Exclusive Podcast Interview
Someone
Make This Into a Movie Part VI - Wanted, by Mark Millar & J.G.
Jones
V: The Second Generation
Battlestar
Galactica - The War on Terror, In Space
Post-Apocalypse Toasties
I
Am Legend - Book review
Superman vs. Hollywood: How
Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an
American Icon by Jake Rossen
From Page to
Screen: The Ruins by Scott Smith
UFO Hunters
The
Road – and stuff Pulitzer Prize winners get away with . . .
The 2007
Women of Sci-Fi Calendar Exclusive
Somebody Make This Into
a Movie Part V - Hooked: A Thriller About Love And Other Addictions
by Matt Richtel
Tired of reality shows? Well, this one promises to be
different – a reality show that is inspired by horror movies!
Check out the new fantasy TV show produced by Sam Raimi,
the director of the Spider-man movies now!
Recommended for the
underage Harry Potter crowd . . .
We can't recommend
David Hajdu's new book enough . . .
Comic book author Mike Carey’s latest supernatural
thriller featuring his wise-ass exorcist-for-hire hero Felix Castor
will make for one heck of a horror movie in the Hellblazer
mode . . .
Read this exclusive interview with the actors who
play Dr. Manhattan and
Ozymandias in the
highly anticipated upcoming adaptation of the
graphic novel by the author of V for Vendetta and the
director of 300.
Definitely some of the best Batman books
around . . .
It's
Lord of the Flies
meets X-Men!
Is Hollywood ready for a “darker”
brand of fantasy such as Empress, the latest book by Aussie
author Karen Miller?
Fans of the original ‘Seventies movie will probably
be irked by the new mini-series remake of The Andromeda Strain
. . .
Writer/director Kenneth Johnson discusses a movie
remake of V amongst others. . .
The upcoming Wanted movie starring Angelina Jolie
seems to have stripped the graphic novel of all its science fiction
elements . . .
The highly anticipated sequel to the popular miniseries V about
aliens invading Earth masquerading as humanity's friends . . .
Is the new Battlestar Galactica series a thinly-veiled
comment on the invasion of Iraq? U.K.-based writer Nick Goundrey
thinks so . . .
With the DVD release of I Am Legend with Will
Smith as the only survivor of the Apocalypse, we look at some of our
favorite post-apocalyptic stuff . . .
One wonders why Warners even bothered acquiring the rights to
Matheson’s novel.
"Christopher Reeve
wasn’t the nicest of people until he got hurt. And when he got hurt,
he became a nice person . . ."
One can easily picture novelist Scott Smith thinking “I’m going to
build myself a swimming pool when I sell this baby to Hollywood”
when he sat down at his word processor to churn out The Ruins.
. .
We couldn't help but
laugh out loud at the newest History Channel TV show . . .
If you were to spell “can’t” as “cant” in a school essay you will
get a D minus. But when Cormac McCarthy did it in The Road,
they gave him a Pulitzer. . .
Yikes! No Ripley . . . Believe It or Not! (But we do get Erica
Durance . . .)
This noir-like book ought to make for a passable Michael
Crichton-style thriller.
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
“Relax, they're just movies!”
one wants to tell the excitable interviewees in the upcoming History
Channel documentary . . .
Somebody Make This Into a Movie
Part III - Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk
We look at the new book by the Fight Club author . . .
Superman
II Redux - The Richard Donner Cut
"Anyone from Robert
Redford and Paul Newman to Elton John were considered for the role of
Superman . . ." (Part one of three - part two to be
published next week. Click
here to receive our free weekly e-mail newsletter to be notified
when it is published).
Somebody Make This
Into a Movie Part II - The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
A “variation of themes” on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland
novels if you like, this novel aimed at 9 to 10-year-olds purports to
tell the “real story” behind Carroll’s beloved novels . . .
Somebody Make This Into A
Movie Part I - It’s Superman By Tom De Haven
Perhaps the makers of Superman Returns should rather have filmed
author Tom De Haven’s novel It’s Superman, a clever
re-invention of the Superman mythos . . .
Metaphysics on a
Shoestring
Despite being infamously cheap producer/director Roger
Corman also made some dreadfully bad movies; something you
wouldn’t guess from reading this book . . .
The Next Lord of the Rings?
So far comparisons between the upcoming Chronicles of Narnia movie
and Lord of the Rings have been unavoidable . . .
Dark
Commandos
An “Internet-only” movie which means that it is (a)
cheap, (b) has no well-known stars, (c) poor special effects and (d) is
curiously watchable.
Best SF/Fantasy Movie of
2004?
And the winner is . . .
Cyrus vs. the Alien Mutant (From
Outer Space)
Read about and download this weird short movie featuring aliens and
pro-wrestlers (we kid you not!) . . .
The Most Overrated
Movie Of 2003 | Part Two |
Part Three |
Part Four |
Part Five |
Part Six |
Part Seven
Sheesh, as if we weren't getting enough hate e-mail as it
is, we've gone and awarded Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as the most overrated flick of last year. Read our first in a series of
articles on why we think so . . .
Finally, Star Wars on
DVD (Not Really . . .) - Part One |
Part Two
So George Lucas finally bit the bullet and decided to release the
original Star Wars trilogy on DVD. That's fantastic, no? I mean, finally,
after years of waiting, we can finally have digital, pristine, unfading
copies of the original three movies that captured our hearts over twenty
years ago. Everything is peachy and birds are singing and the world just
became a better place, right? Hell, no . . .
George Lucas - A Biography
Part One | Part Two
If John Baxter ever wrote your biography then you’d be
spared all sorts of lurid “revelations”, but you’ll have to settle for
some gossipy bits (such as “Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas had a falling
out!”) and being a film-critic you won’t exactly be hearing anything like “Return
of the Jedi rocks!” from Baxter’s mouth . . .
The Philosopher at the
End of the Universe
A fun and easy-to-read book which explains several philosophic ideas and
concepts by using science fiction blockbusters such as
The Matrix, Total Recall
and Blade Runner as examples . . .
John Carpenter On . . .
Some exclusive excerpts from a new book about cult movie director John
Carpenter . . .
John Carpenter On . . .
(Part Two)
More exclusive excerpts from a new book about director Carpenter . . .
Prince of Darkness - Part One
If you’re a fan of cult director John Carpenter’s work then you’ll
definitely be interested in John Carpenter - Prince of Darkness by
Gilles Boulenger. It is also however recommended to
more casual genre fans and anyone interested in Hollywood.
Prince of Darkness - Part
Two
In retrospect The Thing
proved to be an artistic turning point for Carpenter. None of his later
films would match its brilliance and his directing output grew patchier as
the years passed by . . .
Prince of Darkness - Part
Three
Cult director
John Carpenter breaks several modern movie conventions and rules in his
movies. There are, amongst others, a hero dying by the end of the movie,
shockingly a child being killed for sport, violence against a dog and a
hero who consciously plunges the entire world into anarchy out of spite .
. .
Sci-Fi Movie Clichés
For example:
Aliens usually speak English and have
the same colloquialisms . . .
Sci-Fi Movies We Do Not Want To See
Off-screen Sci-Fi
A list of some good sci-fi
stuff I have recently read and watched.
Remaking Solaris
- Why Bother?
Wired News calls Solaris the
early 1970s movie recently remade and starring George Clooney "an
obscure but treasured Russian film". Some on-line sci-fi science
fiction fans are optimistic about the new version directed by Hollywood
flavour of the month Steven Soderbergh. I am unfortunately not one of
them. Remaking Solaris is something akin to heresy . . .
Attack of the Hollywood Clones - Part
One and
Part Two
I won't be
taking the day off to see Star Wars: Episode Two - Attack of the Clones
when it starts . . .
Why a Planet of the Apes Remake?
Somehow
the original Planet of the Apes movies were
unique to the turbulent late 1960s/early 1970s and their relevance as
a "hysterical parable on race relations" would be lost in a
conservative era such as ours . . .
2000 A.D. -
Sci-Fi's Annus Horriblis
There were several times this year that I considered giving up doing this
web site - anything to avoid seeing utter dreck like Battlefield
Earth and Mission to Mars!
Battlefield Earth: Ishtar of the Apes?
Bad movies are more fun to write about
than good ones - which is
why critics must be secretly thanking Warner Bros. and John Travolta
for having made Battlefield Earth . . .
The Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies of the Decade (That
Was The 1990s - Part Four)
The Best and Worst of 1999
That Was The 1990s - Part Three (1996-1998)
That Was The 1990s - Part Two (1995)
That Was The 1990s - Part One (1990-1994)
More Cool Sci-Fi Movies You Might Have Missed
Second Thoughts on Episode One
Jar Jar Binks Must Die!
Get the low-down on
accusations of racism being hurled at this computer-generated character from The
Phantom Menace and what site visitors and critics have to say about it.
The Most Anticipated Event of the Year - The Backlash Against Episode One (Part One) and
Part Two(Special thanks to Matt for permission to use this article. This article originally appeared in www.cinematter.com.)
The First Preview Screenings of Star Wars - How Star Wars was first greeted upon its arrival back in 1977 by the very first people who got to see it . . .
Battlestar Galactica - 21 Years Old
Ten Lesser-Known Cyberpunk Movies
Future Imperfect - What had happened to us in the movies by now and what we can expect in the years to come . . .
The Best and the Worst of 1998 - 1998 hasn't been a very good year for big screen sci-fi.
The Highs and Lows of Celluloid Star Trek
A look at how well a franchise that spanned several decades, TV shows and
a myriad of spin-offs translated unto the big screen . . .
Can You Believe It's Been . . .
Sci-fi movies
that had their anniversaries in 1998.
Video Killed the B-Movie
Life is too short
to waste on those straight-to-video sci-fi epics gathering dust on your local video shop's
shelves.
David Webb Peoples - My Strange Career
He
may have written brilliant stuff like Blade Runner and 12 Monkeys, but
he also wrote crap like Leviathan and Project: Alien and the abysmal Soldier.
Planet of the Apes - 30 Years Ago
2001: A Space Odyssey - 30 Years On
The Best of Times (1980 - 1982)
The
early-1980s were to give us some of the best science fiction movies ever
Cool Sci-Fi Movies You Might Have Missed
The Beginner's Guide to The X-Files
Weird Science - Scientific Errors In Sci-Fi Movies
The Longest Sci-Fi Flicks . . . Ever!
The Nitpicker's Guide To Godzilla
You'll love
this if you're the type who whine endlessly about plot holes and minor details in movies.
Movie Wish
List for the Coming Millennium
Overdue Sci-Fi Movies
The Library of Congress
recently added 25 or so movies to its list of movies for "highest priority when it
comes to film preservation." There wasn't a single sci-fi movie amongst them!
Alien Trespass
Babylon A.D.
Batman Begins
Beowulf (2007)
Blade: Trinity
Bloodrayne
Butterfly Effect
3: Revelation
Casshern
Catwoman
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Children of Men
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the
Witch, and the Wardrobe
City of Ember
Clone Wars
Cloverfield
Coraline
Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride
The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Day the Earth Stood
Still
The Dark Knight
Day Watch
Death Race
Delgo
Doom
Doomsday
Dragonball
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four: Rise of the
Silver Surfer
The Final Cut
The Fountain
Ghost Rider
The
Golden Compass
I Am Legend
Igor
The Incredible Hulk
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull
Inkheart
In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon
Siege Tale
Iron Man
Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy
Immortel (ad vitam)
The Incredibles
The Invasion (aka The Visiting)
The Island
I, Robot
The Jacket
Journey to the Center of the Earth
3-D
Jumper
Lady in the Water
Land of the Dead
The Last Mimzy
Meet
Dave
Meet the Robinsons
Stephen King's The Mist
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Monsters vs.
Aliens
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
My Name is Bruce
The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince
Caspian
Push
Race to Witch
Mountain
Repo! The
Genetic Opera
Resident Evil - Apocalypse
Resident Evil 3: Extinction
Robots
The Ruins
A Scanner Darkly
Serenity
The Signal
Silent Hill
Sky Blue
Sky Captain
and the World of Tomorrow
Slither
A Sound of Thunder
Speed Racer
Stardust
Stargate: Continuum
Star Wars -
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Southland Tales
Spider-man 2
Spider-man 3
The Spiderwick
Chronicles
Will Eisner's The
Spirit
Steamboy
Sunshine
Superman Returns
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Thunderbirds
Timecrimes
Transformers
Twilight
Ultraviolet
Underworld 3: The Rise Of The Lycans
Wall-E
Wanted
War of the
Worlds
Watchmen
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
White Noise
X-Files 2: I Want To Believe
X-Men 3
Star Trek - The Undiscovered Country
(July
2000)
The Rocketeer (June 2000)
The Terminator (May 2000)
A Boy and His Dog (April 2000)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (March
2000)
Fahrenheit 451 (February 2000)
Armageddon (January 2000)
Strange Days
(December 1999)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (November
1999)
Dune (October 1999)
The Thing & The Thing From Another World (September
1999)
Alien 3 (August 1999)
A Clockwork Orange (July 1999)
The
Empire Strikes Back
(June 1999)
Star Wars (May 1999)
Brazil (April 1999)
Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (March 1999)
Planet of the Apes (February 1999)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (January 1999)
Superman - the Movie (December 1998)
The Road Warrior (November 1998)
The Postman (October 1998)
Starship Troopers (September 1998)
Dark City (August 1998)
Robocop 2 (July 1998)
Close
Encounters of the Third Kind: Special Edition (June 1998)
King Kong (May 1998)
Star Trek - The Motion Picture (April 1998)
Battlestar Galactica (March 1998)
The Abyss (February 1998)
Mad Max (January 1998)
Independence Day (December 1997)
Aliens
(November 1997)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Movie (October
1997)
2001: A Space Odyssey (September 1997)
Escape from L.A. (August 1997)
Blade Runner - The Director's Cut (July
1997)
V (June 1997)
Batman
Returns (May 1997)
Jurassic
Park (April 1997)
Return
of the Jedi (March 1997)
Most Favourite Sci-Fi Movie Of All Times
Visitors' Favourite Star Wars Movie
Visitors' Best Sci-Fi Movie of 1997
Visitors' Worst Sci-Fi Movie of 1997
Lost In Space - Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
Deep Impact - Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
Godzilla - Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
The X-Files Movie - Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
Armageddon - Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
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