Climbing and Padding in the Lost Continent

Lost Continent is another terrible movie from 1951 in the same mold as The Mole People, but actually with less plot and less drama, even with Cesar Romero as the star. Romero’s break-out… Continue reading →

This movie makes you hate John Agar

John Agar couldn’t be any more wooden and idiotic in Svengoolie’s latest movie THE MOLE PEOPLE from 1956, but wooden is a complement compared to the rest of the crap in this thing,… Continue reading →

What is Shin Ultraman (2022)?

Shin Ultraman (2022) is a story about the strange alien hero ULTRAMAN and the dangers that threaten everyone on Earth. I had to drive hours out of my way to watch this movie… Continue reading →

Picard Episodes 1 & 2 – Hey, it’s a little better

Star Trek Picard returns with a brand new season and all our old friends are in tow, making for an improved show. There’s better pace, more scope and the characters are much more… Continue reading →

George Pal scours the world for stock footage

George Pal scoured the Earth in 1951 for anything he could borrow featuring floods and earthquakes for his movie When World’s Collide. Pal’s movie is a big budget science fiction movie from the… Continue reading →

Mario Bava’s vampires that weren’t there

Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires (1965) is crazy, colorful and fun. This movie is saturated in so much blinding color, it makes me wonder if they had the film loaded right. Flash… Continue reading →

Sunshine, the ultimate contradictory movie

In Sunshine (2007), a ship is sent to re-ignite the sun, which is the most implausible thing I can think of. I mean, I guess if it’s a big enough bomb composed of… Continue reading →

Did Terror From Beyond Space inspire Ridley Scott’s Alien?

I didn’t know 1958’s It! Terror From Beyond Space inspired the classic movie, Alien. I think there are too way many similiarities to dismiss this point outright, and this has led most movie… Continue reading →

Attack of the Puppet People (1958)

The King of the B-Movies returns in a popular cult hit, Attack of the Puppet People. John Agar made his reputation on crappy, sci-fi B-Movies, and he was proud of it. Later in… Continue reading →

Futureworld (1976) tries to sneak one by you

Futureworld (1976) is a cheapass sequel starring Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner, people you’ll think you’ll recognize from other things you might have seen. Peter was the rebel of the Fonda family, and… Continue reading →

‘The Past Sucks’ claims Anthony Mackie #movies

Filmmaking partners Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead created a sci-fi vehicle for Anthony Mackie, who claims the past sucks. Synchonic (2021) has a lot of promise. It sets off an adventure into trippy… Continue reading →

Tracing Star Trek Insurrection

Tracing and exploring the creation of Star Trek Insurrection is one way of opening a book written by writer Michael Piller, who died in 2005 of cancer, leaving behind hundreds of hours of… Continue reading →

Best of the 80s – The mother of Aliens

Aliens (1986) is a product of an era when action movies had to get faster and faster, more thrilling and action-packed to be successful.  I think maybe this started with Conan, Scarface or… Continue reading →

Did you watch the Cloverfield Paradox? Why?

One of these times, I think the horror sci-fi genre needs to do something like Cabin in the Woods did and pretend the audience is smart, because The Cloverfield Paradox isn’t.  It’s a… Continue reading →

Star Wars The Last Jedi (2017) Review

I thought this movie was pretty fun, but it does have a lot of flaws.  I can’t decide if The Last Jedi is better than The Force Awakens, but as far as sheer… Continue reading →