Attraction (Prityazhenie) movie review: when ET is dreamy
It has a spectacular opening sequence, and features a few minor tweaks to alien-invasion tropes. But the teen romance at its center reduces this to a very inconsequential first contact.
Day the Earth Stood Still
Sinister (trailer)
Someone took the concept of “found footage” to the next step. Or backwards a decade and a half to 8MM…
question of the day: Where are all the benign alien first-contact stories?
Is this just too optimistic a scenario for our anxious, paranoid times? Or is something else going on?
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “World War III”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen the episode!
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Ultimate Sci-Fi Collection’
You’ll love what someone considers as constituting the “ultimate” collection of science fiction movies: Escape From New York, Mad Max, Rollerball (the original, I’m assuming), The Abyss, Alien, Aliens, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Fantastic Voyage, The Fly (not sure which one), Independence Day, Journey to Center of the Earth, The Neptune Factor, Planet … more…
new DVD releases in Region 1 and Region 2, week of April 20, 2009
Lots of famous people suddenly appear on DVD this week: Richard Nixon, Doctor Who, Keanu Reeve, Notorious B.I.G. Lucky us. Out April 20 in Region 2: green light (definitely check it out): • The Tale of Despereaux: read my review/buy at Amazon U.K./already available in Region 1 at Amazon U.S. • Doctor Who: Image of … more…
new DVD releases in Region 1 and Region 2, week of April 6, 2009
Need new stuff to watch? Ya got a few good options this week. Out April 6 in Region 2: green light (definitely check it out): • Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood: review soon/buy at Amazon U.K./already available in Region 1 at Amazon U.S. yellow light (worth a look on DVD) … more…
Monsters vs. Aliens (review)
The nicest monster movie ever…
U.K. box office: Brits say yes to ‘Yes Man’
Just a note for newcomers to the site: there’s a reason why you’re not seeing last weekend’s box office numbers for the U.K. here until the day the new weekend is starting. The actual numbers for the overall British box office (which, as an aside, also includes the Republic of Ireland) are far less readily … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Twilight’ doesn’t suck
Yeah, I used that headline when the teen vampire movie opened in North America, too. Look, the holiday in the middle of the week has really thrown my schedule off, and I just want to get a quick look at last weekend’s U.K. box office numbers before this new weekend is over: 1. Twilight: £2.5 … more…
