Will I. Am (John Wraith/Kestrel), Lynn Collins (Kayla Silverfox), Hugh Jackman (Logan/Wolverine), Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson/Weapon XI) and Liev Schreiber (Victor Creed/Sabertooth) at the Tempe, Ariz., premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
My husband and I were watching the extras on the Blu-Ray edition of X-Men Origins: Wolverine the other night and I learned something that really [...]
Earlier this week SyFy aired Sunshine, the 2007 film, written by Alex Garland and directed by Danny Boyle (both worked on 28 Days Later), about a group of astronauts on a mission to re-ignite the dying sun. I remember when it first came out it had a bit of fan fare and then just seemed [...]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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I recently read Jack Finney’s novel, The Body Snatchers and was hit by the idea of a “Body Snatchers Tour of Northern California.” You see, the novel (at least the 1978 version I read — part of The Stephen King Horror Library) was set in Mill Valley, a town in Marin County just north of [...]
Last night I finished watching a movie I Tivo’d from SyFy starring Bruce Campbell … that campy, B-movie star of such hits as Evil Dead and Evil Dead II. Directed by Bruce and featuring Bruce as himself, My Name Is Bruce tells of the plight of a small Oregon town, Gold Lick, that is being [...]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
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My husband recently got a copy of Disney’s Meet the Robinsons and we watched it the other night. I hadn’t heard good things about it, so I wasn’t really expecting much.
I was pleasantly surprised.
Meet the Robinsons, loosely based on William Joyce’s book A Day with Wilbur Robinson, is a sweet and tidy [...]
Written on November 17, 2009 | Posted in
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The Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention, to be held Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, features the stars of the 1969 cult classic film The Green Slime, known for it’s low budget special effects and over the top theme song.
The Green Slime Trailer
Personally, I’ve never heard of the film, but what what caught my [...]
Written on October 28, 2009 | Posted in
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Say What? Yeah, I know that almost sounds like a sacrilegious act — inviting movie stars to a literary convention — but I promise there is at least a tenuous reason for MileHiCon, the largest Science-Fiction Literary Convention in the Rocky Mountain Region, to do such a thing.
As it turns out, once upon a time, [...]
Written on October 18, 2009 | Posted in
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Yesterday, science fiction lovers dressed in movie-inspired SF costumes help launch the opening of The California Museum’s new sci-fi exhibit “Out of this World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television,” which will run from this Saturday, Oct. 3, to Sunday, Jan. 10.
Proudly sporting their Klingon Bat’leths and evil empire helmets, and even a nice long [...]
Written on October 1, 2009 | Posted in
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Back on March 2, I told you that Star Trek: The Experience was going to re-open in downtown Las Vegas in Neonopolis. It was suppose to open in May in conjunction with the reboot movie by J.J. Abrams. So, when I went to Las Vegas last week, I was all excited about seeing the show’s [...]
Written on September 10, 2009 | Posted in
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FILM4 FrightFest, the UK’s leading fantasy and horror film festival, has posted the schedule for the event, which will take place Aug. 27 through 31. With titles such as Zombie Women of Satan and Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, how can you go wrong?
Actually, there are so many films — I counted more than 40 [...]
Written on August 5, 2009 | Posted in
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