To fans of classic science fiction and fantasy cinema few filmmakers are as revered as the great special effects master Ray Harryhausen. While he certainly wasn’t the first to use stop-motion effects in movies, Harryhausen mastered the technique and [...]
I suppose I should fess up and admit that I was a pre-teen geek of the highest order circa 1982. My idea of fun was a day spent banging out BASIC programs on the membrane keyboard of my Timex Sinclair computer followed by a trip to the neighborhood video [...]
There’s so much in 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s new "Planet of the Apes" DVD that if I don’t get right to it right away, we all might meet our extinction before this review is over. It’s 2029 when the USAF research space station [...]
After their successful and highly entertaining spoof of the "Star Trek" phenomenon with "Galaxy Quest, " the folks at Dreamworks decided to get off on a few other highly successful science fiction franchises, this time the mix includes [...]
Every time cult director John Carpenter is releasing a new movie, horror fans are feverishly awaiting the results. In the past, the director has delivered a number of memorable movie and horror moments and with his latest project, "Ghosts Of [...]
Luc Besson’s racy futuristic actioner "The Fifth Element" has long been regarded as the reference DVD among fans and critics alike. Despite the fact that it was one of the first DVDs released in 1997, the DVD still offers some of the best [...]
Spoofs on the "Star Wars" saga are plentiful and come from all media. Film versions are obviously the most popular, due to their ability to nicely reflect the look of the original films. Whether it’s "Troops," some home-made web [...]
Mention the name George Pal to any fan of classic science fiction and you’re sure to elicit a smile. The great producer and director was behind such crowd-pleasers as ’War of the Worlds’ and ’The Time Machine’ and every one of his films benefits [...]
Fans have been eager to see "Star Wars" released on DVD since the inception of the format, but for the longest time, no such release was in sight. Finally, Lucasfilm brings us Episode 1 in the epic space opera by George Lucas as a promising [...]
In early 1983 posters began appearing across the country advertising an upcoming television special. Some of these were then systematically defaced with large red spray-painted letter "V"s. All this was done to build anticipation for NBC’s new [...]
