World on a Wire: Criterion Collection
February 20, 2006
Based on Daniel F. Galouye’s 1964 science fiction novel Simulacron-3, World on a Wire (1973) is a two-part miniseries Rainer Werner Fassbinder made for German television while taking a break from filming Effi Briest (1974). It was relegated to obscurity...
The Magnetic Monster
February 20, 2006
“Today, new dangers face mankind. Dangers, which challenge his life, threaten his very existence…” intones the solemn voiceover narration in vintage 1950’s science fiction film fashion and starts off The Magnetic Monster (1953). The voice belongs...
Serenity
February 19, 2006
In 2002, Joss Whedon was enjoying considerable success writing and directing episodes for three TV shows that he had created: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly. The latter was his new show and pet project – a funky hybrid of the science fiction...
Star Wars: Clone Wars, Volume 2
February 16, 2006
Volume Two of this popular cartoon consists of the concluding chapters in the events that happen between Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2004) that originally aired on the Cartoon Network. Genndy Tartakovsky...
Aeon Flux: The Complete Animated Collection
February 13, 2006
MTV wanted to branch out in the 1990s and get away from music programming. In particular, they wanted to produce late night programming for a young adult audience. The result was a collection of animated shows collectively known as Liquid Television....
The Back to the Future Trilogy
February 4, 2006
Great Scot! Marty and the Doc are back again for a seriously heavy new Back to the Future boxset. There are few films we can call untouchable classics, but Back to the Future parts one, two and three are about as close as you could get to a perfect trilogy...
Zone Troopers
February 2, 2006
As the commercial and critical failure of Cowboys & Aliens (2010) demonstrated, it is difficult to successfully blend two disparate genres. You need to have just the right mix – something that the mega-budget studio film didn’t get right. Maybe...
The Man Who Fell to Earth
February 2, 2006
When The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) was shown in the United States it was trimmed of 20 minutes of footage because the studio was worried that people wouldn’t understand what was going on. These cuts only made the movie more incomprehensible. This...
Godzilla: Criterion Collection
January 30, 2006
Godzilla is more than just some guy in a cheesy rubber suit terrorizing badly dubbed Japanese actors and stomping miniature cities. The original film, made in 1954, is actually a tragedy of epic proportions, a potent warning of an escalating nuclear arms...
Jurrasic Park Trilogy: The Extras Disc
January 29, 2006
A note to readers that this review only refers to the fourth disc that comes with the Jurassic Park Trilogy. That fourth disc being the extras features disc for each of the original films. The words and verdict are a reflection of the extras only and...
