Predators
October 12th, 2009
Is the Schwarzenegger of the zero zeros really, gasp, Adrien Brody? We’ll find out, apparently, in Robert Rodriguez’ retread of Predator.
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This Borg Needs Blood… and a Brain
August 6th, 2009
In what seems tailored for the lower end of the PG-13 spectrum, Terminator Salvation lacks the guts and smarts of the original
Starfleet Babies
May 11th, 2009
Is this new movie a Klingon plot to make us forget about glories of Khan, Tribbles, and the Kirk-Spock duel on Vulcan?
Versus (2000)
March 18th, 2009
Incredible mix of genres define this non-stop Japanese martial arts extravaganza.
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March 18th, 2009
A death row prisoner is cultivated as a storage vessel for a powerful alien witch.
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We Need a Blue Guy to Keep an Eye on the Warheads
March 13th, 2009
The Watchmen reminds us that nuclear weapons and nuclear war are still urgent issues today
Altered States (1980)
March 9th, 2009
Heady stuff in 1980, Altered States seems silly today. The man in the monkey suit doesn’t help.
Watchmen
October 11th, 2008
Say goodbye to phone booths and spider webs; Zack Snyder has promised a grown up comic book movie.
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February 24th, 2008
Brilliant Cloverfield uses giant monster genre to address politics of terror
More...The Animatrix: Nine New Visions
April 1st, 2003
Nine episode anime expands on the concept of the original Matrix movie. The films are bound by the same vision of a post-apocalypse caused by human actions — a world in which only hackers and misfits living on the fringe can see the truth.
More...Thighs Wide Shut: Kubrick’s Final Film
July 1st, 1999
Stanley Kubrick’s final film, Eyes Wide Shut, is an enigmatic, puzzling finale that is not so much climax as encore.
More...Canooing the Matrix
June 6th, 1999
Welcome to the Matrix, where computers rule and humans are grown in vats to be used as batteries; take the red pill and let your notions of reality, identity, and what constitutes an action movie slip away.
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