This is one of the most fondly remembered BBC TV movies in their long and varied history. And I feel like a bit of a grinch because I just don’t share the enthusiasm that it has generated. Somewhere in in the more perfect future of 2130, after a devastating catastrophe that no one quite understands, […]
Read more "The Flipside of Dominick Hide [Play for Today: The Flipside of Dominick Hide] (1980)"(aka, Lent in the Month of March, Mars en carême) Think of it as a French version of Local Hero — but with Martians. I suppose it would help if I explained that I happen to own a couple of books on Science Fiction Film from the 1970s — after 2001 and The Planet of […]
Read more "Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens [Don’t Play with Martians] (1968)"Let’s face it: Claw is basically a goofy little comedy, with two friends stranded in the middle of nowhere taking shelter in an old Ghost Town. Where a crazed lone scientist just happens to be raising a prehistoric raptor. It doesn’t aspire (or pretend to aspire) to greater things. It’s just a fun little movie […]
Read more "Claw (2021)"Substance use is recommended for this film. But for Legal Issues we’ve changed the statement above. Substance use is not recommended by this film. You have to admit that isn’t the usual opening credit for a movie…. This little independent from New Zealand is another odd one. But at least it is very funny. Two […]
Read more "The Peacemakers (2021)"As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a sucker for time travel films. And I’ll confess I rather like Out of Time. It really doesn’t break any new ground, or play any dazzling games with time paradoxes, but it is a solid thriller, much like a Time Travel version of that old cult favorite, The Hidden. A […]
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