Look, this one is strange. Mind-bending poetic French Art Film strange. Which means it is very strange by anyone’s standards. And yet, in its own elusive and somewhat hypnotic way, I found that I quite liked this one., It’s hard to summarize this one as there is so much plot and so many characters with […]
Read more "Le trésor des îles chiennes [Treasure of the Bitch Islands] (1990)"I keep finding, when I re-watch some of the films I grew up with in the Eighties, that I see them in a new and unexpected light. Frequently I find myself liking them more than I did back then. I suppose that’s because I no longer expect each new science fiction film to be the […]
Read more "The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)"Now, I have to admit that I am fond of “B” Monster movies. It isn’t exactly one of the most demanding of sub-genres: after all, one doesn’t expect that the creatures be perfectly realistic, or that the plot be hole-free, or that the acting,dialogue or depth of characterization be more than average. After all, it […]
Read more "Bering Sea Beast [Beast of the Bering Sea] (2013)"(Warning: Spoilers ahead!) Some of these are just so frustrating. Now let’s get this straight: this one isn’t exactly bad. It is more that it has a sort of a bland okay-ness about it. But then, that’s true of a lot of SF movies out there. Perhaps more so than it used to be. We […]
Read more "Replicas (2018)"
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