THX1138: surprisingly intelligent dystopian sci-fi film serving as both allegory and social criticism
George Lucas, “THX1138” (1971) Before he became famous for his “Star Wars” series of films,
Tag: Science Fiction Films
The Day the Earth stood Still: strong and relevant theme and message still important to modern audiences
Robert Wise, “The Day the Earth stood Still” (1951) Yesterday a meteor and its debris
Matrix Revolutions: beneath pyrotechnics and stylistic posturing, a really very ordinary film stuck in a Hollywood matrix
Andy and Larry Wachowski, “Matrix Revolutions” (2003) Beneath layers of computer-generated pyrotechnics, film noir homage
Italian and Italian-language Films
At the Mountains of Madness: ambitious adaptation of the famous H P Lovecraft story of the Cthulhu mythos
Michele Botticelli, “At the Mountains of Madness” (2011) With the release of Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus”
Unearthed: a good-looking pastiche of different Hollywood movie story-lines and plot elements
Lindsay Harris and Stuart Leach, “Unearthed” (2011) On the edge of the known universe, a
German and German-language Films | North American Films
1945A / The Gift / R-Ha: three science fiction shorts that show creative and visionary promise
Ryan Nagata, “1945A” (2010) Carl Erik Rinsch, “The Gift” (2010) Kaleb Lechowski, “R-Ha” (2012) These
The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 10: Never Never Say Die): under-cooked plot fails its cast and ideas
Robert Day, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 10: Never, Never Say Die)” (1967) Now this
The Wild Wild West (Season 4, Episode 4: The Night of the Sedgewick Curse): clever and intelligent combination of horror and science fiction
Marvin Chomsky, “The Wild Wild West (Season 4, Episode 4: The Night of the Sedgewick
The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 17: The Return of the Cybernauts): mind control is the dominant theme
Robert Day, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 17: The Return of the Cybernauts)” (1967) One
The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 3: Escape in Time): the past really is a different country from which there’s no escape
John Krish, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 3: Escape in Time)” (1967) A particularly memorable