Just Do Whatever the Very Tall, Very Angry Lady WantsAttack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) - Nancy Archer has had a bad couple of days. Her cheating husband is fooling around with another woman, aliens in a UFO assaulted her and someone tried to kill her! The result is a sudden spurt in her... Continue Reading →
Of The Apocalypse, Salvation and Death
Dive Deep To Find Truths You May Not Want To Know Midnight, Water City by Chris McKinney (2021) - Forty years ago, an asteroid threatened Earth with destruction. It was Akira Kimura that identified and then neutralized the threat, making her the savior of humanity. When she feels threatened, she calls on her former bodyguard/friend... Continue Reading →
All The Wrong (Science) Stuff
Getting It All Wrong Turns Out To Be Just RightArmageddon (1998) - An asteroid threatens worldwide extinction with only eighteen days to find a solution. An oil drilling team of misfits gets the call to be the heroes All they have to do is overcome the training, the spaceflight, using equipment that's never been adequately... Continue Reading →
A Madman Not Worth Pursuing
A Time Traveling Waste of TimeTime After Time (1979) Jack the Ripper escapes from Victorian London to San Francisco in the 1970s by way of H.G. Wells' time machine. Wells pursues the killer to stop his killing rampage.Better than the movieDirected by Nicholas MyersStarring Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenbergen, David WarnerWhy I Liked It – David... Continue Reading →
Hold My Beer of Awfulness
Party Crashers From Outer Space! Llamageddon (2015) - A killer llama from outer space crash lands on Earth and begins raining havoc on a group of unsuspecting college partiers. Directed by Howie Dewin (yes, that's the credit)Starring (?) - Louis the Llama, Dany Ambassa, Pinki Brainweis Why I Liked (?) It - Super low budget scream... Continue Reading →
All He Wanted Was To Hang Out With A Pretty Girl
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - A pre-historic creature is discovered in a quiet corner of the Amazon jungle. A group of scientists can’t agree if they should study there or capture it and bring it back to civilization.Directed by Jack ArnoldStarring Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard DenningWhy I Liked It - A classic... Continue Reading →
A Sound In The Darkness
The Vast of Night (2019) - In a small Arizona town, a local radio DJ, and a telephone switchboard operator hear something that may change the world.Directed by Andrew PattersonStarring Sierra McCormick, Jake HorowitzWhy I Liked It - A beautiful, intelligent piece of science fictionIt has become clear to me I need to expand the... Continue Reading →
An Ending is Just A New Beginning
Is The Cure Worse Than The Illness?Terminus (2015) - A major war in the middle east is dragging the world into the apocalypse. When a man comes into contact with a life form from outer space, he discovers there may be a terrifying alternative.Directed by Marc FurmieStarring Jai Koutrae, Todd Lasance, Kendra AppletonWhy I Liked... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow Is Now
The Tomorrow War (2021) Time travelers arrive from the future! Turns out thirty years in the future, humanity is getting its butt kicked by an alien invasion. The future needs more soldiers from the past to save the future. A high school teacher leaves his family behind and teams up with an unlikely set of... Continue Reading →
Innocent Silliness and the End of the World!
The Magnetic Monster (1953) - The "A-Men" of the Office of Scientific Investigation investigate the strange incidents of increased magnetism in ordinary places. What they discover is an experiment out of control that could destroy the world!Directed by Curt Siodmak Starring: Richard Carlson, King Donovan, Strother Martin, Jean ByronWhy I Liked... Continue Reading →