Not much this round, but a few interesting remakes from Disney.
- Star Wars Episode VIII Announcement
- Batman v Superman – Final Trailer
- The Jungle Book
- Pete’s Dragon
- Divergent Series: Allegiant
Category Archives: Movies
Weekend Review: The Witch
Given her popularity at Halloween, in kid and YA culture (The Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter), and in productions of Macbeth, the witch has been surprisingly scarce in the horror movie.1 Certainly, she makes far fewer appearances than vampire, zombie, werebeast, mad slasher, or lab-made monster.
The most discussed horror film of 2016 makes some amends by casting the traditional witch as its villain. Does this spell-binding story live up to the hype?
Movie Discussion: “Deadpool”
Incredibly, none of us have seen Deadpool yet, but it’s the breakout movie of the weekend.
So provide us with your own reviews!
Weekend Review: “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”
“I don’t know which I admire more; your skill as a warrior or your resolve as a woman.”
— Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Weekend Review: Ex Machina
“I want to talk to you about the greatest scientific event in the history of man.”
–Nathan, Ex Machina
The most successful indie SF film of 2015 revisits and genders the Modern Prometheus, raising, predictably, more questions than we can answer.
Not to be confused with the anime of the same title.
Weekend Review: The Watch
What happens when you let four sub-par comedians off script and attempt a sci-fi comedy? The Watch answers the question no one asked.
“The Man Who Fell To Earth” (1976) – Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament
Alex Case goes solo this time around, talking about one of David Bowie’s films that qualified for our Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament: The Man Who Fell To Earth.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time” – Silver Screen Superheroes
Alex Case fills in once again, this time covering Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time.
Podcast updates
This week’s Unofficial 75 Greatest Marvels Countdown podcast will be slightly delayed, as explained here. Thankfully, Alex Case and David Stark have your collective backs, as they have produced three podcasts in the past few months that I hadn’t found time to upload and link to yet, all based on our Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament winners. For your listening pleasure, podcasts about Akira, Macross: Do You Remember Love?, and multiple iterations of Neon Genesis Evangelion are now available!
Holiday Review: Black Christmas (1974)
Normally, we review one adaptation or another of Dickens’ celebrated blend of Yuletide and spooky. This year, we’re looking at another take on that particular holiday mix, one Dickens didn’t inspire and would not have approved.
John Carpenter’s Halloween gets credit as the original Mad Slasher film (and its success certainly kickstarted the genre), but the tropes appeared together a few years earlier in a low-budget, initially overlooked Canadian film with a Yuletide setting and a reputation that has grown over the decades.