Long before Professor X opened up his school for gifted mutants, another Dr. Xavier appeared in a horror/SF/mystery thriller. It remains famous mostly for its pre-Hayes Code elements and two-tone color process, and it is this weekend’s Summer Movie Review.
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Deadpool Trailer Is Here
And it’s gloriously foul and dirty. This is a Red Band, NSFW trailer. You have been warned.
Summer Weekend Review: What We Do in the Shadows
We have a recent film up for summer weekend review this time around, an engagingly funny look at vampires, created by the duo behind Flight of the Conchords.
Greatest Fantasy Film Tournament: Week 22, Round 1
The end of our first round, setting up the 128 slot tournament for eliminations, has two weeks left. Our next round of voting takes place here, and the list of eliminations follows.
Greatest Fantasy Film Tournament – Week 22
Week 22 of the voting for the GFFT has begun. If you wish to vote (and you should), the ballot for this week is here. Blaine will be along eventually to post the eliminations and lock last week’s poll.
Summer Weekend Review: It Came From Outer Space
They’ll be other nights, and other stars for us to watch. They’ll be back.
The Man from Planet X came first, as did the The Thing From Another World, which may be the best of the genre. The War of the Worlds had a bigger budget, and The Day the Earth Stood Still has become iconic. Never mind. This film may be the archetypal 1950s alien invasion movie, and its influence on later films, and TV’s The Outer Limits, would be difficult to miss. Elements of the story also presage Betty and Barney Hill’s alleged encounter with aliens.
Look for Russell “The Professor” Johnson.
Pixels Discussion
Since precisely no one on the staff wanted to review this film, we’ll let MovieBob take the hit and tell you what he thinks about Adam Sandler’s latest work.
Warning: The video contains a lot of foul language, so headphones would be a good idea if you’re at work, at home with young ears, or in the cafe.
Greatest Fantasy Film Tournament: Week Twenty One, Round One
We are now at the half way point in our tournament, with the voting that takes place here. As is usual, the list of eliminations follows.
Ant-Man: Movie Review
Once again, Marvel Studios has taken a C-string comic book character and turned him into the star of a major summer tentpole. And it works. Also, there are scenes both during and after the credits.
Weekend Summer Review: “The Man from Planet X”
‘Tis a fearsome visitor from another world!
–Montgomery Scott’s ancestor, apparently a constable in a remote Scottish village.
Our summer reviews of old-time SF move from primitive humans to aliens from worlds beyond Pluto. The 1950s was the golden age of extra-terrestrials invading earth, thanks to the post-war space-age and Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 encounter with flying saucers.1 Although other, more well-known films went into production first, The Man from Planet X was the first of the space invaders to land on the big screen.