Okay, I confess it. This has long been one of my favorite old sf movies. It's a rollicking romp that far too many sf fans have ever seen. I accidentally stumbled across the trailer and discovered that the film is actually available on video. Wallet - watch out!

It's been a passable Easter. We had a late lunch with Diana's family. Or early dinner. Whatever you call it when you eat at three o'clock. We finally got to exchange Christmas gifts with Diana's sister and nieces, so there's now space in the house where three large baskets have been sitting for way too long ( Read more... )

With my arm in bandages shoulder to wrist I'm sitting around with a lot of time to kill.  The pain medication makes reading problematical, so I'm catching up on horror movies.  Last night's selection, courtesy of www.fear.net, was MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, a movie based on one of Clive Barker's short stories in his BOOKS OF BLOOD series.  View the ( Read more... )

May I be the first to publicly say this movie kinda sucks in major ways? 

Tonight's viewing treat is one of the great classics of science fiction cinema: "Conquest of Space."  It's didactic, sometimes corny, often badly acted, and yet it embraces a "sense of wonder" that I find both nostalgic and charming.  It's one of the early projects of the great George Pal, who went on to produce many more sf classics: "War of the ( Read more... )

I should be working hard to finish my current story.  And hey, I am working hard.  But a boy has to have some background to work by: music, television, some bad grade-b sf movie....   I'm watching a classic from 1957 right now.  The poster, however, is misleading.  The giant bird does not come from Earth's ancient past, but from somewhere deep, ( Read more... )

Diana, who attended the aforementioned meeting/event at the North Kansas City Community Center, managed to win a pass for two to the first showing of the new STAR TREK movie at the IMAX Theater at Barry Road AMC.  Other appointments throughout the day had kept us busy, so we grabbed quick sandwiches at Burger King and latched on to a pair of ( Read more... )