“Billy, why can’t you be more ordinary?” A teenage loner stumbles upon a powerful laser cannon in the desert and becomes possessed by it in 1978’s Laserblast. The film was directed by Michael Rae and produced by Charles Band. It starred Kim Milford as Billy, Cheryl Smith as Kathy, Roddy McDowall in a small roleContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Laserblast (1978)”
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CyPhaCon Returns Tonight!
It’s Finally Convention Time! After missing out on a number of conventions over the last three years due to hurricanes, COVID-19, and just plain ol’ dumb luck, I’m finally heading back to conventions this year. While I managed to attend a few film festivals, I haven’t attended a comic or pop culture convention since 2019.Continue reading “CyPhaCon Returns Tonight!”
Resident Alien: The Fish Out Of Water Show That You Should Watch
“At least I’m killing them for a good reason.” When an alien crash lands while attempting to destroy all of the humans on Earth, he goes undercover as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle, a doctor who the alien kills in self defense in the SyFy series Resident Alien. As he searches for the device that he needsContinue reading “Resident Alien: The Fish Out Of Water Show That You Should Watch”
Throwback Thursday: Flash Gordon (1980)
“Flash Gordon. Quarterback. New York Jets.” Entirely over the top and insanely fun to boot, 1980’s Flash Gordon is loud, brightly colored, and completely bonkers. It features a stellar cast loaded with actors who are well known in the science fiction and fantasy genres and boasts a soundtrack written and performed by none other thanContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Flash Gordon (1980)”
Dime Store Reads: The Predator: Hunters and Hunted
The Reapers Take Aim At A Yautja At the end of 2020, I offered up my first Dime Store Reads post. It was a brief review of the novelization of the film The Predator from 2018. I enjoyed the book well enough so I decided to head back to the same Dollar General that IContinue reading “Dime Store Reads: The Predator: Hunters and Hunted”
Throwback Thursday: Cat-Women Of The Moon!
1953 This week I’m taking the Wayback Machine to the 1950’s, a great time for film thanks to the release of such great classics like The Ten Commandments (1956), The Wild One (1953), and Some Like It Hot (1959). It was also an exceptionally wonderful time for science fiction. Classics like Invasion of The BodyContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Cat-Women Of The Moon!”
Throwback Thursday: Space Rangers
Space Rangers was a short-lived science fiction series that debuted in January of 1993 on CBS. Only six episodes of the series aired and it was quickly removed from CBS’ schedule. Despite being created by Pen Densham (best known for his production work on The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone revivals) and boasting aContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Space Rangers”
They’re Lost, But You Can Find Them On Netflix
A New Space Full Disclosure: My knowledge of Lost In Space begins and ends with the 1998 feature film and just a few viewings of classic episodes. Oh, and NO SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW! Netflix has been winning me over with consistently solid original content such as Bright, Santa Clarita Diet, Stranger Things, and Glow. Continue reading “They’re Lost, But You Can Find Them On Netflix”
Jaeger Bomb???
Robots and Monsters! I didn’t see the first Pacific Rim film in the theater. In fact, I had no interest in it at all until I picked up a cheap copy of it on DVD (not even Blu-ray!) on the Saturday after Black Friday a few years ago. I fell in love with the excessContinue reading “Jaeger Bomb???”
A Split Decision
Aboard The Cloverfield Station The Cloverfield Paradox is a paradox in more ways than one. For starters, it’s production was full of scheduling changes, story additions, ties to the Cloverfield universe supposedly shoehorned into the film, production company changes, etc. While these types of changes are par for the course in many major films, TCPContinue reading “A Split Decision”
Ken's Alternate Universe! 