Introverted Andrew (Dane DeHaan) lives with his alcoholic father (Michael Kelly) and bed-ridden mother (Bo Petersen) in a bad neighborhood. He has recently purchased a used video camera and has begun filming everything in his life, including his father’s violent outbursts and his daily beatdown at the hands of bulliesContinue Reading
Apollo 18 is yet another entry in the increasingly crowded sub-genre of film known as “found footage.” These are movies that ask the viewer to understand that what they’re seeing was filmed by the protagonists themselves. Most of these movies also ask the viewer to accept that the fate ofContinue Reading
Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) wakes up in the middle of the desert with a wicked case of amnesia. On his right side, he has a deep flesh wound. On his left wrist, he is wearing what looks to be an iron bracelet of some kind. Before Jake can assess hisContinue Reading
The year is 1999. The United Nations Scientific Committee has built an exploratory base on the moon. Another base is located on Ogasawara Island in the Pacific, near Japan. On the island base, the Earth’s giant monsters – including Godzilla, Rodan, Anguirus, Mothra, and Gorosaurus — have been corralled inContinue Reading
In the near future, the world’s energy problems have led humanity to develop a way to harness the power found within helium-3, a clean and abundant fuel source found on the surface of the moon. A company called Lunar Industries maintains Sarang, a mining base on the dark side ofContinue Reading
Taking place in 2154, Avatar introduces us to the Na’vi, a race of 10-foot-tall feline-like creatures who live in spiritual harmony with their forest planet of Pandora. Humans have traveled to Pandora after plundering the natural resources of Earth. So far, the Na’vi have resisted the infiltration of the humansContinue Reading
Before the innovations of Industrial Light and Magic and other groundbreaking special effects companies elevated the science fiction movie from B-movie status to blockbuster, movies like The Land That Time Forgot were considered to be as good-as-it-gets for the genre for quite some time. Released in 1975, the movie isContinue Reading