After 2018’s lackluster entry, The Predator, my hope was that the long-suffering Predator franchise would finally be at an end. 1987’s original action/sci-fi hybrid, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers, has produced five completely forgettable sequels. Two of those were Alien vs. Predator offshoots and both were awful. So,Continue Reading
All things must have a beginning. 1955’s King Dinosaur marked the start of producer/director Bert I. Gordon’s career. Eventually known as “Mr. BIG,” Gordon constructed a résumé chock full of B-grade creature features, most of which center around abnormally large animals or people. He also had a penchant for workingContinue Reading
Writer/director Jordan Peele tries his hand at the science fiction/horror crossover with Nope. As is his modus operandi, Peele uses comedy to keep the audience off-kilter until the next scary moment hits. And, yes, there’s social commentary as well. Nope focuses on O.J. (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald Haywood (Keke Palmer),Continue Reading
Sometime in 1977, I remember watching a special on TV about the movies coming out later in the year. I don’t remember any mention of a movie called Star Wars, but I do remember a preview for The Incredible Melting Man. It had special make-up effects by Rick Baker, whoContinue Reading
American soldier Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) leads a successful one-man hostage rescue in Kenya against superior numbers. Afterward, while he and his wife, Gina (Talulah Riley,) vacation in Italy, they are captured by enemy soldiers. Martin Axe, the man responsible for their kidnapping, threatens to kill Gina unless Ray disclosesContinue Reading
It’s a sheer coincidence that, in the last four months, I’ve reviewed four movies dealing with the impending destruction of the Earth. The first three — Don’t Look Up, Warning from Space, and When Worlds Collide — dealt with various types of astral bodies on a collision course with ourContinue Reading
A particularly nasty strain of rabies has rapidly spread across the planet and driven what’s left of humanity to live in underground bunkers. Spread through bites, the virus causes humans to become murderously violent “infected.” Morgan (Matt Smith) was bitten but did not turn into one of the infected. Instead,Continue Reading