ALIEN 2: ON EARTH *** Italy 1980 Dir: Ciro Ippolito. 84 mins A peculiar but highly entertaining Corman-esque Italian ALIEN rip-off (what gave it away?) that nearly got its ass sued by 20th Century Fox and, like THE LAST SHARK, subsequently disappeared into obscurity in most territories. Very pretty Susan…
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GHOSTS OF MARS *** USA 2001 Dir: John Carpenter. 98 mins One of Carpenter’s least admired movies, this formed part of his cycle of 90’s FX-driven studio movies and was also one of the decade’s under-performing big budget Mars movies. It’s a knockabout horror-infused action movie with a great cast,…
DARK ENCOUNTER ** UK 2019 Dir: Carl Strathie. 98 mins Here’s an ill-conceived British attempt at an American-set sci-fi movie featuring a bunch of British actors with American accents. It’s 1982 and in Pennsylvania, eight-year-old Maisie goes missing from her home while her parents are out for dinner. The girl’s…
ESCAPE FROM L.A. **** USA 1996 Dir: John Carpenter. 99 mins Paramount gave Carpenter his biggest budget to date to make his only sequel as director : the result, co-written with Debra Hill and Kurt Russell, was one of the most bleakest “fun” movies of the 1990’s. It follows other…
Some of today’s biggest names unite with a selection of today’s most visually-gifted filmmakers for a unique cinematic experience that crosses 5 GALAXIES. An assemblage of futuristic, high concept stories about artificial intelligence, 5 GALAXIES features Pom Klementieff (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY), Eric Roberts (THE DARK KNIGHT, Suits) and Neil…