Based of an original story by Frank Wells, Guy Fergusson’s (credited at the time as S. G. Fergusson) Children’s Film Foundation movie Supersonic Saucer is a film that has more than a passing resemblance to Steven Speilberg’s E.T. which appeared over twenty-five years later. The film follows a group of […]
Written by Fred Olen Ray (who also directed it) and T.L. Lankford, Deep Space begins as the United States military loses control of a secret satellite that contains a biological weapon. Police Lieutenant McLemore (Charles Napier) is given the job of trying to stop the weapon before it kills […]
In this fish out of water classic written by James Cruikshank and James Orr, director Jeff Kanew brings us Burt Lancaster and Kirk D0uglas in a movie that holds a mirror up to their time in the Hollywood spotlight. Lancaster plays Harry Doyle (Burt Lancaster) with Douglas as Archie […]
Directed by Ernest Pintoff, Jaguar Lives follows the adventures of Jonathan Cross aka Jaguar (played by Joe Lewis) – a secret agent whose partner is killed by an international drug cartel led by General Villanova (Donald Pleasence) and Adam Caine (Christopher Lee). Further Bond alumni appear along the way including Barbara […]
Directed by Stephen Weeks, Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is loosely based on the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It opens with a feast in a great hall during winter. The king (Trevor Howard) is ashamed […]
In the cold of space, they’re the hottest band around! When Vicious Lips bandmates Bree (Gina Calabrese), Mandoa (Shayne Farris), and Wynzi (Linda Kerridge) get their one shot to make it as the galaxy’s next big thing, they’re over the moon with excitement. But their hopes soon come […]
Escape from Galaxy 3 (aka Starcrash II) takes us on a journey to a far away galaxy that looks a lot like Starcrash (well it is Starcrash stock footage!). In that galaxy we go aboard a space station where Princess Belle Star (Sherry Buchanan) approaches her father King […]
Based on the book by John Holbrook Vance and directed by Buzz Kulik, Bad Ronald stars Scott Jacoby (Murder She Wrote, The Golden Girls) as Ronald Wilby – a socially awkward high school nerd who is picked on by others who loves fantasy and art. Ronald has a very […]
Probably the weirdest musical ever made, Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise follows composer and singer Winslow Leach (played by William Finley) who is spotted by Swan (Paul Williams) an evil record producer from Death Records who believes Winslow’s music is perfect to open “The Paradise” – […]
Body Melt follows the residents of Pebbles Court in the Melbourne suburb of Homesville in Australia. The residents are actually unknowing test subjects for a new variety of “Vimuville” dietary supplement pills that arrive for free in their mailboxes. The pills are designed to produce the ultimate healthy […]
Directed by John Frankenheimer, Seconds plays as a mystery movie that focuses on people’s obsession with eternal youth. As the film opens we meet Arthur Hamilton (played by John Randolph), a middle-aged man whose life has lost purpose. Whilst Arthur is successful in his career he is starting to […]
Written and directed by Richard Blackburn, Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural takes us to the prohibition era where we meet 13-year-old Lila Lee (Cheryl Smith) who has been raised by the Reverend (Richard Blackburn). In church Lila is a well known as a singer and though her […]
Directed by Joonas Makkonen, Bunny the Killer Thing follows a group of Finnish friends, who like most movie teenagers, are heading for a weekend at a cabin in the middle of nowhere. They are joined by three English speaking men they bump into. Later they are stalked and attacked […]
Flight of The Navigator is one of those films that it doesn’t matter who you speak to, if they’ve seen it, then they remember it fondly. It’s a great film, ok the review isn’t over, but I have kind of spoilt the verdict for later. With quite a […]
It was the film that launched Cameron Crowe’s career as a director and included one scene that would be copied and parodied forever! In Say Anything we meet Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack), an aspiring kickboxer who falls for valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Sky) at their high school graduation […]
What do you mean? You have never heard of T-Force? They are the world’s first fully cybernetic law enforcement team who should have taken the cinematic world by storm if it were not for the fact that every idea in this film is clearly taken from something you […]
Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity was the film that was condemned as “indecent” on the floor of the U.S. Senate by North Carolina Republican Sen. Jesse Helms in 1992 who “found it by accident” one night whilst channel surfing. Helms wanted to force cable operators to block “indecent” […]
‘Deck the Halls’ is a 2006 Christmas comedy starring Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick. It tells the tale of Buddy Hall (DeVito) and his quest to make his house visible from space using Christmas lights; this in turn aggravates his neighbour Steve Finch (Broderick) and hilarity ensues. So […]
Written and directed by Jake West, Razor Blade Smile opens 150 years ago where we meet a mortally wounded Lilith Silver (Eileen Daly) who is attempting to avenge the death of her lover by Sir Sethane Blake. Enamored by her spirit, Sir Sethane reveals himself to be a vampire […]
Directed by Sergio Martino and resembling a particular New York set John Carpenter movie, 2019, After the Fall of New York finds a world devastated by an infection that prevents men from procreating. Society is split between the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. A group of Federation survivors […]
