Archive for 'Sci Fi Movies'
Under The Influence: Aliens – Screened
Posted on 16. Jun, 2011 by admin.
Screened Under The Influence: Aliens Screened It certainly is one of the most memorable and beloved science – fiction films ever made. And boy is it quotable. “Get away from her you bitch!” For years, fans prayed that Cameron or Scott would come back and save the series
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“The Trip”: Steve Coogan’s sly, hilarious road movie – Salon
Posted on 10. Jun, 2011 by admin.
Salon “The Trip”: Steve Coogan's sly, hilarious road movie Salon He wrote amusing, if patently unfair, summaries of movies he has thus forced himself to sit through, including Tarkovsky's allegorical science – fiction masterpiece “Solaris” and Kelly Reichardt's recent shaggy-dog western, “Meek's Cutoff. ..
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People in the news – UPI.com
Posted on 04. Jun, 2011 by admin.
People in the news UPI.com … reason he could not get leading men roles in the few movies he made.
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Michael Fassbender becomes a star — reluctantly – San Jose Mercury News
Posted on 02. Jun, 2011 by admin.
Michael Fassbender becomes a star — reluctantly San Jose Mercury News At it turns out, he is the blond one, his golden highlights courtesy of “Prometheus,” the Ridley Scott science – fiction extravaganza he is filming outside London. Since playing a fleeting part in “Band of Brothers,” the 2001 World War II miniseries, …
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What if Dracula won? The secret inspirations behind “Anno Dracula” – io9
Posted on 23. May, 2011 by admin.
What if Dracula won? The secret inspirations behind “Anno Dracula” io9 I was already interested in alternate history science fiction and recognised in this mostly-forgotten genre the precursors of many twentieth century stories which imagine an alternative outcome to the Second World War featuring a Nazi occupation of … and more
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Out of this world – Scholars and Rogues
Posted on 20. May, 2011 by admin.
Out of this world Scholars and Rogues The good folks over at the British Library, bless their hearts, are having a substantial exhibit that starts today on science fiction —Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it. This looks great, and it has barely opened. …
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Names You Need To Know: Rhizome – Forbes (blog)
Posted on 18. May, 2011 by admin.
Forbes (blog) Names You Need To Know: Rhizome Forbes (blog) Increasingly, the world dreamed up by science fiction writers years ago is becoming the world we're living in. Rhizome has its finger on the pulse of techno-artists exploring these issues today and that's why it's a name you should know.
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Invasion of the Freedom Snatchers – Wall Street Journal
Posted on 17. May, 2011 by admin.
Invasion of the Freedom Snatchers Wall Street Journal In an extended appreciation, the French director Bertrand Tavernier has called it a “caustic mix of political fable, ultra-contemporary speculation, live-action science fiction ,” and noted how such films portray one's own weaknesses and blind spots as … and more
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Joe Cornish – Little White Lies
Posted on 13. May, 2011 by admin.
Irish Times Joe Cornish Little White Lies Attack the Block isn't an homage to any one film per se, but it is a throwback to the classic science – fiction films of Cornish's youth, when the impossible seemed so effortlessly within reach. LWLies caught up with Cornish while he was putting the … Attack the Block – review The Guardian Joe Cornish: Why I wanted aliens to invade south London The Independent all 107 news articles
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Attack the Block – review – The Guardian
Posted on 12. May, 2011 by admin.
Irish Times Attack the Block – review The Guardian Attack the Block draws on the classic science – fiction model such as Independence Day and the siege drama – Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 – but there's also something very innocent and English here, something reminiscent of the 1947 Ealing comedy … Joe Cornish Little White Lies all 107 news articles
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