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Imagine this. You go to your local movie theater to see the latest Sam Spade flick. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Joseph Cotton, Peter Lorre, and the young Orson Welles. It’s in full color, acclaimed as a tour-de-force of the acting talents of all these great stars. There’s just one minor detail: the movie …
Ten Movies that Changed Science Fiction: Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Directed by Fritz Lang Starring Brigitte Helm and Gustav Frohlich In 2000, for the first time in history, the Academy Awards issued a commemorative poster (which was available only for a limited period). The poster depicts the Oscar Award encircled by the zeroes in the year …
Released by New Line Cinemas Starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel John Sullivan is a thirty-something cop whose life is a wreck. His wife has just left him, and tomorrow is the thirtieth anniversary of his father’s untimely death in a warehouse fire. Firing up his dad’s old ham radio (which hasn’t been used since …
Here’s a rare photo of Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek‘s Mr. Spock) in a 1985 lecture appearance at the University of Kentucky. He’s captured saluting the audience with his trademark Vulcan greeting. Included in the photo are ticket stubs to the lecture. Younger fans may not know that Nimoy had a love/hate relationship with his sci-fi …
Some guys have all the luck. First, Sir Ian McKellen lands the role of Magneto (one of the greatest villains in all Marvel comic-dom) in this summer’s action flick X-Men, then he gets to play the wizard Gandalf in all three Lord of the Rings movies! Sir Ian has had a long and successful career on stage and …
Starring Vin Diesel, Rahda Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith David & Claudia Black A merchant ship carrying passengers in hibernation is struck by a meteor shower and crash lands on a desolate planet. The survivors (an eclectic group which includes a mercenary, an “antiquities dealer”, a group of Muslim pilgrims (and a psychotic killer with some …
Directed by Brian De Palma Starring Gary Sinise, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O’Connell, and Tim Robbins Since the first trailers aired, Mission to Mars (M2M for short) has left no doubt that it’s not your ordinary “how would we get to Mars” flick. True, the movie does go to great effort to show us (more or less) …