The continuing adventures of space station Gamma 1, Commander Mike Halstead (Tony Russel), his sidekick, Jack (Franco Nero), and his spirited girl, Connie (Lisa Gastoni). In this second movie, alien light clouds are taking over Earth’s space stations, and it is up to our plucky heroes to save the day. Ah, things are still groovy in
Based on the H.G. Well’s Novel, Martians invade Earth, easily defeating all opposition. Scientist Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry) attempts to help in the fight, but soon finds himself trapped with Sylvia Van Buren (Ann Robinson), just trying to stay alive. Ever notice how scientists are expected to know everything in films? The “meteor” hits and
Unstoppable alien invaders attack Earth in giant tripod war machines. Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise), a divorced man and uninvolved father, attempts to keep his two children Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and Rachel (Dakota Fanning), safe, and take them to their mother. Steven Spielberg sucks all of the meaning out of H.G. Wells’s classic novel, leaving a
David Lightman (Matthew Broderick), a high school underachiever, accidentally hacks into NORAD and challenges the computer to a game of Global Thermonuclear War. The problem is, the computer doesn’t differentiate between a game and the real thing, and it now controls the U.S. nuclear arsenal. I recalled liking WarGames on the big screen back in
In the future, when the Earth is covered by water, a loner (Kevin Costner) traveling the seas on his sailboat, makes a deal with a resident of a floating village to take her (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and a child (Tina Majorino) to safely. He doesn’t know the child is being hunted by Deacon (Dennis Hopper) and
A group of students visit David Lincoln’s (David Warner) mysterious wax museum where each monster-filled exhibit can take victims into its world. When all eighteen exhibits have killed, the monsters will come alive in the real world, destroying it. Only two of the students, Mark Loftmore (Zach Galligan) and Sarah Brightman (Deborah Foreman), can stop Lincoln’s evil
Three escapees from Devil’s Island (Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov) intend to rob a store, but end up acting as angels for the store-keeper and his family over Christmas. However, these angels are more Old Testament than New. Why is this movie forgotten? Directed by Michael Curtiz (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca), my
Married couple George and Kim (Jake Weber, Patricia Clarkson) and their son, Miles (Erik Per Sullivan), vacation in a cabin, but they have upset the local backwoods hunter and perhaps awakened an ancient spirit. Quick Review: To start the horror, the family’s car hits a deer, breaking its antler so it won’t make as good
When a fight breaks out at an archeological dig over the bones of a werewolf, a digger gets cut and becomes infected with lycanthropy. Later, a writer comes to town, and due to a lab fight over the bones of the werewolf, he too becomes infected. “Varevolf ” and “whairwof” are some of the exciting new
Botonist Wilfred Glendon (Henry Hull) is bitten by a werewolf while searching for a rare moon-blossoming plant in Tibet. Upon his return to London, he is approached by Dr. Yogami (Warner Oland) and warned that there are now two werewolves in London, and the only hope for both are the flowers from the strange planet,
In New York city, two rival street gangs, The Jets, led by Riff (Russ Tamblyn) and The Sharks, led by Bernardo (George Chakiris) battle for territory. When Jet alum Tony (Richard Beymer) meets Maria (Natalie Wood), the sister of The Shark leader, at a youth dance, they fall instantly in love. Doomed as soon as
Claire (Michelle Pfeiffer) is happily married to Dr. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford). She lives in an ideal old house on a lake. But things may not be perfect. Emotionally unstable, she can’t deal with her daughter leaving for college. She also was injured in an automobile accident a year ago, still mourns her first husband,