Foster on Film

Arctic researchers find a spaceship that has been buried under the ice for thousands of years.  Led by Captain Patrick Hendry (Kenneth Tobey), they bring a frozen alien back to their station.  Unfortunately for them, it thaws, and it doesn’t want to make friends. In 1938, John W. Campbell Jr., the most influential editor in

When Cyrus Kriticos (F. Murray Abraham) dies, he leaves his house to his nephew Arthur (Tony Shalhoub) and his two children (Shannon Elizabeth, Alec Roberts). What they don’t know, is that the house is a machine that holds twelve ghosts. Once people start to die, it is left to Arthur, an ex-associate of Cyrus’ (Matthew Lillard), and

Hannon Fuller (Armin Mueller-Stahl) has created a virtual reality world too well. The computer generated people in it think, feel, and care.  Fuller, who has been entering the “simulation” to enjoy the highlife, leaves a note for his friend and employee, Douglas Hall (Craig Bierko), with a VR bartender, and then is murdered in the real

Naive, arrogant D’Artagnan (Gene Kelly) travels to Paris to join the musketeers.  After a rocky start, he befriends the three finest members of that guard, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis (Van Heflin, Gig Young, Robert Coote).  The four become involved in defending France and the queen (Angela Lansbury) from the schemes of the dastardly Minister Richelieu

In the standard dystopian world where citizens are drugged to eliminate emotions, THX 1138 (Robert Duvall) and his roommate end up off of their required medication, able to feel, and on the run. Looking like the stereotype, pretentious, self-indulgent, film-student film, THX 1138 takes the standard dystopian story and adds nothing. Nada. Not a thing. Most

During the revolutionary war, Melody Allen (Marjorie Reynolds) and Horatio Prim (Lou Costello) are mistaken for traitors, shot, and cursed. In 1946, the ghosts of Melody and Horatio have a chance to remove the curse, with the help of five people, including Dr. Ralph Greenway (Bud Abbott), a descendent of a man who wronged Horatio.

When an archaeological team discovers a note from Professor E.A. Johnston (Billy Connolly), written six hundred years earlier, they demand answers from Robert Doniger (David Thewlis), the CEO of the company backing their dig.  Doniger informs them that he has accidentally discovered time travel and the professor is now trapped in the past.  He agrees

The board members of White Star, led by Bruce Ismay (E.F. Fürbinger), use the fragile financial condition of the company brought about by the expense of building The Titanic, as an opportunity to buy up stock.  If the ship’s maiden voyage can break speed records, the stock price will rise and they’ll make a fortune. 

Titus (Anthony Hopkins), an honored general, sacrifices one of his captives, a prince of the Goths.  The queen of the Goths vows revenge which leads to betrayal and death. Quick Review:This is what you get if Shakespeare wrote the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and ramped up the violence.  I’ve never seen any film that is

Tsukiko is a regular girl with amnesia.  She doesn’t worry much about the loss of her memories, but she’s none-to-happy about her bouts of insomnia, so she’s started visiting a laconic hypnotherapist who’s office looks suspiciously like a quickly built and non-dressed set.  In a trance, Tsukiko repeats the name “Tomie,” which is the summoning

The good deed performed by the recently deceased George and Marion (Constance Bennett) Kerby in the previous  Topper movie, is being undone.  Conniving Mrs. Parkhurst (Verree Teasdale) has convinced Mrs. Topper (Billie Burke) to divorce her husband Cosmo (Roland Young), because he checked into a hotel with a women (and explaining that it was the

An entertainment spy sneaks into Michael Crichton’s room and steals his script for Twister.  His bosses make a few cosmetic changes, paste a new name on it, and rush it into production so it can beat Twister‘s release date.  Wait, that’s not the plot of Tornado!.  That’s a reasonable supposition on how it was made.