Space scientist Dr. Russell A. Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his new wife Carol (Joan Taylor) see a flying saucer on their way to a rocket test facility. They say nothing, lacking proof, but soon another saucer appears, destroying the compound. Unable to convince the military of the danger, Marvin contacts the aliens, and finds he
With the world in ruins, ex-major John Garth is hired, with the promise of food and medicine, to break into an abandoned estate to retrieve works of art. He is given command of a small force of commandoes, including the less-than-honorable Lapierre (Steve Bacic), an officer Garth had dealt with in the past. All the
During a war between humans and the alien Drac, two pilots, human Willis Davidge (Dennis Quaid) and Drac Jeriba ‘Jerry’ Shigan (Louis Gossett Jr.) crash on a barren world. The two enemies must work together to survive. An embarrassment to science fiction, Enemy Mine starts as an after school special, switches to a weepy, and ends
Loner Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) has been captured by the U.S. national police force and brought to officers Malloy and Brazen (Stacy Keach, Michelle Forbes). They force him to undertake a mission for the Christian fanatic president (Cliff Robertson). He must enter L.A., no longer part of the country after the earthquake of 2000, and
A meteorite hits the Arizona desert, carrying simple, one celled aliens that have the ability to evolve billions of time faster than life on Earth. Community college teacher, Harry Block (Orlando Jones), and his biology teacher/ex-government scientist friend, Ira Kane (David Duchovny), investigate, and figure this is their ticket to bigger things. However, General Russell Woodman
At a focus group demonstration of the new virtual reality game, eXistenZ, its creator, Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is shot by a fanatic “Realist.” Wounded, and with a bounty on her head, she escapes with marketing trainee, Ted Pikul (Jude Law). She fears the shooting damaged her game pod, and the only way to know is
Six students (Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Laura Harris, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall) observe that the faculty members of their high school (including Salma Hayek, Famke Janssen, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Patrick, and Jon Stewart) are changing, and deduce that they have become infected by alien parasites. Screenwriter Kevin Williamson (Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3,
In a dystopian future where books are illegal and everything is fireproof, Montag (Oskar Werner) is a fireman, part of a force that burns books. He is well respected and his chief (Cyril Cusack) tells him he is soon to be promoted. His wife, Linda (Julie Christie) is a normal member of society, taking drugs
Christopher Walken and Willem Dafoe say some lines about being freelance corporate spies. Normally, I would name the characters (Fox and X in this case) and write that they were freelance corporate spies, but that would imply that there are characters in this movie. There aren’t. Walken comes up with a pseudo-plan to get a research
A logging crew, led by Mike Rogers (Robert Patrick), returns from a job claiming that one of them, Travis Walton (D.B. Sweeney) was killed by a bolt from a UFO. Lieutenant Frank Watters (James Garner) thinks it’s a case of murder. Quick Review: Those wacky aliens are at it again, kidnapping rednecks to carry 0ut
This week, our plucky hero Flash (Sam J. Jones), along with new girlfriend Dale (Melody Anderson) and the genius Dr. Zarkov (Topol), journey into space to stop the emperor Ming the Merciless (Max Von Sydow) from destroying Earth. Will Flash be able to resist the lascivious advances of Ming’s daughter (Ornella Muti)? Will he be able to