Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) was released on September 1, 1902:
(more…)Archive of posts filed under the Movies category.
La Jetée
La Jetée is a 26 minute science fiction film by Chris Marker. It was the inspiration for Terry Gilliam‘s Twelve Monkeys.
(more…)The future isn’t what it used to be
Back to the Future Part II: On October 26, 1985, Dr. Emmett Brown arrives from the future and tells Marty McFly and his girlfriend Jennifer Parker that he needs their help to save their kids in the future. They depart in the flying DeLorean time machine as Biff Tannen accidentally witnesses the departure. They arrive [...]
Space Battleship Yamato
A live action version of Space Battleship Yamato is currently under production and set to be released in Japan on December 1. Let’s hope when it gets released in the U.S.A., we don’t end up with a bowdlerized version.
Here’s a trailer for Space Battleship Yamato:
(more…)HAL’s Birthday
Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it I can sing it for you. — HAL 9000 (2001: A [...]
Deep Thought
Karl Urban should really play Elgin Clark in a remake of Night of the Lepus…
Mmmm, Prison Cooking
In honor of Martin Scorsese‘s birthday, here’s dinner in prison, from Goodfellas:
(more…)God damn you all to hell!
Because nothing says Thanksgiving like a Planet of the Apes movie marathon…
(more…)THE ‘BOTS ARE BACK! and Cinematic Titanic
First – via Satellite News: Beginning November 5th, BBI will be launching its very own website at MST3K.com. The site will feature brand-new animated adventures of Crow, Tom Servo and Gypsy. We’re told the goal is to have one new adventure each week (though “some settling may occur with shipping,” they added). The Web site [...]
Was the Death Star Attack an Inside Job?
This one ranks right up there with The Truth about Tom Bombadil. Uncomfortable Questions: Was the Death Star Attack an Inside Job? Why were a handful of rebel fighters able to penetrate the defenses of a battle station that had the capability of destroying an entire planet and the defenses to ward off several fleets [...]
