Category: Sci-Fi Cinema
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Some New Gerry Anderson DVDs
Last time out, I posted about a few new DVDs that I’d recently picked up, namely Nigel Kneale’s creepy 1972 television horror film The Stone Tape, and two DVD box sets comprising the entire twenty-four episode run of Gerry Anderson’s classic sci-fi television series UFO. Well, this time out, I’ve gotten my hands on two…
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Some Good New Movies on Film4 (25th Feb 2016)
Last night was a pretty good night on television for sci-fi films. We had three in a row on favourite channel Film4, which pretty much took up the entire night\’s viewing. We started off with the Men in Black 2 (2002) sequel, a fun film featuring lots of great action scenes and good character sequences…
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Happy Back to the Future Day!
Has anybody seen any Deloreans recently? \’Cos today, Wednesday, October 21st, 2015, is Back to the Future Day!! It\’s time to get out your Back to the Future Box-Sets, and stick on the classic 1989 movie sequel Back to the Future II, the future leg of the classic time travel/time loop romp. The entire trilogy…
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Some Nice Saturday Night Viewing
[I]t\’s been an interesting Saturday evening so far on the television. I\’ve been watching a couple of interesting sci-fi items which are helping wile away some time before I head out for my customary Saturday night out on the town. First up was The Ultimate Guide to Doctor Who Part 2. The first part was…
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The Lost World (1960)
[I] was watching an old movie on Film4 on Sunday evening that brought back many good old memories for me. It was one of those oldies that I\’d first seen way back when I was a kid, sometime during the first seven or eight years of my life, and is one that I hadn\’t seen…
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Classic Sci-Fi Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock\’s \”The Birds\” (1963)
I\’m sitting here in the (very) early hours of Boxing Day, watching Alfred Hitchcock\’s classic 1963 horror/fantasy thriller The Birds on Film4. I haven\’t seen this one from beginning to end in many, many years, so I\’m enjoying it a lot. The main characters are played by Rod Taylor (three years after his role in…
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Alfred Hitchcock\’s \”The Birds\” (1963)
[I]\’m sitting here in the (very) early hours of Boxing Day, watching Alfred Hitchcock\’s classic 1963 horror/fantasy thriller The Birds on Film4. I haven\’t seen this one from beginning to end in many, many years, so I\’m enjoying it a lot. The main characters are played by Rod Taylor (three years after his role in…
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It\’s A Wonderful Life (1947)
[I]\’m sitting here watching the classic 1947 movie It\’s a Wonderful Life, which is one of THE greatest films of all time. Christmas wouldn\’t be complete without this film, with some great acting performances from James Stewart, Donna Reid, Lionel Barrymore and the others, an excellent, very entertaining, above average comedy drama, focusing on the…
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George Pal\’s THE TIME MACHINE (1960)
[R]ight now, I\’m having a lovely, relaxing Saturday evening, sitting back, chilling, and watching one of my favourite sci-fi cinema classics on Film4. The amazing 1960 George Pal movie adaptation of the landmark H. G. Wells 1895 novella (or short novel) THE TIME MACHINE is one that I haven\’t watched in quite some time, and…
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Sci-Fi Cinema Classic – THE TIME MACHINE (1960)
Right now, I\’m having a lovely, relaxing Saturday evening, sitting back, chilling, and watching one of my favourite sci-fi cinema classics on Film4. The amazing 1960 George Pal movie adaptation of the landmark H. G. Wells 1895 novella (or short novel) THE TIME MACHINE is one that I haven\’t watched in quite some time, and…