Star Wars Droppings: Escape from Galaxy 3 (1980)
“I mean, this is like Star Wars meshed with Porky’s.” — Robert Freese of Videoscope and Rue Morgue A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away . . . lost somewhere between Luigi Cozzi’s Starcrash and the Canadian Star Wars rip Starship Invasions . . . this is the tale of Princess Belle […]
5 Galaxies (2019)
5 Galaxies has five different science fiction stories in one film. Each segment is directed by a different creative talent, including Nelson Lee, Kristen Hilkert, Amir Reichart, Vitaly Verlov and Marc-Henri Boulier. It was originally released in 2018 as A.I. Tales. If any of the films feel disjointed, blame the lack of a narrative device to […]
The League of Legend Keepers : Shadow (2019)
The Dove Foundation exists to “encourage and promote the creation, production, distribution and consumption of wholesome family entertainment.” They select movies that are family-friendly and endorse them as being Dove approved. This movie may be the first one we’ve featured — and probably will ever feature — that is Dove approved. The League of Legend […]
Brightburn (2019)
Comic books had several decades before the dark side of heroics — remember the grim and gritty eighies? — became a big deal. There have been comics like Watchmen, MiracleMan and Rick Veitch’s Maximortal that showed exactly what would happen if superheroes were either not raised properly or left unchecked. Brightburn feels really close to those last two […]
Kirk Douglas Does Star Wars: Saturn 3 (1980)
Update: February, 5, 2020: We lost Kirk Douglas today at the age of 103. His filmography is extensive, with Academy Award nods for 1949’s Champion, 1952’s Bad & the Beautiful, and 1956’s Lust for Life, for which he also won a Golden Globe. And let’s not forget the on-screen impact of his role in 1960’s […]
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
The film Jaromil Jires, directed before this one, 1969’s The Joke, has been described as “possibly the most shattering indictment of totalitarianism to come out of a Communist country.” As a result, it was banned for nearly twenty years. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is based on the 1935 Vítezslav Nezval novel. Much like that […]
Star Wars Droppings: Mysterious Planet (1982)
Since we’re in the midst of a two-week Star Wars blow out in celebration of Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, and our “Ape Week” gala in commemoration of Disney announcing their production of a new Planet of the Apes sequel, is forthcoming (the simian fun begins December 29!), we need to […]
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