Category: Science Fiction
They Live (1988)
By: Jenna Zine (A Toast) - Hapless drifter John Nada (Roddy Piper) is caught up in a conspiracy theory of epic proportions when he gets a hold of some sunglasses that allow him to see society clearly, including the mind-controlling
Lockout (2012)
By: Frankie B. (Five Beers) - After The Cabin in the Woods, this was probably the movie I was most excited about seeing in April. The trailers reminded me of the cheesy sci-fi/action movies of the mid-90s and with any luck
John Carter (2012)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) - Based on the fantasy novels by author Edgar Rice Burroughs (also known for Tarzan), John Carter is the story of a Virginia Cavalryman shortly after the Civil War moving to the southwest in
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
By: Frankie B. (Five Beers) - The movie follows a police unit on a terraformed Mars that is tasked with transporting the planet’s most dangerous criminal, Desolation Williams (Ice Cube) to stand trial for his crimes. The police officers
Kaboom (2010)
By: CT Bland (Two Beers) - Director Greg Araki made one of my favorite films of the naughts, the deeply emotional and deeply weird Mysterious Skin, starring Joseph Gordon Levitt as a teenage hustler in Kansas. That movie, incidentally, involved aliens… maybe.
Chronicle (2012)
By: The Cinephiliac (Four Beers) – Lately audiences have been craving realism in their art. This desire can be seen in the rise of attendance for Superhero films which have become increasingly dark and dramatic in the past few years.
Underworld Awakening (2012)
By: The Cinephiliac (Four Beers) - If you’re like me, then you are completely sick and tired of the seemingly everlasting Vampire/Werewolf trend in popular culture that has resurged through the popularity of the novels and film franchise Twilight.
The Darkest Hour (2011)
By: The Cinephiliac (Five Beers) - I won’t lie, when I first saw the trailer for The Darkest Hour I was intrigued, excited even. I thought, “hey this looks like a genuinely interesting and fresh take on alien films and
Another Earth (2011)
By: Henry J. Fromage (Three Beers) - While it seemed like this wasn’t quite as huge a year for the Sundance film festival as years past, several solid films and bona-fide career starters have emerged, especially Like Crazy, Martha
Hardware (1990)
By: Bill Wilkinson (Five Beers) - Comic book stories that get film spin-offs have a varied past. For every Superman or The Watchmen there is a counterpoint, or two, such as Spiderman 3 or Batman & Robin. Hardware just happens to
