By John J. Joex Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars The names John Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon ring familiar to most genre fans because of their involvement writing/directing/producing numerous Science Fiction and Horror classics such as Halloween, Alien, Escape from New York, Total Recall, The Thing, Blue Thunder, and many more. But these two genre [...]
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The Anti-BlockBusters: Dark Star
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The Must-Watch List: The Abyss
Our ongoing series reviewing the greatest Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror movies. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. Directed By: James Cameron Produced By: Gale Anne Hurd, Van Ling (Special Edition) Written By: James Cameron Starring: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn Original Release: 1989 Reviewed By: John J. Joex Rating: 5 out [...]
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Quick Review: The Gates
ABC’s The Gates tries to deliver a cross-genre program with broad appeal but falls flat in its delivery. ABC, Sundays, 10 PM EST By John J. Joex Rating: 1 ½ out of 5 Stars (after 3 episodes) Scripted Summer shows on the broadcast networks quite often deliver a crapshoot as these usually find themselves on [...]
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The Anti-Blockbusters: Moon
Our ongoing column giving the spotlight to movies that bucked the Hollywood Blockbuster trend and still managed to deliver a superior viewing experience. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex Rating: 4 ½ out of 5 Stars Moon, which hit theaters last summer, is a rarity in modern-day cinema. It is [...]
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Movie Review: The Last Airbender
Don’t buy into all of the Shyamalan-bashing, The Last Airbender is a decent movie. By John J. Joex Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars M. Night Shyamalan is a writer/director known for producing supernatural-tinged movies with a twist ending who, after setting the bar stratospherically high with his biggest success The Sixth Sense, has yet [...]
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The Anti-Blockbusters: Pan’s Labyrinth
Our ongoing column giving the spotlight to movies that bucked the Hollywood Blockbuster trend and still managed to deliver a superior viewing experience. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars (Highest Rating) Pan’s Labyrinth is a Spanish-language film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro [...]
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Television Review: Persons Unknown
NBC’s Persons Unknown has plenty of plot holes and leaps of logic, but it also has an addicting quality that keeps you coming back for more. NBC, Mondays, 8 PM EST By John J. Joex Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars (after 4 episodes) The Summer season is usually a time of low viewership for [...]
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Mini-Series Review: The Phantom
Only the involvement of Daniel Knauf (Carnivale) keeps this Syfy production from collapsing under the weight of its hackneyed, cliched storyline. Syfy 4-Hour Mini-Series By John J. Joex Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars I realize this review is a bit late as the mini-series aired a week and a half ago, but it took [...]
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The Anti-Blockbusters: Quiet Earth
Our ongoing column giving the spotlight to movies that bucked the Hollywood Blockbuster trend and still managed to deliver a superior viewing experience. Note that these reviews may contain spoilers. By John J. Joex Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Back in the 80’s in the nascent days of VHS rentals (I have included the [...]
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DVD Review: Virtuality
By John J. Joex Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Virtuality is a television series pilot written and produced by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) that aired last Summer on FOX though never received a pickup for series. It follows the crew of a deep space mission headed to the Epsilon Eridani star system on [...]
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