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Re-Animator Flick On Hold Because Zombies Are Way Too Political

My heart is breaking because Jeffrey Combs just told SciFi Wire that we may be waiting a lot longer for the much-anticipated House of Re-Animator, the fourth in the Re-Animator series, and the second to be directed by its anarchist-comedian mastermind, Stuart Gordon. Apparently its political message, about a zombie Vice-President who runs amok, cuts…

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A Careful Taxonomy Of Why “The Seeker” Sucks

The Harry Potter ripoff movie The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising made a pretty abysmal 3.7 million in its opening weekend, and that’s because producers turned its ultra-dark, time-travelly source material (Susan Cooper’s brooding young adult book series) into a craptastic superhero adventure. They even added a Harry Potterism to the movie title, tagging it…

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Give Us A Movie About Cybrids

To make up for the lack of human eggs needed to create stem cell farms, scientists have invented the “cybrid,” an animal egg pumped full of human nuclear DNA. The idea is that stem cell cultures farmed out of these cybrids can be used in humans because they will be mostly human — except for…

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Nicole Kidman Killed Wonder Woman, Says Warner Bros.

Wonder Woman could be on hold forever — thanks to Jodie Foster and Hilary Swank. Actually, blame the sexist stumblebums at Warner Bros. The last three Warner movies with female leads bombed: Nicole Kidman’s The Invasion, Swank’s The Reaping, and Foster’s The Brave One. So Warner Bros. president of production Jeff Robinov says he won’t…

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Blair Witch Meets Event Horizon?

The brain-cracking genre mashups that will define the future of science fiction aren’t necessarily coming out of Hollywood. Instead, they’re hatching in Richmond, Virginia, judging from this just-posted casting call: Logline: The Blair Witch meets Event Horizon. Tag Line: Finite Space, Infinite Power A director’s equipment-clad crew of nonconformist semi-pros discover a film camera deserted…

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‘Fantastic 4’, ‘Day After Tomorrow’ Highlight More Blu-ray Movie Incompatibilities

More trouble for Blu-ray comes as newer titles Fantastic 4 and The Day After Tomorrow are running into playback problems with Samsung’s BDP-1200 and LG’s BH100. This is different from the previous problems with disc extras that were unplayable (which had more to do with BD-Java spec incompatibility) in that it’s the entire movie that’s…

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Must See: They Live

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: John Carpenter’s They Live Date: 1988 Vitals: A hunky drifter discovers that via special sunglasses he can see both the aliens who…

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Must See: The Last Starfighter

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: The Last Starfighter Date: 1984 Vitals: A bored teenager in a trailer gets the high score on a video game and is…

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Must See: The Black Hole

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: The Black Hole Date: 1979 Vitals: Disney’s only attempt at a big-budget, relatively serious sci-fi action movie. It was in the works…

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Must See: Sleeper

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: Sleeper Date: 1973 Vitals: A Woody Allen-esque guy (played by Woody Allen) is frozen during an operation and awakened two hundred years…

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Must See: Tron

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: Tron Date: 1982 Vitals: A roguishly handsome computer genius (it’s a fantasy, for sure), looking for evidence that his video game designs…

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Must See: Galaxy Quest

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: Galaxy Quest Date: 1999 Vitals: The washed-up cast of the long-cancelled cult sci-fi teevee series Galaxy Quest are recruited into a space…

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Must See: Pi

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: Pi Date: 1998 Vitals: A mathematician is obsessed with finding a pattern of numbers which (according to his oft-restated assumptions) will unlock…

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Must See: Darkman

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by James Rocchi. Title: Darkman Date: 1990 Vitals: A brilliant scientist (Liam Neeson) runs afoul of a crime lord — and, after an attempted murder, winds…

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Must See: Hollow Man

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by James Rocchi. Title: Hollow Man Date: 2000 Vitals: Paul Verhoeven (of Robocop, Starship Troopers and Basic Instinct) updates the classic Invisible Man story for the…

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Must See: Solaris

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: Solaris Date: 1972 Vitals:Andrei Tarkovsky’s adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s novel called The Soviet 2001; some would argue it’s better as a movie. A group of astronauts…

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Must See: Independence Day

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by James Rocchi. Title: Independence Day Date: 1996 Vitals: Big-budget, low-I.Q. ’90s take on War of the Worlds that made money hand over fist even as…

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Must See: Twelve Monkeys

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by James Rocchi. Title: Twelve Monkeys Date: 1995 Vitals: Reluctant draftee Bruce Willis is sent up and down the timestream, hurled out of a virus-ruined future…

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Must See: The Abyss

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by James Rocchi. Title: The Abyss Date: 1989 Vitals: The crew of an experimental deep-sea drilling station is drafted to investigate the disappearance of a U.S.…

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Must See: Real Genius

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by James Rocchi. Title: Real Genius Date: 1985 Vitals: Porky’s goes dorky in this celebration of nerd culture, as a group of engineering students (including a…

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Re-Animator Flick On Hold Because Zombies Are Way Too Political

A Careful Taxonomy Of Why “The Seeker” Sucks

Give Us A Movie About Cybrids

Nicole Kidman Killed Wonder Woman, Says Warner Bros.

Blair Witch Meets Event Horizon?

‘Fantastic 4’, ‘Day After Tomorrow’ Highlight More Blu-ray Movie Incompatibilities

Must See: They Live

Must See: The Last Starfighter

Must See: The Black Hole

Must See: Sleeper

Must See: Tron

Must See: Galaxy Quest

Must See: Pi

Must See: Darkman

Must See: Hollow Man

Must See: Solaris

Must See: Independence Day

Must See: Twelve Monkeys

Must See: The Abyss

Must See: Real Genius

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