Category Archives: DVD Reviews

War Movie Mondays: ‘The War of the Worlds’

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

Albeit a Sci-Fi classic, The War of the Worlds (1953) is a multi genre film. Based on H.G. Well’s classic novel about a Martian invasion of Earth, the film represents America’s fear of Bolshevik communism in the 1950s. The film … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘Nighthawks’

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

High above the East River in a cable tram, an international terrorist has taken several U.N. delegates hostage and has declared war on New York City. Only one cop stands in the way of this madman’s insidious plot. This is … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘The Andromeda Strain’

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is The Andromeda Strain (1971) that was adapted from Michael Crichton’s best selling novel. Director Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood Still) brings this sci-fi thriller to the big screen. A small group of scientists are … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: Emilio Estevez in 1984’s ‘Repo Man’

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

Repo Man (1984), not to be confused with the movie about two guys who go around repossessing people’s internal organs when they miss a payment, is a Punk Rock classic starring Emilio Estevez as a clean cut kid in the … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: ‘Roger Corman’s Cult Classics: Vampires, Mummies, & Monsters’

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Matt Blackwood

If you love old B-movies, you can’t miss Shout Factory’s line of “Roger Corman’s Cult Classics” DVD collections. Horror, fantasy, science fiction, grindhouse- all are represented in these neat 3- and 4-film multi-packs. The Vampires, Mummies, and Monsters collection is … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘Enemy Mine’

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

Enemy Mine (1985) is one of those great, lost treasures of sci-fi from the mid 1980s. The film stars Dennis Quaid as a fighter jock who becomes marooned on a distant planet with an alien being known as a Drac, … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘Total Recall’

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

Not to be confused with the upcoming remake, this week’s pick is Paul Verhoeven’s classic sci-fi action film Total Recall (1990). It is based on Phillip K. Dick’s novel We Can Remember it for You Wholesale and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘Robocop’

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Monday Pick is the 1987 Sci-fi action film Robocop, directed by master filmmaker Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall, Starship Troopers, Flesh & Blood, Soldier of Orange, The Black Book). Peter Weller stars as slain police officer Alex Murphy who … Continue reading →

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