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Moon 44 *** (1990, Michael Paré, Lisa Eichhorn, Dean Devlin, Malcolm McDowell) – Classic Movie Review 11,334

‘A galactic adventure from the excitement zone!’ Director Roland Emmerich’s lively and likeable 1990 West German B-movie-style sci-fi action thriller Moon 44 stars Michael Paré, Lisa Eichhorn and Malcolm McDowell. It is 2038, and multi-nationals […]

Jun, 22

Krull *** (1983, Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, Alun Armstrong, David Battley, Bernard Bresslaw) – Classic Movie Review 6504

Peter Yates’s 1983 state-of-the-art sword and sorcery saga Krull stars Ken Marshall as athletic young Prince Colwyn setting off to rescue Princess Lyssa (Lysette Anthony) from an evil beast on the planet Krull. Director Peter […]

Jan, 01

Slaughterhouse-Five *** (1972, Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine, Sorrell Booke, John Dehner, Perry King) – Classic Movie Review 6321

Director George Roy Hill bites off more than he can chew in this 1972 movie of another of Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s virtually unfilmable fantasy novels – Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children’s Crusade – adapted by screen-writer […]

Nov, 27

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets *** (2017, Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen) – Movie Review

There’s no doubt about it, Luc Besson’s sci-fi movie, based on Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières’s comic book series Valerian and Laureline, is one heck of a great-looking film, totally visually awesome with its amazing sets, costumes, make-up and […]

Jul, 30

Beneath the Planet of the Apes *** (1970, James Franciscus, Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans) – Classic Movie Review 5484

Director Ted Post delivers the welcome 1970 second movie in the original five-film Planet of the Apes saga, with more fascinating monkey business just a notch down from the first film, 1968’s Planet of the […]

May, 19

Dark Star **** (1974, Brian Narelle, Andrew Dre Pahich, Cal Kuniholm, Dan O’Bannon) – Classic Movie Review 5367

Co-writer/ co-producer/ scorer/ director John Carpenter’s low-budget ($60,000) 1974 feature film début is a rollicking, anarchic trip into space that merrily debunks a host of other space movies, notably 2001: A Space Odyssey, and paves […]

Apr, 29

Serenity **** (2005, Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Summer Glau, Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Ron Glass) – Classic Movie Review 4329

With spirited acting, imaginative handling and a fresh and witty script that rejuvenates all the sc-fi adventure clichés, there is a full load of the liveliest entertainment value in writer-director Joss Whedon’s extremely jolly space […]

Sep, 09

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