Tag: sci-fi

• October 24, 2023

  Hooptober X #7; No One Will Save You

  No One Will Save You is an intriguing premise. A young woman isolated from society witnesses an alien invasion. She then has to fight off the invasion when the aliens possess everyone in town. Only writer/director Brian Duffield tells this story almost entirely with its visuals and little to no dialogue. It’s a bold stylistic…
• January 25, 2023

  Lost in the Mail: Dan’s 2022 Sight And Sound Ballot

  Coming up with a Sight and Sound ballot, even one that didn’t get submitted to the actual magazine, presents unique challenges. The only criteria put forth by the venerable magazine is to vote for the greatest films of all time, leaving voters free to interpret that. It opens things up to a wide set of…
• October 30, 2022

  Hooptober 2022 #33: The Fly (1958)

  David Cronenberg’s 1986 The Fly is a cornerstone horror film for me. It’s the earliest horror movie I can remember watching and I’ve seen it many times since . The Fly moves me as much as it repulses me. A film about science gone amuck and an incredibly tragic romance. Sometimes though if you know…
• October 22, 2022

  Hooptober 2022 #29: The Hidden (1987)

  There’s always been something… off about actor Kyle MacLachlan. On the surface, MacLachlan is a traditionally handsome actor. In his performances, he can exude deep empathy or be a total prick. However, he always comes across as one step removed from society, an otherworldly presence. One of the great missed opportunities is he never got…
• October 2, 2022

  Hooptober 2022 #15: Quatermass and The Pit (1967)

  My first exposure to the world of Nigel Kneale’s science fiction hero Bernard Quatermass came via John Carpenter. Carpenter, a huge fan of Neale’s work, credited himself under the pseudonym Martin Quatermass for Prince of Darkness. Kneale supposedly hated the tribute for various reasons but it’s an appropriate nod. Carpenter’s remake of The Thing owes…