Sci Fi

163 posts in 'Sci Fi'

MOVIE REVIEW [In Brief] . Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

by Chris   ⋅   January 10, 2008   ⋅   Comment [1]

When I first picked up Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean I expected a standard, rather boring WWII submarine flick from the other side of the Pacific. Then I found out it was a WWII submarine flick with Koji Yakusho, which made it seem it might be a little less boring, but didn’t really [...]

Dreamlogic.net’s Halloween List 2007

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   October 29, 2007   ⋅   Comments [3]

Wow. Is Halloween really in only two days? I meant to put up this Halloween list earlier, but at least we’ve got 48 hours.
Previous Dreamlogic.net Halloween lists have covered a lot of our cult and personal favorites, and with each subsequent year it becomes harder and harder to come up with a list [...]

MOVIE REVIEWS [In Brief] . Masked Rider: The First, Castle of Sand

by Chris   ⋅   September 16, 2007   ⋅   Comment [1]

So this past week and weekend have proved incredibly busy. I haven’t had enough time to write up a full review of anything, but in an effort at compensation, I present you with capsules for two Japanese films: the pulpy Masked Rider : The First (aka: Kamen Rider), and the 1970’s classic, Castle of Sand. [...]

MOVIE REVIEW [He-Said She-Said] . Sunshine

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   August 6, 2007   ⋅   Comments [3]

HE SAID
There haven’t been too many science fiction films focusing on the death of the sun. It’s a bit odd, given the sun is directly responsible for the abundance of life we enjoy on this planet. Really, the only film I am aware of to even remotely tackle this subject is Japan’s Sayonara Jupiter, though [...]

MOVIE REVIEWS [In Brief] . Meatball Machine, Crash (1997), Hustle and Flow

by Chris   ⋅   July 29, 2007   ⋅   Comments [4]

Summertime catch-up continues with three more films from the queue. This go round we have Meatball Machine, David Cronenberg’s Crash, and Hustle and Flow. Enjoy.
Meatball Machine . This was a bit of a hit at the 2006 Hole in the Head fest, but I finally tracked it down this week. Directed by Yudai Yamaguchi (Battlefield [...]

MOVIE REVIEWS [In Brief] . Space Battleship Yamato, Naked Weapon, The Holy Mountain

by Chris   ⋅   June 8, 2007   ⋅   Comments [2]

So this weekend is going to be a bit overly busy, so a full length film review is pretty much out of the question. In exchange, I offer these horse-capsule reviews. Note, for those of you repeatedly searching for Linda, Linda, Linda, I’ll have you covered in a week or so.
Space Battleship Yamato [...]

MOVIE REVIEW [SCREENER] . The Man from Earth

by Kris   ⋅   May 28, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

If a friend you’ve known for 10 years suddenly made plans to leave town without saying goodbye, wouldn’t you be a little alarmed? If he was leaving a new promotion, a budding relationship, a slew of colleagues and comrades, wouldn’t you be a teensy bit suspicious? What if he told you he was [...]

DVD REVIEW [EARLY] . Sayonara Jupiter

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   January 24, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

There are really two ways to enjoy tokusatsu eiga, or a Japanese special effects film. The first, and arguably the most prevalent way, is to put on airs of superiority and laugh at the quaint special effects, overly serious dialog, and awkward performances. The second, and my preferred mode of viewing, is to try and [...]

Non-Dorky Sci-fi

by Chris   ⋅   May 16, 2006   ⋅   Comments [13]

Okay, so I don’t have much time what with two finals in two days, but I thought I’d put up something fun. Here’s a list of thirteen sci-fi titles you can watch, enjoy, and admit enjoying without unleashing torrents of derisive laughter from your co-workers. This would be non Star Wars, non Star Trek, non [...]

ANIME REVIEW . Gantz

by Chris   ⋅   September 22, 2005   ⋅   Comments [30]

Lonely as floating ice…in a good way
I’ve been a fan of anime since roughly 1993. I was in junior high and my gateway drug was AKIRA. I had previously seen American “adult” endeavors such as Heavy Metal, and the French film Light Years, and consequentially had been bored to tears, but this film from Japan [...]

MOVIE REVIEW [SCREENER] . 2046

by Chris   ⋅   August 4, 2005   ⋅   Comments [12]

First and foremost I must say that the American trailer for 2046 has to be the most misleading trailer since the one for Coyote Ugly. 2046 is not Wong Kar Wai’s stab at future noir, a la Blade Runner, but the sequel to his previous film, In the Mood for Love. Now, the idea of [...]

EPISODE 3: The Backstroke of the West

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   July 14, 2005   ⋅   Comment [1]

Apparently in China the bootlegged version of Star Wars Episode III has been translated from English to Chinese, and back to English, with some very strange results.

NOOOOOOOOO!

MOVIE REVIEW [SCREENER] . Chronicles of Riddick

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   June 8, 2004   ⋅   Comment now

SHE SAID: Okay, pretend we live in Riddick’s world. Like most sci-fi/action flicks, pretend the laws of physics and logic do not exist. So if we nit-picked and tore this movie to shreds, we would be hard pressed to discover flaws because in Riddick’s world, running across magma fields in 300 degrees without a [...]

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