From the daily archives:

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The Time Machine (1960) – George Pal

July 28, 2010

Rod Taylor ("The Birds") stars as a turn-of-the-century inventor whose time machine inadvertantly transports him thousands of years into the future. When he falls in love with a beautiful woman, he fights to free her and her people from a tribe of underground mutants. Based upon the novel by H.G. Wells. Co-starring Yvette Mimieux ("Where [...]

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Webs – David Wu

July 28, 2010

While on the job at an abandoned Chicago office building, four electrical workers — Dean (Richard Grieco), Ray (Richard Yearwood), Junior (Jason Jones), and Sheldon (Jeff Douglas) — stumble upon a time portal. Instantly, Dean and Junior disappear, re-materializing in a modernistic alternate Chicago. Soon after, Ray and Sheldon follow their buddies — a bad [...]

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Robinson Crusoe On Mars – Byron Haskin

July 28, 2010

Spun from Daniel DeFoe’s tale of the titular character, this sci-fi story involves a spaceship commander, Chris Draper (Paul Mantee) in a similar situation to the original Robinson Crusoe — but rather than being stranded on an island, our hero is on a hostile planet. Draper, Colonel Dan McReady (Adam West), and a test monkey [...]

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Battlestar Galactica (1978) – Richard A. Colla

July 28, 2010

In the deepest reaches of space, the fight to save all human life from extinction has begun in this science fiction adventure that launched the Battlestar Galactica phenomenon! Hopeful for lasting peace following centuries of intense warfare, the Twelve Colonies gather to sign a treaty with their dreaded enemies, The Cylons. But after an act [...]

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Dreamland – James Lay

July 28, 2010

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Forbidden Planet – Fred M. Wilcox

July 28, 2010

A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair provides astonishing evidence of a populace a million years more advanced than Earthlings. There are many wonders on Altair-4, but none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style [...]

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Wild At Heart – Gloriana

July 28, 2010

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Apocalypse and the Beauty Queen – Thomas Smugala

July 28, 2010

After an apocalypse brings the world to its knees, ex-supermodel Amber Bathori reigns terror in her corner of the world, ruling over fuel, food and a private army. Her bloodlust is unquenchable and her jealousy uncontrollable. When one of her victims escapes and turns the locals against her, queen Amber finds herself in a fight [...]

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Crazy – Patsy Cline

July 28, 2010

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Termination Point – Jason Bourque

July 28, 2010

Special Agent Caleb Smith (Jason Priestley) is a man on a mission. When military time-travel technology is stolen by rogue scientist Dr. Daniel Winter (Lou Diamond Phillips), Agent Smith leads an all-out government manhunt to get it back. Winter is determined not to let this all-powerful weapon fall back into the hands of the military. [...]

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