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With His Eye to the Sky, Gentry Lee is the Starman

I tend to lean heavily toward the science fact portion of science-fiction stories. A good space opera will definitely grab my attention, but it’s the real-world mechanics that really pique my interest on the big screen. Will humanity ever have… Continue Reading →

Something’s Bugging Me About Alien: Earth

Nothing good seems to ever happen for Weyland-Yutani deep-space research vessels searching for specimens… sound familiar? It should. It was the basis of Ridley Scott’s blockbuster feature film from 1979, as it is for this streaming series of 2025. Well,… Continue Reading →

August 15, 2025

Claude Rains Brings Gravitas to Battle of the Worlds

Per Matt In 1961, a little-known low-budget sci-fi film from Italy (Il Pianeta Degli Uomini Spenti) was released as Battle of the Worlds in the United States. Claude Rains headlined a mostly English-speaking ensemble that faced an interplanetary threat to… Continue Reading →

August 16, 2022

IFC Midnight Delivers Russian Alien Horror Film Sputnik to the U.S.

Russian cosmonaut standing beside smoking space capsule

In 1979, the world was introduced to Ridley Scott’s extraterrestrial nightmare film, Alien. Ever since then, horror moviegoers have used the film as the gold standard for space-based horror. While Alien was truly a great and ground-breaking film, as time… Continue Reading →

August 10, 2020

Geek Culture, Zombies... and Other Monsters

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Claude Rains Brings Gravitas to Battle of the Worlds

IFC Midnight Delivers Russian Alien Horror Film Sputnik to the U.S.