Milton Robinson (Ben Kingsley) is an unassuming man leading a mundane life. He’s a 78-year-old widower and retiree with two adult children he seldom sees. So, he spends his free time attending city council meetings, voicing the same demands day after day. But one night, something extraordinary invades Milton’s ordinary life when a flying saucer crashes into his backyard and …
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Last month I sat down for a face-to-face interview with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 star Sean Gunn. In addition to playing former Ravager and current Guardian Kraglin, Gunn also performs the motion capture for the entirely digital Rocket character (voiced by Bradley Cooper). I had a blast watching Guardians of the Galaxy …
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One of the best parts of attending Sundance, or any film festival, is discovering movies that weren’t even on my radar. I stumbled across Landscape with Invisible Hand during some downtime at the end of the festival, and now I’m grateful I didn’t miss out on one of my favourite discoveries at Sundance. Writer-director Cory …
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Predator is a perfect action movie. The film took a Hollywood badass (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and dropped him in a jungle to fight a 7-foot-tall space badass (the Predator). That’s a flawless premise right there. And the 1987 horror sci-fi flick turned its monstrous Predator into a legendary pop culture figure. Today, people love the …
Horror movies get a bad wrap. More than any other genre, people define horror by lowbrow cliches; trashy premises, low production values, and excessive nudity and violence. So, when a standout horror flick arrives on the scene, critics shuffle it off into a separate category called elevated horror – creepy, smart, well-crafted horror flicks …
The latest UFO Movie Club episode takes an in-depth look at the film adaptation of Whitley Strieber’s best-selling novel Communion. Love it or hate it, director Philippe Mora’s Communion leaves a lasting impression. Strieber’s 1987 alien abduction novel was a runaway hit. But Mora’s 1989 horror/biopic bombed with critics and viewers. Fortunately, Communion now lives …
Aurora’s (Camille Rowe) life is kind of a mess. She spends her nights popping pills and dancing among strangers. But who can blame her after the trippy event she witnessed as a child? Aurora’s mom was a space nerd. On one fateful night, she took her daughter into the woods to watch the stars and …
The McPherson Tape: Quicktake: Creepy, Lo-fi, Slow-Burn Horror You can’t discuss Dean Alioto’s cult classic, The McPherson Tape, aka U.F.O. Abduction, without talking about the wild story surrounding it. But first, some details about the movie. The McPherson Tape Video Review The McPherson Tape is a lean, mean found footage horror movie about an alien …
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Dark Skies Quicktake: Not a great horror movie, but one of the best alien abduction films. Nothing sends chills down viewers’ spines like haunted house movies. It’s a timeless premise that taps into our collective fears. Who hasn’t been home alone one night and suddenly felt the hair on the back of their neck stand …
