Official Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge (January 2023)

[sol]

Spoiler

1. Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) Fantasy
2. When the Cat Comes (1963) Fantasy
3. Sexmission (1984) Science Fiction
4. Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006) Fantasy
5. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) Fantasy
6. The Oddsockeaters (2016) Fantasy
7. Last and First Men (2020) Sci-Fi
8. The Thing (1982) REVISION Sci-Fi
9. Predator (1987) REVISION Sci-Fi
10. My Twentieth Century (1989) Sci-Fi
11. Strawberry Mansion (2021) Sci-Fi
12. Aftermath (2012) Fantasy
13. The Lure (2015) Fantasy
14. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) Fantasy
15. Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975) Fantasy
16. RoboCop (1987) REVISION Sci-Fi
17. RoboCop (2014) Sci-Fi
18. Prey (2022) Sci-Fi
19. Save the Green Planet! (2003) Sci-Fi
20. The Timkeepers of Eternity (2021) Sci-Fi
21. In the Earth (2021) Sci-Fi
22. Total Recall (2012) Sci-Fi
23. Predator 2 (1990) REVISION Sci-Fi
24. The Little Mermaid (1976) Fantasy
25. The Predator (2018) REVISION Sci-Fi
26. Shock! Shock! Shock! (1987) Sci-Fi
27. Gaia (2021) Fantasy
28. A Clockwork Orange (1971) REVISION Sci-Fi
29. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) REVISION Sci-Fi
30. The Girl from the Other Side (2022) Fantasy
31. Ghostbusters (1984) REVISION Fantasy
32. Ghostbusters II (1989) REVISION Fantasy
33. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Fantasy
34. Village of the Damned (1960) REVISION Sci-Fi
35. Village of the Damned (1995) Sci-Fi
36. Something in the Dirt (2022) Sci-Fi
37. Land of the Dead (2005) REVISION Sci-Fi
38. Red Moon Tide (2020) Fantasy
39. Death of a Rockstar (2020) Sci-Fi
40. Till We Meet Again (2021) Fantasy
41. Krakatit (1948) Sci-Fi
42. Mad Love (1935) REVISION Sci-Fi
43. Cat People (1942) REVISION Fantasy

44. The Dybbuk (1937) Fantasy



If nowhere near as fun and engaging as the prologue to A Serious Man, this much earlier movie about dybbukim (possessed bodies) is not uninteresting, though it certainly feels very lengthy and dragged out at over two hours long. Tension and atmosphere are in short supply with several dialogue-heavy scenes and elongated prayer sessions, but there are also several striking moments that really stand out. Most notable is an eerie part where a young man spies on a neighbour through a window who (at least according to the subtitles) is summoning Satan (see above). The dissolve-out effects work well too.

[peeptoad]

21. Brujería/Sorcery (2023) 7+

Spoiler

1. Le golem (1936) 6
2. Lokis. Rękopis profesora Wittembacha (1970) 7
3. Something in the Dirt (2022) 7
4. Cesta do praveku/Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) 7
5. Vynález zkázy/Invention for Destruction (1958) 8
6-7. The Tommyknockers (1993) 5
8. Outlander (2008) 6
9. Baron Prásil/The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) 8
10-11. The Langoliers (1995) 7
12. Prokletí domu Hajnù /Uncle Cyril (1989) 7
13. Sleepwalkers (1992) 6
14. Un monstre à Paris/ A Monster in Paris (2011) 7
15. Masters of the Universe (1987) 6
16. Golem (1980) 6
17. The Boys from Brazil (1978) 7
18. Monsters, Inc. (2001) 8 (rewatch)
19. Krakatit (1948) 7
20. Poklosie/Aftermath (2012) 6

[cinephage]

15. Jung_E, by Sang-ho Yeon (2023) 4,5/10

The plot is really silly as hell, but the robots fight nicely...

Strange new worlds (14)

01 Coma, by Michael Crichton (1978) 8/10
02. L'alliance, by Christian de Challonge (1971) 7/10
03. The Bunker Game, by Roberto Zazzara (2022) 4/10
04. Extra Terrestrian: Die Ausserirdische, by Lidko Entinger & Siggi Entinger (1996) 2/10
05. Strange World, by Don Hall & Qui Nguyen (2022) 7/10
06. Unicorn Wars, by Alberto Vázquez (2022) 8,5/10
07. 1990: I guerrieri del Bronx, by Enzo G. Castellari (1982) 8/10
08. Koma, by Nikita Argunov (2019) 7,5/10
09. Yôkai hyaku monogatari, by Kimiyoshi Yasuda (1968) 7,5/10
10. Yôkai daisensô, by Yoshiyuki Kuroda (1968) 7/10
11. The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey, by Vincent Ward (1988) 4/10
12. Puppet Master : The Legacy, by Charles Band (2003) 1/10
13. Lamb, by Valdimar Jóhannsson (2021) 8,5/10 - Rewatch
14. Alice in wonderland, by e Jonathan Miller (1966) 5/10

[dirty_score]

16. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) Episodes 1-2 (132 min.)

A tedius start

[Minkin]

Techno-babble / Food-babble Challenge

01. Colossus and the Headhunters (1963) - Italy / Slovenia - Rating: 4 /10
02. Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) - Romania - Rating: 3/10
03. Star Trek Deep Space 9 - Season 4 Episode 24 + 25
04. Atlantic Rim (2013) - Florida / New York - Rating: 3/10
05. Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) - San Bernardino County / Saturn - Rating: 7/10

06. Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992) - Japan / Indonesia - Rating: 6/10
A meteoroid crashes to Earth, which wakes up Godzilla, but at the same time, a Mothra egg is discovered, and then on top of everything else, Battra (who’s basically a dark version of Mothra) also shows up, alongside the twin fairies, the Cosmos, who act as an in-between for Mothra and humans. Battra exists as the method for the Earth to protect itself, for when humans have caused too much damage to it, thus there’s a heavy environmental theme here, between protestors angry at deforestation around Mt Fuji vs the evil Marutomo Corporation – who want the Cosmos twins as a freakshow / promotion. So, Battra is here once again to destroy everything in their path – as a way to get revenge on humans – which seems a bit self-defeating: destroy humans’ creations because people are hurting an ecosystem – as though those who survive aren’t going to cause more damage on rebuilding than would’ve been done in the first place. It makes for a situation where, to create a cure / rectification, you have inflict major damage in the process, in a sort of slash and burn approach: destroy everything, so that the humans have to restart from scratch, in such a way that they then “respect the Earth.” It does seem like they could’ve gone after the heavy industrial areas, rather than apartment blocks and infrastructure – because what are you going to do, just rebuild an already dense, well-planned urban area with access to public transit? Short of killing every single person, what is destroying everything and forcing people to rebuild going to accomplish in an environmentally minded way? As they don’t seem to go after the wealthy or the strip-mines and strip-malls that do more damage. It’s just going to require everyone use up more resources just so they could regain what they already had. Battra targeting Japan for poor environmental decisions seems misguided (compared to other countries), although Battra could’ve gone after Japan’s fishing industry, if anything. Then: if Battra is the Earth protecting itself, then what’s the point of Mothra – to protect the humans from Battra? This film was not originally a Godzilla movie, and it clearly shows, as he’s much more of a side character, who just appears to cause some additional chaos and destruction – even when the film is trying to focus on Mothra and Battra. Godzilla just even randomly shows up from Mt Fuji – and there’s some explanation that he like swam through the lava to get there? Instead of Godzilla, there’s this focus on this Indiana Jones dude – as he gains a change of heart, so that his daughter could have respect for him, rather than just being a thief – as I guess he’s the bad kind of archaeologist – he even plans to sell the Cosmos twins, just because he’s that sort of asshole. So in the end, this guy must also learn the value of life, culture, and identity – as he needs to also respect the Earth as well as himself. Anyway, despite the clarity of the film’s message of environmental justice and salvation, it still ends up being just another Godzilla film of city destruction. At least here, Mothra uses her magic glitter to make all of the enemies “friendly;” and as anyone who’s been glitter-bombed knows, it too will change your disposition.

[sol]

Spoiler

1. Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) Fantasy
2. When the Cat Comes (1963) Fantasy
3. Sexmission (1984) Science Fiction
4. Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006) Fantasy
5. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) Fantasy
6. The Oddsockeaters (2016) Fantasy
7. Last and First Men (2020) Sci-Fi
8. The Thing (1982) REVISION Sci-Fi
9. Predator (1987) REVISION Sci-Fi
10. My Twentieth Century (1989) Sci-Fi
11. Strawberry Mansion (2021) Sci-Fi
12. Aftermath (2012) Fantasy
13. The Lure (2015) Fantasy
14. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) Fantasy
15. Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975) Fantasy
16. RoboCop (1987) REVISION Sci-Fi
17. RoboCop (2014) Sci-Fi
18. Prey (2022) Sci-Fi
19. Save the Green Planet! (2003) Sci-Fi
20. The Timkeepers of Eternity (2021) Sci-Fi
21. In the Earth (2021) Sci-Fi
22. Total Recall (2012) Sci-Fi
23. Predator 2 (1990) REVISION Sci-Fi
24. The Little Mermaid (1976) Fantasy
25. The Predator (2018) REVISION Sci-Fi
26. Shock! Shock! Shock! (1987) Sci-Fi
27. Gaia (2021) Fantasy
28. A Clockwork Orange (1971) REVISION Sci-Fi
29. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) REVISION Sci-Fi
30. The Girl from the Other Side (2022) Fantasy
31. Ghostbusters (1984) REVISION Fantasy
32. Ghostbusters II (1989) REVISION Fantasy
33. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Fantasy
34. Village of the Damned (1960) REVISION Sci-Fi
35. Village of the Damned (1995) Sci-Fi
36. Something in the Dirt (2022) Sci-Fi
37. Land of the Dead (2005) REVISION Sci-Fi
38. Red Moon Tide (2020) Fantasy
39. Death of a Rockstar (2020) Sci-Fi
40. Till We Meet Again (2021) Fantasy
41. Krakatit (1948) Sci-Fi
42. Mad Love (1935) REVISION Sci-Fi
43. Cat People (1942) REVISION Fantasy
44. The Dybbuk (1937) Fantasy

45. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) REVISION Fantasy



A second viewing confirms that this Dracula spoof from Mel Brooks is up to par for him despite a mixed reputation. The vast majority of the puns work, with some especially moments involving dual women under the Count's spell. Every scene with Renfield is also a delight. Peter MacNicol is superb in the role, even outshining Dwight Frye with his weirdness as he scurries about like a wild animal yet talks with eloquence. There is an especially good bit in which he repeatedly eats various insects at breakfast while pretending that it is not happening. Harvey Korman's baffled straight man reactions to this are hilarious.

[jonas2k]

8. After Yang (2021)

Spoiler

1. Troll (2022)
2. Mary Poppins (1964)
3. Downsizing (2017)
4. Aquaman (2018)
5. Titane (2021)
6. Last and First Men (2020)
7. Lamb (2021)
8. After Yang (2021)

[flavo5000]

156. Puzzlehead (James Bai, 2005)


157. Scrooge (Henry Edwards, 1935)


158. Without Warning (Greydon Clark, 1980)


159. Surf II (Randall M. Badat, 1984)


160. Mad World a.k.a. Dystopia (Paul Tanter, 2018)


161. Riddick (David Twohy, 2013)


162. Rubber's Lover (Shozin Fukui, 1996)

The Timeless Tomorrow

1. Miraklet i Valby a.k.a. Miracle in Valby (Åke Sandgren, 1989)
2. Nora (Satomi Mikuriya, 1985)
3. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, 2007)
4-8. The 10th Kingdom (2000)
9. Silent Shorts [Le pied de mouton (1907), The Airship Destroyer (1909), Alice in Wonderland (1903), Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901), The Thieving Hand (1908), An Interesting Story (1904), Le roi du maquillage (1904), Mary Jane's Mishap (1903), The Little Match Seller (1902), The Enchanted Drawing (1900), Le cauchemar (1896), Les affiches en goguette (1906), Le squelette joyeux (1898), Le scarabée d'or (1907), Le papillon fantastique (1901), L'homme orchestre (1900), Nouvelles luttes extravagantes (1901), La tentation de Saint-Antoine (1898), Le cochon danseur (1907) ]
10. Cyber Vengeance (J. Christian Ingvordsen, 1997)
11. R.I.P.D. (Robert Schwentke, 2013)
12. Pyl a.k.a. Dust (Sergey Loban, 2005)
13. Synchronic (Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, 2019)
14. Day the World Ended (Roger Corman, 1955)
15. The Immortal Wars (Joe Lujan, 2018)
16. Rumpelstiltskin (David Irving, 1987)
17. Split Second (Tony Maylam, 1992)
18. A Monster Calls (J.A. Bayona, 2016)
19. The Butterfly Effect 2 (John R. Leonetti, 2006)
20. Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (Lew Landers, 1952)
21. Black Adam (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2022)
22. Goodbye World (Denis Hennelly, 2013)
23. After the Dark (John Huddles, 2013)
24-26. The Vanishing Shadow (Lew Landers, 1934)
27. Moontrap: Target Earth (Robert Dyke, 2017)
28. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (James Fargo, 1984)
29. Yattâman (Takashi Miike, 2009)
30. Ansikte mot ansikte a.k.a. Face to Face (Ingmar Bergman, 1976)
31. Bell Book and Candle (Richard Quine, 1958)
32. The Recall (Mauro Borrelli, 2017)
33. If Only (Gil Junger, 2004)
34. Iron Sky: The Coming Race (Timo Vuorensola, 2018)
35. Class of 1999 (Mark L. Lester, 1990)
36. Galaxy of the Dinosaurs (J.R. Bookwalter, 1992)
37. Humanoids from Atlantis (J.R. Bookwalter, 1992)
38. Injû kyôshi - jissha-ban a.k.a. Angel of Darkness (Mitsunori Hattori, 1995)
39. Jack Frost (Troy Miller, 1998)
40. The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah, 2018)
41. Huo shao hong lian si a.k.a. Burning Paradise (Ringo Lam, 1994)
42. G-Saviour (Graeme Campbell, 2000)
43. Looker (Michael Crichton, 1981)
44. The Brain Eaters (Bruno VeSota, 1958)
45. Mortal Engines (Christian Rivers, 2018)
46. Otroki vo vselennoy a.k.a. Children in the Universe (Richard Viktorov, 1975)
47. Aliens Cut My Hair (Michael McIntosh, 1992)
48. Mortal Kombat: Legacy S1 (Kevin Tancharoen, 2011)
49. Francis Goes to West Point (Arthur Lubin, 1952)
50. Francis Covers the Big Town (Arthur Lubin, 1953)
51. Francis Joins the WACS (Arthur Lubin, 1954)
52. Francis in the Navy (Arthur Lubin, 1955)
53. La momia azteca a.k.a. The Aztec Mummy (Rafael Portillo, 1957)
54. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, 2022)
55. Exodus: Gods and Kings (Ridley Scott, 2014)
56. Love, Death & Robots S3 (2022)
57. Space Truckers (Stuart Gordon, 1996)
58. No Resistance (Tim Thomson, 1994)
59. Tômei ningen arawaru a.k.a. Invisible Man Appears (Shinsei Adachi, Shigehiro Fukushima, 1949)
60. Tômei ningen to hae otoko a.k.a. The Invisible Man vs the Human Fly (Mitsuo Murayama, 1957)
61-62. Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (Vadim Jean, 2006)
63. Císaruv pekar - Pekaruv císar a.k.a. Emperor and the Golem (Martin Fric, 1952)
64. One and Two (Andrew Droz Palermo, 2015)
65-66. Final Days of Planet Earth (Robert Lieberman, 2006)
67. The Dirt Bike Kid (Hoite C. Caston, 1985)
68. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (James Gunn, 2022)
69. Dream a Little Dream (Marc Rocco, 1989)
70. Morgan (Luke Scott, 2016)
71. Puss in Boots (Eugene Marner, 1988)
72. Chiu kup hok hau ba wong a.k.a. Future Cops (Jing Wong, 1993)
73. Philadelphia Experiment II (Stephen Cornwell, 1993)
74. Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders a.k.a. Flesh Gordon 2 (Howard T. Ziehm, 1990)
75. Gong gui zai a.k.a. Red Spell Spells Red (Titus Ho, 1983)
76. Alien 2 - Sulla Terra a.k.a. Alien 2: On Earth (Ciro Ippolito, Biagio Proietti, 1980)
77. Kdyby tisíc klarinetu a.k.a. If a Thousand Clarinets (Ján Rohác, Vladimír Svitácek, 1965)
78-81. Paper Girls E1-8 (2022)
82. Surrogates (Jonathan Mostow, 2009)
83. The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (Peter Winther, 2004)
84. The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (Jonathan Frakes, 2006)
85. The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (Jonathan Frakes, 2008)
86. Mutant Hunt (Tim Kincaid, 1987)
87. Naufragio (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1978)
88. The Day After (Nicholas Meyer, 1983)
89-91a. Schmigadoon! E1-7 (2021)
91b. The Disintegrated Convict (1907)
91c. The 'Teddy' Bears (Edwin S. Porter, 1907)
91d. Prekrasnaya Lyukanida a.k.a. The Beautiful Leukanida (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1912)
92. Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing a.k.a. The Monkey King 2 (Soi Cheang, 2016)
93. Ghost in the Machine (Rachel Talalay, 1993)
94-99. Dennô koiru a.k.a. Dennou Coil E1-26 (2007)
100. The Dark Side of the Moon (D.J. Webster, 1990)
101. Mandibules (Quentin Dupieux, 2020)
102. The Alpha Test (Aaron Mirtes, 2020)
103. Ring of the Nibelungs a.k.a. Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (Uli Edel, 2004)
104. Chimera Strain (Maurice Haeems, 2018)
105. Dolcezza Extrema a.k.a. Sick Sock Monsters from Outer Space (Alberto Genovese, 2015)
106. The Gnome-Mobile (Robert Stevenson, 1967)
107. Futureworld (Richard T. Heffron, 1976)
108. A Very Nutty Christmas (Colin Theys, 2018)
109. La cicatrice intérieure a.k.a. The Inner Scar (Philippe Garrel, 1972)
110. Mermaids of Tiburon (John Lamb, 1962)
111. Syngenor (George Elanjian Jr., 1990)
112. Domain (Nathaniel Atcheson, 2016)
113. Charly (Ralph Nelson, 1968)
114. Age of Tomorrow (James Kondelik, 2014)
115. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arthur Lubin, 1944)
116. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (Steve Pink, 2014)
117. Immortals (Tarsem Singh, 2011)
118-120. Dropkick on My Devil!! S1E1-12 (2018)
121-123. The Triangle (Craig R. Baxley, 2005)
124. Halo: Nightfall (Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, 2014)
125. Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (Stewart Hendler, 2012)
126. Imagine That (Karey Kirkpatrick, 2009)
127a. Here Comes Tobor (Duke Goldstone, 1957)
127b. City Beneath the Sea (Irwin Allen, 1969)
127c. The Faeries of Blackheath Woods (Ciaran Foy, 2006)
127d. Mezame no hakobune a.k.a. Open your Mind (Mamoru Oshii, 2005)
128. The Advanced Guard a.k.a. The Colony (Peter Geiger, 1998)
129. Weird Science (John hughes, 1985)
130. Voyage Into Space (Minoru Yamada, 1970)
131. The People That Time Forgot (Kevin Connor, 1977)
132. Rise of the Black Bat (Scott Patrick, 2012)
133. The Day the World Ended (Terence Gross, 2001)
134. The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (Bob Wynn, 1971)
135. Dante 01 (Marc Caro, 2008)
136. Xin liu xing hu die jian a.k.a. Butterfly and Sword (Michael Mak, 1993)
137. Seksmisja a.k.a. Sexmission (Juliusz Machulski, 1984)
138. Tsuin shigunaru a.k.a. Twin Signal (Toshiko Sasaki, 1996)
139. Robot Ninja (J.R. Bookwalter, 1989)
140. The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Bretaigne Windust, 1957)
141. The Borrowers (Walter C. Miller, 1973)
142. Alien Private Eye (Vik Rubenfeld, 1987)
143. I grandi condottieri a.k.a. Gideon and Samson (Marcello Baldi, Francisco Pérez-Dolz, 1965)
144. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Phantom Planet (1998)
145. The Muppets Take Manhattan (Frank Oz, 1984)
146. Afritah Hanem (Hinri Barakat, Yusuf Maloof, 1949)
147. Replicas (Jeffrey Nachmanoff, 2018)
148. Vampire Academy (Mark Waters, 2014)
149. Karei naru erogami-ke no ichizoku: Shinsô reijô wa denki shitsuji no yume o miru ka a.k.a. Erotibot (Naoyuki Tomomatsu, 2011)
150. Nemesis (Albert Pyun, 1992)
151. Nemesis 2: Nebula (Albert Pyun, 1995)
152. Nemesis III: Prey Harder (Albert Pyun, 1996)
153. Nemesis 4: Death Angel (Albert Pyun, 1996)
154. Somewhere, Tomorrow (Robert Wiemer, 1983)
155a. Studio One in Hollywood: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1952)
155b. A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus (Edwin S. Porter, J. Searle Dawley, 1907)
155c. Jeanne d'Arc (Georges Méliès, 1900)
156. Puzzlehead (James Bai, 2005)
157. Scrooge (Henry Edwards, 1935)
158. Without Warning (Greydon Clark, 1980)
159. Surf II (Randall M. Badat, 1984)
160. Mad World a.k.a. Dystopia (Paul Tanter, 2018)
161. Riddick (David Twohy, 2013)
162. Rubber's Lover (Shozin Fukui, 1996)

[gunnar]

159 - A Time of Roses (1969) - 6/10 - A filmmaker in 2011 becomes interested in an actress who died in the mid-70s and decides to do a documentary about her. He finds and hires a woman who looks similar to the actress in order to recreate parts of the life of the actress. The film isn't all that interesting in terms of the story or acting, but the costumes and sets hold some interest.

160 - Zazie dans le Métro (1960) - 8.5/10 - Zazie is a wild, foul mouthed 10 year old who spends a couple of days with her uncle in Paris when her mom visits her boyfriend. Zazie wants to spend her time on the metro, but it is closed due to a strike so she and her uncle travel around Paris in other ways. It's a crazy and entertaining film. Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner would be proud of the one chase scene. The visit to the the Eiffel Tower and the trip around Paris were lots of fun.

161 - Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986) - 7.5/10 - A crazy Soviet science fiction comedy about a couple of strangers who look to help a barefoot man, but wind up transported to the distant desert planet Pluke and have to find a way to get back home.

162 - The Seventh Seal (1957) - 8.5/10 - A knight returning from the Crusades plays a game of chess with Death in a bid to extend his life. We see the knight and his squire go on a journey and meet various people during the game. This was a rewatch, but it had been so long since I saw it that I had forgotten much about it. It's very good.

163-172 - 805 minutes of tv shows
Continuum Season 1 (2012) (440 minutes) - In the year 2077, society has come under the thumb of various corporations who are in charge of the government. Freedom fighters access a time machine to travel back to 2071, but end up in 2012 instead along with a police officer who accidentally got taken through time as well. She uses advanced technology that she had with her plus a helper that she acquires in 2012 to join the local police force and try to thwart the terrorist plans. It isn't anything groundbreaking, but it is a pretty good sf police procedural.

Eve Season 1 (2015) (365 minutes) - A scientist goes on the run to keep her project secret. She enlists the help of a colleague to destroy the project, but it turns out to be a humanoid robot named Eve and the colleague's son convinces him to bring Eve home where she soon becomes part of the family. Most episodes revolve around Eve learning to be human, often through some misunderstanding.

Spoiler

1 - Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) - 6.5/10
2 - The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) - 4/10
3 - Miss Minoes (2001) - 7.5/10
4 - Beyond Tomorrow (1940) - 6.5/10
5-20 - See (2019) Seasons 1-3 (1283 minutes)
21 - First Spaceship on Venus (1960) - 5.5/10
22 - I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) - 6/10
23 - Not of This Earth (1957) - 6/10
24 - Re-Animator (1985) - 7/10
25-30 - 480 minutes of tv shows
Infinity Train Season 3 (2020) (113 minutes)
Infinity Train Season 4 (2021) (113 minutes)
Star Trek Lower Decks Season 2 (2021) (254 minutes)
31 - Pitfall (1962) - 8/10
32 - I'm Your Man (2021) - 7.5/10
33 - The Blood of a Poet (1932) - 6/10
34 - The Blood of Jesus (1941) - 5/10
35 - Children of the Damned (1964) - 7/10
36 - Doctor X (1932) - 6/10
37-46 - 800 minutes of tv shows
Chocky (1984) (151 minutes)
Chocky's Children (1985) (151 minutes)
Chocky's Challenge (1986) (151 minutes)
Ark (2009) (48 minutes)
Annedroids Season 1 (2014) (299 minutes)
47 - The Omega Man (1971) - 6/10
48 - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) - 6/10
49 - Quatermass 2 (1957) - 7/10
50 - Quatermass and the Pit (1967) - 7/10
51 - Silent Running (1972) - 7/10
52 - your name. (2016) - 8/10
53 - Yeelen (1987) - 7/10
54 - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - 7/10
55 - Summer Days with Coo (2007) - 8/10
56 - Under the Skin (2013) - 6/10
57-62 - Alphas Season 1 (2011) (496 minutes)
63 - Melancholia (2011) - 7.5/10
64 - Save the Green Planet (2003) - 7.5/10
65 - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) - 7.5/10
66 - Miracle in Milan (1951) - 7.5/10
67 - Tropical Malady (2004) - 6/10
68 - Il Mare (2000) - 7/10
69 - Okja (2017) - 8/10
70 - Rare Exports (2010) - 7/10
71 - The Lift (1983) - 7.5/10
72 - The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (1969) - 7/10
73-76 - 326 minutes of tv shows
The Doombolt Chase (1978) (146 minutes)
Dramarama: Spooky (1983) (180 minutes)
77 - 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011) - 6/10
78 - King Lear (1987) - 3/10
79 - Robot Monster (1953) - 5/10
80 - Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992) - 5/10
81-83 - Delta Wave (1996) (248 minutes)
84 - Things to Come (1936) - 7/10
85 - The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) - 6/10
86 - Dreams (1990) - 8.5/10
87 - Dark Star (1974) - 6/10
88-98 - 883 minutes of tv shows plus one short
Station Eleven (2021) (512 minutes)
The Sparticle Mystery Season 1 (2011) (364 minutes)
Rare Exports, Inc. (2003) (7 minutes)
99 - Os Canibais / The Cannibals (1988) - 7/10
100 - Chorus (1975) - 7.5/10
101 - The Monster Squad (1987) - 7.5/10
102 - The Student of Prague (1913) - 7/10
103 - The Time of Their Lives (1946) - 7.5/10
104 - Nope (2022) - 7/10
105 - Shock Waves (1977) - 6/10
106 - Tarantula (1955) - 7/10
107 - The Blob (1958) - 7/10
108 - The Devil-Doll (1936) - 7/10
109 - The Invisible Ray (1936) - 5/10
110 - Memoria (2021) - 7.5/10
111 - Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983) - 5.5/10
112 - Black Sheep (2006) - 6.5/10
113 - Body Snatchers (1993) - 7.5/10
114 - Chopping Mall (1986) - 7/10
115 - Die, Monster, Die! (1965) - 7/10
116 - Fiend Without a Face (1958) - 6.5/10
117 - The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) - 7/10
118 - The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) - 6.5/10
119 - The Stone Tape (1972) - 6.5/10
120 - Trancers (1984) - 7/10
121 - Cemetery of Splendour (2015) - 7/10
122 - Bacurau (2019) - 8/10
123 - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) - 7/10
124 - It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) - 6.5/10
125 - The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - 7/10
126 - The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) - 4/10
127 - X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) - 7/10
128 - Carnival of Sinners (1943) - 8/10
129 - Werewolf of London (1935) - 7/10
130 - Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) - 8/10
131 - Humanoids from the Deep (1980) - 5/10
132 - The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - 8/10
133 - The Day of the Triffids (1962) - 6/10
134 - The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966) - 5/10
135 - The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) - 7.5/10
136 - The Raven (1963) - 7/10
137 - The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) - 7/10
138 - Night of the Creeps (1986) - 7.5/10
139 - Phantasm (1979) - 7/10
140 - Timecrimes (2007) - 7/10
141 - Hocus Pocus (1993) - 7.5/10
142-147 - 480 minutes of tv shows
The Enchanted Castle (1979) (174 minutes)
Crash Zone Season 1 (1999) (306 minutes)
148 - India Song (1975) - 5/10
149 - When the Cat Comes (1963) - 7/10
150 - Krakatit (1948) - 7.5/10
151-158 - 645 minutes of tv shows
Dramarama (1983-1989) - 13 episodes (328 minutes)
Eerie Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998) (317 minutes)

[blocho]

29. Antiviral (2012)
The body horror apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, does it? This is a corporate espionage thriller mixed with body horror mixed with social satire of celebrity culture. In each category, the results are inconsistent. While consistently icky and occasionally disturbing, this isn’t a successful movie. With regard to celebrity culture, especially, I think there’s a missed opportunity to dig deeper into this theme. Yes, people are really, really obsessed with celebrities. The sole insight Antiviral brings to the topic is the manner in which celebrity obsession tends towards the bodily. That’s neither an original nor a particularly interesting point. I think a more sophisticated movie would have found it fruitful to explore the topic with regard to spirituality and class.

30. Love and Monsters (2020)
A post-apocalyptic monster comedy that somehow manages to work on a comedic and emotional level and also as an action thriller. Consistently enjoyable.

[gunnar]

30. Love and Monsters (2020)
A post-apocalyptic monster comedy that somehow manages to work on a comedic and emotional level and also as an action thriller. Consistently enjoyable.

I watched this one back in 2021 and liked it a lot.

[cinephage]

16. The Day of the Triffids, by Ken Hannam (1981) 8/10

Lovely BBC adaptation of the classic. Boy, would I have been scared if I'd watched it on TV at the time...

Strange new worlds (15)

01 Coma, by Michael Crichton (1978) 8/10
02. L'alliance, by Christian de Challonge (1971) 7/10
03. The Bunker Game, by Roberto Zazzara (2022) 4/10
04. Extra Terrestrian: Die Ausserirdische, by Lidko Entinger & Siggi Entinger (1996) 2/10
05. Strange World, by Don Hall & Qui Nguyen (2022) 7/10
06. Unicorn Wars, by Alberto Vázquez (2022) 8,5/10
07. 1990: I guerrieri del Bronx, by Enzo G. Castellari (1982) 8/10
08. Koma, by Nikita Argunov (2019) 7,5/10
09. Yôkai hyaku monogatari, by Kimiyoshi Yasuda (1968) 7,5/10
10. Yôkai daisensô, by Yoshiyuki Kuroda (1968) 7/10
11. The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey, by Vincent Ward (1988) 4/10
12. Puppet Master : The Legacy, by Charles Band (2003) 1/10
13. Lamb, by Valdimar Jóhannsson (2021) 8,5/10 - Rewatch
14. Alice in wonderland, by e Jonathan Miller (1966) 5/10
15. Jung_E, by Sang-ho Yeon (2023) 4,5/10

[peeptoad]

22. The Amazing Maurice (2022) 8
23. Animalia (2023) 9
24. Pánico en el Transiberiano /Horror Express (1972) 8+ (rewatch)

Spoiler

1. Le golem (1936) 6
2. Lokis. Rękopis profesora Wittembacha (1970) 7
3. Something in the Dirt (2022) 7
4. Cesta do praveku/Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) 7
5. Vynález zkázy/Invention for Destruction (1958) 8
6-7. The Tommyknockers (1993) 5
8. Outlander (2008) 6
9. Baron Prásil/The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) 8
10-11. The Langoliers (1995) 7
12. Prokletí domu Hajnù /Uncle Cyril (1989) 7
13. Sleepwalkers (1992) 6
14. Un monstre à Paris/ A Monster in Paris (2011) 7
15. Masters of the Universe (1987) 6
16. Golem (1980) 6
17. The Boys from Brazil (1978) 7
18. Monsters, Inc. (2001) 8 (rewatch)
19. Krakatit (1948) 7
20. Poklosie/Aftermath (2012) 6
21. Brujería/Sorcery (2023) 7+

[dirty_score]

17. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) Episodes 3-4 (140 min.)

[jonas2k]

9. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Spoiler

1. Troll (2022)
2. Mary Poppins (1964)
3. Downsizing (2017)
4. Aquaman (2018)
5. Titane (2021)
6. Last and First Men (2020)
7. Lamb (2021)
8. After Yang (2021)
9. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

[VincentPrice]

13. Nope-2022: 10/10
14. Come True-2020: 8/10

Spoiler

1. Black Adam-2022: 7/10
2. Viy-1967: 9/10
3. Wyrm-2019: 8/10
4. 1-2009: 7/10
5. The Peanut Butter Solution-1985: 7/10
6. RoboCop-1987: 10/10
7. War of the Worlds-2005: 10/10
8. Hrabe Drakula-1971: 8/10
9. Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm-2022: 10/10
10. X-Men-2000: 8/10
11. The Prince and the Pauper-1937: 7/10
12. Creatures from the Abyss-1994: 8/10

[flavo5000]

163-164. Quatermass and the Pit E1-6 (1958)


165. Il racconto dei racconti - Tale of Tales (Matteo Garrone, 2015)


166. Angel on My Shoulder (Archie Mayo, 1946)


167-169. Zero kara hajimeru mahou no sho a.k.a. Grimoire of Zero E1-12 (2017)


170. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Henry Levin, 1959)

The Timeless Tomorrow

1. Miraklet i Valby a.k.a. Miracle in Valby (Åke Sandgren, 1989)
2. Nora (Satomi Mikuriya, 1985)
3. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, 2007)
4-8. The 10th Kingdom (2000)
9. Silent Shorts [Le pied de mouton (1907), The Airship Destroyer (1909), Alice in Wonderland (1903), Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901), The Thieving Hand (1908), An Interesting Story (1904), Le roi du maquillage (1904), Mary Jane's Mishap (1903), The Little Match Seller (1902), The Enchanted Drawing (1900), Le cauchemar (1896), Les affiches en goguette (1906), Le squelette joyeux (1898), Le scarabée d'or (1907), Le papillon fantastique (1901), L'homme orchestre (1900), Nouvelles luttes extravagantes (1901), La tentation de Saint-Antoine (1898), Le cochon danseur (1907) ]
10. Cyber Vengeance (J. Christian Ingvordsen, 1997)
11. R.I.P.D. (Robert Schwentke, 2013)
12. Pyl a.k.a. Dust (Sergey Loban, 2005)
13. Synchronic (Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, 2019)
14. Day the World Ended (Roger Corman, 1955)
15. The Immortal Wars (Joe Lujan, 2018)
16. Rumpelstiltskin (David Irving, 1987)
17. Split Second (Tony Maylam, 1992)
18. A Monster Calls (J.A. Bayona, 2016)
19. The Butterfly Effect 2 (John R. Leonetti, 2006)
20. Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (Lew Landers, 1952)
21. Black Adam (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2022)
22. Goodbye World (Denis Hennelly, 2013)
23. After the Dark (John Huddles, 2013)
24-26. The Vanishing Shadow (Lew Landers, 1934)
27. Moontrap: Target Earth (Robert Dyke, 2017)
28. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (James Fargo, 1984)
29. Yattâman (Takashi Miike, 2009)
30. Ansikte mot ansikte a.k.a. Face to Face (Ingmar Bergman, 1976)
31. Bell Book and Candle (Richard Quine, 1958)
32. The Recall (Mauro Borrelli, 2017)
33. If Only (Gil Junger, 2004)
34. Iron Sky: The Coming Race (Timo Vuorensola, 2018)
35. Class of 1999 (Mark L. Lester, 1990)
36. Galaxy of the Dinosaurs (J.R. Bookwalter, 1992)
37. Humanoids from Atlantis (J.R. Bookwalter, 1992)
38. Injû kyôshi - jissha-ban a.k.a. Angel of Darkness (Mitsunori Hattori, 1995)
39. Jack Frost (Troy Miller, 1998)
40. The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah, 2018)
41. Huo shao hong lian si a.k.a. Burning Paradise (Ringo Lam, 1994)
42. G-Saviour (Graeme Campbell, 2000)
43. Looker (Michael Crichton, 1981)
44. The Brain Eaters (Bruno VeSota, 1958)
45. Mortal Engines (Christian Rivers, 2018)
46. Otroki vo vselennoy a.k.a. Children in the Universe (Richard Viktorov, 1975)
47. Aliens Cut My Hair (Michael McIntosh, 1992)
48. Mortal Kombat: Legacy S1 (Kevin Tancharoen, 2011)
49. Francis Goes to West Point (Arthur Lubin, 1952)
50. Francis Covers the Big Town (Arthur Lubin, 1953)
51. Francis Joins the WACS (Arthur Lubin, 1954)
52. Francis in the Navy (Arthur Lubin, 1955)
53. La momia azteca a.k.a. The Aztec Mummy (Rafael Portillo, 1957)
54. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, 2022)
55. Exodus: Gods and Kings (Ridley Scott, 2014)
56. Love, Death & Robots S3 (2022)
57. Space Truckers (Stuart Gordon, 1996)
58. No Resistance (Tim Thomson, 1994)
59. Tômei ningen arawaru a.k.a. Invisible Man Appears (Shinsei Adachi, Shigehiro Fukushima, 1949)
60. Tômei ningen to hae otoko a.k.a. The Invisible Man vs the Human Fly (Mitsuo Murayama, 1957)
61-62. Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (Vadim Jean, 2006)
63. Císaruv pekar - Pekaruv císar a.k.a. Emperor and the Golem (Martin Fric, 1952)
64. One and Two (Andrew Droz Palermo, 2015)
65-66. Final Days of Planet Earth (Robert Lieberman, 2006)
67. The Dirt Bike Kid (Hoite C. Caston, 1985)
68. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (James Gunn, 2022)
69. Dream a Little Dream (Marc Rocco, 1989)
70. Morgan (Luke Scott, 2016)
71. Puss in Boots (Eugene Marner, 1988)
72. Chiu kup hok hau ba wong a.k.a. Future Cops (Jing Wong, 1993)
73. Philadelphia Experiment II (Stephen Cornwell, 1993)
74. Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders a.k.a. Flesh Gordon 2 (Howard T. Ziehm, 1990)
75. Gong gui zai a.k.a. Red Spell Spells Red (Titus Ho, 1983)
76. Alien 2 - Sulla Terra a.k.a. Alien 2: On Earth (Ciro Ippolito, Biagio Proietti, 1980)
77. Kdyby tisíc klarinetu a.k.a. If a Thousand Clarinets (Ján Rohác, Vladimír Svitácek, 1965)
78-81. Paper Girls E1-8 (2022)
82. Surrogates (Jonathan Mostow, 2009)
83. The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (Peter Winther, 2004)
84. The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (Jonathan Frakes, 2006)
85. The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (Jonathan Frakes, 2008)
86. Mutant Hunt (Tim Kincaid, 1987)
87. Naufragio (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1978)
88. The Day After (Nicholas Meyer, 1983)
89-91a. Schmigadoon! E1-7 (2021)
91b. The Disintegrated Convict (1907)
91c. The 'Teddy' Bears (Edwin S. Porter, 1907)
91d. Prekrasnaya Lyukanida a.k.a. The Beautiful Leukanida (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1912)
92. Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing a.k.a. The Monkey King 2 (Soi Cheang, 2016)
93. Ghost in the Machine (Rachel Talalay, 1993)
94-99. Dennô koiru a.k.a. Dennou Coil E1-26 (2007)
100. The Dark Side of the Moon (D.J. Webster, 1990)
101. Mandibules (Quentin Dupieux, 2020)
102. The Alpha Test (Aaron Mirtes, 2020)
103. Ring of the Nibelungs a.k.a. Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (Uli Edel, 2004)
104. Chimera Strain (Maurice Haeems, 2018)
105. Dolcezza Extrema a.k.a. Sick Sock Monsters from Outer Space (Alberto Genovese, 2015)
106. The Gnome-Mobile (Robert Stevenson, 1967)
107. Futureworld (Richard T. Heffron, 1976)
108. A Very Nutty Christmas (Colin Theys, 2018)
109. La cicatrice intérieure a.k.a. The Inner Scar (Philippe Garrel, 1972)
110. Mermaids of Tiburon (John Lamb, 1962)
111. Syngenor (George Elanjian Jr., 1990)
112. Domain (Nathaniel Atcheson, 2016)
113. Charly (Ralph Nelson, 1968)
114. Age of Tomorrow (James Kondelik, 2014)
115. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arthur Lubin, 1944)
116. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (Steve Pink, 2014)
117. Immortals (Tarsem Singh, 2011)
118-120. Dropkick on My Devil!! S1E1-12 (2018)
121-123. The Triangle (Craig R. Baxley, 2005)
124. Halo: Nightfall (Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, 2014)
125. Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (Stewart Hendler, 2012)
126. Imagine That (Karey Kirkpatrick, 2009)
127a. Here Comes Tobor (Duke Goldstone, 1957)
127b. City Beneath the Sea (Irwin Allen, 1969)
127c. The Faeries of Blackheath Woods (Ciaran Foy, 2006)
127d. Mezame no hakobune a.k.a. Open your Mind (Mamoru Oshii, 2005)
128. The Advanced Guard a.k.a. The Colony (Peter Geiger, 1998)
129. Weird Science (John hughes, 1985)
130. Voyage Into Space (Minoru Yamada, 1970)
131. The People That Time Forgot (Kevin Connor, 1977)
132. Rise of the Black Bat (Scott Patrick, 2012)
133. The Day the World Ended (Terence Gross, 2001)
134. The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (Bob Wynn, 1971)
135. Dante 01 (Marc Caro, 2008)
136. Xin liu xing hu die jian a.k.a. Butterfly and Sword (Michael Mak, 1993)
137. Seksmisja a.k.a. Sexmission (Juliusz Machulski, 1984)
138. Tsuin shigunaru a.k.a. Twin Signal (Toshiko Sasaki, 1996)
139. Robot Ninja (J.R. Bookwalter, 1989)
140. The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Bretaigne Windust, 1957)
141. The Borrowers (Walter C. Miller, 1973)
142. Alien Private Eye (Vik Rubenfeld, 1987)
143. I grandi condottieri a.k.a. Gideon and Samson (Marcello Baldi, Francisco Pérez-Dolz, 1965)
144. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Phantom Planet (1998)
145. The Muppets Take Manhattan (Frank Oz, 1984)
146. Afritah Hanem (Hinri Barakat, Yusuf Maloof, 1949)
147. Replicas (Jeffrey Nachmanoff, 2018)
148. Vampire Academy (Mark Waters, 2014)
149. Karei naru erogami-ke no ichizoku: Shinsô reijô wa denki shitsuji no yume o miru ka a.k.a. Erotibot (Naoyuki Tomomatsu, 2011)
150. Nemesis (Albert Pyun, 1992)
151. Nemesis 2: Nebula (Albert Pyun, 1995)
152. Nemesis III: Prey Harder (Albert Pyun, 1996)
153. Nemesis 4: Death Angel (Albert Pyun, 1996)
154. Somewhere, Tomorrow (Robert Wiemer, 1983)
155a. Studio One in Hollywood: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1952)
155b. A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus (Edwin S. Porter, J. Searle Dawley, 1907)
155c. Jeanne d'Arc (Georges Méliès, 1900)
156. Puzzlehead (James Bai, 2005)
157. Scrooge (Henry Edwards, 1935)
158. Without Warning (Greydon Clark, 1980)
159. Surf II (Randall M. Badat, 1984)
160. Mad World a.k.a. Dystopia (Paul Tanter, 2018)
161. Riddick (David Twohy, 2013)
162. Rubber's Lover (Shozin Fukui, 1996)
163-164. Quatermass and the Pit E1-6 (1958)
165. Il racconto dei racconti - Tale of Tales (Matteo Garrone, 2015)
166. Angel on My Shoulder (Archie Mayo, 1946)
167-169. Zero kara hajimeru mahou no sho a.k.a. Grimoire of Zero E1-12 (2017)
170. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Henry Levin, 1959)

[Silga]

37. The Lake House (Alejandro Agresti, 2006) 4/10
38. Knowing (Alex Proyas, 2009) 6/10 (rewatch)

A Journey through the Universe

1. Escanaba in da Moonlight (Jeff Daniels, 2001) 6/10
2. A Smoky Mountain Christmas (Henry Winkler, 1986) 5/10
3. Idaho Transfer (Peter Fonda, 1973) 2/10
4. Slipstream (Anthony Hopkins, 2007) 7/10
5. Vice Versa (Peter Ustinov, 1948) 7/10
6. TekWar (William Shatner, 1994) 3/10
7. The Legend of Bagger Vance (Robert Redford, 2000) 8/10
8. Ghost Dad (Sidney Poitier, 1990) 4/10
9. Lost River (Ryan Gosling, 2014) 4/10
10. Human Highway (Dean Stockwell, Neil Young, 1982) 7/10
11. What Is It? (Crispin Glover, 2005) 1/10
12. Matilda (Danny DeVito, 1996) 8/10
13. Charlie's Ghost Story (Anthony Edwards, 1995) 6/10
14. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Chris Columbus, 2001) 9/10 (rewatch)
15. Light of My Life (Casey Affleck, 2019) 7/10
16. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chris Columbus, 2002) 8/10 (rewatch)
17. Rainbow (Bob Hoskins, 1995) 3/10
18. Unicorn Store (Brie Larson, 2017) 6/10
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuarón, 2004) 10/10 (rewatch)
20. The Tin Soldier (Jon Voight, Gregory Gieras, 1995) 2/10
21. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mike Newell, 2005) 7/10 (rewatch)
22. The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro, 2017) 8/10
23. The Red Sneakers (Gregory Hines, 2002) 4/10
24. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (David Yates, 2007) 8/10 (rewatch)
25. Oh, God! (Carl Reiner, 1977) 7/10 (rewatch)
26. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, 2009) 9/10 (rewatch)
27. Panic In Year Zero! (Ray Milland, 1962) 5/10
28. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (David Yates, 2010) 9/10 (rewatch)
29. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (David Yates, 2011) 9/10 (rewatch)
30. Practical Magic (Griffin Dunne, 1998) 4/10
31. A Quiet Place Part II (John Krasinski, 2020) 7/10
32. The Milagro Beanfield War (Robert Redford, 1988) 5/10
33. Death Becomes Her (Robert Zemeckis, 1992) 6/10 (rewatch)
34. Final (Campbell Scott, 2001) 4/10
35. The Invention of Lying (Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson, 2009) 6/10
36. Dragonfly (Tom Shadyac, 2002) 3/10
37. The Lake House (Alejandro Agresti, 2006) 4/10
38. Knowing (Alex Proyas, 2009) 6/10 (rewatch)

[Knaldskalle]

Alright, it's been awhile. Got sidetracked by other movies.

23. Sonic the Hedgehog (Fowler, 2020). Eh, a chase movie derived from a chase game with some old-school buddy-buddy stuff thrown in. Fantasy
23. Maleficent (Stromberg, 2014). I was hoping that Disney would embrace a telling of the traditional story from the villain's point of view, but of course they had to turn the villain into the actual hero. It's not bad, but I was hoping for more. Fantasy
24. Peter Rabbit (Gluck, 2018). Hmmm... I wanted to like this, but I just didn't buy into the CGI and I didn't much care for any of the characters. Fantasy

Spoiler

1. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (Mitchell, 2019). Fantasy
2. Despicable Me (Coffin & Renaud, 2010). REWATCH Fantasy
3. Despicable Me 2 (Coffin & Renaud, 2013). REWATCH Fantasy
4. Despicable Me 3 (Balda & Coffin, 2017). Fantasy
5. Jungle Cruise (Collet-Sera, 2021). Fantasy
6. Ghost in the Shell (Oshii, 1995). REWATCH. Sci-fi
7-12. Neon Genesis Evangelion Eps. 1-20 (24 mins each). 480 mins total. REWATCH. Sci-fi
13-14. Neon Genesis Evangelion Eps. 21-26. 168 mins total. REWATCH. Sci-fi
15. Evangelion: Death (True)². REWATCH. Sci-fi
16. PK (Hirani, 2014). Sci-fi
17. Hulk (Lee, 2003). Sci-fi
18. Tales from the Earthsea (Miyazaki, 2006). Fantasy
19. Avatar: The Way of Water (Cameron, 2022). Sci-fi
20. Monsters vs. Aliens (Letterman & Vernon, 2009). Sci-fi
21. 2012 (Emmerich, 2009). Sci-fi
23. Sonic the Hedgehog (Fowler, 2020)Fantasy
23. Maleficent (Stromberg, 2014)Fantasy
24. Peter Rabbit (Gluck, 2018)Fantasy

[vortexsurfer]

18. Munchie (Jim Wynorski, 1992) - 7/10
19. The Final Cut (Omar Naim, 2004) - 6/10
20. Arctic Blast (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 2010) - 3/10
21. Bedazzled (Harold Ramis, 2000) - 7/10
22. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (Jack Perez, 2009) - 4/10

Spoiler

1. The Premonition (Robert Allen Schnitzer, 1975) - 8/10
2. The Crazies (George A. Romero, 1973) - 8/10
3. Ringu 2 (Hideo Nakata, 1999) - 7/10
4. Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976) - 10/10
5. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982) - 10/10
6. The Arrival (David Twohy, 1996) - 7/10
7. Spontaneous (Brian Duffield, 2020) - 8/10
8. Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe, 2001) - 9/10
9. Life (Daniel Espinosa, 2017) - 6/10
10. Robots (Chris Wedge, 2005) - 6/10
11. Titan A.E. (Gary Goldman & Don Bluth, 2000) - 7/10
12. Moonshot (Christopher Winterbauer, 2022) - 8/10
13. Reminiscence (Lisa Joy, 2021) - 6/10
14. I Am Mortal (Tony Aloupis, 2021) - 5/10
15. Cosmic Sin (Edward Drake, 2021) - 7/10
16. Apex (Edward Drake, 2021) - 6/10
17. After Yang (Kogonada, 2021) - 9/10
18. Munchie (Jim Wynorski, 1992) - 7/10
19. The Final Cut (Omar Naim, 2004) - 6/10
20. Arctic Blast (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 2010) - 3/10
21. Bedazzled (Harold Ramis, 2000) - 7/10
22. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (Jack Perez, 2009) - 4/10

[AB537]

17-21. For All Mankind (season 1 - last 6 episodes - Apple TV, 2019) 7.5/10 ... 42 minutes carried over

[gunnar]

173 - Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) - 5/10 - Three adults (two men and a woman live together in a city affected by war. They act like fools or children much of the time. There were some interesting bits here and there, but I didn't really enjoy their antics or the film itself.

174 - Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) - 7.5/10 - Alien clowns land near a small town and start killing or capturing the residents. It was absurd, but fun.

175 - Miracles of Thursday (1957) - 8/10 - A group of prominent citizens in a small Spanish town that has seen tourism and other visitors decline over the years come up with a scheme to fake an appearance by their patron saint, San Dimas, in order to improve business in town. Their scheme has some minor success, but really gets rolling when a stranger (Richard Basehart) who seems to know all that they have been up to arrives in town.

176 - The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993) - 7/10 - A tiny baby is born to a couple. They adapt and form a happy family until men in black take that boy away to a research lab where he is studied. The lab has a very weird mix of specimens/prisoners. The film is an odd mix of live action and stop motion with insects galore throughout the film.

177 - Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) - 8.5/10 - Jan is a fairly boring, but successful rocket designer who lives in an apartment with his twin brother Karel, a womanizer who pilots rocket ships which carry tourists on sightseeing tours to the past. When Karel died while eating breakfast, Jan impersonates him and gets caught up in a Nazi time travel conspiracy. The film is pretty funny at times and I thought it was also very entertaining.

178 - Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966) - 6.5/10 - A new invention is able to project dreams onto a tv screen. However, it accidentally brings some of those characters to life. I thought it was funny how they spoke using word balloons, but that got a bit old after a while. I liked the last 15-20 minutes or so the best.

Spoiler

1 - Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) - 6.5/10
2 - The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) - 4/10
3 - Miss Minoes (2001) - 7.5/10
4 - Beyond Tomorrow (1940) - 6.5/10
5-20 - See (2019) Seasons 1-3 (1283 minutes)
21 - First Spaceship on Venus (1960) - 5.5/10
22 - I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) - 6/10
23 - Not of This Earth (1957) - 6/10
24 - Re-Animator (1985) - 7/10
25-30 - 480 minutes of tv shows
Infinity Train Season 3 (2020) (113 minutes)
Infinity Train Season 4 (2021) (113 minutes)
Star Trek Lower Decks Season 2 (2021) (254 minutes)
31 - Pitfall (1962) - 8/10
32 - I'm Your Man (2021) - 7.5/10
33 - The Blood of a Poet (1932) - 6/10
34 - The Blood of Jesus (1941) - 5/10
35 - Children of the Damned (1964) - 7/10
36 - Doctor X (1932) - 6/10
37-46 - 800 minutes of tv shows
Chocky (1984) (151 minutes)
Chocky's Children (1985) (151 minutes)
Chocky's Challenge (1986) (151 minutes)
Ark (2009) (48 minutes)
Annedroids Season 1 (2014) (299 minutes)
47 - The Omega Man (1971) - 6/10
48 - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) - 6/10
49 - Quatermass 2 (1957) - 7/10
50 - Quatermass and the Pit (1967) - 7/10
51 - Silent Running (1972) - 7/10
52 - your name. (2016) - 8/10
53 - Yeelen (1987) - 7/10
54 - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - 7/10
55 - Summer Days with Coo (2007) - 8/10
56 - Under the Skin (2013) - 6/10
57-62 - Alphas Season 1 (2011) (496 minutes)
63 - Melancholia (2011) - 7.5/10
64 - Save the Green Planet (2003) - 7.5/10
65 - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) - 7.5/10
66 - Miracle in Milan (1951) - 7.5/10
67 - Tropical Malady (2004) - 6/10
68 - Il Mare (2000) - 7/10
69 - Okja (2017) - 8/10
70 - Rare Exports (2010) - 7/10
71 - The Lift (1983) - 7.5/10
72 - The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (1969) - 7/10
73-76 - 326 minutes of tv shows
The Doombolt Chase (1978) (146 minutes)
Dramarama: Spooky (1983) (180 minutes)
77 - 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011) - 6/10
78 - King Lear (1987) - 3/10
79 - Robot Monster (1953) - 5/10
80 - Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992) - 5/10
81-83 - Delta Wave (1996) (248 minutes)
84 - Things to Come (1936) - 7/10
85 - The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) - 6/10
86 - Dreams (1990) - 8.5/10
87 - Dark Star (1974) - 6/10
88-98 - 883 minutes of tv shows plus one short
Station Eleven (2021) (512 minutes)
The Sparticle Mystery Season 1 (2011) (364 minutes)
Rare Exports, Inc. (2003) (7 minutes)
99 - Os Canibais / The Cannibals (1988) - 7/10
100 - Chorus (1975) - 7.5/10
101 - The Monster Squad (1987) - 7.5/10
102 - The Student of Prague (1913) - 7/10
103 - The Time of Their Lives (1946) - 7.5/10
104 - Nope (2022) - 7/10
105 - Shock Waves (1977) - 6/10
106 - Tarantula (1955) - 7/10
107 - The Blob (1958) - 7/10
108 - The Devil-Doll (1936) - 7/10
109 - The Invisible Ray (1936) - 5/10
110 - Memoria (2021) - 7.5/10
111 - Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983) - 5.5/10
112 - Black Sheep (2006) - 6.5/10
113 - Body Snatchers (1993) - 7.5/10
114 - Chopping Mall (1986) - 7/10
115 - Die, Monster, Die! (1965) - 7/10
116 - Fiend Without a Face (1958) - 6.5/10
117 - The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) - 7/10
118 - The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) - 6.5/10
119 - The Stone Tape (1972) - 6.5/10
120 - Trancers (1984) - 7/10
121 - Cemetery of Splendour (2015) - 7/10
122 - Bacurau (2019) - 8/10
123 - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) - 7/10
124 - It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) - 6.5/10
125 - The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - 7/10
126 - The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) - 4/10
127 - X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) - 7/10
128 - Carnival of Sinners (1943) - 8/10
129 - Werewolf of London (1935) - 7/10
130 - Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) - 8/10
131 - Humanoids from the Deep (1980) - 5/10
132 - The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - 8/10
133 - The Day of the Triffids (1962) - 6/10
134 - The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966) - 5/10
135 - The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) - 7.5/10
136 - The Raven (1963) - 7/10
137 - The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) - 7/10
138 - Night of the Creeps (1986) - 7.5/10
139 - Phantasm (1979) - 7/10
140 - Timecrimes (2007) - 7/10
141 - Hocus Pocus (1993) - 7.5/10
142-147 - 480 minutes of tv shows
The Enchanted Castle (1979) (174 minutes)
Crash Zone Season 1 (1999) (306 minutes)
148 - India Song (1975) - 5/10
149 - When the Cat Comes (1963) - 7/10
150 - Krakatit (1948) - 7.5/10
151-158 - 645 minutes of tv shows
Dramarama (1983-1989) - 13 episodes (328 minutes)
Eerie Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998) (317 minutes)
159 - A Time of Roses (1969) - 6/10
160 - Zazie dans le Métro (1960) - 8.5/10
161 - Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986) - 7.5/10
162 - The Seventh Seal (1957) - 8.5/10
163-172 - 805 minutes of tv shows
Continuum Season 1 (2012) (440 minutes)
Eve Season 1 (2015) (365 minutes)

[sol]

Spoiler

1. Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) Fantasy
2. When the Cat Comes (1963) Fantasy
3. Sexmission (1984) Science Fiction
4. Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006) Fantasy
5. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) Fantasy
6. The Oddsockeaters (2016) Fantasy
7. Last and First Men (2020) Sci-Fi
8. The Thing (1982) REVISION Sci-Fi
9. Predator (1987) REVISION Sci-Fi
10. My Twentieth Century (1989) Sci-Fi
11. Strawberry Mansion (2021) Sci-Fi
12. Aftermath (2012) Fantasy
13. The Lure (2015) Fantasy
14. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) Fantasy
15. Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975) Fantasy
16. RoboCop (1987) REVISION Sci-Fi
17. RoboCop (2014) Sci-Fi
18. Prey (2022) Sci-Fi
19. Save the Green Planet! (2003) Sci-Fi
20. The Timkeepers of Eternity (2021) Sci-Fi
21. In the Earth (2021) Sci-Fi
22. Total Recall (2012) Sci-Fi
23. Predator 2 (1990) REVISION Sci-Fi
24. The Little Mermaid (1976) Fantasy
25. The Predator (2018) REVISION Sci-Fi
26. Shock! Shock! Shock! (1987) Sci-Fi
27. Gaia (2021) Fantasy
28. A Clockwork Orange (1971) REVISION Sci-Fi
29. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) REVISION Sci-Fi
30. The Girl from the Other Side (2022) Fantasy
31. Ghostbusters (1984) REVISION Fantasy
32. Ghostbusters II (1989) REVISION Fantasy
33. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Fantasy
34. Village of the Damned (1960) REVISION Sci-Fi
35. Village of the Damned (1995) Sci-Fi
36. Something in the Dirt (2022) Sci-Fi
37. Land of the Dead (2005) REVISION Sci-Fi
38. Red Moon Tide (2020) Fantasy
39. Death of a Rockstar (2020) Sci-Fi
40. Till We Meet Again (2021) Fantasy
41. Krakatit (1948) Sci-Fi
42. Mad Love (1935) REVISION Sci-Fi
43. Cat People (1942) REVISION Fantasy
44. The Dybbuk (1937) Fantasy
45. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) REVISION Fantasy

46. The Mummy (1932) REVISION Fantasy



This has its strengths for sure, including Boris Karloff's performance, detailed make-up and Karl Freund's penchant for atmospheric camera pans. The film also gets off to a strong start too with the mummy's hand only ever-so-slowly creeping into shot when he first comes back from the dead. This was, however, a real disappointment upon revision (not seen in 5+ years). I had forgotten just how few scenes Karloff has in the scheme of things and the notion of a lovesick ancient Egyptian is never particularly scary or eerie. Freund makes really good use of close-ups (Karloff's eyes!) throughout at least though.

[VincentPrice]

15. Last Action Hero-1993: 10/10

Spoiler

1. Black Adam-2022: 7/10
2. Viy-1967: 9/10
3. Wyrm-2019: 8/10
4. 1-2009: 7/10
5. The Peanut Butter Solution-1985: 7/10
6. RoboCop-1987: 10/10
7. War of the Worlds-2005: 10/10
8. Hrabe Drakula-1971: 8/10
9. Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm-2022: 10/10
10. X-Men-2000: 8/10
11. The Prince and the Pauper-1937: 7/10
12. Creatures from the Abyss-1994: 8/10
13. Nope-2022: 10/10
14. Come True-2020: 8/10

[maxwelldeux]

15. Last Action Hero-1993: 10/10

I'm glad I'm not the only one who liked it. I really didn't care for it as a kid, but when I rewatched it a couple years ago, I was amazed at just how good of a parody it is while also being a good action film on its own. Two very different styles of action in there, and they both worked.

[gunnar]

15. Last Action Hero-1993: 10/10

I'm glad I'm not the only one who liked it. I really didn't care for it as a kid, but when I rewatched it a couple years ago, I was amazed at just how good of a parody it is while also being a good action film on its own. Two very different styles of action in there, and they both worked.

I saw it in the theater when it came out and liked it a lot. I watched it again back in 2005 and still enjoyed it. I'll rewatch it again one of these days.

[maxwelldeux]

Ludacris' favorite challenge

1. Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)
2. Dead Heat (1988)
3. The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
4. RoboCop 2 (1990)
"5. Shorts: 80m:
The Infernal Boiling Pot (1903, 2m)
Going to Bed with Difficulties (1900, 2m)
Le papillon fantastique (1909, 2m)
The Golden Beetle (1907, 3m)
The Hilarious Posters (1906, 3m)
The Black Imp (1905, 4m)
The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913, 5m)
The Thieving Hand (1908, 5m)
Alice in Wonderland (1903, 8m)
The Red Spectre (1907, 9m)
The Airship Destroyer (1909, 7m)
The Flat (1968, Czechoslovakia, 13m)
Entente cordiale (1912, 17m)"
6. Ant-Man (2015)
7. Stargate (1994)
8. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
9. Gladiator Eroticvs: The Lesbian Warriors (2001)
10. PK (2014)
11. The Hunger Games (2012)
12. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
13. Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992)
14. When Worlds Collide (1951)
15. The Wandering Earth (2019)
16. The Blood of a Poet (1932)
17. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
18. Star Trek (2009)
19. Captain Marvel (2019)
20. Strange Days (1995)
21. Holy Motors (2012)
22. Megalodon (2018)
"23. Shorts (80m):
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907, 9m)
Down to the Cellar (1983, Czechoslovakia, 15m)
Food (1992, Czechia, 17m)
Kingdom of the Fairies (1903, 16m)
The House of Ghosts (1906, 6m)
Le squelette joyeux (1898, 1m)
Artistic Creation (1901, 2m)
The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912,14m)"
24. 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
25. Wedlock (1991)
26. Save the Green Planet! (2003)
27. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
28. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
29. Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
30. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
31. Psycho Goreman (2020)
32. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917)
33. Mr. Vampire (1985)
34. Timecop (1994)

35. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
This was part of my "work on ICM ranking goals" efforts. It's... fine. I'm just not the intended audience and don't care.

36. Fortress (1992)
All these dystopian prison stories are starting to run together. Yet are eerily topical. Because the prison is run by a corporation for profits and considers all inmates property. There's an escape attempt. It's a little weird. And let's just say that Christopher Lambert did not get snubbed for an Oscar nomination with this performance.

[flavo5000]

172. El ojete de Lulú a.k.a. Lulu's Talking Ass (Jesus Franco, 1986)


173. Chatterbox! (Tom DeSimone, 1977)


174. Archive (Gavin Rothery, 2020)


175. Bionicle: Mask of Light (David Molina, Terry Shakespeare 2003)


176. King Solomon's Treasure (Alvin Rakoff, 1979)


177. Theatre 625: The Year of the Sex Olympics (Michael Elliott, 1968)


178. The Medusa Touch (1978)


179-181. Gostya iz budushchego a.k.a. Guest from the Future E1-5 (1984)

The Timeless Tomorrow

1. Miraklet i Valby a.k.a. Miracle in Valby (Åke Sandgren, 1989)
2. Nora (Satomi Mikuriya, 1985)
3. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, 2007)
4-8. The 10th Kingdom (2000)
9. Silent Shorts [Le pied de mouton (1907), The Airship Destroyer (1909), Alice in Wonderland (1903), Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901), The Thieving Hand (1908), An Interesting Story (1904), Le roi du maquillage (1904), Mary Jane's Mishap (1903), The Little Match Seller (1902), The Enchanted Drawing (1900), Le cauchemar (1896), Les affiches en goguette (1906), Le squelette joyeux (1898), Le scarabée d'or (1907), Le papillon fantastique (1901), L'homme orchestre (1900), Nouvelles luttes extravagantes (1901), La tentation de Saint-Antoine (1898), Le cochon danseur (1907) ]
10. Cyber Vengeance (J. Christian Ingvordsen, 1997)
11. R.I.P.D. (Robert Schwentke, 2013)
12. Pyl a.k.a. Dust (Sergey Loban, 2005)
13. Synchronic (Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, 2019)
14. Day the World Ended (Roger Corman, 1955)
15. The Immortal Wars (Joe Lujan, 2018)
16. Rumpelstiltskin (David Irving, 1987)
17. Split Second (Tony Maylam, 1992)
18. A Monster Calls (J.A. Bayona, 2016)
19. The Butterfly Effect 2 (John R. Leonetti, 2006)
20. Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (Lew Landers, 1952)
21. Black Adam (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2022)
22. Goodbye World (Denis Hennelly, 2013)
23. After the Dark (John Huddles, 2013)
24-26. The Vanishing Shadow (Lew Landers, 1934)
27. Moontrap: Target Earth (Robert Dyke, 2017)
28. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (James Fargo, 1984)
29. Yattâman (Takashi Miike, 2009)
30. Ansikte mot ansikte a.k.a. Face to Face (Ingmar Bergman, 1976)
31. Bell Book and Candle (Richard Quine, 1958)
32. The Recall (Mauro Borrelli, 2017)
33. If Only (Gil Junger, 2004)
34. Iron Sky: The Coming Race (Timo Vuorensola, 2018)
35. Class of 1999 (Mark L. Lester, 1990)
36. Galaxy of the Dinosaurs (J.R. Bookwalter, 1992)
37. Humanoids from Atlantis (J.R. Bookwalter, 1992)
38. Injû kyôshi - jissha-ban a.k.a. Angel of Darkness (Mitsunori Hattori, 1995)
39. Jack Frost (Troy Miller, 1998)
40. The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah, 2018)
41. Huo shao hong lian si a.k.a. Burning Paradise (Ringo Lam, 1994)
42. G-Saviour (Graeme Campbell, 2000)
43. Looker (Michael Crichton, 1981)
44. The Brain Eaters (Bruno VeSota, 1958)
45. Mortal Engines (Christian Rivers, 2018)
46. Otroki vo vselennoy a.k.a. Children in the Universe (Richard Viktorov, 1975)
47. Aliens Cut My Hair (Michael McIntosh, 1992)
48. Mortal Kombat: Legacy S1 (Kevin Tancharoen, 2011)
49. Francis Goes to West Point (Arthur Lubin, 1952)
50. Francis Covers the Big Town (Arthur Lubin, 1953)
51. Francis Joins the WACS (Arthur Lubin, 1954)
52. Francis in the Navy (Arthur Lubin, 1955)
53. La momia azteca a.k.a. The Aztec Mummy (Rafael Portillo, 1957)
54. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, 2022)
55. Exodus: Gods and Kings (Ridley Scott, 2014)
56. Love, Death & Robots S3 (2022)
57. Space Truckers (Stuart Gordon, 1996)
58. No Resistance (Tim Thomson, 1994)
59. Tômei ningen arawaru a.k.a. Invisible Man Appears (Shinsei Adachi, Shigehiro Fukushima, 1949)
60. Tômei ningen to hae otoko a.k.a. The Invisible Man vs the Human Fly (Mitsuo Murayama, 1957)
61-62. Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (Vadim Jean, 2006)
63. Císaruv pekar - Pekaruv císar a.k.a. Emperor and the Golem (Martin Fric, 1952)
64. One and Two (Andrew Droz Palermo, 2015)
65-66. Final Days of Planet Earth (Robert Lieberman, 2006)
67. The Dirt Bike Kid (Hoite C. Caston, 1985)
68. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (James Gunn, 2022)
69. Dream a Little Dream (Marc Rocco, 1989)
70. Morgan (Luke Scott, 2016)
71. Puss in Boots (Eugene Marner, 1988)
72. Chiu kup hok hau ba wong a.k.a. Future Cops (Jing Wong, 1993)
73. Philadelphia Experiment II (Stephen Cornwell, 1993)
74. Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders a.k.a. Flesh Gordon 2 (Howard T. Ziehm, 1990)
75. Gong gui zai a.k.a. Red Spell Spells Red (Titus Ho, 1983)
76. Alien 2 - Sulla Terra a.k.a. Alien 2: On Earth (Ciro Ippolito, Biagio Proietti, 1980)
77. Kdyby tisíc klarinetu a.k.a. If a Thousand Clarinets (Ján Rohác, Vladimír Svitácek, 1965)
78-81. Paper Girls E1-8 (2022)
82. Surrogates (Jonathan Mostow, 2009)
83. The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (Peter Winther, 2004)
84. The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (Jonathan Frakes, 2006)
85. The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (Jonathan Frakes, 2008)
86. Mutant Hunt (Tim Kincaid, 1987)
87. Naufragio (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1978)
88. The Day After (Nicholas Meyer, 1983)
89-91a. Schmigadoon! E1-7 (2021)
91b. The Disintegrated Convict (1907)
91c. The 'Teddy' Bears (Edwin S. Porter, 1907)
91d. Prekrasnaya Lyukanida a.k.a. The Beautiful Leukanida (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1912)
92. Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing a.k.a. The Monkey King 2 (Soi Cheang, 2016)
93. Ghost in the Machine (Rachel Talalay, 1993)
94-99. Dennô koiru a.k.a. Dennou Coil E1-26 (2007)
100. The Dark Side of the Moon (D.J. Webster, 1990)
101. Mandibules (Quentin Dupieux, 2020)
102. The Alpha Test (Aaron Mirtes, 2020)
103. Ring of the Nibelungs a.k.a. Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (Uli Edel, 2004)
104. Chimera Strain (Maurice Haeems, 2018)
105. Dolcezza Extrema a.k.a. Sick Sock Monsters from Outer Space (Alberto Genovese, 2015)
106. The Gnome-Mobile (Robert Stevenson, 1967)
107. Futureworld (Richard T. Heffron, 1976)
108. A Very Nutty Christmas (Colin Theys, 2018)
109. La cicatrice intérieure a.k.a. The Inner Scar (Philippe Garrel, 1972)
110. Mermaids of Tiburon (John Lamb, 1962)
111. Syngenor (George Elanjian Jr., 1990)
112. Domain (Nathaniel Atcheson, 2016)
113. Charly (Ralph Nelson, 1968)
114. Age of Tomorrow (James Kondelik, 2014)
115. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arthur Lubin, 1944)
116. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (Steve Pink, 2014)
117. Immortals (Tarsem Singh, 2011)
118-120. Dropkick on My Devil!! S1E1-12 (2018)
121-123. The Triangle (Craig R. Baxley, 2005)
124. Halo: Nightfall (Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, 2014)
125. Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (Stewart Hendler, 2012)
126. Imagine That (Karey Kirkpatrick, 2009)
127a. Here Comes Tobor (Duke Goldstone, 1957)
127b. City Beneath the Sea (Irwin Allen, 1969)
127c. The Faeries of Blackheath Woods (Ciaran Foy, 2006)
127d. Mezame no hakobune a.k.a. Open your Mind (Mamoru Oshii, 2005)
128. The Advanced Guard a.k.a. The Colony (Peter Geiger, 1998)
129. Weird Science (John hughes, 1985)
130. Voyage Into Space (Minoru Yamada, 1970)
131. The People That Time Forgot (Kevin Connor, 1977)
132. Rise of the Black Bat (Scott Patrick, 2012)
133. The Day the World Ended (Terence Gross, 2001)
134. The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (Bob Wynn, 1971)
135. Dante 01 (Marc Caro, 2008)
136. Xin liu xing hu die jian a.k.a. Butterfly and Sword (Michael Mak, 1993)
137. Seksmisja a.k.a. Sexmission (Juliusz Machulski, 1984)
138. Tsuin shigunaru a.k.a. Twin Signal (Toshiko Sasaki, 1996)
139. Robot Ninja (J.R. Bookwalter, 1989)
140. The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Bretaigne Windust, 1957)
141. The Borrowers (Walter C. Miller, 1973)
142. Alien Private Eye (Vik Rubenfeld, 1987)
143. I grandi condottieri a.k.a. Gideon and Samson (Marcello Baldi, Francisco Pérez-Dolz, 1965)
144. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Phantom Planet (1998)
145. The Muppets Take Manhattan (Frank Oz, 1984)
146. Afritah Hanem (Hinri Barakat, Yusuf Maloof, 1949)
147. Replicas (Jeffrey Nachmanoff, 2018)
148. Vampire Academy (Mark Waters, 2014)
149. Karei naru erogami-ke no ichizoku: Shinsô reijô wa denki shitsuji no yume o miru ka a.k.a. Erotibot (Naoyuki Tomomatsu, 2011)
150. Nemesis (Albert Pyun, 1992)
151. Nemesis 2: Nebula (Albert Pyun, 1995)
152. Nemesis III: Prey Harder (Albert Pyun, 1996)
153. Nemesis 4: Death Angel (Albert Pyun, 1996)
154. Somewhere, Tomorrow (Robert Wiemer, 1983)
155a. Studio One in Hollywood: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1952)
155b. A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus (Edwin S. Porter, J. Searle Dawley, 1907)
155c. Jeanne d'Arc (Georges Méliès, 1900)
156. Puzzlehead (James Bai, 2005)
157. Scrooge (Henry Edwards, 1935)
158. Without Warning (Greydon Clark, 1980)
159. Surf II (Randall M. Badat, 1984)
160. Mad World a.k.a. Dystopia (Paul Tanter, 2018)
161. Riddick (David Twohy, 2013)
162. Rubber's Lover (Shozin Fukui, 1996)
163-164. Quatermass and the Pit E1-6 (1958)
165. Il racconto dei racconti - Tale of Tales (Matteo Garrone, 2015)
166. Angel on My Shoulder (Archie Mayo, 1946)
167-169. Zero kara hajimeru mahou no sho a.k.a. Grimoire of Zero E1-12 (2017)
170. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Henry Levin, 1959)
171. Violet Evergarden: Recollections (2021)
172. El ojete de Lulú a.k.a. Lulu's Talking Ass (Jesus Franco, 1986)
173. Chatterbox! (Tom DeSimone, 1977)
174. Archive(Gavin Rothery, 2020)
175. Bionicle: Mask of Light (David Molina, Terry Shakespeare 2003)
176. King Solomon's Treasure (Alvin Rakoff, 1979)
177. Theatre 625: The Year of the Sex Olympics (Michael Elliott, 1968)
178. The Medusa Touch (1978)
179-181. Gostya iz budushchego a.k.a. Guest from the Future E1-5 (1984)

[vortexsurfer]

23. Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth (Charles Band, 1991) - 7/10
24. Mega Piranha (Stuart Gillard & Eric Forsberg, 2010) - 3/10
25. The Mummy (Stephen Sommers, 1999) - 9/10
26. The Mummy Returns (Stephen Sommers, 2001) - 7/10

Spoiler

1. The Premonition (Robert Allen Schnitzer, 1975) - 8/10
2. The Crazies (George A. Romero, 1973) - 8/10
3. Ringu 2 (Hideo Nakata, 1999) - 7/10
4. Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976) - 10/10
5. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982) - 10/10
6. The Arrival (David Twohy, 1996) - 7/10
7. Spontaneous (Brian Duffield, 2020) - 8/10
8. Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe, 2001) - 9/10
9. Life (Daniel Espinosa, 2017) - 6/10
10. Robots (Chris Wedge, 2005) - 6/10
11. Titan A.E. (Gary Goldman & Don Bluth, 2000) - 7/10
12. Moonshot (Christopher Winterbauer, 2022) - 8/10
13. Reminiscence (Lisa Joy, 2021) - 6/10
14. I Am Mortal (Tony Aloupis, 2021) - 5/10
15. Cosmic Sin (Edward Drake, 2021) - 7/10
16. Apex (Edward Drake, 2021) - 6/10
17. After Yang (Kogonada, 2021) - 9/10
18. Munchie (Jim Wynorski, 1992) - 7/10
19. The Final Cut (Omar Naim, 2004) - 6/10
20. Arctic Blast (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 2010) - 3/10
21. Bedazzled (Harold Ramis, 2000) - 7/10
22. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (Jack Perez, 2009) - 4/10
23. Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth (Charles Band, 1991) - 7/10
24. Mega Piranha (Stuart Gillard & Eric Forsberg, 2010) - 3/10
25. The Mummy (Stephen Sommers, 1999) - 9/10
26. The Mummy Returns (Stephen Sommers, 2001) - 7/10

[gunnar]

179 - A Scanner Darkly (2006) - 7/10 - Keanu Reeves is an undercover cop who becomes addicted to the dangerous drug that he is investigating. I think the film would have worked better without the animation. The scramble suits might have been hard to do.

180 - Alice in Wonderland (1966) - 6/10 - This is an odd take on the Alice in Wonderland story. I did like the music quite a bit, but I kind of lost interest in the film after the first 15-20 minutes. Fortunately it was short.

181 - The Singing Ringing Tree (1957) - 7/10 - A prince tries to win over a spoiled princess, but she sends him in search of a tree known only in stories and he gets turned into a bear for his troubles. The sets are pretty low budget and the moral is pretty obvious, but I still found myself enjoying the film.

182 - Soylent Green (1973) - 7.5/10 - Charlton Heston stars as a New York police detective who is looking into the murder of a wealthy citizen who was on the board of the Soylent Corporation. The Earth is vastly overpopulated and food is scarce. Soylent makes much of the current food supply. Edward G. Robinson has a nice supporting role in his final film.

183-187 - Falling Skies Season 1 (2011) (410 minutes) - Aliens invaded and killed a huge portion of humanity. Survivors have banded together to survive and fight back. The aliens want the children and install a device to harness and control them after capture. It's a pretty good show.

Spoiler

1 - Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) - 6.5/10
2 - The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) - 4/10
3 - Miss Minoes (2001) - 7.5/10
4 - Beyond Tomorrow (1940) - 6.5/10
5-20 - See (2019) Seasons 1-3 (1283 minutes)
21 - First Spaceship on Venus (1960) - 5.5/10
22 - I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) - 6/10
23 - Not of This Earth (1957) - 6/10
24 - Re-Animator (1985) - 7/10
25-30 - 480 minutes of tv shows
Infinity Train Season 3 (2020) (113 minutes)
Infinity Train Season 4 (2021) (113 minutes)
Star Trek Lower Decks Season 2 (2021) (254 minutes)
31 - Pitfall (1962) - 8/10
32 - I'm Your Man (2021) - 7.5/10
33 - The Blood of a Poet (1932) - 6/10
34 - The Blood of Jesus (1941) - 5/10
35 - Children of the Damned (1964) - 7/10
36 - Doctor X (1932) - 6/10
37-46 - 800 minutes of tv shows
Chocky (1984) (151 minutes)
Chocky's Children (1985) (151 minutes)
Chocky's Challenge (1986) (151 minutes)
Ark (2009) (48 minutes)
Annedroids Season 1 (2014) (299 minutes)
47 - The Omega Man (1971) - 6/10
48 - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) - 6/10
49 - Quatermass 2 (1957) - 7/10
50 - Quatermass and the Pit (1967) - 7/10
51 - Silent Running (1972) - 7/10
52 - your name. (2016) - 8/10
53 - Yeelen (1987) - 7/10
54 - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) - 7/10
55 - Summer Days with Coo (2007) - 8/10
56 - Under the Skin (2013) - 6/10
57-62 - Alphas Season 1 (2011) (496 minutes)
63 - Melancholia (2011) - 7.5/10
64 - Save the Green Planet (2003) - 7.5/10
65 - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) - 7.5/10
66 - Miracle in Milan (1951) - 7.5/10
67 - Tropical Malady (2004) - 6/10
68 - Il Mare (2000) - 7/10
69 - Okja (2017) - 8/10
70 - Rare Exports (2010) - 7/10
71 - The Lift (1983) - 7.5/10
72 - The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (1969) - 7/10
73-76 - 326 minutes of tv shows
The Doombolt Chase (1978) (146 minutes)
Dramarama: Spooky (1983) (180 minutes)
77 - 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011) - 6/10
78 - King Lear (1987) - 3/10
79 - Robot Monster (1953) - 5/10
80 - Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992) - 5/10
81-83 - Delta Wave (1996) (248 minutes)
84 - Things to Come (1936) - 7/10
85 - The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) - 6/10
86 - Dreams (1990) - 8.5/10
87 - Dark Star (1974) - 6/10
88-98 - 883 minutes of tv shows plus one short
Station Eleven (2021) (512 minutes)
The Sparticle Mystery Season 1 (2011) (364 minutes)
Rare Exports, Inc. (2003) (7 minutes)
99 - Os Canibais / The Cannibals (1988) - 7/10
100 - Chorus (1975) - 7.5/10
101 - The Monster Squad (1987) - 7.5/10
102 - The Student of Prague (1913) - 7/10
103 - The Time of Their Lives (1946) - 7.5/10
104 - Nope (2022) - 7/10
105 - Shock Waves (1977) - 6/10
106 - Tarantula (1955) - 7/10
107 - The Blob (1958) - 7/10
108 - The Devil-Doll (1936) - 7/10
109 - The Invisible Ray (1936) - 5/10
110 - Memoria (2021) - 7.5/10
111 - Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983) - 5.5/10
112 - Black Sheep (2006) - 6.5/10
113 - Body Snatchers (1993) - 7.5/10
114 - Chopping Mall (1986) - 7/10
115 - Die, Monster, Die! (1965) - 7/10
116 - Fiend Without a Face (1958) - 6.5/10
117 - The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) - 7/10
118 - The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) - 6.5/10
119 - The Stone Tape (1972) - 6.5/10
120 - Trancers (1984) - 7/10
121 - Cemetery of Splendour (2015) - 7/10
122 - Bacurau (2019) - 8/10
123 - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) - 7/10
124 - It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) - 6.5/10
125 - The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - 7/10
126 - The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) - 4/10
127 - X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) - 7/10
128 - Carnival of Sinners (1943) - 8/10
129 - Werewolf of London (1935) - 7/10
130 - Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) - 8/10
131 - Humanoids from the Deep (1980) - 5/10
132 - The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - 8/10
133 - The Day of the Triffids (1962) - 6/10
134 - The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966) - 5/10
135 - The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) - 7.5/10
136 - The Raven (1963) - 7/10
137 - The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) - 7/10
138 - Night of the Creeps (1986) - 7.5/10
139 - Phantasm (1979) - 7/10
140 - Timecrimes (2007) - 7/10
141 - Hocus Pocus (1993) - 7.5/10
142-147 - 480 minutes of tv shows
The Enchanted Castle (1979) (174 minutes)
Crash Zone Season 1 (1999) (306 minutes)
148 - India Song (1975) - 5/10
149 - When the Cat Comes (1963) - 7/10
150 - Krakatit (1948) - 7.5/10
151-158 - 645 minutes of tv shows
Dramarama (1983-1989) - 13 episodes (328 minutes)
Eerie Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998) (317 minutes)
159 - A Time of Roses (1969) - 6/10
160 - Zazie dans le Métro (1960) - 8.5/10
161 - Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986) - 7.5/10
162 - The Seventh Seal (1957) - 8.5/10
163-172 - 805 minutes of tv shows
Continuum Season 1 (2012) (440 minutes)
Eve Season 1 (2015) (365 minutes)
173 - Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) - 5/10
174 - Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) - 7.5/10
175 - Miracles of Thursday (1957) - 8/10
176 - The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993) - 7/10
177 - Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) - 8.5/10
178 - Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966) - 6.5/10

[sol]

Spoiler

1. Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) Fantasy
2. When the Cat Comes (1963) Fantasy
3. Sexmission (1984) Science Fiction
4. Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006) Fantasy
5. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) Fantasy
6. The Oddsockeaters (2016) Fantasy
7. Last and First Men (2020) Sci-Fi
8. The Thing (1982) REVISION Sci-Fi
9. Predator (1987) REVISION Sci-Fi
10. My Twentieth Century (1989) Sci-Fi
11. Strawberry Mansion (2021) Sci-Fi
12. Aftermath (2012) Fantasy
13. The Lure (2015) Fantasy
14. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) Fantasy
15. Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975) Fantasy
16. RoboCop (1987) REVISION Sci-Fi
17. RoboCop (2014) Sci-Fi
18. Prey (2022) Sci-Fi
19. Save the Green Planet! (2003) Sci-Fi
20. The Timkeepers of Eternity (2021) Sci-Fi
21. In the Earth (2021) Sci-Fi
22. Total Recall (2012) Sci-Fi
23. Predator 2 (1990) REVISION Sci-Fi
24. The Little Mermaid (1976) Fantasy
25. The Predator (2018) REVISION Sci-Fi
26. Shock! Shock! Shock! (1987) Sci-Fi
27. Gaia (2021) Fantasy
28. A Clockwork Orange (1971) REVISION Sci-Fi
29. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) REVISION Sci-Fi
30. The Girl from the Other Side (2022) Fantasy
31. Ghostbusters (1984) REVISION Fantasy
32. Ghostbusters II (1989) REVISION Fantasy
33. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Fantasy
34. Village of the Damned (1960) REVISION Sci-Fi
35. Village of the Damned (1995) Sci-Fi
36. Something in the Dirt (2022) Sci-Fi
37. Land of the Dead (2005) REVISION Sci-Fi
38. Red Moon Tide (2020) Fantasy
39. Death of a Rockstar (2020) Sci-Fi
40. Till We Meet Again (2021) Fantasy
41. Krakatit (1948) Sci-Fi
42. Mad Love (1935) REVISION Sci-Fi
43. Cat People (1942) REVISION Fantasy
44. The Dybbuk (1937) Fantasy
45. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) REVISION Fantasy
46. The Mummy (1932) REVISION Fantasy

47. Official Denial (1993) Sci-Fi



The first film produced by the Syfy Channel, this telepic revolves around a man who is unable to convince anyone that he is being periodically abducted by aliens. The plot has a lot of E.T. déjà vu as he eventually teams up with a government captured alien to sneak him back to his crashed ship. The whole thing is fairly engaging though for a movie made on a budget with thought-speech, the alien able to mimic human form and some fascinating eventual origins once all is revealed, but budget constraints really shine through with the alien looking like a child ballerina in a rubber suit, because, well, it was.

[blocho]

31. The Devil (1972)
Comments in the 1000<400 challenge.

32. Strange Days (1995)
A gritty conspiracy thriller with a sci-fi touch. Unlike a movie like Predator 2, which takes Los Angeles’ most lurid qualities and exaggerates them 400%, Strange Days feels like a reasonable forecast of 1999 Los Angeles from the perspective of 1995 Los Angeles, a city riven by race and wealth that feels at the forefront of millenial urban excess. This is very much a post-Rodney King movie, in other words. It goes on about 20 minutes too long, but overall this is pretty good. Kudos, by the way, to Ralph Fiennes. He’s not the first guy I would have picked to play a sleazy ex-cop hustler, but he’s quite convincing.

[maxwelldeux]

32. Strange Days (1995)
A gritty conspiracy thriller with a sci-fi touch. Unlike a movie like Predator 2, which takes Los Angeles’ most lurid qualities and exaggerates them 400%, Strange Days feels like a reasonable forecast of 1999 Los Angeles from the perspective of 1995 Los Angeles, a city riven by race and wealth that feels at the forefront of millenial urban excess. This is very much a post-Rodney King movie, in other words. It goes on about 20 minutes too long, but overall this is pretty good. Kudos, by the way, to Ralph Fiennes. He’s not the first guy I would have picked to play a sleazy ex-cop hustler, but he’s quite convincing.

Agreed about the forecast of 1999 LA - I thought it was an interesting exploration of that time period, and even almost as relevant today.

[blocho]

32. Strange Days (1995)
A gritty conspiracy thriller with a sci-fi touch. Unlike a movie like Predator 2, which takes Los Angeles’ most lurid qualities and exaggerates them 400%, Strange Days feels like a reasonable forecast of 1999 Los Angeles from the perspective of 1995 Los Angeles, a city riven by race and wealth that feels at the forefront of millenial urban excess. This is very much a post-Rodney King movie, in other words. It goes on about 20 minutes too long, but overall this is pretty good. Kudos, by the way, to Ralph Fiennes. He’s not the first guy I would have picked to play a sleazy ex-cop hustler, but he’s quite convincing.

Agreed about the forecast of 1999 LA - I thought it was an interesting exploration of that time period, and even almost as relevant today.

I'm still mulling over the movie. There are some deeper themes that I'm only thinking about after further reflection. That the narrative takes place over the final two days of the twentieth century gives it both a millennial and a millenarian quality. Several times, different characters refer to "the end of the world." There's an explicit suggestion this is related to racial strife but also, I think, an implicit indication that this means the replacement of the physical world with the digital world. The tension between the two is an ongoing theme throughout the story. At one point, Tom Sizemore's character explains how society can't manage another thousand years because every idea and experience has already been exhausted.

Finally, it seems significant, if only in a way I can't properly identify yet, that the climax of the movie takes place at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, which has been a topic of extensive commentary among architectural theorists as an emblem of postmodernism.

There's a lot going on beneath the surface in this movie.

[sol]

Spoiler

1. Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) Fantasy
2. When the Cat Comes (1963) Fantasy
3. Sexmission (1984) Science Fiction
4. Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006) Fantasy
5. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) Fantasy
6. The Oddsockeaters (2016) Fantasy
7. Last and First Men (2020) Sci-Fi
8. The Thing (1982) REVISION Sci-Fi
9. Predator (1987) REVISION Sci-Fi
10. My Twentieth Century (1989) Sci-Fi
11. Strawberry Mansion (2021) Sci-Fi
12. Aftermath (2012) Fantasy
13. The Lure (2015) Fantasy
14. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) Fantasy
15. Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975) Fantasy
16. RoboCop (1987) REVISION Sci-Fi
17. RoboCop (2014) Sci-Fi
18. Prey (2022) Sci-Fi
19. Save the Green Planet! (2003) Sci-Fi
20. The Timkeepers of Eternity (2021) Sci-Fi
21. In the Earth (2021) Sci-Fi
22. Total Recall (2012) Sci-Fi
23. Predator 2 (1990) REVISION Sci-Fi
24. The Little Mermaid (1976) Fantasy
25. The Predator (2018) REVISION Sci-Fi
26. Shock! Shock! Shock! (1987) Sci-Fi
27. Gaia (2021) Fantasy
28. A Clockwork Orange (1971) REVISION Sci-Fi
29. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) REVISION Sci-Fi
30. The Girl from the Other Side (2022) Fantasy
31. Ghostbusters (1984) REVISION Fantasy
32. Ghostbusters II (1989) REVISION Fantasy
33. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Fantasy
34. Village of the Damned (1960) REVISION Sci-Fi
35. Village of the Damned (1995) Sci-Fi
36. Something in the Dirt (2022) Sci-Fi
37. Land of the Dead (2005) REVISION Sci-Fi
38. Red Moon Tide (2020) Fantasy
39. Death of a Rockstar (2020) Sci-Fi
40. Till We Meet Again (2021) Fantasy
41. Krakatit (1948) Sci-Fi
42. Mad Love (1935) REVISION Sci-Fi
43. Cat People (1942) REVISION Fantasy
44. The Dybbuk (1937) Fantasy
45. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) REVISION Fantasy
46. The Mummy (1932) REVISION Fantasy
47. Official Denial (1993) Sci-Fi

48. Absolute Denial (2021) Sci-Fi



Cutting himself off from the outside world to tend to a supercomputer he has built, a computer programmer becomes unsettled by the possibility of his invention turning evil here. The first half of the film is incredibly strong with lots of interesting conversations between machine and human, including the supercomputer's concern that its survival depends on the programmer's rationality and ability to stay sane. The second half of the film is less conversation-based and drags out for far too long after a certain reveal, but the whole thing is still enthralling and the black and white animation looks amazing.

[dirty_score]

18. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) Episodes 5-6 (141 min.)

Took them 6 episodes to show the first two battles and they were mostly vanilla. This has to be the most expensive crap ever produced. There was a good song in it, though.

[Lonewolf2003]

28. Tenet (2020, Christopher Nolan): 7.8
29. Palm Springs (2020, Max Barbakow): 7.5
30. Unearthly Stranger (1963, John Krish): 5.0

Spoiler

1. Black Adam (2022, Jaume Collet-Serra): 5.5
2. The Mummy Returns (2001, Stephen Sommers): 4.0
3. Predator (1987, John McTiernan): rewatch 8ish? > 8.5
4. Predator 2 (1990, Stephen Hopkins) rewatch: 4-5ish > 6.2
5. AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004, Paul W.S. Anderson) rewatch: 6.5 > 6.2
6. AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007, Colin & Greg Strause): rewatch: 5.5 > 4.0
7. Predators (2010, VS, Nimród Antal) rewacht: 6.5 > 4.8
8. The Predator (2018, Shane Black): 4.0
9. Prey (2022, Daniel Trachtenberg): 8.0
10. Strange World (2022, Don Hall & Qui Nguyen): 7.2
11. Abominable (2019, Jill Culton & Todd Wilderman): 4.5
12. John Carter (2012, Andrew Stanton): 4.5
13. Knowing (2009, Alex Proyas): 5.0
14. Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022, Jeff Wamester): 4.0
15. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010, Jon Turteltaub): 5.8
16. The Matrix Resurrections (2021, Lana Wachowski): 8.2
17. Astro Boy (2009, David Bowers): 6.0
18. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (200, Raja Gosnell): 3.5
19. Superman (1978, VS, Richard Donner) rewatch; 7.5 > 8.0
20. Jiu Jitsu (2020, Dimitri Logothetis): 3.5-
21. Warcraft (2016, Duncan Jones): 6.0
22-27. Andor Season 1 (2022, Tony Gilroy): 7.8 (553 min total)

[flavo5000]

182. Jack and the Beanstalk (Jean Yarbrough, 1952)


183. The Barbarians (Ruggero Deodato, 1987)


184. Project Almanac (Dean Israelite, 2014)


185. Missile to the Moon (Richard Cunha, 1958)


186. Unidentified Flying Oddball (Russ Mayberry, 1979)


187. Flesh and Fantasy (Julien Duvivier, 1943)


188. Le fatiche erotiche di Hercules a.k.a. Hercules: A Sex Adventure (Joe D'Amato, 1997)


189. Daai laap mat taam Ling Ling Fat a.k.a. Forbidden City Cop (Stephen Chow, Vincent Kok, 1996)

The Timeless Tomorrow

1. Miraklet i Valby a.k.a. Miracle in Valby (Åke Sandgren, 1989)
2. Nora (Satomi Mikuriya, 1985)
3. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, 2007)
4-8. The 10th Kingdom (2000)
9. Silent Shorts [Le pied de mouton (1907), The Airship Destroyer (1909), Alice in Wonderland (1903), Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901), The Thieving Hand (1908), An Interesting Story (1904), Le roi du maquillage (1904), Mary Jane's Mishap (1903), The Little Match Seller (1902), The Enchanted Drawing (1900), Le cauchemar (1896), Les affiches en goguette (1906), Le squelette joyeux (1898), Le scarabée d'or (1907), Le papillon fantastique (1901), L'homme orchestre (1900), Nouvelles luttes extravagantes (1901), La tentation de Saint-Antoine (1898), Le cochon danseur (1907) ]
10. Cyber Vengeance (J. Christian Ingvordsen, 1997)
11. R.I.P.D. (Robert Schwentke, 2013)
12. Pyl a.k.a. Dust (Sergey Loban, 2005)
13. Synchronic (Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, 2019)
14. Day the World Ended (Roger Corman, 1955)
15. The Immortal Wars (Joe Lujan, 2018)
16. Rumpelstiltskin (David Irving, 1987)
17. Split Second (Tony Maylam, 1992)
18. A Monster Calls (J.A. Bayona, 2016)
19. The Butterfly Effect 2 (John R. Leonetti, 2006)
20. Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (Lew Landers, 1952)
21. Black Adam (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2022)
22. Goodbye World (Denis Hennelly, 2013)
23. After the Dark (John Huddles, 2013)
24-26. The Vanishing Shadow (Lew Landers, 1934)
27. Moontrap: Target Earth (Robert Dyke, 2017)
28. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (James Fargo, 1984)
29. Yattâman (Takashi Miike, 2009)
30. Ansikte mot ansikte a.k.a. Face to Face (Ingmar Bergman, 1976)
31. Bell Book and Candle (Richard Quine, 1958)
32. The Recall (Mauro Borrelli, 2017)
33. If Only (Gil Junger, 2004)
34. Iron Sky: The Coming Race (Timo Vuorensola, 2018)
35. Class of 1999 (Mark L. Lester, 1990)
36. Galaxy of the Dinosaurs (J.R. Bookwalter, 1992)
37. Humanoids from Atlantis (J.R. Bookwalter, 1992)
38. Injû kyôshi - jissha-ban a.k.a. Angel of Darkness (Mitsunori Hattori, 1995)
39. Jack Frost (Troy Miller, 1998)
40. The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah, 2018)
41. Huo shao hong lian si a.k.a. Burning Paradise (Ringo Lam, 1994)
42. G-Saviour (Graeme Campbell, 2000)
43. Looker (Michael Crichton, 1981)
44. The Brain Eaters (Bruno VeSota, 1958)
45. Mortal Engines (Christian Rivers, 2018)
46. Otroki vo vselennoy a.k.a. Children in the Universe (Richard Viktorov, 1975)
47. Aliens Cut My Hair (Michael McIntosh, 1992)
48. Mortal Kombat: Legacy S1 (Kevin Tancharoen, 2011)
49. Francis Goes to West Point (Arthur Lubin, 1952)
50. Francis Covers the Big Town (Arthur Lubin, 1953)
51. Francis Joins the WACS (Arthur Lubin, 1954)
52. Francis in the Navy (Arthur Lubin, 1955)
53. La momia azteca a.k.a. The Aztec Mummy (Rafael Portillo, 1957)
54. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, 2022)
55. Exodus: Gods and Kings (Ridley Scott, 2014)
56. Love, Death & Robots S3 (2022)
57. Space Truckers (Stuart Gordon, 1996)
58. No Resistance (Tim Thomson, 1994)
59. Tômei ningen arawaru a.k.a. Invisible Man Appears (Shinsei Adachi, Shigehiro Fukushima, 1949)
60. Tômei ningen to hae otoko a.k.a. The Invisible Man vs the Human Fly (Mitsuo Murayama, 1957)
61-62. Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (Vadim Jean, 2006)
63. Císaruv pekar - Pekaruv císar a.k.a. Emperor and the Golem (Martin Fric, 1952)
64. One and Two (Andrew Droz Palermo, 2015)
65-66. Final Days of Planet Earth (Robert Lieberman, 2006)
67. The Dirt Bike Kid (Hoite C. Caston, 1985)
68. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (James Gunn, 2022)
69. Dream a Little Dream (Marc Rocco, 1989)
70. Morgan (Luke Scott, 2016)
71. Puss in Boots (Eugene Marner, 1988)
72. Chiu kup hok hau ba wong a.k.a. Future Cops (Jing Wong, 1993)
73. Philadelphia Experiment II (Stephen Cornwell, 1993)
74. Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders a.k.a. Flesh Gordon 2 (Howard T. Ziehm, 1990)
75. Gong gui zai a.k.a. Red Spell Spells Red (Titus Ho, 1983)
76. Alien 2 - Sulla Terra a.k.a. Alien 2: On Earth (Ciro Ippolito, Biagio Proietti, 1980)
77. Kdyby tisíc klarinetu a.k.a. If a Thousand Clarinets (Ján Rohác, Vladimír Svitácek, 1965)
78-81. Paper Girls E1-8 (2022)
82. Surrogates (Jonathan Mostow, 2009)
83. The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (Peter Winther, 2004)
84. The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (Jonathan Frakes, 2006)
85. The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (Jonathan Frakes, 2008)
86. Mutant Hunt (Tim Kincaid, 1987)
87. Naufragio (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1978)
88. The Day After (Nicholas Meyer, 1983)
89-91a. Schmigadoon! E1-7 (2021)
91b. The Disintegrated Convict (1907)
91c. The 'Teddy' Bears (Edwin S. Porter, 1907)
91d. Prekrasnaya Lyukanida a.k.a. The Beautiful Leukanida (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1912)
92. Xi you ji zhi: Sun Wukong san da Baigu Jing a.k.a. The Monkey King 2 (Soi Cheang, 2016)
93. Ghost in the Machine (Rachel Talalay, 1993)
94-99. Dennô koiru a.k.a. Dennou Coil E1-26 (2007)
100. The Dark Side of the Moon (D.J. Webster, 1990)
101. Mandibules (Quentin Dupieux, 2020)
102. The Alpha Test (Aaron Mirtes, 2020)
103. Ring of the Nibelungs a.k.a. Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (Uli Edel, 2004)
104. Chimera Strain (Maurice Haeems, 2018)
105. Dolcezza Extrema a.k.a. Sick Sock Monsters from Outer Space (Alberto Genovese, 2015)
106. The Gnome-Mobile (Robert Stevenson, 1967)
107. Futureworld (Richard T. Heffron, 1976)
108. A Very Nutty Christmas (Colin Theys, 2018)
109. La cicatrice intérieure a.k.a. The Inner Scar (Philippe Garrel, 1972)
110. Mermaids of Tiburon (John Lamb, 1962)
111. Syngenor (George Elanjian Jr., 1990)
112. Domain (Nathaniel Atcheson, 2016)
113. Charly (Ralph Nelson, 1968)
114. Age of Tomorrow (James Kondelik, 2014)
115. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arthur Lubin, 1944)
116. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (Steve Pink, 2014)
117. Immortals (Tarsem Singh, 2011)
118-120. Dropkick on My Devil!! S1E1-12 (2018)
121-123. The Triangle (Craig R. Baxley, 2005)
124. Halo: Nightfall (Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, 2014)
125. Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (Stewart Hendler, 2012)
126. Imagine That (Karey Kirkpatrick, 2009)
127a. Here Comes Tobor (Duke Goldstone, 1957)
127b. City Beneath the Sea (Irwin Allen, 1969)
127c. The Faeries of Blackheath Woods (Ciaran Foy, 2006)
127d. Mezame no hakobune a.k.a. Open your Mind (Mamoru Oshii, 2005)
128. The Advanced Guard a.k.a. The Colony (Peter Geiger, 1998)
129. Weird Science (John hughes, 1985)
130. Voyage Into Space (Minoru Yamada, 1970)
131. The People That Time Forgot (Kevin Connor, 1977)
132. Rise of the Black Bat (Scott Patrick, 2012)
133. The Day the World Ended (Terence Gross, 2001)
134. The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (Bob Wynn, 1971)
135. Dante 01 (Marc Caro, 2008)
136. Xin liu xing hu die jian a.k.a. Butterfly and Sword (Michael Mak, 1993)
137. Seksmisja a.k.a. Sexmission (Juliusz Machulski, 1984)
138. Tsuin shigunaru a.k.a. Twin Signal (Toshiko Sasaki, 1996)
139. Robot Ninja (J.R. Bookwalter, 1989)
140. The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Bretaigne Windust, 1957)
141. The Borrowers (Walter C. Miller, 1973)
142. Alien Private Eye (Vik Rubenfeld, 1987)
143. I grandi condottieri a.k.a. Gideon and Samson (Marcello Baldi, Francisco Pérez-Dolz, 1965)
144. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Phantom Planet (1998)
145. The Muppets Take Manhattan (Frank Oz, 1984)
146. Afritah Hanem (Hinri Barakat, Yusuf Maloof, 1949)
147. Replicas (Jeffrey Nachmanoff, 2018)
148. Vampire Academy (Mark Waters, 2014)
149. Karei naru erogami-ke no ichizoku: Shinsô reijô wa denki shitsuji no yume o miru ka a.k.a. Erotibot (Naoyuki Tomomatsu, 2011)
150. Nemesis (Albert Pyun, 1992)
151. Nemesis 2: Nebula (Albert Pyun, 1995)
152. Nemesis III: Prey Harder (Albert Pyun, 1996)
153. Nemesis 4: Death Angel (Albert Pyun, 1996)
154. Somewhere, Tomorrow (Robert Wiemer, 1983)
155a. Studio One in Hollywood: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1952)
155b. A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus (Edwin S. Porter, J. Searle Dawley, 1907)
155c. Jeanne d'Arc (Georges Méliès, 1900)
156. Puzzlehead (James Bai, 2005)
157. Scrooge (Henry Edwards, 1935)
158. Without Warning (Greydon Clark, 1980)
159. Surf II (Randall M. Badat, 1984)
160. Mad World a.k.a. Dystopia (Paul Tanter, 2018)
161. Riddick (David Twohy, 2013)
162. Rubber's Lover (Shozin Fukui, 1996)
163-164. Quatermass and the Pit E1-6 (1958)
165. Il racconto dei racconti - Tale of Tales (Matteo Garrone, 2015)
166. Angel on My Shoulder (Archie Mayo, 1946)
167-169. Zero kara hajimeru mahou no sho a.k.a. Grimoire of Zero E1-12 (2017)
170. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Henry Levin, 1959)
171. Violet Evergarden: Recollections (2021)
172. El ojete de Lulú a.k.a. Lulu's Talking Ass (Jesus Franco, 1986)
173. Chatterbox! (Tom DeSimone, 1977)
174. Archive(Gavin Rothery, 2020)
175. Bionicle: Mask of Light (David Molina, Terry Shakespeare 2003)
176. King Solomon's Treasure (Alvin Rakoff, 1979)
177. Theatre 625: The Year of the Sex Olympics (Michael Elliott, 1968)
178. The Medusa Touch (1978)
179-181. Gostya iz budushchego a.k.a. Guest from the Future E1-5 (1984)
182. Jack and the Beanstalk (Jean Yarbrough, 1952)
183. The Barbarians (Ruggero Deodato, 1987)
184. Project Almanac (Dean Israelite, 2014)
185. Missile to the Moon (Richard Cunha, 1958)
186. Unidentified Flying Oddball (Russ Mayberry, 1979)
187. Flesh and Fantasy (Julien Duvivier, 1943)
188. Le fatiche erotiche di Hercules a.k.a. Hercules: A Sex Adventure (Joe D'Amato, 1997)
189. Daai laap mat taam Ling Ling Fat a.k.a. Forbidden City Cop (Stephen Chow, Vincent Kok, 1996)

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33. Spiderhead (2022)
I remember years ago reading the George Saunders short story this movie is based on, and I’m impressed that the screenwriters managed to extrapolate from it a feature length movie that offers a compelling narrative about scientific experimentation on prisoners. There’s a long and infamous history of such experimentation in the United States. Spiderhead is an emotionally rich movie about power imbalances, self-forgiveness, scientific ethics, and egotism. And there’s some irony in that because the experimentation in the narrative is with drugs specifically designed to alter emotions. Take one step further down the thematic pathway, and this is a movie about movies. I think of Hitchcock’s explanation that cinema gave him the tool to make audiences feel anything he wanted them to feel.

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Ludacris' favorite challenge

1. Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)
2. Dead Heat (1988)
3. The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
4. RoboCop 2 (1990)
"5. Shorts: 80m:
The Infernal Boiling Pot (1903, 2m)
Going to Bed with Difficulties (1900, 2m)
Le papillon fantastique (1909, 2m)
The Golden Beetle (1907, 3m)
The Hilarious Posters (1906, 3m)
The Black Imp (1905, 4m)
The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913, 5m)
The Thieving Hand (1908, 5m)
Alice in Wonderland (1903, 8m)
The Red Spectre (1907, 9m)
The Airship Destroyer (1909, 7m)
The Flat (1968, Czechoslovakia, 13m)
Entente cordiale (1912, 17m)"
6. Ant-Man (2015)
7. Stargate (1994)
8. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
9. Gladiator Eroticvs: The Lesbian Warriors (2001)
10. PK (2014)
11. The Hunger Games (2012)
12. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
13. Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992)
14. When Worlds Collide (1951)
15. The Wandering Earth (2019)
16. The Blood of a Poet (1932)
17. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
18. Star Trek (2009)
19. Captain Marvel (2019)
20. Strange Days (1995)
21. Holy Motors (2012)
22. Megalodon (2018)
"23. Shorts (80m):
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907, 9m)
Down to the Cellar (1983, Czechoslovakia, 15m)
Food (1992, Czechia, 17m)
Kingdom of the Fairies (1903, 16m)
The House of Ghosts (1906, 6m)
Le squelette joyeux (1898, 1m)
Artistic Creation (1901, 2m)
The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912,14m)"
24. 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
25. Wedlock (1991)
26. Save the Green Planet! (2003)
27. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
28. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
29. Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
30. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
31. Psycho Goreman (2020)
32. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917)
33. Mr. Vampire (1985)
34. Timecop (1994)
35. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
36. Fortress (1992)

37. Willow (1988)
38. Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Fantasy/action double feature. Didn't really care for either, as they were too "fantasy" for me, which is a genre I usually struggle with, especially when it's building an entirely separate world.