Robots and science fiction movies go together like a horse and carriage, well if the horse was a robot duplicate and the carriage was a landspeeder, but you get my meaning. Since the very early days of cinema robots have fascinated moviegoers, whether the robot be a helpful aid to the hero or a villainous…
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Costumed Musicians Play Batman Vs Superman
We received a message about musicians dressing up, and playing some iconic sounds. I listened in on the YouTube clip, and I was pleasantly smiling.
First Blood: From Book to Screen
The story of Green Beret Vietnam veteran John Rambo started way back in 1972 with David Morrell’s successful novel titled First Blood, and then it took ten years for it to make its way to the big screen, but what is fascinating is that though the movie is almost structurally identical to the book, hitting almost…
Time Travel and The Terminator Movies
In the genre of science fiction time travel has to be one of the tougher story elements to write – cause and effect dancing your characters close to the edge of paradox is tricky stuff – but many filmmakers still line up to give it a shot, with some doing excellent takes on this trope…
Top Ten Vampire Movies
There is probably no other monster that has dominated books, movies and television quite like the vampire. They are oft portrayed as the symbolism of sexuality that women are helpless against or sometimes they’re just a psychotic monster with a thirst for blood, in either case they have fascinated people for over a hundred years. Films…