Tag: science fiction
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X-Files: I Want To Believe – A Movie Review
I loved this movie! I enjoyed the X-Files television program. I wouldn’t say I was a diehard fan or anything, but I liked it quite a bit. So when I saw the commercials X-Files: I Want To Believe, I made a note to check it out on DVD, but didn’t get worked up enough to…
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Speed Racer – A Movie Review
I should probably reveal this from the get-go: I never watched the old Speed Racer cartoon. I knew just the most minimal of facts-Speed’s name, Racer X, the little boy and the monkey-and that was about it. That being said, even while knowing really nothing about the cartoon, I actually enjoyed the Wachowski Brothers’ Speed…
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Blade Runner: The Final Cut – A Movie Review
Believe it or not, this is the first and only version of Blade Runner that I’ve seen. I understand that there have been many different versions over the years, but this one, The Final Cut, is supposed to be the end-all-be-all. Supposedly, the director, Ridley Scott, never intended the studio-mandated Harrison Ford narration in the…
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2001: A Space Odyssey – A Movie Review
Recently I’ve been on an old-school science fiction kick. Unbelievably, I’d never seen what some critics have called one of the greatest movies of all time—2001: A Space Odyssey. I can honestly tell you it was with great enthusiasm I put it into the DVD player. To say I was unimpressed would be a…
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