IO9 Movie Reviews

Contents 1 Overview 2 Reviews 2.1 Sexy Evil Genius 2.2 John Dies At The End 2.3 Hardware 2.4 Alice 2.5 Babylon 5 2.6 Farscape 2.7 Encounter At Raven's Gate 2.8 Retroactive 2.9 Android 2.10 Intacto 2.11 The Stendhal Syndrome 2.12 Lifeforce 2.13 Phantasm 2.14 A Fire In The Sky 2.15 Santa Sangre 2.16 Lunnaya Raduga 2.17 Enter The Void 2.18 Phase IV 2.19 Looker

Overview

I write a regular movie review column for IO9 covering science fiction and fantasy films, with an emphasis on retro works.

You can find a links to all the original articles on my main site. Below are links to local copies with some extended notes.

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Reviews

Sexy Evil Genius

2013
dir. Shawn Piller

Sexy Evil Genius is Shawn Piller's geek ensemble film noir.

John Dies At The End

2013
dir. Don Coscarelli

John Dies At The End is Don Coscarelli's adaptation of David Wong's batshit crazy novel.

Hardware

1990
dir. Richard Stanley

Hardware is Richard Stanley's post-apocalyptic story of man (and woman) vs machine.

Alice

1988
dir. Jan Švankmajer's

Alice is Jan Švankmajer's eerie adaptation of Alice in Wonderland

Babylon 5

1994
cre. J. Michael Straczynski

Babylon 5 is a groundbreaking television space opera developed by J. Michael Straczynski.

The Evolution of Babylon 5

Farscape

1999
cre. Rockne S. O'Bannon

Farscape is a science fiction series created by Rockne O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Studios.

Encounter At Raven's Gate

1988
dir. Rolf de Heer

Encounter at Raven's Gate is a 1988 small town alien invasion family melodrama directed by Dutch-born Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer.

Retroactive

1997
dir. Louis Moreneau

In Retroactive, Jim Belushi plays a psychotic time traveling Elvis impersonator with trust issues.

Android

1982
dir. Aaron Lipstatdt

In Android, Klaus Kinski wants to hook you up to his android and stimulate you. Wait...where are you going?

Intacto

2001
dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

In Intacto, if it wasn't for bad luck, Max von Sydow wouldn't have no luck at all.

The Stendhal Syndrome

1996
dir. Dario Argento

The Stendhal Syndrome is the most awkward "take your daughter to work" project ever conceived. Err, filmed.

Lifeforce

1985
dir. Tobe Hooper

In Lifeforce, space boobies need to come with a warning label.

Phantasm

1978
dir. Don Coscarelli

Phantasm blows the lid off the Zombie/Jawa Industrial Complex.

A Fire In The Sky

1993
dir. Jerry Jameson

A Fire In The Sky is the true story of a logger who was allegedly abducted by aliens. It's true in the sense that he alleged it. Don't get me started on the grammar of that.

Santa Sangre

1989
dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky

Santa Sangre is a psychosexual surrealist thriller from Mexican/Italian filmmaker and authentic weirdo Alejandro Jodorowsky

Lunnaya Raduga

1984
dir. Andrei Yermash, V. Karpichhyov

Lunnaya Raduga is a groovy Soviet era Russian space mystery

Enter The Void

2009
dir. Gaspar Noé

Enter The Void is a psychedelic rollercoaster ride through Tokyo.

Phase IV

1974
dir. Saul Bass

Phase IV is a man-vs-nature sci fi thriller about super-intelligent ants, directed by Saul Bass. The movie, not the ants. The ants did improv.

Looker

1982
dir. Michael Crichton

Looker is a new media techno-thriller by Michael Crichton that, despite its cheesiness, was more prescient than you might imagine.

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