Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Silent Running (1972)

Yea...cool movie i say ;)
Released March 10th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Aboard the American Airlines Space freighter , in the distant future , are a group of men.
Their mission is to keep alive a forest aboard the craft , which is intended to replace the non existent forests on Earth.
Freeman Lowell is a man who takes this project very seriously , working hard for the past 8 years on the craft and living off the food he has been growing in the forest.
The rest of the men find this experiment humdrum and are ready , after only being on the craft for 6 months , to go back to Earth.
Freeman cannot understand why the other men dont find their work important and no matter what he cannot change how they think about it.
When the guys get word from the people in charge of their mission , that they are doing away with the forest and they will be able to go home after destroying it , everyone but Freeman is over joyed.
Freeman fights the good fight to change the other guys minds about destroying the forest but they are set on it.
When he feels like he has no other choice , he decides to get rid of the other guys to keep the forest alive.
Stars Bruce Dern , Ron Rifkin , Cliff Potts , Jesse Vint , Cheryl Sparks , Larry Whisenhunt , Mark Persons , Steven Brown , (voice) Joseph Campanella , (voice) Roy Engel
Directed by Douglas Trumbull
Rated G
SCIFI

"You don't think it's time that somebody cared enough to have a dream?"

Catwoman (2004)

Released July 23rd in the US.
Filmed California and Canada.
The story : Patience is a working stiff who instead of slaving as a product ad designer for a beauty company , believes she should be working as the artist that she is by now.
While at home one day , she makes an effort to save a cat that just appears at her window and then on the high ledge of her apartment.
But instead Patience ends up being the one who needs saving...
Working on a deadline , Patience over hears a conversation about the products being produced by the company she is working for.
When she tries to flee , she is murdered. But then brought back to life by her old pal the cat...
Now Patience will live the life of fighting crime and evil doers , focusing on the people who killed her.
Stars Halle Berry , Lambert Wilson , Sharon Stone , Alex Borstein , Frances Conroy , Benjamin Bratt , Michael Massee , Byron Mann , Kim Smith , Christopher Heyerdahl , Peter Wingfield , Berend McKenzie , Ona Grauer , Landy Cannon
Directed by Pitof
Rated PG13
SCIFI

Friday, August 16, 2013

Popcorn (1991)

Released February 1st in the US.
Filmed entirely in Jamaica.
The story : A group of film students' teacher gives them a great idea.
How about they all put together a one night show , featuring the films they have been working on...?!
And how about showing them in the closed down , ever-popular Dreamland Theater??!
After the students agree , being finally convinced that it is a fantastic idea all around, they find an old , locked away film reel.
The cover of the film reel case reads 'Warning : Do Not Open'. Ha...well you know what that means don't cha??
Yep , they open and watch the short film , which turns out to be some old film students doom and gloom film directed towards his fellow students who all laughed at him.
The night the students open the theater turns out to be a big success.
Until people start dying.
Stars Jill Schoelen , Elliott Hurst , Derek Rydall , Malcolm Danare , Dee Wallace , Tom Villard , Ivette Soler , Kelly Jo Minter , Freddie Simpson , Karen Lorre , Tony Roberts , Ray Walston , Scott Thompson , Will Knickerbocker , Ethan Ormsby
Directed by Mark Herrier
Rated R
HORROR/MYSTERY

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Cat-Women Of The Moon (1953)

Released September 3rd in the US.
Filming location(s)unknown.
"The eternal wonder , of space and time...
The far away dreams and mysteries of other worlds...
Other life -
The stars -
The planets -
Man has been face to face with them for centuries...
It is barely able to penetrate their unknown secrets...
Sometime -
Someday -
The barrier will be pierced
Why must we wait?
Why not now"

The story : Traveling into space in a craft known as Moon Rocket 4 Code 63 , are four men and one women.
After getting past what seems like the hardest part of the journey , the crew begins moving about the cabin when they are summonsed over their radio.
An interview for the public with the space travelers is indeed in order.
After each gives a short interview , they start having some kind of craft trouble which forces them to land unexpectedly.
Once on land , the woman of the crew who happens to be their navigator begins knowing things no one else knows about their whereabouts.
Not understanding how she knows all of this , the rest of the crew follow her directions. Plus she's pretty ornery about the whole ordeal so they go along just to keep her chilled out!
Soon , they are attacked by a giant , hairy spider which they of course make quick work of.
And onward they go , until one of the men is attacked once more by "something"...
That "something" happens to be one of the cat-women who lives on the planet.
The cat-women have succeeded in getting the crew into their grip. (SCORE! One for the cat-women! None for the mere humans...)
Because , well because the cat-women want the space travelers space suits...
So they can get off this boring planet and make their way on over to Earth...
So they can go to the beach...
And get a soda...
And pick up boys and stuff....yea :P
Stars Sonny Tufts , Victor Jory , William Phipps , Douglas Fowley , Marie Windsor , Carol Brewster , Susan Morrow , Judy Walsh , Ellye Marshall , Roxann Delman , Bette Arlen , Suzanne Alexander
Directed by Arthur Hilton
B&W
Not Rated
SCIFI

um , like meow even....


Wednesday, August 14, 2013

The Cottage (2012)

mehhhh... :/
Released October 12th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Chloe and Michael are a fairly new married couple with a new baby. They are also living with Michaels' two daughters from his previous marriage , which left him a widower.
Daughters Rose and Danielle arent thrilled about Chloe being their step mom , especially seeing how she happened to be their school teacher prior.
So , Michael and Chloe own a cottage property that the home they live in actually looks onto.
They are in pretty great need to rent it for extra cash.
When they find a guy who claims to be a writer of romance novels and find him pretty friendly and charming , things in the rent department seem to start looking up.
Yea , but looks can be deceiving...
Stars Franny Hocking , Morissa O'Mara , Alana O'Mara , Lorraine Nicholson , Kristen Dalton , Victor Browne , David Arquette , Ken Baumann , Bellamy Young , Rome Shadanloo , Kyle Slabotsky , Melanie Aitkenhead , Charlotte Barrielle , Barbara Jean Barrielle
Directed by Chris Jaymes
Not Rated
THRILLER/MYSTERY