
Retro Review: THE ALIENS ARE COMING (1980)
The Aliens Are Coming is not only Steven Spielberg’s latest spiel. It’s an NBC made-for-TV movie from the dim dead
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The Aliens Are Coming is not only Steven Spielberg’s latest spiel. It’s an NBC made-for-TV movie from the dim dead

Oklahoma (1955) immediately made something in my brain perk up and take notice. Something was off. I had never seen

TV broadcasted killer anthology shows over the years: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, etc. Today the

There are films you defend because they are secretly masterpieces. Then there are films you defend because they are deeply

Dragonslayer makes a person jump up and say, “Yas, slay, queen!” It’s style remains visually distinct even now. The movie’s

Irwin Allen didn’t just make disaster movies. He made event cinema. He made films where famous people stood around expensive

Ladies. Gentlemen. Outposters. Be upstanding for Sir Roger of Moore! Just coming off the global sensation that was Moonraker, and

Ringu ensured a segment of American filmmakers didn’t need to think too much in the 2000s. Gore Verbinski and Ehren

Biohazard (1985) is not a musical biopic about Biohazard (band). This becomes clear eventually, but not as quickly as one

There are career choices, and then there are career swerves that leave you thinking, simply: what on earth possessed you?