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The Land Unknown (1957) starring Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Henry Brandon, Douglas Kennedy

The Land Unknown

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The Land Unknown (1957) starring Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Henry Brandon, Douglas Kennedy

 The Land Unknown is one of those science fiction movies where good acting is undercut by truly terrible special effects.  At its heart, it’s The Lost World – but with several interesting twists, including a very different character stranded there.

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The Retaliator, aka. Programmed to Kill (1987) starring Robert Ginty Sandahl Bergman

The Retaliator

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The Retaliator, aka. Programmed to Kill (1987) starring Robert Ginty, Sandahl Bergman

Synopsis of The Retaliator

The Retaliator, aka. Programmed to Kill (1987) starring Robert Ginty Sandahl Bergman

A female, middle eastern, terrorist is captured by the CIA in Greece after an attack on a marketplace. Transported back to the USA, the terrorist undergoes an operation. She is transformed into a cybernetic killing machine. Now the CIA have a secret weapon to send back to the Middle East …. But how long can they control her?

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The Time Machine (2002) starring Guy Pierce, Samantha Mumba, Jeremy Irons

The Time Machine 2002

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movie review of The Time Machine (2002) starring Guy Pierce, Samantha Mumba, Jeremy Irons

Movie review of the 2002 version of H.G. Wells novel, “The Time Machine” written by a fan of the original George Pal version of the story.  Surprisingly, I found that I enjoyed the new version as well.

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Message from Space, starring Vic Morrow, Mikio Narita, Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Hiroyuki Sanada, Philip Casnoff, Philip Casnoff

Message from Space

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Message from Space, starring Vic Morrow, Mikio Narita, Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Hiroyuki Sanada, Philip Casnoff, Philip Casnoff

Synopsis of Message from Space

Message from Space, starring Vic Morrow, Mikio Narita, Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Hiroyuki Sanada, Philip Casnoff, Philip Casnoff

Buy from Amazon.com From a captive planet two million light years away, came a desperate message from space… Help us! On the verge of annihilation, Kido, the leader of the persecuted Jillucians, sends his beautiful granddaughter, Emeralida, to find the eight legendary brave warriors who alone can stop the steel-skinned hordes of the Gavanas Empire! This disparate, rag-tag group (a drunken general, a deposed prince, space hot rodders, a hoodlum, a royal retainer, and a broken-down robot) must band together before it’s too late …. Before the Gavanas can reach their next target: Earth!

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The Day the Earth Caught Fire, starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern, Janet Munro, by Val Guest

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1962), starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern, Janet Munro, by Val Guest

Synopsis of The Day the Earth Caught Fire

In The Day the Earth Caught Fire, British reporters and a weatherwoman get the facts after U.S./Soviet same-day nuclear tests.

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Spaceflight IC-1 (1965) starring Bill Williams, Norma West, John Cairney, Linda Marlowe

Spaceflight IC-1

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Spaceflight IC-1 (1965) starring Bill Williams, Norma West, John Cairney, Linda Marlowe Spaceflight IC-1 seems to be about mankind’s first attempt at interstellar colonization.  It also appears to be… Read More »Spaceflight IC-1