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Review: Scab

Posted on April 5, 2009 | No Comments
Not for the faint of heart - or the easily offended. It is full of gore, violence, seedy graphic sex (both heterosexual and homosexual) and language that would make a sailor blush.
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Review of Reviews: Critics hate new 'Day the Earth Stood Still'

Posted on December 18, 2008 | No Comments
What do you get when you re-make a classic landmark of science fiction film history like the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still? Better yet, throw in box-office favorite Keanu Reeves as the alien with the warning to humanity and replace the cold war message with one dealing with today's obsession about environmental catastrophe.
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Review of Reviews: Ghost Town a popular destination among critics

Posted on September 21, 2008 | No Comments
Slightly pudgy and not traditionally handsome, British comedian Ricky Gervais takes the lead in a romantic comedy fantasy about a man who wakes up one day and realizes he can see dead people.
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Review of Reviews: Critics find Babylon A.D. incomprehensible

Posted on August 29, 2008 | No Comments
Share OPENS: August 29, 2008 Rating: PG-13 (Intense violence, Language) Genres: Science Fiction, Dystopia Starring: Vin Diesel, Gerard Depardieu “Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest [...]
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Review of Reviews: Most critics praise Death Race

Posted on August 22, 2008 | No Comments
Share<!– {rw_text} What happens when Executive Producer Tom Cruise hires a cast and crew to re-make the schocky 1970s grindhouse drive-in film, Death Race 2000 for a modern audience? Why, 2008′s ultra-violent dytopic sci fi bloodbath, Death Race, of course. And the ciritcs are loving it, believe [...]
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Review of Reviews: 'Mirrors' made for gore fans

Posted on August 15, 2008 | No Comments
Share<!– {rw_text} From the director of The Hills Have Eyes. Kiefer Sutherland stars as an ex-cop turned night security guard at a long-closed department store ravaged by fire, discovers that the store’s mirrors harbor a horrific secret that threatens him and his family. {/rw_text} –> OPENS: August [...]
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Review of Reviews: Critics tell fans to avoid Clone Wars

Posted on August 15, 2008 | No Comments
Share OPENS: AUgust 15, 2008 RATING: PG (Violence, Smoking, Adult Situations) GENRE: Space Opera, Animation A new Star Wars cartoon will debut on the Cartoon Network this fall. Somebody at Lucasfilm got the bright idea to make a 90-minute introduction movie to kick the series off. That’s good. Somebody (or somebodies) else [...]
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Review of Reviews: The Mummy 3 critics all over the map

Posted on August 2, 2008 | No Comments
Brendan Fraser is back, reprising his role in The Mummy franchise in the new film, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
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Fan Speak: T

Posted on August 2, 2008 | No Comments
There are many words and abbreviations of special relevance to science fiction. In addition, over the years science fiction fandom has created many new terms. A list of some of these words and abbreviations is provided here for N3F members and for any others who are interested in the history of science fiction and science fiction fandom. Additions and/or corrections are invited.
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Review of Reviews: Midnight Meat Train a good fright

Posted on July 31, 2008 | No Comments
A short story form Clive Barker's classic short story collection Books of Blood, the new film The Midnight Meat Train follows photographer Leon Kauffman (Cooper), who is working on his latest collection - documenting the late night life's loneliness in the normally bustling New York City ... until his camera catches evidence of the deadly side of the city's subway system. Last stop: an abyss of pure evil.
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