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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3/5
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Unwise in investing so much time in its human characters, who are poorly drawn and never particularly compelling.
Posted May 24, 2019
2
4/5
Staub (Dust) (2007)
For those most curious about the world around them, Dust is a revelation.
Posted Apr 6, 2016
3
Goes full Herzog into the abstract and esoteric, and that's what we love about Herzog.
Posted Feb 4, 2016
4
8 out of 10
Man of Tai Chi (2013)
Reeves has achieved Bruce Lee's vision for Game of Death.
Posted Sep 9, 2013
5
5 out of 10
Crystal Fairy (2013)
Stoner arthouse, if you will.
Posted Jan 30, 2013
6
A-
Titanic (1997)
The kind of mass death spectacle Michael Bay is frequently accused (and often guilty) of partaking in is much better encapsulated in Titanic's final third.
Posted Apr 9, 2012
7
8 out of 10
This Must Be The Place (2012)
The perfect way to use Sean Penn's powers for good and not evil. He can be serious in his character and the situations are so weird we can all enjoy it.
Posted Feb 1, 2012
8
3/5
I'll grant benefit of the doubt. Right before I huddle in the fetal position and ease my fractured soul with a few hours of Fraggle Rock.
Posted Nov 12, 2011
9
3/5
Immortals (2011)
The fact is that Immortals would be better if it were a silent movie.
Posted Nov 12, 2011
10
1/5
Jack and Jill (2011)
Forgive my stereotyping when I observe that most of the people who were laughing were also the same folks generous enough to share their cell phones.
Posted Nov 11, 2011
11
3/5
In tone, it's really the predecessor of James Cameron's gung-ho sequel Aliens.
Posted Oct 31, 2011
12
5/5
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
If anything, a modern vantage point reaffirms how devastatingly the film hits the nail on the head.
Posted Oct 31, 2011
13
3/5
This Island Earth (1955)
Worth consideration from anyone who enjoys their profundity with a side of cheese.
Posted Oct 31, 2011
14
5/5
Among the most thrilling cliffhangers in all of cinema.
Posted Oct 30, 2011
15
4/5
Red Planet Mars (1952)
Achieves genuine science fiction with a nearly entire absence of sci-fi subjects on screen.
Posted Oct 28, 2011
16
4/5
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Earns its ponderous tone, and the final moments are as fitting as they are unexpected.
Posted Oct 28, 2011
17
2/5
The Killer Shrews (1959)
Not particularly watchable until the climax.
Posted Oct 26, 2011
18
3/5
The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
The desolate desert imagery combined with Jack Marshall's creepy score make for a sporadically transfixing experience.
Posted Oct 26, 2011
19
2/5
The Giant Behemoth (1959)
Lurches forward in fits and spurts, only truly coming alive during a brief rampage sequence through London.
Posted Oct 26, 2011
20
3/5
The Alligator People (1959)
Screams and explosions ensue, and no movie was ever harmed by having a Lon Chaney on board.
Posted Oct 26, 2011
21
2/5
The Brain Eaters (1958)
The cast has their heart in the matter but this is a strictly paint-by-numbers affair.
Posted Oct 26, 2011
22
2/5
War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
The sequel is a similarly rote affair.
Posted Oct 26, 2011
23
2/5
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
While Langan's work as the mentally unraveling colossal man is impressive, there's little else here save for genre bric-a-brac.
Posted Oct 26, 2011
24
1/5
Rodan (1956)
As tedious and lethargic as [the original] Godzilla was smart and engaging.
Posted Oct 26, 2011
25
2/5
Gog (1954)
A creaky experience any way you cut it.
Posted Oct 26, 2011
26
3/5
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1960)
This particular monster opus is a fling equivalent, spontaneous and brisk and giddy. Sometimes, we all can use a one night stand.
Posted Oct 25, 2011
27
4/5
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Smarter than you'd be right in expecting a movie called Attack of the Crab Monsters to be, and this is in part because the crabs themselves are that much smarter, too.
Posted Oct 25, 2011
28
4/5
The Monolith Monsters (1958)
For genre buffs, climate change advocates and science junkies, The Monolith Monsters is a pitifully overlooked classic.
Posted Oct 24, 2011
29
3/5
Invaders from Mars (1953)
It isn't great, but it is great fun.
Posted Oct 22, 2011
30
4/5
The Wasp Woman (1959)
From the perspective of a 21st Century ... The Wasp Woman is a downright revolutionary act of scathing commentary.
Posted Oct 21, 2011
31
3/5
Tarantula (1955)
The tongue-in-cheek tone would foreshadow another monster movie set in the desert, the nearly unsurpassed 1990 throwback Tremors.
Posted Oct 21, 2011
32
5/5
The Fly (1986)
One of the greatest, horror or otherwise.
Posted Oct 20, 2011
33
4/5
The Fly (1958)
The script works hard to ensure that the premise delivers without succumbing to its surface absurdity.
Posted Oct 20, 2011
34
1/5
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
The lead actor looks a little like Steve Martin, which got me to thinking that digitally inserting that comedian could make something out of this imploded building of a movie.
Posted Oct 18, 2011
35
4/5
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Hell hath no fury like a scorned woman, especially one who could avoid a divorce altogether by merely stepping on you.
Posted Oct 18, 2011
36
3/5
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
Bring on the David Fincher-helmed remake.
Posted Oct 18, 2011
37
4/5
Klitschko (2011)
You don't have to be a sports fan to find poetry in their story and beauty in what these bodies are capable of.
Posted Oct 18, 2011
38
4/5
Warrior (2011)
A welcome throwback to big studio movies with heart, mind, and blood running through their veins.
Posted Oct 18, 2011
39
5/5
Yes kids, media was idiotic and hysterical long before the likes of Glenn Beck were around.
Posted Oct 16, 2011
40
3/5
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
Among the most underrated entries in Universal's diverse monster catalog.
Posted Oct 16, 2011
41
1/5
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Less than the sum of its maddeningly redundant parts.
Posted Oct 16, 2011
42
2/5
The beats of the film are like overused sandpaper, too worn down and tattered to have more than a passing effect.
Posted Oct 16, 2011
43
4/5
Fiend Without a Face (1957)
As far as mad scientist byproducts go, they're a juggernaut.
Posted Oct 15, 2011
44
3/5
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Perhaps the most famous shot of the movie is also one of head-slapping irrelevance.
Posted Oct 14, 2011
45
5/5
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
There's so much going on in the shoestring gem that is The Atomic Submarine that it seems only incidentally science fiction.
Posted Oct 13, 2011
46
5/5
Forbidden Planet (1956)
The tragicomic tone would have done the Bard proud, and at even only 98 minutes, Forbidden Planet is positively epic.
Posted Oct 12, 2011
47
Gigantis the Fire Monster (Godzilla Raids Again) (Gojira's Counterattack) (The Volcano Monster) (1955)
A frequently hilarious hodgepodge of reworked dialogue and unnecessary, often absurd changes.
Posted Oct 11, 2011
48
3/5
Compared to the "Japoteurs" propaganda that was barely a decade out, it's an astonishing leap forward.
Posted Oct 10, 2011
49
3/5
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Too bad the finale plays like a greeting card you wish someone had just given you the money for instead.
Posted Oct 9, 2011
50
4/5
The Manster (1962)
Raw greatness that refuses to be contained by mediocre skin.
Posted Oct 9, 2011