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The Fly (1958) by Mark R. Leeper (a film retrospective).
‘The Fly’ (1958) is a film that surprised even its producers. They knew the story was a little silly and expected only a…
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November 2021
October 2021
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Forbidden Planet (1956) by Mark R. Leeper (a film retrospective).
I saw that TCM is going to show one of the great and iconic Science Fiction films of all time. As I have…
September 2021
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The Black Scorpion (1957) (film retrospective).
The 1950s could be thought of as the Golden Age of giant arthropod films and frequently giant arthropod films are mis-categorized as science…
July 2021
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The Magnetic Monster (1953) (film review retrospective).
In the 1994 film ‘Ed Wood’, the title character, gets enthusiastic over some stock footage, saying that with enough of that he could…
March 2021
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The Vigil (2020) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper).
‘The Vigil’ is a horror film in a Jewish Hasidic setting. The ‘vigil’ of the title is not the sitting shiva after a…
February 2021
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A Ghost Waits (a film review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper).
‘A Ghost Waits’ is a new take on an old idea. Muriel is fairly successfully haunting a house: all the renters break their…
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M. C. Escher: Journey To Infinity (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
M.C. Escher is best known for his tessellations and for his ‘Impossible’ structures. Strangely, he did not think of himself as an artist,…
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Fireball – Visitors From Darker Worlds (a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper).
Co-directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer, this Apple TV+ documentary about meteors covers a surprising breadth of discussion about the topic from…
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Spaceship Earth (a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper).
Spaceship Earth is a documentary about Biosphere 2 and the story of the eight people who chose to live in its completely isolated…
January 2021
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Leap Of Faith – William Friedkin On The Exorcist (film review by Mark R. Leeper).
This is a good commentary and companion piece for the original film with many ideas coming together. It has its own philosophical line…
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The Lodge (2019) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
‘The Lodge’ is a production from Hammer Films. Hammer was a British company that specialised in horror and Science Fiction from the mid-1950s…
December 2020
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The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) (a film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper).
Trivia question: what day of the week is “The Day the Earth Stood Still”? Answer later in the article. The Day The Earth…