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Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman (1958) (film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper).

This is one of those films that has become a low-grade camp classic. While it is not as incompetent as

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From Hell it Came (1957) (film retrospective).
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From Hell it Came (1957) (film retrospective).

The New York Times, which likes to give one-line reviews for movies scheduled for TV has a quick phrase for

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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954): a horror film retrospective.
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The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954): a horror film retrospective.

The image of ‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’ (1954) is imprinted on our cultural psychology perhaps only surpassed by

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The Last Movie Star (2019) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).

In his day Vic Edwards was the Number One boxoffice action actor on the screen. It is now about 45

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FantasyFilmsMEDIA

All Hail the Popcorn King (documentary: review)

All Hail the Popcorn King is a study of the surrealist writer Joe R. Lansdale, author of 50 novels and

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Comments on the 1945 Retro Hugo nominations in the Dramatic Presentation category (article).

Members of the 2020 World Science Fiction Convention will be given an opportunity to vote retroactively for Hugo Awards for

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Color Out Of Space (a film review by Mark Leeper).

‘Color Out Of Space’ is the latest film adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s horror story tells of a meteor strike in

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Movie Retrospective: The Mortal Storm (1940) by Mark Leeper.

It had been years since I have seen ‘The Mortal Storm’ (1940), and I think I saw it only once,

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The Aeronauts (film review by Mark Leeper).

With a little flair borrowed from Jules Verne, we get the story, The Aeronauts, of two mid-19th century explorers who

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The Woman in the Moon (Die Frau Im Mond)
MEDIAScifi

Retrospective: The Woman in the Moon (Die Frau Im Mond) (1929).

In July TCM celebrated the 50th anniversary of humans first landing on the moon. They chose to run the rarely

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