In keeping with the themed nights at this year’s festival, last night was Sci-Fi night at Toronto After Dark. I was looking forward to the films because I had heard a lot of buzz around them, and for the most part, they delivered. I knew that the first screening of the night was going to […]
Day two of the 2013 edition of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival has now come and gone. Dubbed “Insect Night,” the night’s programming consisted of a pair of movies where the (arguably) main star was a bug. The idea of “theme nights” is one that has become more prevalent at the festival over the […]
I grew up in the 1980s. The first film I saw in a theater was E.T. The first horror films that I remember seeing were Gremlins and Critters. Perhaps these things explain my propensity for watching just about any Creature Feature that I can get my hands on. Unfortunately, with today’s push for gritty realism […]
I’m sure many of you are familiar with the film ‘The Faculty’ released in 1998. It was directed by Robert Rodriguez (Machete, Desperado & Sin City) from a script written by Kevin Williamson (Scream 1,2,4 & The Vampire Diaries). The film stars a powerful cast including the likes of Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Jon Stewart, […]
The Science-Fiction genre is not something often attempted by independent filmmakers. The aesthetics of the genre can be a little intimidating. Most Sci-Fi films are heavy on effects, and visual style. It takes real talent to craft a film, that matches those standards on a low budget. Todd E. Freeman has managed to capture perfectly, […]
I blame “Skyline” for having not seen Battle: Los Angeles previous to last night. Both came out around the same time, both looked tremendous, but then Skyline ruined my anticipation for both films. I’m not sure if the former film influenced people’s reception of the latter, but I do know that there’s a pretty large […]
Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth in the 2010 sci-fi action flick “Skyline”. Staring Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, David Zayas, Crystal Reed, and Donald Faison. […]
Okay! Let’s open up with a “normal person” statement. Alien = good. Alien 2 = bad. That’s very simple. Let’s stick with that for now. Alien 2: On Earth?! Holy Morpheus, what’s that?! I thought the second Alien movie was called Aliens! And it definitely wasn’t released just one year after the first Alien! Ah, […]