The Last Starfighter

“If that’s what you think, then that’s all you'll ever be.” Intergalactic con-man Centauri declares as teenager Alex Rogan walks back home, turning his back on the greatest adventure of his life. When finally given the chance to strike out on his own, Alex runs back to his boring, but safe, life as “just a kid from a trailer park.”

Battle Beyond the Stars: A Pulpy Science Fiction Classic

Battle Beyond the Stars was released in North America on September 8th, 1980.

Battle Beyond the Stars is a science fiction film from 1980 starring Richard Thomas, George Peppard, Robert Vaughn, and Sybil Danning. It is loosely based on Akira Kurosawa’s classic film the Seven Samurai. It was produced by Roger Corman and directed by first-timer Jimmy Murakami. Corman also directed some scenes, even though he is not credited. James Horner provided the stellar musical score.

Review of The Lost Boys

             

             Richard Donner’s and Joel Schumacher’s best film is a coming of age tale of two brothers who run into a family of vampires after moving to small town California.

Koch Brothers

I know this is supposed to be a movie and television blog but I've been riled up this week.

Not pronounced /kɑːk/

For years now, certain political groups have systematically taken rights away from the American worker. These are rights that are constitutionally protected and eroding the rights of an individual to make corporations stronger in the guise of strengthening our economy is about as anti-American as one can get, despite what the far right would have Fox news tell us otherwise.