Tag Archives: Science Fiction

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

Posted on August 14, 2020 at 3:56 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is a deeply strange blend of genres and styles, a film of raw imagination and improbable swagger that somehow escaped to theaters in 1984. Director W.D. Richter (who had written the 1978 … Continue reading →

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TRON (1982)

Posted on July 24, 2020 at 12:41 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

I was the right age when TRON (1982) was released. The ambitious Disney live-action/computer-animated spectacle may have been a financial failure, but I was too young to notice anything but the film and its merchandising: its completely unique look with those … Continue reading →

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The Omega Man (1971)

Posted on June 12, 2020 at 3:40 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

In looking at the first film adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend, The Last Man on Earth (1964), I noted that the casting of Vincent Price was too much for Matheson, who had asked to be credited with … Continue reading →

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