Tag Archives: Science Fiction

Night of the Comet (1984)

Posted on September 8, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Last year, on a trip to Pennsylvania, I stopped by the Monroeville Mall (just outside Pittsburgh), where Dawn of the Dead (1978) was filmed. I’d nearly given up hope on finding anything George Romero-related when I discovered Monroeville Zombies, a … Continue reading →

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On the Comet (1970)

Posted on August 31, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Karel Zeman (1910-1989) was a Czechoslovakian animator and filmmaker whose shorts and feature length films are like multi-media playgrounds in which actors move amongst baroque painted backdrops, interact with stop-motion animated creatures matted against deliberately flat, Victorian-style paintings and cut-outs, … Continue reading →

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Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)

Posted on August 25, 2011 at 5:02 am by Jeff Kuykendall

So here is a musical science-fiction fantasy filmed in black-and-white with color sequences, produced by Lorne Michaels, featuring appearances by Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd the same year they made Ghostbusters, written and directed by Saturday Night Live writer Tom … Continue reading →

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