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Blinded by Science

by Jennifer Makowsky

[29.Oct.08] :. While Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a wonderful tale of a tortured man and his experiment, I’ll take Hollywood’s version of the block-headed monster any day.

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Mad Monster Party? (1969)

by Bill Gibron

[22.Oct.08] :. Of all the media oddities to come out of the ‘50s and ‘60s, the shift of horror toward the underage set has to be one of the most unusual. During the height of Ike era paranoia, EC Comics...

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TV DVD Review

Tales of Tomorrow: Collection Three - The 2nd Season Shows

by Michael Barrett

[5.Dec.07] :. This show's seriousness can be seen by its attempt to involve professional science fiction writers (such as Theodore Sturgeon) and adapt contemporary SF stories, as well as reaching back to works of H.G. Wells, Jules Verne and Mary Shelley.

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PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own Feature

Part 1: Pure Classicism

by PopMatters Staff

[18.Jun.07] :. In its infancy, the cinematic artform went through some formidable technological and stylistic changes. The ten DVDs discussed here highlight the very definition of the Golden Age of filmmaking.

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Film DVD Review

Targets (1968)

by Stephen Tropiano

[15.Sep.03] :. Draws parallels between Bobby and Charles Whitman, though there's a much larger issue at stake: the availability of guns, at the root of the rise of violence in America.

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The Devil Commands (1941)

by Erich Kuersten

[2.Sep.03] :. Presents a concrete fear of technology blurring the line between life and death.

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