by K Hogaboom | Jun 8, 2018 | featured
A new feature: Friday’s weekly roundup! These spoiler-free summations give the reader a glimpse into my week, but also a context for what they might want to try out – or may want to miss. And yes, this week’s roster gave me a bit of whiplash from...
by K Hogaboom | Feb 7, 2018 | blog
Known in retrospect as one of the earliest sci-fi space epics to feature attempts at realistic science as well as a plotline based more in human nature than improbable alien encounters, Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a delightful adventure that stands scrutiny today. A...
by K Hogaboom | Oct 3, 2017 | featured
A tidy little horror thriller helmed by Howard Hawks’ production company (rumors maintain he directed most of the film, uncredited), The Thing from Another World is generally known in sci-fi circles as the original movie that inspired John Carpenter’s The...
by K Hogaboom | Jan 23, 2017 | blog
It’s almost impossible to review Shin Godzilla (2016) – roughly translated as “True Godzilla” and also released as Godzilla Resurgence – without weighing its merits according to the three general audiences who may view the film. First,...
by K Hogaboom | Apr 4, 2016 | blog
Hotshot nuclear submarine Seaview, pet project of Admiral Nelson (Walter Pidgeon), is being heralded for its technology. It’s also inexplicably huge! My son kept making jokes about this: “…and on the left, we have our museum complete with life-size...