Classic Cinema Zone

With the recent failure of the massively budgeted sci-fi adventure, John Carter , I began asking myself about what classics from the past were actually box office duds when they released? I think the answer might surprise you. … Read Full Post

Oh, dear. Yvette Vickers , a former Playboy Playmate and star of so-bad-they’re-good ’50s sci-fi movies like Attack of the 50-Foot Woman and

Oh, dear. Yvette Vickers , a former Playboy Playmate and star of so-bad-they’re-good ’50s sci-fi movies like Attack of the 50-Foot Woman and

Terrific old movies and classic films that set the standard in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Comedies and romances, film noir and hardboiled detective dramas. Action, sci-fi and horror. Sweeping epics, sprawling sagas. Wartime adventures and tales of the American West, these are the classic movies every beginner must see — and every old fan should see again.

Terrific old movies and classic films that set the standard in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Comedies and romances, film noir and hardboiled detective dramas. Action, sci-fi and horror. Sweeping epics, sprawling sagas. Wartime adventures and tales of the American West, these are the classic movies every beginner must see — and every old fan should see again.

Classic Gaumont British Picture Corporation Sci-Fi movie about a team of international scientists and engineers who attempt to build a tunnel under the ocean.

Set during the Galactic Citizen’s War, this 1972 German sci-fi drama takes direct stabs at the German establishment with the story of a man (Alfred Edel) trying to take himself off the grid after surviving a devastating attack on his sector.

Anne Francis , star of classic movies and television, has died at age 80. Classic film fans will remember her as the gorgeous daughter of the mad scientist in Forbidden Planet , one of my favorite 1950s sci-fi movies, inspired by Shakespeare’s Tempest . (And costarring Leslie Nielsen , who also passed not long ago.) … Read Full Post

Classic sci-fi movie Back to the Future turns 25 this year, with a Blu-ray coming out October 26. Star Michael J. Fox has made a shot-by-shot remake of the original trailer for the movie as a promo for the Scream Awards on Spike TV. … Read Full Post

I gotta have this.  One of the great 1950s sci-fi flicks is coming out in Blu-ray:  the smart, tense, yet deliciously campy Forbidden Planet . … Read Full Post