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Top 10 Films of 2009 so far.

17 August 2009 11:33 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

As the summer winds down, I decided to make my list of my ten favorite films so far in the year. With Tiff and Oscar season on their way, there's a good chance that only half these films will make my top ten come the end of the year, but I felt the need to champion them one more time. #1- Inglourious Basterds Directed by Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds is Tarantino's Pierrot Le Fou, his 8 1/2, a movie about cinema and quite possibly his most sophisticated entertaining and exhilarating film to date. The film's climax has an image worth waiting a career for, one that evokes the timeless power of cinema - a force that Tarantino works to harness, at risk of alienating an action-hungry audience. Regardless, it's a distinctive piece of American pop art and somewhat of a transition for the director. Inglourious Basterds is Tarantino's war film but more …

- Ricky

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Blade Runner Named Top Sci-fi Movie

5 August 2009 5:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Blade Runner has been named the greatest sci-fi film of all time in a new online poll of 100 iconic movies.

The futuristic picture, starring Harrison Ford, went on to become a cult classic despite a poor performance at the box office when it was initially released in 1982.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was voted into second place, while Star Wars (1977), Alien (1979) and 1927 classic Metropolis rounded out the top five in the survey, compiled by Totalscifionline.com.

The top ten is as follows:

1: Blade Runner (1982)

2: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

3: Star Wars (1977)

4: Alien (1979)

5: Metropolis (1927)

6: The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)

7: The Terminator (1984)

8: Planet of the Apes (1968)

9: E.T. (1982)

10: Solaris (1972) …

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'Lost': The core themes and mysteries

31 July 2009 10:01 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Take your seats, class: Here's the final post in Doc Jensen's 'Lost' course for  week 5 of EW University. Check out our gallery of 15 Must-Answer 'Lost' Mysteries, or jump ahead and test your knowledge with our final exam on season 5. Stick around all summer long for future EW University courses on horror films, Quentin Tarantino and more. Lost: Getting to the bottom of it all Mysteries. Lost is filled with them, even defined by them. Mysteries of history. Why is there an ancient statue of the Egyptian death deity Taweret on The Island?  Four Toed statue? Mysteries of character. Can Jack really change and find redemption? Mysteries about the nature of reality itself. Guys… where are we?! A couple months ago, I asked the readers of my Doc Jensen column to send me their picks for the three mysteries they most need Lost to resolve in its final season. I …

- Jeff Jensen

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Fantasia 2009 wrap up (part 2)

21 July 2009 2:39 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Crush and Blush Directed by Lee Kyoung-mi * 1/2 Lee-Kyoung-mi’s first feature tries too hard to be the “polar opposite” of a romantic comedy. The story of a male teacher being stalked by a former pupil who has now become a teacher herself in order to be closer to him to attract his attention simply does not sustain the premise past the opening 20 minutes. The lead character, Me-sook, is played in an over-the-top fashion, and the film seems to have been made for the art-house crowd in spite of its plot, which seems ripe for a broad comedic treatment. The films also seems haphazardly edited and is often needlessly confusing. Grace Directed by Paul Solet *** ½ Childbirth can be a horrific experience if things go wrong, a fact ably exploited in Grace, which acts as a surefire contraceptive. An impressive first feature by director Paul Solet, who delivers an ambitious and masterful web of chills, …

- Ricky

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Ten Forward: I Read That Somewhere

24 February 2009 5:31 AM, PST | AirlockAlpha.com | See recent Airlock Alpha news »

So much of science-fiction film and television is based on genre works that first appeared in written form. In fact, one of the earliest films ever made was loosely based on two popular novels by Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. The film, directed by Georges Melies in 1902, was called "Le Voyage dans la lune" -- A Trip to the Moon -- and used Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" and Wells' "The First Men in the Moon" as inspiration. Since then, some of the best science-fiction films have been based on short stories and novels. In this column, I'm going to list my top 10 Science-Fiction Films Based on Short Stories, Novels and Novellas. 10. Solyaris, 1972 -- Stanislaw Lem's short story is pretty hard to comprehend at times, so it is kind of surprising that people have tried to translate …

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Ten Forward: I Read That Somewhere

24 February 2009 5:31 AM, PST | AirlockAlpha.com | See recent Airlock Alpha news »

So much of science-fiction film and television is based on genre works that first appeared in written form. In fact, one of the earliest films ever made was loosely based on two popular novels by Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. The film, directed by Georges Melies in 1902, was called "Le Voyage dans la lune" -- A Trip to the Moon -- and used Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" and Wells' "The First Men in the Moon" as inspiration. Since then, some of the best science-fiction films have been based on short stories and novels. In this column, I'm going to list my top 10 Science-Fiction Films Based on Short Stories, Novels and Novellas. 10. Solyaris, 1972 -- Stanislaw Lem's short story is pretty hard to comprehend at times, so it is kind of surprising that people have tried to translate …

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6 articles from 2009

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