The Man From Earth (2007)
Sep 19, 2010Immortal Man
Beautifully written film about an immortal. The result is an entirely captivating SF film whose whole effect emerges simply from people sitting in a living room talking
Richard Schenkman
Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)
Mar 11, 2014Secret History/The Asylum Mockbuster
A halfway decent Asylum film that emerges better than the film it is ripping off, the overblown Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. The film does the historical crossover aspect with some ingenuity
100° Below 0 (2013)
Jan 14, 2016Disaster Movie/New Ice Age
Syfy Channel disaster movie about a mass volcanic eruption plunging Europe into an instant Ice Age. All the usual potted formulaic drama and cheap effects – the absurdity of the film is surely demonstrated by the fact that people wander about in the midst of -100 degree temperatures in t-shirts
The Man From Earth: Holocene (2017)
Jan 28, 2018Immortal Man
The Man from Earth built up a reasonable reputation with a simple concept - a 14,000 year old man tells his life story that comes with a killer of a twist. This sequel far less interestingly becomes a detective story about a group of students trying to find if their professor is the same character