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==='''Overview'''===

I write a regular movie review column for [http://www.io9.com IO9] covering science fiction and fantasy films, with an emphasis on retro works.

You can find a links to all the original articles on [http://jasonshankel.net/Jason_Shankel/IO9_Movie_Reviews.html my main site.]  Below are links to local copies with some extended notes.

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==='''Reviews'''===

====Sexy Evil Genius====
2013<br>
dir. Shawn Piller

[[IO9 Review Sexy Evil Genius|Sexy Evil Genius]] is Shawn Piller's geek ensemble film noir.

====John Dies At The End====
2013<br>
dir. Don Coscarelli

[[IO9 Review John Dies At The End|John Dies At The End]] is Don Coscarelli's adaptation of David Wong's batshit crazy novel.

====Hardware====
1990<br>
dir. Richard Stanley

[[IO9 Review Hardware|Hardware]] is Richard Stanley's post-apocalyptic story of man (and woman) vs machine.

====Alice====
1988<br>
dir. Jan Švankmajer's

[[IO9 Review Alice|Alice]] is Jan Švankmajer's eerie adaptation of Alice in Wonderland

====Babylon 5====
1994<br>
cre. J. Michael Straczynski

[[IO9 Review Babylon 5|Babylon 5]] is a groundbreaking television space opera developed by J. Michael Straczynski.

[[IO9 The Evolution of Babylon 5|The Evolution of Babylon 5]]

====Farscape====
1999<br>
cre. Rockne S. O'Bannon

[[I09 Review Farscape|Farscape]] is a science fiction series created by Rockne O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Studios.

====Encounter At Raven's Gate====
1988<br>
dir. Rolf de Heer

[[IO9 Review Encounter At Raven's Gate|Encounter at Raven's Gate]] is a 1988 small town alien invasion family melodrama directed by Dutch-born Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer. 

====Retroactive====
1997<br>
dir. Louis Moreneau

In [[IO9 Review Retroactive|Retroactive]], Jim Belushi plays a psychotic time traveling Elvis impersonator with trust issues.

====Android====
1982<br>
dir. Aaron Lipstatdt

In [[IO9 Review Android|Android]], Klaus Kinski wants to hook you up to his android and stimulate you.  Wait...where are you going?

====Intacto====
2001<br>
dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

In [[IO9 Review Intacto|Intacto]], if it wasn't for bad luck, Max von Sydow wouldn't have no luck at all.

====The Stendhal Syndrome====
1996<br>
dir. Dario Argento

[[IO9 Review The Stendhal Syndrome|The Stendhal Syndrome]] is the most awkward "take your daughter to work" project ever conceived.  Err, filmed.

====Lifeforce====
1985<br>
dir. Tobe Hooper

In [[IO9 Review Lifeforce|Lifeforce]], space boobies need to come with a warning label.

====Phantasm====
1978<br>
dir. Don Coscarelli

[[IO9 Review Phantasm|Phantasm]] blows the lid off the Zombie/Jawa Industrial Complex.

====A Fire In The Sky====
1993<br>
dir. Jerry Jameson

[[IO9 Review A Fire In The Sky|A Fire In The Sky]] is the true story of a logger who was allegedly abducted by aliens.  It's true in the sense that he alleged it.  Don't get me started on the grammar of that.

====Santa Sangre====
1989<br>
dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky

[[IO9 Review Santa Sangre|Santa Sangre]] is a psychosexual surrealist thriller from Mexican/Italian filmmaker and authentic weirdo Alejandro Jodorowsky

====Lunnaya Raduga====
1984<br>
dir. Andrei Yermash, V. Karpichhyov

[[IO9 Review Lunnaya Raduga|Lunnaya Raduga]] is a groovy Soviet era Russian space mystery

====Enter The Void====
2009<br>
dir. Gaspar Noé

[[IO9 Review Enter The Void|Enter The Void]] is a psychedelic rollercoaster ride through Tokyo.

====Phase IV====
1974<br>
dir. Saul Bass

[[IO9_Review_Phase_IV|Phase IV]] is a man-vs-nature sci fi thriller about super-intelligent ants, directed by Saul Bass.  The movie, not the ants.  The ants did improv.

====Looker====
1982<br>
dir. Michael Crichton

[[IO9_Review_Looker|Looker]] is a new media techno-thriller by Michael Crichton that, despite its cheesiness, was more prescient than you might imagine.

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