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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. | 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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| + | ====Sexy Evil Genius==== | ||
| + | 2013<br> | ||
| + | dir. Shawn Piller | ||
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| + | [[IO9 Review Sexy Evil Genius|Sexy Evil Genius]] is Shawn Piller's geek ensemble film noir. | ||
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| + | ====John Dies At The End==== | ||
| + | 2013<br> | ||
| + | dir. Don Coscarelli | ||
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| + | [[IO9 Review John Dies At The End|John Dies At The End]] is Don Coscarelli's adaptation of David Wong's batshit crazy novel. | ||
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| + | ====Hardware==== | ||
| + | 1990<br> | ||
| + | dir. Richard Stanley | ||
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| + | [[IO9 Review Hardware|Hardware]] is Richard Stanley's post-apocalyptic story of man (and woman) vs machine. | ||
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| + | ====Alice==== | ||
| + | 1988<br> | ||
| + | dir. Jan Švankmajer's | ||
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| + | [[IO9 Review Alice|Alice]] is Jan Švankmajer's eerie adaptation of Alice in Wonderland | ||
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| + | ====Babylon 5==== | ||
| + | 1994<br> | ||
| + | cre. J. Michael Straczynski | ||
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| + | [[IO9 Review Babylon 5|Babylon 5]] is a groundbreaking television space opera developed by J. Michael Straczynski. | ||
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| + | [[IO9 The Evolution of Babylon 5|The Evolution of Babylon 5]] | ||
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| + | ====Farscape==== | ||
| + | 1999<br> | ||
| + | cre. Rockne S. O'Bannon | ||
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| + | [[I09 Review Farscape|Farscape]] is a science fiction series created by Rockne O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Studios. | ||
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| + | ====Encounter At Raven's Gate==== | ||
| + | 1988<br> | ||
| + | dir. Rolf de Heer | ||
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| + | [[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. | ||
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| + | ====Retroactive==== | ||
| + | 1997<br> | ||
| + | dir. Louis Moreneau | ||
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| + | In [[IO9 Review Retroactive|Retroactive]], Jim Belushi plays a psychotic time traveling Elvis impersonator with trust issues. | ||
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| + | ====Android==== | ||
| + | 1982<br> | ||
| + | dir. Aaron Lipstatdt | ||
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| + | In [[IO9 Review Android|Android]], Klaus Kinski wants to hook you up to his android and stimulate you. Wait...where are you going? | ||
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| + | ====Intacto==== | ||
| + | 2001<br> | ||
| + | dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | ||
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| + | In [[IO9 Review Intacto|Intacto]], if it wasn't for bad luck, Max von Sydow wouldn't have no luck at all. | ||
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| + | ====The Stendhal Syndrome==== | ||
| + | 1996<br> | ||
| + | dir. Dario Argento | ||
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| + | [[IO9 Review The Stendhal Syndrome|The Stendhal Syndrome]] is the most awkward "take your daughter to work" project ever conceived. Err, filmed. | ||
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| + | ====Lifeforce==== | ||
| + | 1985<br> | ||
| + | dir. Tobe Hooper | ||
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| + | In [[IO9 Review Lifeforce|Lifeforce]], space boobies need to come with a warning label. | ||
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| + | ====Phantasm==== | ||
| + | 1978<br> | ||
| + | dir. Don Coscarelli | ||
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| + | [[IO9 Review Phantasm|Phantasm]] blows the lid off the Zombie/Jawa Industrial Complex. | ||
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| + | ====A Fire In The Sky==== | ||
| + | 1993<br> | ||
| + | dir. Jerry Jameson | ||
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| + | [[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. | ||
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| + | ====Santa Sangre==== | ||
| + | 1989<br> | ||
| + | dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky | ||
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| + | [[IO9 Review Santa Sangre|Santa Sangre]] is a psychosexual surrealist thriller from Mexican/Italian filmmaker and authentic weirdo Alejandro Jodorowsky | ||
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| + | ====Lunnaya Raduga==== | ||
| + | 1984<br> | ||
| + | dir. Andrei Yermash, V. Karpichhyov | ||
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| + | [[IO9 Review Lunnaya Raduga|Lunnaya Raduga]] is a groovy Soviet era Russian space mystery | ||
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| + | ====Enter The Void==== | ||
| + | 2009<br> | ||
| + | dir. Gaspar Noé | ||
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| + | [[IO9 Review Enter The Void|Enter The Void]] is a psychedelic rollercoaster ride through Tokyo. | ||
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| + | ====Phase IV==== | ||
| + | 1974<br> | ||
| + | dir. Saul Bass | ||
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| + | [[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==== | ====Looker==== | ||
| + | 1982<br> | ||
| + | dir. Michael Crichton | ||
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| + | [[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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