Monday, November 23, 2015
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert, and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strange.
Good old-fashioned sci-fi 'invasion' movie that - for a change - doesn't portrait the aliens as belligerent conquerors; special effects still convincing, though dated in comparison.
Halliwell**: "Quite bright science fiction, the first to use this theme of borrowing bodies and the first to utilize the Western desert locations. 3-D adds a shock moment or two."
Maltin***: "Intriguing science fiction...Remarkably sober for its era, with crisp performances and real restraint, even in its use of 3-D."
[NB: We played this movie complete in 3-D and providing the audience with the necessary green/red glasses with enormous success in our Lyssa humana night movies series (in the late 80s).]
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Vixen! (1968)
Vixen lives in a Canadian mountain resort with her naive pilot husband, and while he's away flying in tourists, she gets it on with practically everybody including a husband and his wife, and even her biker brother.
Strange and wildy confusing sexploitation with quite an ambivalent character as it's star: an incestuous, racist nymphomaniac; all done in its director's over-the-top and satirical style, but quite dated.
Halliwell (no star): "Comic exploitation film in which the cast, at least, appear to be enjoying themselves."
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