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From the trashy to the epic, from the classics to today's blockbusters, this cinefile’s guidebook reviews nearly 1,000 of the biggest, baddest, and brightest from every age and genre of cinematic science fiction!

Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future. It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills. Then, with the ever-increasing rush of new, society-altering technologies, science fiction pushed its way to the present, and it busted out of the genre ghetto of science fiction and barged its way into the mainstream. What used to be mere fantasy (trips to the moon? Wristwatch radios? Supercomputers capable of learning?) are now everyday reality.

Whether nostalgic for the future or fast-forwarding to the present, The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz covers the broad and widening range of science-fiction movies. You’ll find more than just Star Wars, Star Trek, and Transformers, with reviews on many overlooked and under-appreciated gems and genres, such as ...

Monsters! Pacific Rim, Godzilla, The Thing, Creature from the Black Lagoon

Superheroes: Thor, Iron Man, X-Men, The Amazing Spider-man, Superman

Dystopias: THX 1138, 1984, The Hunger Games

Avant-garde masterpieces: Solaris, 2001, Brazil, The Man Who Fell to Earth

Time travel: 12 Monkeys, The Time Machine, Time Bandits, Back to the Future

Post-apocalyptic action: The Road Warrior, I Am Legend, Terminator Salvation

Comedy: Dark Star, Mars Attacks!, Dr. Strangelove, The Adventures of Buckaroo

Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, Mystery Science Theater 3000

Aliens! The Day the Earth Stood Still, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Contact,

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Signs

Mad scientists! Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Shoot-em-ups: Aliens, Universal Soldier, Starship Troopers

What the...?: Battlefield Earth, Prayer of the Rollerboys, Repo: The Genetic Opera, Tank Girl, The 10th Victim

Animation: WALL-E, Akira, Ghost in the Shell

Small budgets, big ideas: Donnie Darko, Primer, Sound of My Voice, Computer Chess

Neglected greats: Things to Come, Children of Men

Epics: Metropolis, Blade Runner, Cloud Atlas

and many, many more categories and movies!!

In addition to the nearly one thousand science fiction film reviews, this guide includes fascinating and fun Top-10 lists and sidebars that are designed to lead fans to similar titles they might not have known about. The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz will help ensure that you will never again have to worry about what to watch next. Useful both as a handy resource or a fun romp through the film world of science fiction. It also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.

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Publié par	Visible Ink Press
Date de parution	22 septembre 2014
Nombre de lectures	2
EAN13	9781578595341
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	5 Mo

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chris Barsanti is the author of Filmology: A Movie-a-Day Guide to the Movies You Need to Know (2010) and the Eyes Wide Open annual film guide series. A member of New York Film Critics Online and the Online Film Critics Society, he is a regular film reviewer for Film Journal International, PopMatters , and Film Racket . He has also written for numerous other publications, including The Barnes Noble Review, The Chicago Tribune, Playboy, Publishers Weekly, The Millions, The Virginia Quarterly Review , and The Chicago Reader . Barsanti earned his master s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and works in publishing. He cried the first time he saw Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and thinks anybody who didn t has a heart of stone. He resides in New York.
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Barsanti, Chris.
The science fiction movie guide: the universe of film from Alien to Zardoz / by Chris Barsanti.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-57859-503-7 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Science fiction films-Catalogs. I. Title.
PN1995.9.S26B275 2014
016.79143 615-dc23 2014017822
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
Introduction: The Art of the (Im)possible
Sci-Fi on TV
Index

A
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe
The Absent-Minded Professor
The Abyss
The Adjustment Bureau
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Aeon Flux
After Earth
Aftershock
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Akira
Alien
Alien 3
Alien Contamination
Alien Dead
The Alien Factor
Alien from L.A.
Alien Nation
Alien: Resurrection
Aliens
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem
Alligator
Alphaville
Altered States
The Amazing Colossal Man
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Transparent Man
The Amphibian Man
Android
The Andromeda Strain
The Angry Red Planet
The Animatrix
Another Earth
The Ape Man
Apollo 18
The Apple
Appleseed
Armageddon
Around the World under the Sea
The Arrival
The Asphyx
The Astounding She-Monster
The Astronaut s Wife
The Astro-Zombies
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
The Atomic Brain
The Atomic Submarine
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Attack the Block
The Aurora Encounter
Avatar
The Avengers
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
B
Babylon A.D.
Back to the Future
Back to the Future, Part 2
Back to the Future, Part 3
Bad Taste
The Bamboo Saucer
Barbarella
Barb Wire
*batteries not included
Battle Beneath the Earth
Battle Beyond the Stars
Battle Beyond the Sun
Battlefield Earth
Battle for Moon Station Dallos
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Battle: Los Angeles
Battle Royale
Battleship
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
The Beast of Yucca Flats
The Bed-Sitting Room
Beginning of the End
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Beyond the Stars
Beyond the Time Barrier
Bicentennial Man
Biggles
Bill Ted s Bogus Journey
Bill Ted s Excellent Adventure
The Birds
The Black Hole
Blade Runner
Blindness
The Blob (1958)
The Blob (1988)
The Blood of Heroes
Blue Thunder
Body Snatchers
The Book of Eli
Boom in the Moon
Born in Flames
The Borrower
Bounty Killer
The Box
A Boy and His Dog
The Boys from Brazil
The Brain Eaters
Brainstorm
The Brain That Wouldn t Die
Brazil
The Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of the Monster
The Brides of Fu Manchu
The Brood
The Brother from Another Planet
Buck Rogers Conquers the Universe
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Bug
The Butterfly Effect
C
The Cabin in the Woods
Capricorn One
Captain America
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Carnosaur
The Castle of Fu Manchu
The Cat from Outer Space
Cat-Women of the Moon
The Cell
Charly
Cherry 2000
Children of Men
Children of the Damned
The China Syndrome
Chopping