Category Archives: Sci Fi

Parental Training for Atomic Reptiles

Activate the weather control balloons, because Son of Godzilla is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the DVD cover or the movie title above to download our review of the film, featuring the return of M.O.M.!

Review in a Nutshell:  A film that includes baby dinosaur shenanigans, tropical hijinks, and rampaging arthropods, Son of Godzilla is one of the goofier entries in the Showa series.  Many fans revile it for the introduction of the titular character, but the film is still something of a guilty pleasure here at the Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast.

This movie contains:

SCIENCE!

The true peril of giant arachnid research.

ARGH!  KILL IT WITH FIRE!

Robot Rumble in the Jungle

Set up your hilarious jungle booby-traps, because Solo is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring Sean “Hollywood” Hunting.

Review in a Nutshell:  Solo may have a cliche premise (“creating the ultimate super-soldier”), but the movie is well-acted and well-executed.  It’s got great stunts, solid special effects, and an interesting setting, too.  Also, Adrien Brody!?!

Screw you, Moon!

Grab your glowing walnuts, because Message from Space is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the podcast, featuring the Most Dangerous guest host, Patrick Macias.

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Review in a Nutshell:  Space walnuts.  Lizard men.  Silver-skinned villains.  Blowing up the moon.  Space hot-rodding in space-dragsters.  What the heck did I just watch? 

This movie contains:

Drunken Vic Morrow.

Lizard Men with Whips.

Racist Robots.

This movie no longer contains:

The Moon.  (Take that, Moon!)

FINAL THOUGHT:

This was the expression on my face while watching this film.

Gordon’s Alive!?!

Strap on your hawk wings and your emerald green leggings, because Flash Gordon is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the poster or the movie title above to download our review of the film, featuring Ken Nabbe, aka The Internet’s Joey Snackpants.

Review in a Nutshell:  A film that wallows a little too much in its own sense of campiness, Flash Gordon nevertheless has great costumes, colorful sets, and solid model design.  The supporting characters, especially the villains, really steal the show.

Space Disco Slime Party Armageddon

Break out the gas cannisters and the net-guns, because The Green Slime is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring the return of M.O.M.!

Review in a Nutshell:  The Green Slime has got giant meteors menacing the Earth, ungodly alien monsters, and leggy fashion models in silver jumpsuits.  What more do you want?

This movie contains:

Space Disco.

Awful Green Things from Outer Space.

The Somber Thumbs-Up of Victory.

House of 1000 Fishies?

Inflate your intertubes and break out the beach chairs, because Piranha (1978) is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the poster or the movie title above to download our review of the film, featuring a rather traumatized Katherine the Great.

Review in a Nutshell:  Despite a derivative plot and a low budget, Piranha is a remarkably effective horror movie certain to thrill and delight.  It’s still able to make poor Katherine squirm.

This movie contains:

Drunken Protagonists.

Mad Scientists.

Evil, Fish Geneticist Girlfriends.

WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT!?!

Double Feature: Adamantium (Nerd) Rage

 

Unsheath those claws, because we’re serving up a double-header of the Greatest Movie EVER!

First, X-men Origins: Wolverine may not be the Greatest Movie EVER, but at least Logan’s hair looks fabulous.

And second, X-men III: The Last Stand will make your inner nerd whimper for mercy.

Click on the movie titles above to download our reviews of the films, featuring a very heart-broken Sean “Hollywood” Hunting.

Der Uberklaw

Hide the mirrors, because Prince of Darkness is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click the movie poster or title above to download our review of the film, featuring Sean “Hollywood” Hunting.

Review in a Nutshell:  A great concept hampered by some weak characterizations, Prince of Darkness is a film that almost suceeds at replicating Lovecraftian cosmic horror.  It serves as the second entry of John Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy”.

This movie contains:

Satan?

Satan.

SATAN!!!

Remembering when Max wasn’t Quite so Mad

Fire up the dune buggy, because The Road Warrior is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film.

Review in a Nutshell:  The Road Warrior is a genre-defining action film with an influence in both look and execution that cannot be understated.  It also has some of the best car-chase scenes captured on film.

This movie contains:

Lord Humungus, Rockin’ the Mic.

Vernon Wells, The Definition of Post-Apocalypse Thuggery.

Oh yeah, Mel Gibson was in this, too.

“Why is there a watermelon there?”

Fire up the Oscillation Overthruster, because Buckaroo Banzai is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the poster or the movie title above to download our review of the film, featuring guest cohost Clarissa Graffeo of AnimeWorldOrder.

Review in a Nutshell:  Idiosyncratic and unapologetic, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is a unique film with elements of science fiction, action, adventure, and comedy.  You’ll either love it or hate it; there is no middle ground.

This movie contains:

Robocop.

Lex Luthor.

Dr. Ian Malcolm.

Third Rock from the Sun.