Allegiant from the third book in the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth. Like other final installments in YA adaptations, this is divided into two parts. The next part, Ascendent, is scheduled for June 2017. I’ve always liked dystopic post-apocalyptic tales, and I’ve been enjoying this series as well as Hunger Games and Maze Runner. I […]
The Devil Girl from Mars, directed by David MacDonald. (U.K., 1954) What do you know of power? The power that comes from MARS?! I can control power beyond your wildest dreams! –Nyah, the Devil Girl from Mars I really enjoyed this gem! It starts off like an Agatha Christie house-party mystery, with a cast of […]
The Magnetic Monster (1953), produced by nature and science lover Ivan Tors; directed by early TV veteran Herbert L. Strock and Curt Siodmak, who majored in mathematics in Germany before WWII. It’s a wonderful piece of Fifties technical science fiction, told with a voiceover in the serious tones of a police documentary. A hardware store in […]