Nightflyers, 1987 - ★★

Gates of Heaven, 1978 - ★★★½

"They opened up her head... and took her gifts away"

Jon the ships empath (Jon Winderman)

Badly conceived b-grade adaptation of George R.R. Martin's (Game of Thrones) well regarded science fiction novel (which I'll be honest haven't read or heard of). It follows a space ships hazardous attempt to find a mythical space entity known as Volcryn. Only the ships onboard AI mainframe goes berserk and threatens to destroy their intended mission.

While not the worst science fiction movie ever made, its script is severally incoherent at times. The actings below par and the synthesizer music is abysmal. Its a real shame because theres brief moments the plot threatens to break through and turn it into a worthwhile movie. Visually its not so bad, the digital FX work is primitive but the lighting, sets and prop design are great for its budget. Its shocking how even crappy 80's spacecraft models look better than so much of todays CGI.

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The Moon And The Sledgehammer, 1971 - ★★★★½

"Get away on you.. stand back boys the elephants about ta make water"

Mr. Page

Viewed as part of my "Beware the Docs of March Marathon"
A quirky 70's yokelmentary that follows the eccentric and amazing naive Page family, who live (maybe lived, I'd find it hard to believe they're still living like this today) in dry stone shack somewhere in the Sussex countryside of England.
Really enjoyable oddity that does the old 'Englishmen's Teeth' stereotype zero favours, but as a Brit I still enjoyed it immensely. It's like watching an episode of "The Wombles" if it starred Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers in their Goons personas. Mr. Page and his kin are so behind the times they don't realize major world events like man stepping foot on the moon, but theres a moral integrity to so much of their views on modern life, like those damned 'key pushing machines' that stop man from doing real work... in short its amazing like seeing a child's view on the world.

Originally posted on Letterboxd