Cloverfield is much more than a monster movie, Godzilla style. It's what you might see if you if you picked up a video camera that someone was holding throughout the events that took place.

I really enjoyed this movie, even though I found one major flaw in it. There is no way in hell that the monster could have lived after being the target of missiles and bombs. That ammo is designed to go through steel and I'd don't think any living creature has a hide that strong.

The monster wasn't the scariest part of the movie. He was just lumbering around, destroying things, and eating random people on the fly. The scariest part were the critters falling off its body. I don't know what the critters were doing to the people, but it didn't look like they were playing. Thankfully, we didn't see anyone getting chomped on.

If you want realism in a horror flick, I highly recommend you watch Cloverfield.

It stars Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel and Odette Yustman. Here's a 5-minute clip from the movie:

I have "Tron" on DVD. I saw it when it first came out in the theaters and was in awe of the special effects. Special effects that, by today's standards, would be considered lame. It's one of the movies that first got me hooked on science fiction movies and television series.

A hacker (Jeff Bridges) is digitized and abducted into the world of a computer by the MCP (Master Control Program) and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program called "Tron" (Bruce Boxleitner). Every character is played twice in this movie, but David Warner gets triple duty as the voice of the MCP.

"Tron" stars Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan and more. Here's a fan trailer and a fan music video which uses a song by Eiffel 65 called "Blue (Da Ba Dee)". The last one seems rather fitting.

I've seen the first few episodes of the new SciFi channel series, "Flash Gordon". It's not the greatest thing since, er… um… whatever, but it's different and I like it. I just finished reading a whole bunch of reviews on IMDB. I really think they were written by 12-year olds with nothing better to do. Who else would spend that much time writing in-depth reviews of the pilot episode?

This is a complete rewrite using the same character names of the original from the 1930s and that's about it. Flash (Stephen) Gordon is an ordinary guy becoming something of an unsung hero. It's an interesting story and I hope it continues longer than one season. Who needs superheroes anyway?

"Flash Gordon" stars Eric Johnson, Gina Holden, Karen Cliche, Jonathan Walker and more. Here's the opening title sequence:

Sliders started out as a great show on America's FOX network but after two or three seasons, it "jumped the shark" by introducing the stupid Kromag creatures. I recently received the DVDs for season one — I never saw the complete episodes from any of the seasons because I was in the military for the first three seasons and didn't have the SciFi channel when I got out. Yes, FOX gave it over to the SciFi channel for the last few of years of its existence.

I really couldn't see how the writers could completely screw up an original concept by introducing crap into the series, but they did it. Anyway, I hope to enjoy the first two or three seasons.

Sliders stars Jerry O'Connell, John Rhys-Davies, Sabrina Lloyd, Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Charlie O'Connell, and Robert Floyd. Here's the season two opening sequence:

The "runt" stole the show in Chicken Little. I laughed so hard at some of the routines, I cant believe this didn't get better ratings. I'm not telling any more than "the sky is falling". You have to watch it to enjoy it as much as I did.

Chicken Little stars the voices of Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Don Knotts, Patrick Stewart, and many others. Here are a couple of teasers/trailers. Have fun!

While I enjoyed the action and some of the craziness of The 6th Day, I couldn't get my head wrapped around the basic premise. Oh, I enjoyed watching it as I enjoy watching most of "Ahnold's" films, but the underlying theme of cloning doesn't make sense to me. The writers made the assumption that copying memories and DNA, and putting them in "blanks" that are ready to be altered, is enough. The story assumes that humans don't have immortal souls at all. It crossed some religious boundaries that didn't need to be crossed. I think it could have been written in a way where that wouldn't have been an issue at all.

The 6th Day stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn and others. Here's the trailer:

Why anyone would compare "The Prestige" to The Illusionist for anything other than the illusions is beyond me. Unlike the love story of the latter, this film is the story of two up and coming magicians whose rivalry becomes deadly. In my opinion, and based on their own individual merits, they're both excellent films.

An interesting inclusion to the film were some inventions by Nikola Tesla, who was made out to be an even madder scientist than told by history.

"The Prestige" stars Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and others. Here's the trailer: