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  Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 1956

  ★★★★ Rewatched 18 Mar 2025

  There is no question that "Earth vs The Flying Saucers" legacy persists due to Harryhausen's iconic stop motion UFO sequences, best represented in the films extremely entertaining 3rd act. It can be hard not to watch it today and find it a trope filled mess of a movie, but it has to be kept in mind that this is one of the films that help build and create those tropes to begin with. It's influence on sci fi films for…

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  Them! 1954

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025

  For my money, "Them!" is the absolute best of the American made 50's monsters movies. It's endlessly entertaining and oozes charm with every frame of 50's Sci Fi camp. The special effects are so much fun and truly impressive for their time.

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  In the Lost Lands 2025

  ½ Watched 12 Mar 2025 2

  Paul W.S. Anderson has sunk to new lows with this unwatchable mess of a movie. It's visually muddy and uninteresting, the plot is nonsensically thin and every big action sequences is nothing more than a ripoff of scenes and stunts done far better elsewhere.

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  The Bad Guys 2022

  ★★★★ Rewatched 14 Feb 2025

  The animation is beautifully stylized, the action is extremely inventive, and the humor mostly hits (yeah, the fart jokes are a bit much). "The Bad Guys" is a surprisingly fun animated heist adventure that manages to convey a poignant story about overcoming how the world perceives you to forge your own path. Oh, and the throwbacks to classic heist films, like the "Pulp Fiction" inspired opening, warm my little cinephile heart.

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