John Orloff pens the penultimate episode of Band of Brothers and it first debuted on 28 October, 2001. Easy Company is worn out and disillusioned as the war drags on. The war is drawing to its end as the Allies finally breach Germany. And the anger that the men have is mitigated by the discovery…
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Slaughterhouse Five (1972) – George Roy Hill
Kurt Vonnegut’s unfilmmable novel is brought to the screen by George Roy Hill, who directed two of my favorite films, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid and The Sting. This entry on the 101 Sci-Fi Movies list was a new one, and I’ve never read the original novel either, so am unable to compare and…
A Clockwork Orange (1971) – Stanley Kubrick
How about a little of the ole ultra-violence early in the new year? The 101 Sci-Fi movies list is happy to give it to you with Kubrick’s classic view of a dystopian future. The film is still bold, frightening, thought-provoking and of course, much like 2001 has a wonderful classical soundtrack. Kubrick adapted the screenplay from Michael Burgess’…
The Mind Reels 