Bong Joon Ho the writer/director of Parasite dove into Edward Ashton’s science fiction novel, Mickey7, and brought it to the big screen. And it gives us a quirky, darkly comic, and smartly told film starring Robert Pattinson. Pattinson is Mickey. He and his ‘buddy’, Timo (Steven Yuen), need to get off of Earth, They owe…
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The X-Files (1994) – Little Green Men, and The Host
The x-files have been closed down. Agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) have been separated and reassigned. Mulder is on a routine listening assignment, and Scully is teaching at the Academy (and Anderson is still very pregnant). They are forced to meet surreptitiously and Scully realises how broken Mulder may be at this…
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991) – The Host, and The Mind’s Eye
Captain’s log: stardate 44821.1 Airing on 13 May, 1991, The Host is another episode that doesn’t do justice to Doctor Crusher (Gates McFadden). This is yet another episode that centres around her character that is just a little too shabby. Written by Michel Horvat, the episode follows Crusher as she has a relationship with Ambassador…
The Host (2006) – Joon-ho Bong
The 101 Sci-Fi Movies is coming to an end, and it was a lot of fun revisiting this highly enjoyable film from South Korea. The Host is a monster movie that balances thrills and laughs, and some great moments. Park Gang-du (Song Kang-ho) is a little slow, loves a nap, and can’t really be…
The Mind Reels 