Word: fi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Apples in stereo come from Denver's low-fi indie-pop Elephant 6 collective (including Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel). Out June...
...this one: Will Smith + Barry Sonnenfeld + special effects-laden summer event film = blockbuster. The combination of Smith and Sonnenfeld worked box office magic the last time around when the two collaborated on Men in Black. Smith seems to have cornered the market on huge, big budget summer sci-fi flicks, with his back to back summer money makers Men in Black and Independence Day (we'll forgive him for the latter). Advance looks at the production indicate that the special effects are incredible, and the interaction between Smith and Kline (both known for their own brands of humor), as well...
What to Look For Michael Crichton fever at its most expensive--the film cost well over $100 million. Antonio Banderas stars as an emissary kidnapped by warriors. Banderas soon joins the tribe in their battle against these strange mysterious creatures (sci-fi anyone?) that consume everything in their paths. The still aristocratic Omar Sharif (of Funny Girl fame) also stars. Release has been delayed several months because of flaws in production. It's also been rumored that the original director John McTiernan was let go in the middle of filming with Dr. Crichton himself taking over directorial duties. The Buzz...
...occasional renegade whisper below his palace balcony. "Critics say the problem with George and Steven [Spielberg] is that they've created these well-made megamovies that are basically B movies," Lucas observes. "Jaws, they say, was just a big horror movie. Star Wars is just a big sci-fi film. That our films are not like The Exorcist, The Godfather and the great films of the '70s. Well, they were B movies too. And Gone With the Wind was just a soap opera." Lucas thinks of himself as a Marin County rebel against the Hollywood empire, in a cadre...
...assassin star on the scene, Tse Wei Lim `02, killed nearly all his opponents in the Harvard Computer Society/Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association game this year. Although he held no grudge against the members of the vicious HCS, the sci-fi fan jumped at the chance to play because it offered the opportunity to be "predatory...