Empty the Movie

Empty is a sort of post apocalyptic story, if you can call going one week without gas a post apocalyptic event.  Yes, this movie tells the tale of a world without gasoline-thus all gas tanks are Empty and anarchy reins. Empty is an ultra low budget independent film with a cast of about ten people-with two of them grabbing the bulk of the screen time.  Much like Monsters our heroes are a rich girl and a poor working class schmuck.  The rich girl is mostly reasonable and sane, her working class, tough guy boyfriend is mostly a total asshole.  We…

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Stargate Universe-Chevron Three Will Not Engage

When Stargate Universe first started, I had my doubts about yet another show dealing with heroic folks hopping from planet to planet every week.  The whole premise of the series seemed a little silly.  The Ancients wanted to find out the answer to the question of Life, The Universe, and Everything.  Only, wait a minute, didn’t they all becomes gods themselves and find all the answers already? The Syfy channel, which was once upon a network that featured science fiction programing but has lately been fond of wrestling and ghost busting, canceled Stargate Universe and let the cast find out…

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Peter Jackson’s King Kong The Worst Movie Ever

Right, I have seen both Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and Plan Nine from Outer Space, and they are bad movies. But let’s be honest, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is not a real movie, it is more of a class project that should not have seen the light of day. As for Plan Nine, well, it was a super low budget movie and well, just silly. But Peter Jackson’s King Kong wins the crown as the Worst Movie Ever because it did cost so much, starred real actors, was directed by someone who should have known better and put…

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