The Man From Planet X

It's always fun to watch these old Sci-Fi movies, I always get a kick out of the Cheesy special effects and often hokey dialog. The premise of this somewhat obscure film is pretty straight forward, an alien space craft with a humanoid creature on board lands on a remote Scottish moor and proceeds to control the minds of the inhabitants of a small nearby town. It reminded me allot of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and The Puppet Master which were of course released many years later, in fact one might even deduce that perhaps this film was the basis for these later films. I'm not going to say this film was great, in all honesty it wasn't, but at least it was interesting enough to keep me watching. The acting was acceptable, the set design tolerable, the alien creature on the other hand was laughable, it kinda looked like an elongated face made out of paper machete, not the slightest bit believable. The film was done on the cheap, it went into production on the 13 December 1950 at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California and wrapped principle photography six days later. To save money, the film was shot on sets for the 1948 Ingrid Bergman film Joan of Arc, using fog to change moods and locations. It stared Robert Clarke as John Lawrence , Margaret Field as Enid Elliot, Raymond Bond as Professor Elliot and William Schallert as Dr. Mears. If ya get a chance I think it's worth watching but keep in mind this is a 1950's B-movie so manage your expectations, Star Wars it aint...

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United Artists

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Producer................Aubrey Wiseberg & Jack Pollexfen

Director.................Edgar G. Ulmer

Writers..................Aubrey Wiseberg & Jack Pollexfen

Box Office Take....N/A

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Ornella Muti

I go absolutely nuts every time she's on screen... Ornella Muti was born March 9th 1955, an Italian actress born in the city of Rome as Francesca Romana Rivelli, she is in my opinion perhaps the most stunningly beautiful woman to ever live. An actress like no other she has worked for such European cinematic greats as Francesco Rosi and Volker Schlondorff during a career that has spanned almost 40 years. Although relatively un-known here in North America she is a house hold name in Europe, especially France and of course in Italy where the bulk of her work has been done. Ornella was voted "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World" in 1994 by a worldwide poll of readers of the magazine "Class" and I would have to say I completely agree. She made her UK /North American film debut in Flash Gordon which was released in 1980 and is one of my all time favourite films. The sight of her in that tight red spandex outfit is truly one of the greatest cinematic moments of all time. In her career she's done over a hundred films and continues to work steadily to this day, the most recent film being " io non ci casco" completed in 2008. In addition to her incredible acting talents she is also an accomplished jewelry designer as well, she is without a doubt the worlds most perfect female.

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The images below are screen shots from the film Flash Gordon, Ornella was just as successful in modeling as she was in cinema and its easy to see why. Tall, statuesque and exotic she played the beautiful and dangerous Princess Aura daughter of Ming the Merciless.

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The Expendables - Stallone's new film.

This just in, and I can't wait...SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Arnold Schwarzenegger will spends a few hours playing himself later this year in a new movie by Sylvester Stallone. Stallone's publicist, Sheryl Main, revealed more details last Tuesday of Schwarzenegger's rare big-screen appearance. The governor said he has done just three cameos for friends since becoming governor in 2003.

......Shooting on the film, "The Expendables" will begin March 28 in Brazil and move to New Orleans for two months. Main says the governor will shoot his scene in Los Angeles.His role will be a familiar one: California governor.
......Stallone writes, directs and stars in the movie, a film about a group of mercenaries trying to overthrow a South American dictator. It also stars Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker. I thinks it's great that the old guard is sticking together, when you put Stallone and Schwarzeneggar in the same film even if only for a few scenes, ya know good think are gonna happen...

Marisa Tomei

WOW!!!, Unbelievable !!! Marisa is absolutely drop dead f---in gorgeous. This shot was taken at the Vanity Fair Oscar party Feb. 22, 2009 ( two days ago ) what a knockout. Born December 4th 1964 that makes her 45 years old, yet she's hotter than most of the Hollywood starlets half her age. She started her career in 1983 after landing a role in the soap opera As The World Turns, soon afterward, she dropped out of school to pursue show business full time. Her academy award winning performance in My Cousin Vinny is nothing short of spectacular, and she's been working steady ever since. She returned to the Oscars this years with a nomination for best supporting actress in The Wrestler. If I'm forced to say anything negative about Marisa's career. I could think of only one thing, she doesn't do nearly enough Sci-Fi / Fantasy films, and us geeks are heart broken because of it... Can you imagine Marisa running down the corridor of a Star Destroyer with a laser blaster in her hand, or perhaps wearing a shiny black outfit with knee high leather boots, brandishing a sword in one hand and a whip in the other...shit. I'm starting to get excited....

Terminator 4 Salavation - Motorcycle.

The tech-loving guys at Wired have a whole slew of spoiler-filled images from the new Terminator 4 movie, Terminator: Salvation. Most interesting to us was the first up-close look at the "Terminator motorcycle" above. Aint it cool.