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Continue reading →: Rocketship X-M (1950)“They aimed for the Moon and woke up on Mars.” Why I Watched It This was the film that tried to start it all. Released just before Destination Moon, Rocketship X-M wanted to bring serious science to the screen. Instead, it accidentally invented the “whoops, wrong planet” subgenre. I went…
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Continue reading →: Prehistoric Women (1950)
Tagline: Before time began, so did the stereotypes. Why I Watched It I try to give every movie from the 1950s sci-fi era a fair shake, even when they stretch the definition of the genre. Prehistoric Women is not traditional science fiction as we define it now, but it was…
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Continue reading →: Destination Moon (1950)Destination Moon deserves its reputation as one of the most influential sci-fi films of the decade.
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Continue reading →: Devil Girl from Mars (1954)A commanding alien woman crash-lands in the Scottish Highlands and discovers conquering Earth is harder than it looks. Devil Girl from Mars (1954) is witty, theatrical, and endlessly rewatchable, proving that sometimes the cheesiest movies are the most entertaining.
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Continue reading →: Welcome to the Watchlist!
Welcome, cinema aficionados and interstellar wanderers! I’m Jay, your friendly neighborhood movie nut on what may very well be the most delightfully absurd quest imaginable. When I share my mission to watch every single 1950s sci-fi flick ever concocted, the usual response is a chorus of laughter, followed by a…
