Artificial intelligence has been present in science-fiction for many years now coming from writers like Isaac Asimov to Brian Aldiss to Phillip K. Dick and are present not only in literature, but […]
Mind in the Machine – Transcendence (2014)
Short Films – ABE (2013)
The film opens with a woman strapped down on a gurney and things are not looking good. And when the robot ABE slices a butterfly in half, you know that it is […]
It’s a Small World After All – Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Mr. Franz, played by John Hoyt, likes dolls. A lot. Hoyt does a great job as the crazy toymaker who would rather be around miniature people than normal everyday humans. He plays […]
Time Flies… – Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
Beyond the Time Barrier, another such film that deals with our possible future and our prevention of it, is an excellent movie done on a small budget of only $125,000. Without relying […]
Mad or Driven Mad? – The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Boris Karloff as Dr. Savaard thinks that he has found a method to bring the dead back to life. To do so he must first experiment and to do that, he needs […]
Mission Failure – The Angry Red Planet (1959)
The Angry Red Planet deals with an ill-fated trip to Mars, seeing half of the crew make it home and the other half succumbing to the nameless terrors that resided there. Dr. […]
Like Going on a Day Trip… – Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
Spaceship Explorer 12 is sent out to explore Uranus and check out the source of a radiation signal, and while there, search for possible life which seems highly doubtful. As they get […]
Lost Upon the Earth – The Land Unknown (1957)
Ever since the expedition by Byrd found a warm body of water in Antarctica, there has been much curiosity about it, and so a new expedition is commissioned. Arriving in Antarctica, Commander […]
Just That – Monster From the Ocean Floor (1954)
There is no subtlety, no subtext, no hidden themes or meanings in this film. It is just a straight up, old-school monster movie. There is a beautiful girl, a handsome guy and […]
Well, Almost… – The Night the World Exploded (1957)
Dr. Conway has created a machine that can predict earthquakes, and which of course just happens to predict one. And it hits bad. What was the possible cause? How could the Earth’s […]
The Telltale Mind 