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Star Wars Re-Re-Redux & The Infectious World of Biothrillers: CFQ’s Black Hole Ultra-Lounge 2:35.2
After discussing the goods & bads of Steven Soderbergh’s CONTAGION, Lawrence French and Dan Persons take a few minutes to debate George Lucas’ motivations for constantly revising his STAR WARS saga and continue to explore CONTAGION’s place in the highly virulent universe of biothriller films. Click the player to hear the conversation.
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The Andromeda Strain (2008) – TV Review
Originally commissioned by the Sci Fi Channel, the new two-part A&E television adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel has much broader canvas on which to tell its story than the 1971 feature film directed by Robert Wise. stronger science fiction and horror elements. There are actually some interesting and intriguing ideas here but they tend to get lost in the morass of confusing subplots. Director Mikael Saloman. tries to up the ante with good looking effects and lots of action, but unfortunately, there is no real suspense and very little claustrophobia.
