Also ranks #6 on 20 Of The Most Entertaining Haunted House Movies Ever Made 12 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones 59 votes A seminal example of 1950s science fiction cinema, Invasion of the Body Snatchers tells a chilling story of alien invasion via po...
Also ranks #69 on The 70+ Best Historical Fiction Shows Also ranks #69 on The Best LGBTQ+ Shows & Movies Of All Time IS IT WATCHWORTHY? 52 Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Ari Notartomaso 9 votes Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies is an up...
This television series, created byRod Serling, aired on the CBS network from 1959. While often categorized as science fiction and fantasy, it also included dramatic elements and explored serious themes and social issues. Each episode is a standalone story featuring different characters, settings, an...
A classic science fiction film from 1957 starring Leslie Nielsen. The War of the Worlds (August 1953) H.G. Well's classic novel is brought to life is this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is ...
Mr Gibbons has been a fan of 1950's Americana, and science fiction Bmovies in particular, since the age of nine. Price of picturesque cottage is set to rocket "No work has been done on it for decades--since the 1940's or the 1950's," Blinder noted. Legendary Harlem Theater now read...
Telotte’s description of ‘that archetypal science fiction impulse of the overreacher, the Faustian figure who effectively barters his soul for knowledge’ (2001, p. 89), pre-figured by Mary Shelley’s Dr Frankenstein, is figured in both Dr Morbius in Forbidden Planet and Dr Merrinoe in ...
These themes are reflected in movies as 'Angry Red Planet', and 'Them!'.§On the other hand, Soviet science fiction movies focus on the heroic Soviet man who frequently receives calls for help from outer space, and overcomes great trials to save those not living in utopia. This storyline...
The article presents a discussion on ways in which futuristic science fiction films made in the U.S. in the 1950s reflected the societal concerns of the Cold War and the influence of technology and science on human life. It examines how themes of scientific advancements in health care ...
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03 of 05 ‘Peter Pan’ - 1953 Disneyfied, the James M. Barrie play loses some of its whimsy and a little of its darker tones, but it’s still a lovely adventure. Fairy Tinkerbell, played by a shaft of light in stage productions, is a bit on the curvaceous side here, and although...