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Quick List: Five Favorite Ice-Bound Movie Moments
Filed under: Horror », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Comic/Superhero/Geek », Lists »
I typically end up missing out on most kid films during their theatrical runs (there just isn't enough time to catch all the G-Forces of the world), but I recently caught up with the money-making monster that is Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs from the comfort of my own couch. Between watching baby dinosaurs swallow other baby Ice Age critters and thinking about winter's approach, my mind soon drifted towards some of my favorite ice-set moments in film.
I don't know what it is, but having nice, frozen centerpieces in a flick always lure me in. Though I do have my limits, as you won't be finding any of the brain pain that is 10,000 BC on here. Note, these are in no order of importance.
Review: Puzzlehead
Filed under: Independent », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », New on DVD », Fantastic Fest », Cinematical Indie »
I'm not always a big fan of the bang-bang, action-packed sort of sci-fi flicks that seem to so permeate theaters these days, but give me a good, intelligent story with a unique premise and interesting characters and I'm there. The first few minutes in I was going to like Puzzlehead, but I ended up getting drawn into its story and liking it quite a lot. The film is set in some undefined, presumably post-Apocalyptic, typically depressing, futuristic reality (why is the future always so damn depressing in sci-fi?) where all science and technology resources have been redirected towards one common goal: repopulation. Other uses of technology are strictly verboten.
We're not really told the whys and wherefores of this in the voiceover intro, all we know is that Walter, the protagonist (or, more properly, one of the two protagonists) managed to squirrel away as much as he could before "they" could stop him, and he's now using said equipment to build an android version of himself - Puzzlehead, the narrator of the story. We also aren't told why exactly Walter would choose to name his super-sized Mini-Me a name like Puzzlehead, but we can suppose he had his reasons; at any rate, Puzzlehead's name, as we come to learn, is quite apt. Part of the process of Walter bringing Puzzlehead to life involves him electronically infusing the android with his own thoughts and memories, which is apparently a painful (assuming androids can feel pain, or at least electrical impulses they can translate as painful) and disconcerting process. Once the infusion is complete, Walter wakes up his wooden puppet and begins teaching him how to be a real boy.
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