Something is Out There (1988)

Something is Out There (1988)
Rating: ★★½
Sep 17, 2015Cop and Alien Partner vs Body-Hopping Alien
Mini-series that was a popular hit in its day, which largely steals its premise of a human and alien cop hunting a body-hopping alien from The Hidden. What makes the show work past its rather ordinary story, is the two leads and their wittily sparring Lethal Weapon-type relationship

Project: Metalbeast (1994)

Project: Metalbeast (1994)
Rating: ★★
Apr 24, 2013Cyborg Werewolf
Typical 1990s video-released effort that stands out by dint of a far-out idea – a cyborg werewolf – even if in the end the film does nothing with it and everything only boils down to a standard monster movie that takes everything from the Alien playbook

10.5 (2004)

10.5 (2004)
Rating: ★½
Mar 1, 2016Disaster Mini-Series/California Super-Quake
Disaster mini-series based around the great belief that a super-earthquake will come and pitch most of California into the ocean. Despite devoting some four hour of screen time to it, the drama feels painfully padded at times, while the special effects sequences come out as not very special

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 16, 2008Stephen King Anthology
TV mini-series that adapts eight Stephen King short stories. As with any anthology, the stories vary in quality but are generally quite reasonable