Planet of the Apes

"...Moses. When Leo crash-lands his spaceship on a remote planet after entering some kind of electromagnetic space-field, he finds..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lost in Space

"...in a state of suspended resolution, bouncing directionlessly from planet to planet in an eventful yet fruitless search for..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stargate

"...is pretty much what Hollywood's done with sci-fi since Forbidden Planet riffed on The Tempest: Taken a solid story..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Superhero Movie

Superhero Movie is a tonally confused spoof, which, for once, doesn't go far enough comedically.

"...at Law. Even cameos from Airplane!-er Robert Hays and Forbidden Planeteer-cum-comedy-stalwart Nielson can't supersize the yuks on what turns..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mars Needs Moms

Based on a children's book by Berkely Breathed, this animated film looks good but lacks emotion.

"...lot noisier and more disturbingly illogical. Mars is a planet run by giant-hipped females under the rule of the..."

March 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956)..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Soundtracking unknown worlds with sci-fi instrumentation

"...sound conjures images of robots, spaceships, and aliens. For Forbidden Planet, the husband-and-wife team of Louis and Bebe Barron..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

RV

Robin Williams loads his family into a camper and goes on vacation.

"...– as though it were being beamed in from planet Quaalude. They don't make comics (or drugs, I hear)..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Riotous comedy mixes live-action and animation for a great result.

"...black-and-white, no less. There are also brief appearances from Forbidden Planet’s Robby the Robot, The Man From Planet X,..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

An animated adaptation of the beloved book series

"...8-year-olds (particularly boys) are genetically wired to find vaguely forbidden words like “butt” and “booger” and “fart” innately hilarious;..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Midnight Sky

George Clooney saves humanity from an Earth that no longer wants it

"...of any personal life. Instead, he became an earthbound exoplanetary researcher looking for humanity’s next home, one that he..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bad Milo!

In this gross but smart comedy from Jacob Vaughan, a man's stress grows into a monster that explodes from his rectum.

"...Morbius’ "monsters from the id" from Fifties sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet (which itself drew heavily from Shakespeare's The Tempest),..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dredd

Rebooted, and in 3-D.

"...a Judge Death T-shirt I’d purchased from London’s famed Forbidden Planet comic shop just days before. Top that.)..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

They Are Going to Eat You!

The year in filmishness, 2010.

"...the same, though, mordantly so. The lustrous Anne Francis (Forbidden Planet) passed away the other day. Among many irreplaceable..."

Jan. 6, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Page Two

Editor Louis Black comments on our brief reunion with cover subject (and onetime Chronicle illustrator) Keith Graves, reconsiders Joan Micklin Silver's Chilly Scenes of Winter, and says "get well" to KVET talk-show mainstay Sammy Allred and "farewell" to former staffer Sarah Hepola.

"...as far from my own as Robin Hood or Forbidden Planet. Fiction was about this different world; it wasn't..."

June 8, 2001 Column by Louis Black

House on Haunted Hill

"...inside via some giant iron shutters last seen in Forbidden Planet. Mayhem, obviously, ensues, and before long bodies are..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Movie Events

"...Jules and Jim: 7:20 The 400 Blows: 9:35 7/8 Forbidden Planet: 7:15 First Men in the Moon: 9:25 7/9..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Summer Film Events

"...Jules and Jim: 7:20 The 400 Blows: 9:35 7/8 Forbidden Planet: 7:15 First Men in the Moon: 9:25 7/9..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Pythia Dust

The Vortex's star-spanning musical is out of this world, but it doesn't really go anywhere

"...especially one set in outer space. (Return to the Forbidden Planet, anyone?) This production, directed by Vortex Artistic Director..."

March 6, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

The Lights Go Down at South Lamar

Final night at the Alamo Drafthouse mothership

"...one of my favorite human beings on the entire planet."..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...
FORBIDDEN PLANET 7:15pm Tues, 9:05pm Weds, 7:15pm Thurs
GIORGIO MORODER PRESENTS..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Under the Stars and Maybe Some Space Aliens

The LBJ Library screens sci-fi classics

"...Man's. Yet, across the gulf of space on the planet Mars, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded our..."

March 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Forrest Gump's soft-porn origins, and Oprah knows molting

"...a naive, wide-eyed wanderer through life.The name of the planet in the movie Forbidden Planet is Altair IV...."

April 13, 2007 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Hollywood Boulevard

"If it's a good picture, it's a Miracle!"

"...reading a copy of Sight and Sound, Paisley auditioning Forbidden Planet's Robby the Robot. Hell, even Commander Cody and..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Other Worlds Austin: Other Halves

Start-up shocker is a contentious joy

"...learns, there are good reasons why the crew of Forbidden Planet's starship C-57D warned against unleashing your Id. Within..."

Dec. 8, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Halloween'/'Prince of Darkness'/'Eyes Without a Face'

Three throwback horrors for your Halloween pleasure

"...leave the kids watching traditional spooky, disconnected fare like Forbidden Planet and (in a nod to future success) the..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FF2012: 'Dredd 3D'

It took until 2012 to get 2000 AD right

"...a Judge Death T-shirt I'd purchased from London's famed Forbidden Planet comic shop just days before. Top that.)..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: Who's That Girl?

Singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom is an inimitable genius

"...out would step Jolie Holland. If Anne Francis in Forbidden Planet were the out-of-wedlock daughter of Angie Dickinson in..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Apocalypse 'Monsters,' Redux

Director Gareth Edwards interview, part two

"...– and while it's not really a monster movie, Forbidden Planet. The creature from the Id? That's pretty monstrous,..."

Oct. 28, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Great Scott!

Edgar Wright and his Scott Pilgrim cast touch down in Austin

"...have is a nod to the id monster from Forbidden Planet...."

Aug. 20, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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