Before his name became inextricably associated with blockbuster disaster picture fare like Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and the execrable American Godzilla, Roland Emmerich made an incredibly bizarre little movie called Joey, or, as it was known in its American release, Making Contact. (I first heard of Making Contact thanks to this list.) Making Contact is…

Somehow, in spite of an intimidating cast including Sigourney Weaver, Toby Jones, Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy, and Elizabeth Olsen with nothing to do, I had never heard of Red Lights before Netflix suggested it to me. But just a glance was enough to tell me that it seemed right up…

Given my longstanding affection for Rutger Hauer and monster movies, it should come as no surprise that I watched Split Second–probably a few times–when it was at the video rental section of my local grocery store growing up. That said, I didn’t remember much of anything about it besides that it…