What do they want?! "ARRIVAL" A Thinking Person's Sci-Fi Film Review 0n my YouTube Channel now @ this link: JOHN SMISTAD, "THE QUICK FLICK CRITIC", says put on your Thinking Cap for this review of "ARRIVAL"!! (youtube.com ..read more

  Bend Your Brain!! "ALTERED STATES" 1980s Sci-Fi Film Review 0n my YouTube Channel now @ this link: JOHN SMISTAD, "THE QUICK FLICK CRITIC", bends your brain into "ALTERED STATES"!! - YouTube ..read more

  All-Time Sci-Fi Spectacular!! "2001 (A SPACE ODYSSEY)" On my YouTube Channel now @ this link: JOHN SMISTAD, "THE QUICK FLICK CRITIC", launches into the weird wonder of "2001 (A SPACE ODYSSEY)"!! (youtube.com ..read more

"Arrival" (2016): "Little Green Men Land on Earth" Saga for the Thoughtful "Arrival" is the story of a global alien invasion. Though this is far from the familiar fodder of "our planet is in peril from intergalactic creatures intending malice and mayhem". Instead, Director Denis Villeneuve ("Sicario") has fashioned an intriguingly different approach, one of a foreign force from the far reaches of outer space whose primary intent seems to lie in occupying and manipulating the human mind and soul. And while it is about 25 or 30 minutes too long, the dialogue is often muddled (not counting tha ..read more

“They Sold a Million” (2013):...then they got Sold OUT! The Welsh rock group Badfinger had a cluster of hit songs in the late 1960s and early 70s, including the classics “Day After Day” and “Baby Blue”. They were the first musicians The Beatles signed to their newly formed record label Apple. However, after releasing the stunning album “Straight Up” in 1971, things went straight downhill for this snake-bitten band. The brilliant BBC documentary “They Sold a Million” (streaming for free on YouTube) reveals how a viciously evil business manager ripped them off raw. The group’s massively gifted ..read more

 "Marjorie Prime" (2017) serves up a Prime Cut of Acting Prowess Talk about your acting tour de force.  The super strange sci-fi domestic drama "Marjorie Prime" practically redefines the term. Veteran stalwarts Jon Hamm, Tim Robbins, Geena Davis and (the great and egregiously underappreciated) Lois Smith invest their considerable collective acumen into this freaky fable exploring the preservation of memory and the perception of identity.  At times befuddling and stagy (the film is based on a play, after all), yet at once consistently compelling, "Marjorie Prime" is ce ..read more

“Skinamarink” (2023): You likely won’t Like it Think “The Amityville Horror” on a shoestring budget with intentionally grainy video and vintage cartoons on VHS set to jaunty old-timey jazz and you’ve got the confoundingly creepy skull-screw “Skinamarink”. Is this a house haunted beyond the unspeakably heinous? Or could it be a little boy’s nightmare playing out as horrifying illusion? Either way, or even neither way, I can’t say that I recommend this fantastically frustrating cum freakishly fascinating fable of a family in the grips of gruesome unseen. There are about a hundred other inter ..read more

  "BOOKSMART" Asses!!  "BOOKSMART" On my YouTube Channel now @ this link: JOHN SMISTAD, "THE QUICK FLICK CRITIC", raps the run down on the Teen Raunch Romp "BOOKSMART"!! (youtube.com ..read more

  @ this link: “Betrayed”, “Den Største Forbrytelsen”, (2020): The Darkest of Days | The Movie Blog   Hey slick, "Bang." Double "Death Wishes"!! On my YouTube Channel now @ this link: JOHN SMISTAD, "THE QUICK FLICK CRITIC" yearns that you watch this review of "DEATH WISH" 1 & 2!! - YouTube ..read more

  Let Us OUTTA HERE!!!  "GREEN ROOM" On my YouTube Channel now @ this link: JOHN SMISTAD, "THE QUICK FLICK CRITIC", green lights the Punk Rock horror crime drama "GREEN ROOM"!! - YouTube ..read more