The Best Science Fiction Film You’ve Never Heard Of: 1968’s THE YEAR OF THE SEX OLYMPICS

Come for the salacious title and stay to get your mind blown!

1968’s The Year of the Sex Olympics is the best science fiction film you’ve never heard of, predicting a world of human-debasing reality-TV shows and constant government-sanctioned/encouraged pornography. Written and created by sci-fi grandmaster Nigel Kneale, this film is intense and thought-provoking and still utterly relevant.

Do yourself a favor and catch this nightmare of the future as soon as you can!

The Year of the Dragon’s Best New Old Films—As Well As 2012’s Best Films Seen—Before the Mayan Apocalypse Resets the Clock of Infinity!

Is this list too early?

Well, I seriously doubt I’ll be seeing anything truly impressive in a movie theater or on DVD or via streaming before the end of the year, and anyway, by posting this before the end of 2012, I’m throwing down a gauntlet to the cinema godz:

Now they will be forced to put a truly awe-inspiring film into my path…

And then, I will be glad to go back and revise this post!

(Because do you think I’m actually going to get to see Zero Dark Thirty or The Man With the Iron Fists or Holy Motors in a theater this year? More than likely I’ll catch ’em on DVD from the public library sometime in 2013…)

On the other hand, LERNER INTERNATIONAL could be posting this list ahead of any Mayan Apocalypse that could be roiling our way…

Besides, Cthulhu and his buddies are always lurking around the corners…

LIE #32: There’s No Business Like Snow Business: 1957’s “The Abominable Snowman”

The Abominable Snowman (1957; Val Guest; written by Nigel Kneale) is another of Nigel Kneale’s excellent genre pieces that combines sci-fi, horror and adventure seamlessly into a film that provides much food for thought—bringing in themes of parallel evolution, telepathy, and mankind’s eventual suicide via nuclear annihilation—

While being a fun B-movie that’s perfect for the Summer: During a heatwave, there’s nothing better to watch than suckers either freezing to death or getting chased by Yetis.

LIE# 12: The Walls Have More Than Ears (a review of DVD MIA “The Stone Tape” (1972))

The Stone Tape (1972; Peter Sasdy; written by Nigel Kneale) is a very modern and very English ghost story that may look cheap by today’s standards, but is so rich in ideas that will challenge you and stimulate the brain.