Sci-Fi Movies on TV Picks (posted 1.14.2002)

Fox Move Channel is running all the Planet of the Apes movies (theatrical and TV) all month long, so I haven't bothered with posting them.

20 Million Miles to Earth
90 minutes- USA, 1957, BW
Directed by Nathan Juran and starring
William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia
John Zaremba, Thomas B. Henry, Tito Vuolo
A monstrous alien goes on a rampage in Italy. Special effects by Ray Harryhausen.
Sun Jan 26 12:30A TCM- Turner Classic Movies

The Amazing Transparent Man
75 minutes- USA, 1960, BW, Video
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring
Marguerite Chapman, Douglas Kennedy, James Griffith
Ivan Triesault, Red Morgan, Carmel Daniel
A mad scientist recruits an ex-con as a guinea pig for his invisibility experiments.
Fri Jan 24 03:00A TCM- Turner Classic Movies

At the Earth's Core
100 minutes- PG, England, 1976, Premiere, Video
Directed by Kevin Connor and starring
Peter Cushing, Doug McClure, Caroline Munro
Cy Grant, Godfrey James, Sean Lynch
Prehistoric beasts and warriors await a Victorian-era expedition beneath the earth's surface.
Wed Jan 29 04:05P TMCE- The Movie Channel

Attack of the 50-Foot Woman
90 minutes- USA, 1958, (CC), BW, Video
Directed by Nathan Hertz and starring
Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers
Roy Gordon, George Douglas, Ken Terrell
A close encounter with a gigantic alien causes a frustrated wife to grow at an alarming rate.
Fri Jan 24 03:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
120 minutes- England, 1969
Directed by James Hill and starring
Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman
Luciana Paluzzi, Bill Fraser, Kenneth Connor
Greed and rebellion threaten the tranquility of Capt. Nemo's underwater city of gold.
Thu Jan 16 03:35P TSO- Turner South

The Day the Earth Stood Still
115 minutes- USA, 1951, BW, Video
Directed by Robert Wise and starring
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier
Frank Conroy, Fay Roope, Tyler McVey, James Seay
An alien gives a dramatic demonstration of power as he tries to warn mankind about the folly of atomic experimentation.
Thu Jan 23 06:05P AMC- American Movie Classics

Death Race 2000
90 minutes- USA, 1975, Premiere, Video
Directed by Paul Bartel and starring
David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Louisa Moritz
Simone Griffeth, Mary Woronov, Roberta Collins
Martin Kove, Joyce Jameson, John Landis
In the year 2000, hit-and-run driving is a national sport with a point system based on the age and sex of the victim.
Fri Jan 31 01:35P AMC- American Movie Classics

Earth II
120 minutes- USA, 1971
Directed by Tom Gries and starring
Tony Franciosa, Gary Lockwood, Scott Hylands
Hari Rhodes, Lew Ayres, Mariette Hartley
Inhabitants aboard a space station become embroiled in China's plot to launch nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union.
Fri Jan 24 06:00A TSO- Turner South

Empire of the Ants
115 minutes- USA, 1977, Video
Directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring
Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, Albert Salmi
John David Carson, Robert Pine, Jacqueline Scott
Victims of a Florida real estate swindler are lured to a remote island, where they are attacked by giant ants.
Fri Jan 3 11:30P AMC- American Movie Classics

Escape From New York
105 minutes- R, USA, 1981, (CC), Video, SS, In Stereo, Adult language, brief nudity, graphic violence
Directed by John Carpenter and starring
Kurt Russell, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Van Cleef
Donald Pleasence, Harry Dean Stanton, Isaac Hayes
Season Hubley, Adrienne Barbeau
A hardened criminal is offered a pardon if he rescues the president from convicts in the prison city of Manhattan.
Tue Jan 7 12:15P ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Tue Jan 7 10:00P ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Sun Jan 12 08:15P ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Mon Jan 20 03:00P ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Mon Jan 20 11:40P ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Sat Jan 25 04:50P ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Sat Jan 25 11:50P ACT- Encore's Action Channel

Fahrenheit 451
140 minutes- England, 1967, (CC), Video
Directed by Francois Truffaut and starring
Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack
Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser, Bee Duffell
Gillian Lewis, Alex Scott, Michael Balfour
Based on Ray Bradbury's novel about a futuristic society where all books are banned and burned.
Thu Jan 23 01:50P AMC- American Movie Classics
Fri Jan 24 03:10A AMC- American Movie Classics
Fantastic Planet
70 minutes- PG, France/Czechosl, 1973, Dubbed-English, Video, Anim, LBOX
Directed by Rene Laloux and starring
Barry Bostwick, Marvin Miller, Olan Soule
Cynthia Alder, Nora Heflin, Hal Smith
Mark Gruner, Monika Ramirez, Janet Waldo
Animated. Tiny humans on a far-off planet revolt against the giant aliens who keep them as pets.
Wed Jan 8 08:25A FLIX- Flix Movie Channel
Sat Jan 18 03:30P FLIX- Flix Movie Channel
Tue Jan 21 12:15P FLIX- Flix Movie Channel

Forbidden Planet
120 minutes- USA, 1956, (CC), Video, LBOX
Directed by Frank McLeod Wilcox and starring
Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson
Earl Holliman, James Drury, George Wallace, Robert Dix
Astronauts arrive on a planet where a professor and his daughter have been stranded for more than 20 years.
Sat Jan 25 10:30P TCM- Turner Classic Movies

Ghosts of Mars
105 minutes- R, USA, 2001, (CC), Video, SS, In Stereo, Adult language, adult situations, graphic violence
Directed by John Carpenter and starring
Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham
Clea DuVall, Pam Grier, Joanna Cassidy
On 2176 Mars, a police squad and their prisoner battle an evil force that has possessed the workers of a mining colony.
Fri Jan 3 11:15A MAXE- Cinemax
Fri Jan 3 10:00P MAXE- Cinemax
Wed Jan 8 09:45A MAXE- Cinemax
Wed Jan 8 08:00P MAXE- Cinemax
Tue Jan 14 02:20P MAXE- Cinemax
Wed Jan 15 01:05A MAXE- Cinemax
Mon Jan 20 10:00P MAXE- Cinemax
Thu Jan 30 06:30P MAXE- Cinemax I

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
105 minutes- USA, 1956, Video
Directed by Don Siegel and starring
Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones
Larry Gates, King Donovan, Jean Willes
Ralph Dumke, Virginia Christine, Tom Fadden, Kenneth Patterson
A doctor learns that alien pods are replacing his friends and neighbors with emotionless duplicates
Sat Jan 25 12:50A AMC- American Movie Classics

Marooned
135 minutes- G, USA, 1969, Video, In Stereo
Directed by John Sturges and starring
Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus
David Janssen, Gene Hackman, Lee Grant
Nancy Kovack, Mariette Hartley
Oscar-winning special effects highlight this story about efforts to rescue three astronauts stranded in space.
Thu Jan 2 01:00A HBOF- HBO Family
Sat Jan 18 01:45A HBOF- HBO Family

The Omega Man
100 minutes- PG, USA, 1971, (CC), Video, Adult language, adult situations, brief nudity, violence
Directed by Boris Sagal and starring
Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash
Paul Koslo, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Eric Laneuville
John Dierkes, Brian Tochi
The sole survivor of a biological war battles plague-spawned vampires while searching for an antidote.
Thu Jan 2 06:35P ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Thu Jan 2 07:35P PLEX- Encore's Movie Plex
Fri Jan 3 02:00A ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Fri Jan 3 03:00A PLEX- Encore's Movie Plex
Tue Jan 14 08:05A ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Wed Jan 22 08:05A ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Wed Jan 22 03:10P ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Fri Jan 31 06:45A ACT- Encore's Action Channel

Quintet
120 minutes- USA, 1979, Video, LBOX
Directed by Robert Altman and starring
Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey
Bibi Andersson, Nina Van Pallandt, Brigitte Fossey
David Langton
A frozen wasteland is the scene of an unusual game of life or death where the victims fight to remain alive.
Sat Jan 25 12:01A FMC- Fox Movie Channel

Teenage Caveman
90 minutes- R, USA, 2001, (CC), Video, In Stereo, Adult language, adult situations, strong sexual content, violence
Directed by Larry Clark and starring
Andrew Keegan, Tara Subkoff, Richard Hillman
Tiffany Limos, Stephen Jasso, Crystal Grant
In a post-apocalyptic world, teenagers rediscover the forbidden pleasures of the flesh with catastrophic results.
Sat Jan 11 01:35A MAXE- Cinemax
Sun Jan 26 03:00A MAXE- Cinemax

The Terminal Man
120 minutes- 1974, (CC), Video, In Stereo
Directed by Mike Hodges and starring
George Segal, Joan Hackett, Jill Clayburgh
Richard A. Dysart
A man becomes a guinea pig involving electrode implanting when he suffers from blackouts which make him violent.
Sun Jan 19 03:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction

The Thing
90 minutes- USA, 1951, BW, Video
Directed by Christian Nyby and starring
James Arness, Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan
Robert Cornthwaite, Douglas Spencer, James Young
Dewey Martin, Robert Nichols, Eduard Franz, John Dierkes
Howard Hawks' harrowing account of an alien invader's rampage at an arctic research station.
Sun Jan 12 12:00A TCM- Turner Classic Movies

This Island Earth
120 minutes- USA, 1955, Video
Directed by Joseph Newman and starring
Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow
Russell Johnson, Lance Fuller, Robert Nichols
Two American researchers are pressed into service by battle-weary aliens on the brink of losing an interplanetary war.
Mon Jan 20 03:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction

Time After Time
120 minutes- USA, 1979, (CC), Video, SS
Directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring
Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen
Charles Cioffi, Andonia Katsaros, Patti D'Arbanville
Keith McConnell, Laurie Main, Joseph Maher, Larry Blake
H.G. Wells chases Jack the Ripper from Victorian London to modern-day San Francisco through the use of a time machine.
Tue Jan 7 08:00A A&E- Arts & Entertainment
Tue Jan 7 02:00P A&E- Arts & Entertainment
Thu Jan 30 08:00A A&E- Arts & Entertainment
Thu Jan 30 02:00P A&E- Arts & Entertainment

War of the Planets
120 minutes- Italy, 1965
Directed by Anthony Dawson (Antonio Margheriti) and starring
Tony Russell, Lisa Gastoni, Carlo Guistini
Massimo Serato, Michel Lemoine, Franco Nero
21st-century scientists join forces to stem a Martian invasion of Earth.
Sun Jan 26 04:00A TCM- Turner Classic Movies

When Worlds Collide
85 minutes- G, USA, 1951, Video
Directed by Rudolph Mate and starring
Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hanson
John Hoyt, Larry Keating, Sandro Giglio
Stephen Chase, Frank Cady, Hayden Rorke, John Ridgely
When two planets head in Earth's direction, a race begins to build a rocket ship in time to escape the cataclysm.
Thu Jan 2 08:10A ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Thu Jan 2 09:10A PLEX- Encore's Movie Plex
Thu Jan 2 05:05P ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Thu Jan 2 06:05P PLEX- Encore's Movie Plex
Wed Jan 8 06:05A ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Wed Jan 8 01:10P ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Sun Jan 12 10:50A ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Fri Jan 17 11:20A ACT- Encore's Action Channel
Tue Jan 28 09:15A ACT- Encore's Action Channel