According to Paul Davies, author of the non-fiction science book HOW TO BUILD A TIME MACHINE, the concept of time travel was first introduced to culture through science fiction, particularly through H.G. Wells' THE TIME MACHINE. But it was Einstein's Spec...
John Logan, screenwriter for GLADIATOR and the upcoming STAR TREK: NEMESIS, had to think for about five seconds when offered the chance to adapt the classic H.G. Wells' SF novel, THE TIME MACHINE, for Dreamworks. Offering a new take on the original novel ...
Blackadder: Back and Forth, just released on British video, was originally made for the big screen at London`s Millennium Dome. (Cynics might say it therefore qualifies as a hitherto unseen work, but that`s quite enough of that!) The thirty-minute adventu...
In Part One of my story about the 40th Anniversary Celebration Screening of H.G. Wells` THE TIME MACHINE, I discussed the beauty of downtown LA`s Orpheum Theatre and how the LA Conservancy runs an Annual Last Remaining Seats Film Festival to widen awarene...
An Eloi-like line magnetically streams up Broadway Street towards the Orpheum theatre to gaze at one of the all time classics of sci-fi cinema, George Pal`s film of H.G. Wells` THE TIME MACHINE in downtown LA. By 1931, this grand theater was part of the ...
On this holiday weekend, where everyone is traveling here or jetting off there, one lesser known vacation alternative also happens to be one of the coolest: that ever-enticing sci-fi trope, time travel. With it come the eternal questions that speak to the...
To me one of the great mysteries of the wacky world of cult movies is why Somewhere In Time has developed a Trekkie-sized fan following while Nicholas Meyer’s Time After Time hasn’t. Time travel movies have always had a terrific romantic appeal: the chanc...
No, it wasn't a studio hype job, at least according to the man himself. Simon Wells, great-grandson of H.G. himself and director of the new Dreamworks adaptation of THE TIME MACHINE, campaigned for the project."I pursued it," says Wells. "I read about it ...
Hurray! It's winter! Time to unpack the sweaters and stow the Speed-o! Time to drag out your electric blanket, and curl up next to a fire with a big bowl of popcorn! Sure summer is long gone but we still got to thinking about it... Every summer, we're alw...
Probably the most unusual time travel device ever seen in the movies is Doc Brown's Delorean from the Back to the Future trilogy. Designed to take advantage of the natural conductivity of the car's titanium body, the car gathered enough energy to activate...
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