BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Comedy
MADE:  1986
CAST:  Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun
DIRECTOR:  John Carpenter
WRITER:  Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter

PLOT:  Truck driver Jack Burton makes a stop in Chinatown when unbelievable things begin to happen.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Willow, Romancing The Stone, From Dusk Till Dawn

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THE THING

GENRE:  Horror/ Mystery/ Sci-fi
MADE:  1982
CAST:  Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David
DIRECTOR:  John Carpenter
WRITER:  John W. Campbell Jr., Bill Lancaster

PLOT:  A group of scientist in the Antartic salvage a block of ice with a mysterious form frozen inside only to find that it is a shape-shifting alien.  Far away and unlikely to be rescued the group of scientist must find a way to kill it.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Event Horizon, Sphere, Predator

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GRINDHOUSE

GENRE:  Action/ Horror/ Thriller
MADE:  2007
CAST:  Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan, Danny Trejo, Josh Brolin, Bruce Willis
DIRECTOR:  Quentin Tarantino, Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie, Eli Roth, Robert Rodriguez
WRITER:  Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino

PLOT:  A horror film featuring two feature length films written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Sin City, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn

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POSEIDON

GENRE:  Adventure

MADE:  2006

CAST:  Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, Richard Dreyfuss, Jacinda Barrett, Josh Lucas

DIRECTOR:  Wolfgang Petersen

WRITER:  Mark Protosevich, Paul Gallico

PLOT:  A group of people try to make their way out of a cruise ship alive after a freak wave has collided with it while asea and has flipped the ship upside down.  A remake of The Poseidon Adventure from 1972.

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NOTE:  The truth is that though Poseidon didn't get very high marks I loved the movie.  I watch the original The Poseidon Adventure when I was a young kid and thought the film was pretty awesome- the film had stuck to me since then and so naturally I was very excited when a remake was coming out.  The new film for me, as a fan of the original film, didn't disappoint.  If you've watched the original and liked it you should definitely watch this one as well.