Film Screening 29th February, 2000

Poster for Project Vlad

Project Vlad 

8:00 PM, 29th February, 2000

  • 9 mins
  • 1999
  • Arron Rogers

Sometime in the early '50s the Soviet Space Agency launched the top secret mission Project Vlad. Shrouded in secrecy few records were kept and the project has since been all but forgotten.

Poster for The Astronaut's Wife

The Astronaut's Wife 

8:09 PM, 29th February, 2000

  • MA
  • 109 mins
  • 1999
  • Rand Ravich
  • Rand Ravich
  • Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, Joe Morton, Clea Duvall

Johnny Depp stars as Spencer Armacost, an astronaut to whom something mysterious happens on a space walk. Charlize Theron is Mrs Astronaut, a.k.a. Jillian Armacost, who spends most of the movie trying to figure out just what on earth is going on. What's going on is that Spencer's body has been taken over by some alien force who plans to use Jillian as the tall, blonde vessel for breeding the next generation.
Jillian gets her first inkling that something's up during a post-space flight bout of rough and rather distant sex. But it takes him actually killing someone before the penny finally drops.
Jillian confides in her sister, Nan, played by Clea DuVall (The Faculty), one of the brightest aspects of the movie. Mind you, she has all the best lines. "You got Johnny Rocket and I got Throw-Up-On-Yourself Elmo," she complains to her sibling.
This film has received mixed reviews, although more bad than good. Some say the acting is great, while others say it's crap. Maybe some reviewers are just more picky than others. Comparisons were made to Rosemary's Baby, but I haven't seen that, so you will get no comparison from me. All I can say is that, while it's not too bad, it didn't live up to expectations and left a portion of the story untold. In summary... see it and judge for yourselves.

Jacinta Nicol