ROLL OFF: Extras after the credits

I have begun to compile a list of films that have extra scenes after the credits have finished rolling. I am calling this feature a ROLL OFF.

A L I E N S
Sound of a facehugger scratching accross the floor of Ripley's escape shuttle

BLADE TRINITY
Blade racing away in his black charger and a final credit: "Word."

PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN
The monkey steals a coin from the chest and becomes a skeleton in the moonlight, proving the curse is still in effect.

CONSTANTINE
Constantine at the grave of his sidekick, Chas. As he deposits his cigarette lighter on the tombstone, Chas resurrects as an angel, leaving John determined to make the cut this time around.

STEALTH
Pan down to the smouldering remains of Eddie to see the his eye light up.


I you know of more, let me know. I will add them to the list.

Deep Space Rumble. THE ISLAND

This is the movie they were trying to make when they did LOGAN'S RUN. This time they got it right. The story makes sense. The characters are given life so that the viewer will care about them when, enivitably, things go awry. The action sequences are larger than life, surprisingly over the top. And the characters elevate themselves above the mundane by a hyperactive sense of honor. This is a fine movie, and one of the rare serious attempts to film SF (pronounced ESS-ef) without stooping to the cliche kind of action-figure Sci-Fi made profitable by STAR WARS. Highly recommended.

(Deus Vult)

THE LAST LION: ALONE Review / DEFENDER OF THE REALM Excerpts

This is a fine book. I had not thought that I would enjoy it as much as I did, despite the fondness I hold for the first volume. But this second Manchester volume of Churchill's biography is more engaging than the first. In the first you get to know Churchill. In the second, you see what he is made of in the times of opposition. It is a more down to earth portrayal, for we see him at times forelorn, rarely triumphant. He still sits firmly upon his pedestal of greatness because he never wavered from his convictions. A great book. Miss it at your own peril.

The Churchill Center posts some excerpts from the fabled third volume DEFENDER OF THE REALM, due out this Autumn from Little Brown.
The Fall of France
Munich: A Fifty Year Perspective

Freff Drawings for WIZARD

Follow this link to see newly posted drawings Freff made for WIZARD on Jack Eggers GAEA THE MAD TITAN web site.