The Last Ten Films We've Seen: Lots of Sci Fi

In case you are wondering, we have an image of Cong. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) because one of the films listen here is "The Congress" with Robin Wright and Jon Hamm, as it turns out the science fiction art film has nothing to do with Washington, but we like both Cong. Clyburn and using a play on words.

The "RoboCop" (top image) film we've seen is the 1987 original, which is much more violent than we remembered. We believe the IMD lists the body count, but we are pressed for time.

Finally, "Ex Machina," which is one of three art sci fi films on the list ("I, Origins" is the other) is quite a strange which has a plot that is challenging to explain, so we will refer you to "New York Times" film critic Manohla Dargis who is an admirer of the film (we gave it a 7 out of 10 on the IMDB).

We got this idea from "Film Comment" magazine, which features exceptional articles from the likes of film experts Jonathan Romney and Amy Taubin.

Here is our last ten (as of last month, for a newer list go to to our sister blog "The Daily Vampire," see link on our home page):

1. Conrack. 1974. dir: Martin Ritt w/Jon Voight

2. Ex Machina. 2015. dir: Alex Garland

3. Army. Japan. 1944. dir: Keisuke Kinoshita

4. The Congress. 2013. dir: Ari Folman

5. Jealousy. France. 2013. dir: Philippe Garrel

6. The Host. 2013. dir: Andrew Nicol

7. I, Origins. 2014. dir: Mike Cahill

8. Brimstone and Treacle. 1982. dir: Richard Loncraine w/Sting

9. RoboCop. 1987. dir: Paul Verhoeven

10. Do the Right Thing. 1989. dir: Spike Lee