Articles written by Rolf Maurer

It may be a Madison Avenue axiom that marketing creates new demand, but it's a rare coup to successfully instill it in a whole new demographic.

Jul 16, 2009 - Rolf Maurer

Regardless of how cheaply they were often made, McCarthy-era genre films said more about contemporary political and economic blind spots than the

Jul 9, 2009 - Rolf Maurer

No better examples of how Hollywood can both utterly botch and elegantly propound one of science fiction's oldest tropes than in 1996's Independence Day and The Arrival.

Jun 23, 2009 - Rolf Maurer

An intriguing foray into an alternative, often superior, vision of the ABC drama, Pyramid's 1967 Invaders paperback line proved as outstanding as it was short-lived.

Jun 18, 2009 - Rolf Maurer

There is much fun to be had watching The Invaders on DVD (CBS/ Paramount) over forty years after it first aired on U.S television.

May 17, 2009 - Rolf Maurer