David Rudkin's supernatural story was one of the most ambitious television series of its time.A futuristic fantasy with a powerful mythical charge, it featured a top class cast, a setting that ranged from a North Sea ferry to a twin-sunned alien planet and spine-chilling moments that bear a homage to the great Alfred Hitchcock. Gideon Harlax, a successful young novelist of the paranormal and the supernatural, has found some exciting new material: a pagan statue stolen from a Danish museum has.
In a post-apocalyptic society, living underground as protection from pollution, the main concern is getting enough food and finding other survivors. A pollution-resistant android with A.I. is developed to help obtain this.
Mega Tokyo: 2027 AD. Mankind's relentless march towards progress has resulted n the creation of artificially intelligent cyborgs known as Voomers to do the jobs people do not want to do anymore. The Voomers begin to lose control carrying out senseless and destructive rampages. The death toll mounts and it becomes clear that the standard police cannot deal with these ultra violent inhumanly strong creatures and 'The Advanced Police' are brought in.
For the first time on DVD the lavish space drama that launched the careers of a galaxy of stars and whose demise is still mourned by fans nearly fourteen years later: episodes 1- 11 of the classic sci-fi series Jupiter Moon. It's New Year's Eve 2049. The University of Space spaceship Ilea is orbiting one of the moons of Jupiter. While the students prepare to party first-officer Finbow Lewis sees something very strange on the ship's deep-space scanners: something outside the Sol
Masters Of Science Fiction unites some of the genre's most revered names including John Kessel Robert A. Heinlein Howard Fast Walter Mosley Robert Sheckley and Harlen Ellison.
When a psychiatrist discovers that a deadly virus taking over the world is alien in origin, she must fight to save humanity.
The version you've never seen! It's not just a re-master but a revised and re-edited special edition produced under the careful supervision of the original creators (Hideaki Anno and Studio Gainax) to include amazing new footage and revelations previously unavailable outside Japan! The penultimate three episodes are presented in both their new and original forms for the ultimate Eva experience. The keys to the mystery have never been clearer as the fate of mankind hangs in the ba
The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. In the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1 With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. --Paul TonksOn this DVD: This volume begins in confusion when the S.G.1 team discover a military camp training for "Rules of Engagement". All is not what it seems however. The same is true of "Forever in a Day", when Daniel's wife Sha're is killed by Teal'c. This episode begins an important storyline about her stolen child who is a "Harcesis", an illegal breeding between Goa'uld hosts. Then an earlier thread is picked up in "Past and Present" on planet Vyus whose people all suffer amnesia. Their leader Ke'ra (played by Megan Leitch who's portrayed Mulder's missing sister in The X-Files) is a link to the earlier "Prisoners" episode and the dangerous "destroyer of worlds". Closing the volume is a cliffhanger in which Sam must attempt to rescue her father, face Satan himself on a prison moon, and resurrect "Jolinar's Memories" from the Goa'uld she was briefly possessed by. Trapped in Hell, the team's escape seems impossible. As well as trailers for the next volume, the disc includes a 10-minute interview with Christopher Judge on his 97-year-old character Teal'c. He spends much of the time recalling plot points, but his philosophy of the show as a social allegory is refreshing. --Paul Tonks END
Sometimes a movie achieves such legendary status that it can't quite live up to its reputation. Plan 9 from Outer Space is not one of these movies. It is just as magnificently terrible as you've heard. Plan 9 is the story of space aliens who try to conquer the Earth through resurrection of the dead. Psychic Criswell narrates ("Future events such as these will affect you in the future!") as police rush through the cemetery, occasionally clipping the cardboard tombstones in their zeal to find the source of the mysterious goings-on. More than just a bad film, Plan 9 is something of a one- stop clearinghouse for poor cinematic techniques: The time shifts whimsically from midnight to afternoon sun, Tor Johnson flails desperately in an attempt to rise from his coffin, and flying saucers zoom past on clearly visible strings. Fading star Bela Lugosi tragically died during filming, but such a small hurdle could not stop writer-producer-director Ed Wood. Lugosi is ingeniously replaced with a man who holds a cape across his face and might as well have "NOT BELA LUGOSI" stamped on his forehead. Plan 9 is so sweetly well- intentioned in both its message and its execution that it's impossible not to love it. And if you don't, well, as Eros says, "You people of Earth are idiots!" --Ali Davis
Titles Comprise: Ghost In The Shell 2.0: In the year 2029 the search for a criminal computer genius known as The Puppet Master sends Major Motoko Kusanagi a cyborg policewoman operating as part of the covert anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9 on a dangerous mission leading her to a powerful artificial intelligence whose influence reaches deep into the government and who is desperately seeking a physical form to inhabit. As she delves further into the case Kusanagi is forced to contemplate the nature of her own existence: is she simply an artificial construct... or is there something more? Ghost In The Shell: Innocence: It is the year 2032 and Earth is a world where the few remaining humans coexist with cyborgs human spirits inhabiting mechanized bodies and dolls robots with no human elements whatsoever. A cyborg detective for the government's covert anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9 Batou is charged with investigating the bizarre case of a malfunctioning gynoid - a hyper-realistic female robot created specifically for sexual companionship - responsible for slaughtering its owner. Delving deeper and deeper into the investigation Batou and his partner Togusa are forced to confront violent Yakuza thugs devious hackers influential government bureaucrats and powerful corporate criminals. As they move closer to uncovering the mystery it slowly becomes apparent that the truth behind the crime is far more shocking than anyone dared imagine...
New York 2095. In a strange pyramid floating in the sky the gods of ancient Egypt are judging Horus. In the city a young women with blue hair and tears is arrested but she has a secret power even to herself... Based on Enki Bilal's own series of comic books La Foire Aux Immortels and La Femme Pige this was one all the first feature films to use an entirely digital backlot (in which actors were filmed in front of green screens and the background were added digitally afterwards).
Ren Laloux the director of Fantastic Planet [La Plante sauvage] created Les Matres du temps his penultimate animated feature film in 1982. A huge hit in France at the time of its release it combines Laloux's famous imagination with that of animation designer Jean Giraud (aka Moebius). On planet Perdide an attack of giant hornets leaves Piel - a young boy - alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar an adventurer travelling through space. On board Jaffar's shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton his fiance and Silbad who knows the planet Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel Les Matres du temps is a finely animated metaphysical rescue mission previously seen in English-speaking countries as a dubbed version entitled Time Masters. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the original French version of Laloux's distinctive vision.
An astonishing breakthrough is taking shape on the planet Caprica The rapidly evolving spheres of human and mechanical engineering have collided along with the fates of two families. Joined by tragedy in an explosive instant of terror two rival clans led by powerful patriarchs Joseph Adama (Esai Morales - Jericho) and Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz - Killing Zoe The Butterfly Effect) duel in an era of questionable ethics corporate machinations and unbridled personal ambition as the final war for humanity looms. The latest phenomenon from the executive producers of Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore and David Eick) set in a time over 50 years earlier Caprica: The Feature Length Pilot is entirely its own world - provocative thrilling and startlingly relevant to our own. Are you a huge fracking fan of Battlestar Galactica? Check out some of these Caprican classics! Battlestar Galactica: The Plan: Running concurrently with the series this 2-hour movie tells of the plot to exterminate humanity. Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series: Featuring every episode of the stunning sci-fi series - epic intelligent and out of this world. Battlestar Galactica: Razor: Telling the untold story of Battleship Pegasus Razor provides chilling clues to the fate of humanity. Battlestar Galactica: The Final Season - Part 2: The series receives a fittingly awesome end in this incredibly powerful concluding chapter.
Humanity has become the victim of mass overpopulation and the line between middle class and poverty no longer exists. Whit Carmichael has accepted a high-risk security job that requires off-world travel using Slipstream technology in the hope of rising out of his situation. The risk of injury or death is extreme but the danger is sweetened by Whit's dream of a better life. When Whit and his team are sent to space station Infini to confront an unidentifiable enemy, only Whit survives. An elite squad of ˜Search and Rescue' specialists are sent in to find him and to stop whatever caused the death of his crew from returning to earth.
In 1992 two of the world's most popular action superstars were brought together to create one of the most unforgettable martial arts/action/sci-fi cult classics of its time. The film was Universal Soldier the stars were Jean-Claude Van Damme (JCVD Legionnaire Bloodsport Kickboxer) and Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV The Punisher Direct Contact). In 2010 director John Hyams (NYPD Blue One Dog Day The Smashing Machine) has brought these legends of action cinema together again for the ultimate future killing machine showdown Universal Soldier: Regeneration. The world is in danger and the government is being threatened. Crazed terrorists are on the loose and will stop at nothing to cause death and destruction. Using stolen technology they have created their own version of the Universal Soldier: a lethal robot warrior whose only programme is to kill and kill again. The government's only hope is to regenerate Luc Deveraux a decommissioned Unisol and expert assassin. His mission: to infiltrate a highly armed fortress slaughter the enemy and save the world from nuclear disaster. But somebody - or something - is waiting for him something intent on crushing the future into oblivion. Let the combat commence.
Famous scientists around the globe have mysteriously disappeared and Chronicle reporter Polly Perkins (Paltrow) along with ace aviator Sky Captain (Jude Law) is on the case. Risking their lives as they travel to exotic places around the world can the fearless duo stop Dr Totenkopf the evil mastermind behind a plot to destroy the earth? Aided by Frankie Cook (Angelina Jolie) commander of an all-female amphibious squadron and technical genius Dax Polly and Sky Captain may be our planet's only hope... Bit of trivia for you: the villain Dr. Totenkopf is played by Sir Laurence Olivier who died in 1989. The director Kerry Conran achieved this by using CGI-manipulated archive footage of Olivier.
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