Science Fiction

• Flatliners UHD | Blu Ray | (01/08/2022) from £21.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  SOME LINES SHOULDN'T BE CROSSED. Known for his impressively eclectic filmography and for helping to launch the careers of several young Hollywood stars of the 80s and 90s, Joel Schumacher (The Lost Boys, St. Elmo's Fire) tackles the existential question that, at one time or another, haunts us all: what awaits us after we die? At the University Hospital School of Medicine, five ambitious students subject themselves to a daring experiment: to temporarily induce their own deaths, hoping to glimpse the afterlife before being brought back to life. But as competition within the group intensifies and their visions of the world beyond increasingly bleed into their waking lives, they're about to learn that the greatest threat comes not from the spirit world but from the long-suppressed secrets of their own pasts Stylishly photographed by Jan de Bont (Basic Instinct) and featuring a cast of Hollywood's hottest talent including Kiefer Sutherland (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me), Julia Roberts (Secret in their Eyes) and Kevin Bacon (Wild Things) Flatliners is the ultimate life-and-death thrill ride. Product Features Brand new 4K restoration from the original negative, approved by director of photography Jan de Bont 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray™ presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 surround soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Brand new audio commentary by critics Bryan Reesman and Max Evry The Conquest of our Generation, a brand new video interview with screenwriter Peter Filardi Visions of Light, a brand new video interview with director of photography Jan de Bont and chief lighting technician Edward Ayer Hereafter, a brand new video interview with first assistant director John Kretchmer Restoration, a brand new video interview with production designer Eugenio Zanetti and art director Larry Lundy Atonement, a brand new video interview with composer James Newton Howard and orchestrator Chris Boardman Dressing for Character, a brand new interview with costume designer Susan Becker Theatrical trailer Image gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Amanda Reyes and Peter Tonguette

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Blu Ray | (23/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Pacific Rim Uprising (4KUHD and Blu-Ray Plus Digital Download) | 4K UHD | (30/07/2018) from £19.03   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted super-machines built to vanquish them was only a prelude to the all-out assault on humanity in Pacific Rim Uprising. John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) stars as the rebellious Jake Pentecost, a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity's victory against the monstrous Kaiju. Jake has since abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. But when an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to tear through our cities and bring the world to its knees, he is given one last chance to live up to his father's legacy by his estranged sister, Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi)who is leading a brave new generation of pilots that have grown up in the shadow of war. As they seek justice for the fallen, their only hope is to unite together in a global uprising against the forces of extinction. Jake is joined by gifted rival pilot Lambert (The Fate of the Furious' Scott Eastwood) and 15-year-old Jaeger hacker Amara (newcomer Cailee Spaeny), as the heroes of the PPDC become the only family he has left. Rising up to become the most powerful defense force to ever walk the earth, they will set course for a spectacular all-new adventure on a towering scale.

• Project Silence | Blu Ray | (10/02/2025) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jung-won and his daughter are on their way to Incheon Airport when a thick fog causes a massive chain-reaction crash on the airport bridge. Stuck in the chaos, with nowhere to go, things take a turn for the worse when mutated military dogs that were secretly being transported escape from their cages and the survivors on the bridge become targets of these deadly animals.

• Star Trek Voyager - Season 6 (Slimline Edition) | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £17.98   |  Saving you £19.00 (118.82%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The much anticipated release of the sixth season of Star Trek Voyager see the franchise boldly do what it does best and provide fans with fantastically scripted highly entertaining science-fiction. Star Trek: Voyager made sci-fi history when it became the first Star Trek series to feature a female Captain.

• Firefly - The Complete Series | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £18.99   |  Saving you £16.00 (84.25%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Much praised and much missed after its premature cancellation, Firefly is the first SF TV series to be conceived by Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy and cocreator of Angel. Set five centuries in the future, it is a show where the mysterious personal pasts of the crew of the tramp spaceship Serenity continually surface. In fact, it's a Western in space where the losers in a Civil War are heading out to a barren frontier. Mal Reynolds is a man embittered by the war, yet whose love of his comrades perpetually dents his cynicism--even in the 14 episodes that exist we see him warm to the bubbly young mechanic Kaylee, the preacher Book, the idealistic doctor Simon, even to the often demented River, Simon's sister, the psychic result of malign experiments. Firefly is also about adult emotional relationships, for example Kaylee's crush on Simon, the happy marriage of Mal's second officer Zoe and the pilot Wash, the disastrous erotic stalemate between Mal and the courtesan Inara. Individual episodes deal with capers going vaguely wrong, or threats narrowly circumvented; character and plot arcs were starting to emerge when the show was cancelled. Fortunately, the spin-off movie Serenity is planned; and in the meantime, what there is of Firefly is a show to marvel at, both for its tight writing and ensemble acting, and the idiocy of the executives who cancelled it. On the DVD: Firefly on DVD is presented in anamorphic 1.78:1 with Dolby Surround Sound. It includes commentaries on six episodes by various writers, directors, designers and cast members as well as featurettes on the conception of the show and the design of the spaceship Serenity, four deleted scenes, a gag reel, and Joss Whedon singing the show's theme tune, more or less. One of the things that emerges from all of this is how committed to the project everyone involved with it was, and is--unusually, you end up caring as much for the cast and crew as for the characters. The discs have subtitles in English and Spanish and the option of listening to the soundtrack dubbed into Spanish or French. --Roz Kaveney

• The Kingdom of The Planet Of The Apes 4K UHD Steelbook | Blu Ray | (30/09/2024) from £17.78   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar's reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been redcued to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.Featurette: Inside the Forbidden Zone (Making Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes), Deleted & Extended scenes

• Panic in Year Zero! | Blu Ray | (18/11/2024) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend) takes his family on a fishing trip, their holiday is brutally interrupted as a catastrophic atomic war breaks out, destroying their suburban Los Angeles home. What remains of the United Nations announces on the radio that society has broken down, and the Baldwins realise that they must quickly learn how to navigate this new ˜year zero', and do whatever it takes in order to survive. Milland stars alongside teen idol Frankie Avalon as well as directing this bleak and visceral apocalypse thriller, described as ˜the most expressive on-the-ground nightmare of the cold-war era' (Village Voice). LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES Mastered in HD from the 35mm fine grain positive by MGM Uncompressed mono PCM audio Audio commentary by critic Richard Harland Smith (2016) New interview with Kim Newman (2024) Ray Milland archival interview (1972) Atomic Shock! - An interview with filmmaker Joe Dante (2016, 9 mins) Trailer Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by film critic Christina Newland

• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Blu Ray | (25/11/2024) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Supergirl: Season 5 | DVD | (14/09/2020) from £8.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In season five, Supergirl faces threats, both new and ancient. National City becomes enthralled with addictive virtual reality technologies created by CatCo's charming-but-secretive new owner, Andrea Rojas. As Kara uses the power of the press to try to expose this danger, she must contend with challenges put up by rival reporter William Dey, renegade Martian Malefic J'onzz, a shadowy organization called Leviathan, and the shocking return of Lex Luthor who, in addition to his plot for world domination, seeks to claim the soul of Supergirl's best friend (and his sister) Lena. With humanity choosing to lose itself in technology, can Supergirl save the world yet again?

• Six Million Dollar Man Complete | Blu Ray | (21/08/2023) from £162.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology.We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster. Steve Austin an astronaut who crashed during an experimental aircraft test is a man barely alive and clinging to life. At that point the government decided to use secret funding for a secret bionics project to create the next generation of covert operative--an agent with bionic limbs that give him superhuman strength and enable him to run speeds beyond 60 miles per hour, along with a bionic eye that allows him to see details over a mile away. Col Austin awakens after this almost fatal crash to find that he now processes integrated bionic technology. For his second chance at life he is coerced into taking on specialized missions for the OSO (Office of Strategic Operations). Product Features All three pilot movies in their original feature-length versions and their longer syndicated 2 part versions All three reunion movies The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, Bionic Ever After? Featurette : The Reunion Movies : Life after the Series Real Bionics An Iconic Opening Season 1 VIPS : A Celebration of The Six Million Dollar Man Guest Stars Bionic Breakdown OSI Mission Debriefing: Executive Producer Harve Bennett Featurette: The Bionic Sound Effects Season 2 VIPS : A Celebration of the Six Million Dollar Man Guest Stars Audio Commentaries from writer / producer Kenneth Johnson on The Bionic Woman, The Bionic Woman Part II, The Secret of Bigfoot, The Secret of Bigfoot Part II Audio Commentaries from director Cliff Bole on The Blue Flash, The Vulture of the Andes Season 3 VIPS : A Celebration of The Six Million Dollar Man Guest Stars The Search for Bigfoot Season 4 VIPS : A Celebration of The Six Million Dollar Man Guest Stars The Six Million Dollar Fans OSI Mission Debriefing: Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman), Season 5 VIPS : A Celebration of The Six Million Dollar Man Guest Stars OSI Mission Debriefing: Martin E. Brooks ( Dr. Rudy Wells) The Six Million Dollar Man's Best Villains and Best Fights OSI Mission Debriefing: Writer and Producer Kenneth Johnson OSI Mission Debriefing: Lee Majors Featurette: TV Goes Bionic: The Origins of the Six Million Dollar Man Featurette: The Bionic Age of TV: The Success of the Six Million Dollar Man Top Secret OSI, NASA and Bionics The Pop Culture Effect Bionic Action..Figures. The Stunts of The Bionic Age Meet The Cast : Getting to Know Lee Majors & Steve Austin Getting to Know Lindsay Wagner & Jamie Sommers Getting to Know Richard Anderson & Oscar Goldman Getting to Know Dr. Rudy Wells Episode Guide Booklets New extras on this edition. Audio Commentary With Author Herbie J. Pilato on The Six Million Dollar Man Feature Length Pilot Population Zero Day Of The Robot The Seven Million Dollar Man The Return Of Bigfoot: Part 1, The Return Of Bigfoot: Part 2, A Bionic Christmas Carol Bryan Cranston Gives It To Us Straight The Actor Talks About His Time On The Return Of The Six Million Dollar Man And The Bionic Woman Bionic Ever After? (1994) Featuring A NEW 2K Scan Of The Interpositive Audio commentary by James Sherrard on The Winning Smile Bionic Galleries for all 5 seasons, all 3 Pilot episodes and all 3 Reunion Movies Reunion Movie Promos The Six Million Dollar Man Scripts (BD-ROM) for Deathprobe Part I Deathprobe Part II Bigfoot V Walk a Crooked Wing Rollback All New Photo Galleries including Photos from the Kenneth Johnson Collection Photos from the Kenneth Johnson Collection-The Hollywood Museum Kenneth Johnson Recording Commentary Tracks Gallery Photos from Bionicon Bionic Testing Center Brochure from Universal Studios Park

• Alien 3 | Blu Ray | (30/01/2012) from £12.55   |  Saving you £3.44 (27.41%)   |  RRP £15.99

  By transplanting the classic haunted house scenario into space, Ridley Scott, together with screenwriters Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, produced a work of genuinely original cinematic sci-fi with Alien that, despite the passage of years and countless inferior imitations, remains shockingly fresh even after repeated viewing. Scott's legendary obsession with detail ensures that the setting is thoroughly conceived, while the Gothic production design and Jerry Goldsmith's wonderfully unsettling score produce a sense of disquiet from the outset: everything about the spaceship Nostromo--from Tupperware to toolboxes-seems oddly familiar yet disconcertingly ... well, alien.Nothing much to speak of happens for at least the first 30 minutes, and that in a way is the secret of the film's success: the audience has been nervously peering round every corner for so long that by the time the eponymous beast claims its first victim, the release of pent-up anxiety is all the more effective. Although Sigourney Weaver ultimately takes centre-stage, the ensemble cast is uniformly excellent. The remarkably low-tech effects still look good (better in many places than the CGI of the sequels), while the nightmarish quality of H.R. Giger's bio-mechanical creature and set design is enhanced by camerawork that tantalises by what it doesn't reveal.On the DVD: The director, audibly pausing to puff on his cigar at regular intervals, provides an insightful commentary which, in tandem with superior sound and picture, sheds light into some previously unexplored dark recesses of this much-analysed, much-discussed movie (why the crew eat muesli, for example, or where the "rain" in the engine room is coming from). Deleted scenes include the famous "cocoon" sequence, the completion of the creature's insect-like life-cycle for which cinema audiences had to wait until 1986 and James Cameron's Aliens. Isolated audio tracks, a picture gallery of production artwork and a "making of" documentary complete a highly attractive DVD package. --Mark Walker

• Things to Come | Blu Ray | (18/06/2012) from £12.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (81.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A future history as scripted by the visionary writer H.G. Wells, Things To Come set a high benchmark for science fiction with its fantastic design, gigantic sets and spectacular special effects. Acknowledged as a landmark within the genre, Oscar-winning William Cameron Menzies creates an astounding vision of post-war desolation and utopian futurism. Starring Oscar-nominated Raymond Massey as John Cabal and his descendants and the award-winning Ralph Richardson as The Boss, Things To Come showcases a gorgeous, and instantly recognisable, score by Arthur Bliss. Presented for the first time in High Definition, this version of Things To Come has been painstakingly restored from the remaining film elements and represents the most complete version known to exist.It's Christmas 1940 and the people of Everytown, unprepared and ill-equipped, find themselves at war against an enemy who has been planning such a conflict for years. The land is devastated by the horrors of aerial bombardment as the war drags on for thirty years, causing a period of despair, with feudal tyrants ruling a downtrodden populace suffering famine and pestilence. Can the human race rise above its desperate circumstances and build a scientific utopia?

• Chocky | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  First transmitted in 1984, Chocky is a six-part TV adaptation of John Wyndham's clever novel. Matthew, an apparently normal 12-year-old boy, starts talking to an invisible presence called Chocky, who quizzes him on a wide variety of subjects as if unfamiliar with life on Earth. Over the course of the serial it is suggested that Chocky is an alternate personality or, after Matthew has been helped by Chocky to rescue his sister from drowning, a guardian angel. But we realise early on that this non-imaginary friend is in fact an alien who has made exploratory contact with the boy. Though Chocky manifests as a swirl of blue light, this is a rare piece of TV science fiction that sticks to the domestic arena, exploring ideas rather than playing with special effects. Wyndham's very 1950s-styled novel is updated by making the kids less well-spoken, and throwing in Rubik's cubes and space invaders video games, but adaptor Anthony Read's script preserves the virtues of the novel. Young Andrew Ellams is fine in a demanding role, and there's good-quality puzzled concern from dad James Hazeldine and 80s TV's resident sexy mum Carol Drinkwater. Apart from a few eye-abusing 1984 fashions--Jeremy Bulloch's huge glasses and blinding white jeans in a cameo as a psychiatrist--and the general leisurely pace, which is no bad thing in such a careful piece of drama, this has dated little. Those who remember its first broadcast will find it lives up to the memory, and those who weren't born then should still find it an entertaining watch. On the DVD: Chocky on disc can be accessed as a marathon two-and-a-half-hour watch or as six individual episodes (the latter is recommended). Print quality is fine given the techniques of its production. A nice extra is a 20-minute, in-depth chat with writer Anthony Read. --Kim Newman

• Hardcore Henry | Blu Ray | (01/08/2016) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI) | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £15.85   |  Saving you £29.14 (183.85%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Four-disc set includes: Episode IV, A New Hope (Special Edition)--with commentary by George Lucas, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren and Carrie Fisher; Easter egg: credit roll (2 min) Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)--with commentary by George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren and Carrie Fisher; Easter egg: credit roll (2 min) Episode VI, Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)--commentary by George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren and Carrie Fisher; Easter egg: credit roll (2 min) Bonus disc: all-new bonus features, including the most comprehensive feature-length documentary ever produced on the Star Wars saga, and never-before-seen footage from the making of all three filmsSubitles (all material across all four discs): English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish Click here to see detailed information on the special features included on the bonus disc. Amazon.co.uk Review George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy is a clever synthesis of pop-cultural and mythological references, taking classic fairy-tale themes, adding more than a dash of Arthurian legend, and providing cinematic high adventure inspired as much by Kurosawa's Samurai epics as by Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. As a result, audiences of all ages can find something to identify with in Luke Skywalker's journey from disaffected teenager dreaming of adventure to Jedi Knight and saviour of the galaxy. He not only rescues a Princess, but discovers she's a close relative. And if there's a lesson to be gleaned from the Skywalker clan, it's that no matter how bad things get in the average dysfunctional family, it's never too late for reconciliation. Originally released in 1977, Star Wars, the first film, was made as a standalone. Perhaps that's why Obi-Wan Kenobi seems a tad inconsistent in his attitude towards his old pupil Anakin Skywalker, and perhaps also why Luke is allowed to develop a guilt-free crush on Princess Leia. Lucas's story, told from the point of view of the two bickering droids (a device taken from Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress), also borrows freely from Errol Flynn's Robin Hood, as does John Williams's seminal Korngold-inspired music score. Thanks in equal part to Leigh Brackett's screenplay and Irvin Kershner's direction The Empire Strikes Back (1980) is the most grown-up instalment in the series. The basic fairy-tale is developed and expanded, with the principal characters experiencing emotional turmoil--blossoming romance, mixed feelings and confused loyalties--amid a very real threat of annihilation as Darth Vader's motivations become chillingly personal. Luke's quasi-Arthurian destiny is complicated still further by the half-truths of his wizardly mentors; and swashbuckler Han Solo finds the past catching up with him, quite literally in the form of bounty hunter Boba Fett. The film is graced by more fabulous landscapes (ice, forest, clouds), more unforgettable new characters (Yoda), more groundbreaking special effects (the asteroid chase), and John Williams's finest score. The difficult third film, 1983's Return of the Jedi, seems schizophrenic in its intentions, hoping to please both the kiddies who bought all the toys and an older audience who appreciated the narrative's epic and mythological strands. The result is a film that splits awkwardly into two. One thread, which might be subtitled "The Redemption of Anakin Skywalker", pursues the story of the Skywalker family to a cathartic conclusion. The other thread, which might be described as "The Care Bears Go to War", attempts to say something profound about primitivism versus technological sophistication, but just gets silly as furry midgets doing Tarzan whoops defeat the Emperor's crack legions. In 1997 Lucas re-released the three original films in digitally remastered "Special Edition" versions, in which many scenes have been restored and enhanced (some would say "unnecessarily tinkered with"). Despite loud and continued criticisms from fans, these Special Editions are now considered definitive, if only by Lucasfilm. --Mark Walker

• Classic Sci-Fi Collection | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £56.59   |  Saving you £-26.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956): Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Earth replicating the villagers in giant seed ""pods"" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. Soon the entire town is overwhelmed by the inhuman horror but it won't stop there. In a terrifying race for his life Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people! The Thing From Another World (1951): Artic researchers discover a huge frozen spacel

• Doctor Who - Lost In Time | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £9.34   |  Saving you £20.65 (221.09%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This very special Doctor Who release features available episodes and rare footage from 18 black & white episodes where the complete story is no longer in the BBC archives. Including the newly discovered episode 'The Daleks' Masterplan' in addition to a further Dalek adventure two Cyberman stories plus both the Yeti escapades this release is a must-have purchase for all Whovians! Disc 1: 'The Crusade' episodes One and Three (with commentary by Julian Glover and Gary Russell)

• Stargate SG-1: Season 2 | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  The success of the first year meant that Stargate SG-1's second series could afford to spread its wings. In only the second episode, Carter is temporarily possessed by a good Goa'uld. This immediately allowed for both any amount of quick fix inside knowledge as well as story off-shoots, now that the show was bent on franchise longevity. There appeared to be information overload (splinter group Tok'ra, Earth's second Gate, Machello, endless Apophis encounters), as the finely interwoven threads of alien histories and inter-relationships were developed. But thankfully, SG-1 never lost sight of the need for great individual stories. There was a planet of Native American Indians; a planet on the edge of a Black Hole; a planet of aliens sensitive to sound. Even a planet run by Dwight Schultz! Better still, they found time to have fun with their universe, too. "1969" remains one of the best comic romps the series has enjoyed, and is a near-perfect self-contained time-travel story to boot. The team of actors had obviously bonded early on in the first year. It may be a bit of a military faux pas that there is only ever four of them leading every major explorative expedition, but the limited number of principals is actually something else the show has always had in its favour, allowing quality screen time to be spent on each of them from the outset (although Richard Dean Anderson would probably rather not have spent an entire episode impaled by a spike). --Paul Tonks

• The Last Airbender | DVD | (13/12/2010) from £7.05   |  Saving you £12.94 (183.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The story follows the adventures of Aang, a ten year old successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.