Science Fiction

• La Brea - Season 1 | DVD | (04/09/2023) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Day of the Triffids, the | DVD | (11/10/2010) from £13.79   |  Saving you £2.20 (15.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS is an epic adaptation of John Wyndham's best-selling iconic novel, which brings his terrifying creation of carnivorous plant species to life in a CGI extravaganza.

• The Andromeda Strain | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Directed with clinical precision by Academy Award winner Robert Wise this compelling account of the Earth's first biological crisis is perhaps the most chillingly realistic science fiction thriller ever made. After an errant satellite crashes to earth near a remote New Mexico village the recovery team discovers that almost everyone in the town are victims of a horrible death with the mysterious exception of an infant and an old homeless man. The survivors are brought to a state-of-the-art laboratory descending five stories beneath the ground where the puzzled scientists race against time to determine the nature of the deadly microbe before it wreaks worldwide havoc. A trailblazer in the areas of special effects and inventive sets The Andromeda Strain is based on Michael Crichton's best-selling novel that created national paranoia for its topical relevance to the first moon landing.

• Dune | Blu Ray | (23/12/2021) from £11.46   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Southland Tales | Blu Ray | (14/03/2022) from £9.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This is the way the world ends. In 2001, writer/director Richard Kelly achieved cult status with Donnie Darko, an assured debut feature exploring deep existential questions through the lens of 80s nostalgia. Five years later, he followed up with a more ambitious and even more beguiling sophomore effort, in which forces of totalitarianism and anarchism collide against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic, near-future world the beguiling and baffling Southland Tales. Los Angeles, 2008. As the city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental chaos, the fates of an eclectic set of characters including an amnesia-stricken action star (Dwayne Johnson, the Fast & Furious series), an adult film star developing her own reality TV project (Sarah Michelle Gellar, Cruel Intentions) and a police officer whose identity has split in two (Seann William Scott, TV's Lethal Weapon) intertwine with each other and with the whole of humanity. A darkly comic futuristic epic that speaks as presciently to our turbulent times as it did to the American socio-political climate in 2006, Southland Tales receives a fresh and timely lease of life with this director-approved restoration. Product Features 2K restoration by Arrow Films, approved by director Richard Kelly and director of photography Steven Poster High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the theatrical cut Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by Richard Kelly It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film, an in-depth retrospective documentary on the film, featuring contributions by Richard Kelly and members of the original crew USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland, an archival featurette on the making of the film, featuring interviews with the cast and crew This is the Way the World Ends, an archival animated short set in the Southland Tales universe Theatrical trailer Image gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jacey

• Project X | Blu Ray | (16/09/2019) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Classic sci-fi thriller produced and directed by cult filmmaker William Castle (The Tingler). A secret agent is brought back from cryogenic suspension after surviving a plane crash during a mission, in order to uncover a secret germ formula that had been hidden away years earlier. As part of the plan, through a complex scientific charade the agent is convinced that he s a gangster living in the year 1968. But the vital memories are being suppressed, so the authorities use ultra-advanced technologies to uncover the secret. The film boasts top-notch special effects and a cast of great character actors, including Henry Jones, Harold Gould and Monte Markham.

• Fortress | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The story of Fortress takes place in drastically overpopulated America of the year 2017, where each woman is allowed only one pregnancy. John Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife Karen (Loryn Locklin) flee to Mexico when she becomes pregnant after the death of their first child. They are captured by border police and sent to the Fortress, a subterranean high-security prison owned by the Men-Tel corporation and operated by "Zed-10", an omnipotent computer system, and a sadistic, genetically "enhanced" warden (Kurtwood Smith) who has nefarious plans involving Brennick's wife and unborn child. Along with his cellmates (including Jeffrey Combs, a favourite of director Stuart Gordon), Brennick plots a breakout and Fortress shifts into auto-pilot action mode. After making his reputation with such audacious horror films as From Beyond and Re-Animator, Stuart Gordon graduated to a bigger budget with Fortress but his penchant for exploitation remains deliriously intact. While borrowing elements from a variety of better sci-fi movies, Fortress indulges every prison-flick cliché, but does it with such enjoyable B-movie vigour that it qualifies as a bona-fide guilty pleasure (indeed, it deserves to be ranked with James Cameron's original Terminator in terms of its budgetary ingenuity). Featuring such giddy (and gory) devices as "intestinators" (deadly obedience devices implanted in prisoners' bodies) and a torturous "Mind Wipe Chamber", this is really just a drive-in action movie with lofty ambitions and the schlocky script hasn't a prayer of rising above the level of juvenile popcorn fodder. But there's no denying the energy and enthusiasm that Gordon brings to the film, which understandably became a global box-office hit and spawned a 1999 sequel starring Lambert and Pam Grier. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Titan A.E. | DVD | (09/04/2001) from £7.54   |  Saving you £8.44 (185.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in the future, after Earth has been destroyed by a devastating alien attack, Titan A.E. is the story of an orphaned young man who suddenly finds himself on an incredible adventure after he is given a mysterious treasure map.

• Cocoon | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In 1985 Cocoon was a significant trend-bucker amongst summer blockbusters. Whereas other genre efforts were devised to lure a teenage audience into FX extravaganzas, this looked like one for their grandparents. Except that it turned out to be a gentle, affecting tale for all ages. Adapted from David Saperstein's novel, director Ron Howard took great delight in focusing on family relationships and the encroachment of old age (themes that reappeared in nearly all his work from here on). The plot is rather surreal in summary: a group of Florida OAPs befriend aliens in next-door's swimming pool and are rejuvenated to youthful well-being. It's in the FX and characterisations that the story comes alive. Both were acknowledged with Academy Awards; with Don Ameche's supporting role deserving praise for more than just the moment when he does some bodypopping on the dance floor. Wilford Brimley is the real star, a bluff old codger wanting to do right by everyone. Steve Guttenberg provides comic support and allows for a little non-wrinkly nudity with foxy space gal Kitty (Tahnee Welch). ILM's visuals remain polished and inspired, but never allowing us to lose sight of the characters basking in their dazzle. --Paul Tonks

• Synchronic | Blu Ray | (05/04/2021) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From breakout genre filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (The Endless) Synchronic is a mind-bending, haunting sci-fi starring two of Hollywood's most popular actors Jamie Dornan (The Fall, Fifty Shades of Grey franchise) and Anthony Mackie (The Avengers franchise, Detroit). When New Orleans paramedics and long-time best friends Steve and Dennis are called to a series of bizarre and gruesome accidents, they chalk it up to a mysterious new drug found at the scene. But after Dennis' oldest daughter disappears, Steve stumbles upon a terrifying truth about the supposed psychedelic that will challenge everything he knows about reality -- and the flow of time itself Special Features Commentary With Directors And Producer Making Of Previsualization Vfx Breakdown Deleted Scene Who Carved Always On The Rock Trailers

• The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Anniversary Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (01/10/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  For the first time in the history of the universe, the complete Hitcher's Guide to the Galaxy is available in high definition! The cult classic British series from the mind of Douglas Adams is back in this very special edition. Featuring all episodes in full HD and 5.1 audio plus over 5 ½ hours of new and existing bonus material. Unbeknownst to its inhabitants, Earth is to be demolished to make way for an intergalactic highway. Arthur Dent (Simon Jones), an unassuming Englishman, is whisked off the planet to safety by his alien friend Ford Prefect (David Dixon), and launched on a dizzying journey through space and time (with only a towel, and a fish to help them) to discover the meaning of life itself. This special edition release comes in retro VHS-style packaging and includes collectors art card and 24-page booklet.

• Doctor Who - The Green Death | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £12.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (54.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Featuring the third incarnation of the Doctor--Jon Pertwee's patriarchal renaissance man--The Green Death is a solid addition to the Doctor Who canon. Originally broadcast in May 1973, it may now have dated a little, with its vegetarian hippies and "boyo" Welshmen, but it has all the elements of classic Who, the Doctor encountering green-glowing dead bodies, a shadowy mastermind, a global conspiracy, brainwashing, a megalomaniacal supercomputer and, of course, giant maggots.This story, the final sequence of Pertwee's penultimate season, reached the TV ratings Top 10, and fittingly, met high production standards. The environmental message, while facilitating Who's ongoing individual-freedom motif, also proved prophetic in its warnings of globalisation and pollution. The special effects, though admittedly dated now, were good for their time and budget--the stop-motion photography of the maggots and the front-axial projection used for the pulsating green skin are particularly effective. The well-crafted script manages to combine monsters, punch-ups and cliffhanger endings with cerebral concepts, human drama and erudite references to Beethoven and Oscar Wilde--the single tear of the reformed villain as he destroys his paymaster is just one of the subtle touches distinguishing this work. The Green Death's six filler-free episodes belong to the Golden Age of Doctor Who, and their denouement is one of the most poignant in the series' long history.On the DVD: the Beeb, as always, have gone to town on the picture, with the images and colours scrubbing up nicely for their age. Sadly there are none of the usual nostalgia-inducing contemporaneous news features, but there is an amusing mockumentary starring The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss. The interviews with writer Robert Sloman and actor Stewart Bevan will also give fans some extra insights--particularly Bevan's revelation that the actors were discouraged from rehearsing the final scene so as to give it genuine emotional intensity. --Paul Eisinger

• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | DVD | (11/08/2008) from £13.79   |  Saving you £16.20 (117.48%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Set after the events in Terminator 2 Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) and her son John (Thomas Dekker) now find themselves alone in a very dangerous complicated world. Fugitives from the law they are confronted with the reality that more enemies from the future and the present could attack at any moment.

• Big Ass Spider | Blu Ray | (23/12/2013) from £7.55   |  Saving you £10.44 (138.28%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A 50-foot-tall alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampages the city of Los Angeles. When a massive military strike fails, the city's scientists and soldiers turn to an unlikely hero.

• Star Trek Voyager - Season 2 (Slimline Edition) | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The much anticipated release of the first 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.

• Catholics | DVD | (09/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in the near future the Catholic Church has joined with other great western religions in an ecumenical movement that has irradicated much of original religious doctrines. A group of Irish monks rebel and begin saying the mass in Latin again and are starting to receive an international following. Martin Sheen is sent from Rome to bring them to task and to make them conform but the monks struggle to decide what is truly essential to their worship and what is not.

• Star Trek: Short Treks (DVD) | DVD | (13/07/2020) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Star Trek: Short Treks brings fans of the Star Trek universe together on a thrilling exploration of the themes and characters we've already come to love. Witness the Star Trek: Discovery storyline expand with episodes featuring fan-favourites Rainn Wilson (Harry Mudd), Ethan Peck (Spock), Anson Mount (Captain Christopher Pike), Rebecca Romijn (Number One) and more. Experience nine thrilling shorts which deliver nearly two hours of live-action and animated adventures never-before-seen in Star Trek's history. Special features include a making-of featurette, in-depth cast interviews and exclusive series commentaries. This must-own addition to the Star Trek franchise is guaranteed to take you further into the galaxy than ever before. BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet Making of Short Treks Featurettes on each Short

• Star Trek: Lower Decks - The Complete Series Steelbook Collection | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £86.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Doctors - Heroes! | DVD | (03/06/2019) from £11.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This is the definitive set of interviews with the actors who brought the HEROES of DOCTOR WHO to life! These six documentaries are the best in-depth interviews with TREVOR MARTIN (the Doctor in the stage play Seven Keys to Doomsday), DAMARIS HAYMAN (Olive Hawthorne in The Daemons), STEWART BEVAN (Cliff Jones in The Green Death), JEREMY BULLOCH (Hal the Archer in The Time Warrior), ANDREW HAYDEN-SMITH (Jake Simmonds in Rise of the Cybermen) and DAVID BRIERLEY (Voice of K9) ever undertaken! Presented by Jo Grant herself, KATY MANNING, plus MARTIN PARSONS and the voice of the Daleks NICHOLAS BRIGGS. For all DOCTOR Who fans, this 2 DISC special collector s edition is 5 hours of pure nostalgia, which will give you a whole new insight into the making of your favourite science fiction series! Special feature: Introduction by NICHOLAS BRIGGS & Producer KEITH BARNFATHER.

• Chaos Walking | Blu Ray | (31/05/2021) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the not too distant future, Todd Hewitt (Tom Holland) discovers a mysterious girl named Viola (Daisy Ridley). She has crash-landed on his planet, where the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by The Noise, a force that puts all their thoughts on display. In this dangerous landscape, Viola's life is threatened and, to protect her, Todd must discover his inner power and unlock the planet's dark secrets in this thrilling action-adventure based on the best-selling novel The Knife of Never Letting Go. Extras: Audio Commentary with Director Doug Liman, Producer Alison Winter and Editor Doc Crotzer A Director's Noise Inner Thoughts with Patrick Ness The Source of the Silence Citizens of Prentisstown The Music of Chaos Walking Deleted Scenes with Optional Audio Commentary