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2 + 5: MISSION HYDRA
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The director of the Steve Reeves Hercules puts "sword and sandal" hunks Kirk Morris and Gordon Mitchell into space in this Italian sci-fi cheapie. Aliens from the planet Hydra take some Earthlings hostage in a film that veers from sheer kiddie matinee material to a more nihilistic, Cold War-era tone of apocalyptic fear. The film received a second life when it was re-released as Star Pilot to capitalize on the Star Wars phenomenon. Dubbed in Pietro Francisci---Italy---1965---89 mins.
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20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH
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Special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen's brilliant creations are at the center of this fun '50s sci-fi feature. An American spaceship returns from a mission to Venus with a monster that grows at an incredible rate. The film's climax at the Colosseum in Rome is fondly remembered. Nathan Juran---USA---1957---82 mins.
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20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
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Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas and Peter Lorre star in this excellent live-action Disney feature, based on Jules Verne's classic undersea adventure. The film's fantastic, Oscar-winning art direction and special effects remain impressive even in this age of digital imagery magic. Lots of fun. Richard Fleischer---USA---1954---127 mins.
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20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
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Jules Verne's fantastic tale of underwater adventure was brought to the screen again in this handsomely produced television film (one of two TV adaptations of the story in 1997). Richard Crenna is the brilliant marine biologist who unexpectedly becomes a prisoner in the submarine of the mad Captain Nemo (Ben Cross). From the director of Logan's Run. Michael Anderson---USA---1997---95 mins.
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2010: YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
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The sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001 shares a few common elements. Both were written by Arthur C. Clarke, both are set in the cosmos, and both are technically dazzling. However, it's not fair to expect another esoteric trip through time and space from 2010. As directed by Peter Hyams, the relatively straight ahead narrative tracks an American and Soviet crew led by Roy Scheider and Helen Mirren, respectively, as they try to make sense of what happened to the crew of the Discovery and HAL 9000. "A good-looking, sharp-edged, entertaining, exciting space opera--a superior film of the Star Trek genre" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). Nominated for five Academy Awards in technical categories. Peter Hyams---USA---1984---116 mins.
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2019: AFTER FALL OF NEW YORK
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An interesting homage to Escape From New York from one of the masters of the giallo, Sergio Martino. The year is 2019. Nuclear holocaust has destroyed the world and society has broken down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. In hopes of restoring life, the Federation sends a mercenary (Michael Sopkiw) to infiltrate the devastated, Eurak-controlled New York City and rescue the only fertile woman left on Earth. Very graphic and violent. In Italian with English subtitles. Sergio Martino---Italy/France---1983---96 mins.
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4D MAN
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A scientist discovers a way to change the molecular structure of objects so that a man can pass through them. When his older brother stumbles upon the incredible secret, he takes this new power to dangerous extremes. Among the nasty side-effects is advanced aging, which the 4D man can only stop by draining the life force of others. Novel sci-fi entertainment from the makers of The Blob, starring Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, James Congdon and Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr.---USA---1959---85 mins.
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9 (NINE)
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With the help of producers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch), director Shane Acker was able to bring his Oscar-nominated student film to full-length fruition. 9 is an epic, post-apocalyptic animation about a ragtag group of nine little steampunk robots who survey the wreckage of what was an Earth-like planet. Numbered 1 through 9, it's the last unit (voiced by Elijah Wood) who thinks they should stop hiding and explore their surroundings and their origins, despite the abominable predators that lurk outside. "...strange, sinister and brilliantly realized...shows remarkable imagination and visual integrity...like Jan Svankmajer and the Brothers Quay...probably too dark and anxious for very young children" (The New York Times). Co-written by Pamela Pettler.
Shane Acker---USA---2009---79 mins.
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ABLE EDWARDS
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Beating Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow to the punch by a matter of months, Able Edwards is a B-movie sci-fi experiment filmed entirely with black-and-white mini-DV against green-screens and CG backdrops. Describe d as "a 21st century Citizen Kane" (Playback), this ramshackle fable follows the "life" of a clone of a Walt Disney-type magnate, struggling to resurrect his predecessor's cartoon company in the age of total digital simulation. "Quite an impressive piece of work all the way around" (Film Threat). Executive produced by Steven Soderbergh and directed by Graham Robertson, set dresser of Punch-Drunk Love, Heroes and 24. The film is used as a case study in the book Desktop Cinema. Graham Robertson---USA---2004---85 mins.
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ABYSS, THE
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Eight years after his low-budget debut Piranha II: The Spawning and eight years before his international box-office smash Titanic, director James Cameron was again drawn to the water for this epic, sci-fi adventure. Groundbreaking special effects were put to use to tell the story of a civilian oil rig recruited for a search and rescue mission after a nuclear submarine sinks. Diving 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface, they discover a mysterious force with the power to change the world or destroy it. Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Michael Biehn star. This special edition includes 28 minutes of restored footage not shown in the original theatrical James Cameron---USA---1989---171 mins.
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ACTIUM MAXIMUS: WAR OF ALIEN
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Using puppet effects reminiscent of Jim Henson's Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, this epic sci-fi fantasy is set in the colony of Actium, where a tyrannical dictator stages bloody battles between dinosaur-like creatures. The hero of the story, Space Hunter Omni-Turor Axezun, travels to the far reaches of the universe to find alien beasts to participate in these deadly duels. With John Daniel McCuin, Jennifer Hamel, and David Matt Duncan. Mark Hicks---USA
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ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, THE (BLU-RAY & DVD)
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Based on a Philip K. Dick story, this noir-ish sci-fi film stars Emily Blunt and Matt Damon as a politician who discovers he's part of a mysterious plot.
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AEON FLUX ( THERON 2005 )
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Based on the groundbreaking animated series, this sci-fi blockbuster finds Charlize Theron between Oscar-worthy roles (Monster, North Country), playing a ruthless 25th century assassin trying to foment revolution. Navigating through a post-apocalyptic world where the straggling survivors are ruled with an iron fist, Aeon Flux (Theron) dons a skin-tight outfit and gets busy kicking butt. Somewhat remarkably, the cast boasts two other Oscar nominees/winners in Sophie Okonedo and Frances McDormand. Karyn Kusama---USA---2005---92 mins.
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ALIEN 3 COLLECTOR'S EDITION
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The third entry of the baroque horror/science fiction series finds Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) the sole survivor of the previous mission, marooned on a lice-ridden, deep-space penal colony inhabited entirely by men, and acutely aware of a regenerated alien's presence. David Fincher---USA---1992---115 mins.
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ALIEN ADVENTURE (IMAX)
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A group of aliens rush towards the Earth with hopes of making it their home in this film originally presented in IMAX Theaters. Landing in a high-tech, crazy amusement park, their wild experiences on Earth lead them to believe the whole planet is one big ride. Ben Stassen---USA/Belgium---2000---36 mins.
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ALIEN APOCALYPSE
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Bruce Campbell swings his chin in this B science fiction picture about two astronauts (the other being Xena's Renee O'Connor) who return home to Earth only to find the human race has been enslaved by aliens. Who could possibly lead the resistance? Josh Becker---USA---2005---88 mins.
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ALIEN ATTACK COLLECTION
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Doomsday hits not once but four times with this boxed set of campy alien invasion features . In The Brain from Planet Arous (Nathan Juran, 1957, 80 mins.), a power-hungry brain invades the mind of nuclear scientist Steve March (John Agar) and uses him to enact a takeover of planet earth. The aliens assume a feline form in Cat Women of the Moon (Arthur D. Hilton, 1953, 65 mins.), a sci-fi adventure about a moon expedition gone horribly awry. The same plot is revisited for Missle to the Moon (Richard E. Cunha, 1959, 78 mins.), in which glamorous feline aliens threaten human explorers. The Day it Came to Earth (Harry Z. Thomason, 1977, 89 mins.) stars George Gobel as a scientist striving to protect the good citizens of Earth from an Nathan Juran/Arthur Hilton/Richard E. Cunha/Harry Thomason---USA---1953-197 7---300 mins.
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ALIEN BLOOD (DIR. CUT)
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A band of white-masked assassins pursues a mother and daughter across rural England, leading to a mysterious house where the women take refuge and the mother is forced to kill again and again to protect her child. Sci-fi themes, vampirism and violence all play a part in this British import from Troma. Jon Sorensen---Great Britain---1999---80 mins.
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ALIEN COLLECTOR'S EDITION
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Space explorers on a routine mission bring an extremely adaptable life form on board that attaches itself on crew members and reproduces itself. Most of the crew pay for the mistake with their lives. Notable special effects and relentless suspense from the director of Blade Runner. Screenplay by Dan Ridley Scott---USA---1979---116 mins.
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ALIEN FIEND: ALIEN FACTOR/FIEN
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Two extraterrestrial horror thrillers from B-movie maven Don Leifert. In Alien Factor (1978, 82 mins.), towering monsters emerge from a UFO in rural Maryland to wreak havoc. Then, in Fiend (1983, 93 mins.) a bloodsucking vampire creature feasts on the denizens of a slumbering New England hamlet. Both films are gems of amateur horror filmmaking--rubber suits, stop-motion animation, and camp humor abound. Don Dohler---USA---1978/1983---175 mins.
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