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1) Get a life!
Author
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
William Shatner examines the fans and cultural phenomena of the Star trek series and films.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, this is the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about 'V's' mysterious background, she...
3) Blade runner
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Rick Deckard prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically-made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. This new version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in slightly greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachel, and removes the "uplifting" finale.
5) Dreamcatcher
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four friends with an unusual power become stranded in a blizzard and are confronted by a deadly alien force. As they try to stop this unparalleled horror, the fate of the world is in their hands. This title has been Repackaged.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment Australia
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A Clean Escape - A dying doctor refuses to believe that her patient cannot remember the last 25 years of his life. It remains unclear why she has been so obsessed with this particular patient until the final, shocking conclusion. Based on the short story by Nebula Award Winner John Kessel -- Jerry Was a Man: The Van Vogel's are the 7th richest couple in the world. Pleasure is their only work. Mundane and dangerous chores are done by anthropoids who...
7) Galaxy Quest
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector-- 'Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, ' 'Lt. Tawny Madison, ' and 'Dr. Lazarus'-- set off on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space-- and then their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for 'historical documents' and beamed up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director...
Publisher
Bandai Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Present day Kobe, Japan, teenager Juna Ariyoshi struggles to find her place in the world, just as everyone does. But an unfortunate accident ends her young life. As she hovers between life and death, a shining figure offers to save her life if she will become the Avatar of Time and protect the planet earth, which is slowly dying. Now the newly reborn Juna must come to terms with her new powers and responsibilities. Working with an elite group known...
9) Alien hunter
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Berkley professor Dr. Julian Rome is a former code-reader for a government project known as Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. His skills are needed to assist Dr. Alexi Gierach in the Antarctic, where strange radio signals are detected. As Julian tries to investigate the hidden messages in the signals of a large unidentified object, he comes into conflict with his fellow scientists Dr. Michael Straub and Dr. Kate Brecher.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Theorizing that he could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. He woke trapped in the past. His only guide is Al, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear.
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Robots, spaceships, futuristic megacities, planets orbiting distant stars. These icons of science fiction are now in our daily news. Science fiction, once maligned as mere pulp, has motivated cutting-edge scientific research, inspired new technologies, and changed how we view everyday life -- and its themes and questions permeate popular culture. Take an unparalleled look at the influence, history, and greatest works of science fiction with illuminating...
19) Star Paws
Publisher
Ruthless Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The battle between cats and dogs goes galactic! An evil kitten known as Adventure Cat, and his army of cloned kitties, seeks to find an ancient bone with magical powers to take over the galaxy. It's up to an elite group of space dogs, headed by the intrepid General Ruff, to beat the kittens to the bone.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A profile of the life of the influential science fiction writer, Philip K. Dick presented through interviews with contemporaries and excerpts from his writings. Dick's writing and ideas on reality, humanity and technology which blend West Coast utopianism, counterculture paranoia and mystical experience have been adapted into films, including Blade Runner and Total Recall. Since very little interview footage exists of Philip K. Dick, this documentary...
