Silent Running
on DVD
(1972) Starring:Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Jesse Vint Director:Douglas Trumbull Certificate:
In a grim future, Earth is so overdeveloped plants can no longer survive. Giant greenhouses in orbit carry samples of Earth's dying forests. When the government decides they are too expensive to maintain, one committed crew member will stop at nothing to save them. Screenplay by Steven Bochco and ..read more »
2001 - A Space Odyssey
on DVD
(1968) Starring:Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester Director:Stanley Kubrick Certificate:
A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission while hiding the truth from the public. Later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the ..read more »
The first of the new breed - no shiny suits, or bright white backgrounds in this.
Blade Runner
on DVD
(1982) Starring:Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos Director:Ridley Scott Certificate:
Four illegal humanoids, led by Rutger Hauer, have infiltrated 21st Century Los Angeles. Blade Runner hitman Harrison Ford, is recruited to eliminate the convincing android beings before they cause any damage or create unrest in the paranoid hi-tech urban society.
Solaris
on DVD
(1972) Starring:Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Yuri Jarvet Director:Andrei Tarkovsky Certificate:
Released in 1972, Solaris is Andrei Tarkovsky's third feature and his most far-reaching examination of human perceptions and failings. It's often compared to Kubrick's 2001, but although both bring a metaphysical dimension to bear on space exploration, Solaris has a claustrophobic intensity which ..read more »
The Man Who Fell To Earth
on DVD
(1976) Starring:David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark Director:Nicolas Roeg Certificate:
In Nicolas Roeg's sci-fi tale based on the novel by Walter Tevis, a humanoid alien from a dried-up husk of a planet falls to Earth in a spaceship--and later falls again metaphorically through alcohol abuse and the manipulations of a hostile culture. Arriving as a secret ambassador from a dying ..read more »
Starship Troopers
on DVD
(1997) Starring:Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer Director:Paul Verhoeven Certificate:
Some time in the future, a group of friends joins Earth's military forces after high school graduation to battle the insectoid Klendathu. One fights for the chance to be a renowned pilot (Denise Richards), one for revenge (Casper Van Dien), and one for the love of a good man (Dina Meyer), but ..read more »
Robocop Trilogy
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1987) Starring:Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox Director:Paul Verhoeven, Irvin Kershner, Fred Dekker Certificate:
This collection features ROBOCOP and its two sequels. In Paul Verhoeven's original urban sci-fi Western, Peter Weller stars as Murphy, a good Detroit cop who literally gets shot to pieces while on duty and winds up reborn as a crime-fighting machine--RoboCop. His former partner (Nancy Allen) tries ..read more »
Dark Star
on DVD
(1974) Starring:Brian Narelle, Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich Director:John Carpenter Certificate:
The first film from John Carpenter is a hilarious romp in a not-so-glamourous spaceship into the outer reaches of space. A team of astronauts manning the beat-up spaceship Dark Star are on a mission across the universe to seek out and destroy unstable planets. The journey is wrought with mishaps ..read more »
Total Recall
on DVD
(1990) Starring:Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside Director:Paul Verhoeven Certificate:
Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can remember ..read more »
Rollerball
on DVD
(1975) Starring:James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams Director:Norman Jewison Certificate:
In the year 2018, Jonathan E is a superstar of a sport called Rollerball, which is a combination of rugby, roller derby, hockey and motorcycle racing. Rollerball is a sport run by the Energy Corporation, one of many such conglomerates running the planet in a time when countries and individual ..read more »