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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 giant object--but something .. Read more

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  2001: a space legend

  • 14 Sep 2004

  The climax of Stanley Kubrick's widely acclaimed film 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which unhinged artificial intelligence computer HAL finally descends into insanity, has been rated as the most important moment in science fiction history by a panel of illustrious experts. The crowning glory of the1968 classic was chosen by a panel of sci-fi experts which included Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson and, less convincingly, a number of UFO investigators. The film beat a long list of significant sci-f Read more

  

  Mass Effect 2

  • 21 Jan 2010

  Game: Mass Effect 2 Formats: PC, 360 Publisher: EA Despite the number of games bestowed with a sci-fi theme, rarely do they manage to capture the majesty and bewildering size of space. Stare into the star-sprinkled oblivion that is the sky at night, and you’ll know why. How could you possibly encapsulate that sensation? The answer to that question comes in the form of films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Moon, Silent Running and Alien. There is, however, one game that ranks alongside those... Read more

  

  Watch Apocalypse Now before you die

  • 24 Jul 2006

  Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam war epic Apocalypse Now has been named as the number one film that cinemagoers should watch before they die by a panel of experts. Channel 4 compiled a list of 50 films that best displayed a "unique and creative approach to filmmaking", with Rio de Janeiro slums epic City Of God, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Donnie Darko all making the top ten. Based upon Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, Apocalypse now, starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert... Read more

  

  Harry Potter named top fantasy hero

  • 01 Nov 2005

  Harry Potter has been named the best fantasy hero in cinema history in a new poll. The teenage wizard, played by Daniel Radcliffe, whose fourth film The Goblet Of Fire is to have its premier this weekend, beat off Arnold Schwarzenegger's cyborg protector in Terminator 2. Behind the Terminator star came Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played on TV by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Doctor Who and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) from Star Wars. The list of top fantasy heroes also included Keanu Reeves's Neo from The... Read more

  

  Oscar oversight

  • 23 Sep 2004

  Gritty prison thriller The Shawshank Redemption has topped a poll of the best films never to win an Oscar. In a glaring oversight the Academy failed to bestow a gong on the inspiring tale starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. Shawshank received the overwhelming support of Radio Times readers, beating feel good classic It's A Wonderful Life and Spielberg family favourite ET into second and third place respectively. Bank holiday stalwarts Raiders Of The Lost Ark and The Great Escape also... Read more

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