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
| Starring | Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter |
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| Director | Stanley Kubrick |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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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
Currently ranked at number 19 in the Internet Movie Database list of the top 250 films ever made, WALL-E arrives on our shores riding a wave of rave reviews and box office success. No mean accomplishment for a movie about a trash compactor. WALL-E can’t even talk, though he does manage an ingratiating burble and squeak. The latest from Pixar has been in development for a long time, as far back as the first Toy Story (which writer-director Andrew Stanton has a script credit on). Even for... Read more
We caught up with director Shekhar Kapur to get the low-down on the sequel to his critically acclaimed 1998 film Elizabeth. After an almost 10 year gap, Kapur is reunited with Cate Blanchett, whose Oscar nominated performances in both pictures shine. Kapur gave us the inside track on the troubles of persuading Blanchett to reprise the role, Elizabeth's similarity to Princess Diana and why cinema is most definitely not dead. LOVEFiLM: Were you always going to go back to Elizabeth at a later... Read more
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 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