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The Handmaid's Tale
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Our review:Description:With 'cool eroticism, intelligence and intensity' (Playboy), this eerie futuristic thriller,based on Margaret Atwood's controversial and critically acclaimed best-selling novel, is filled with 'large themes and deep thoughts' (Roger Ebert). Boasting a phenomenal cast, including Natasha Richardson (Nell) and Oscar(r) winners* Faye Dunaway (Network) and Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies), this film 'dazzles with its ingenuity and shocks with its outrageousness' (WNCN Radio)! In the not-so-distant future, strong-willed and beautiful Kate (Richardson) possesses a precious commodity that most women have lost and most men want to control fertility. Forced into a brain-washing boot camp that turns fertile women into surrogate mothers for ...
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Immortal
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»rank: 16049
Our review:Description:With 'cool eroticism, intelligence and intensity' (Playboy), this eerie futuristic thriller,based on Margaret Atwood's controversial and critically acclaimed best-selling novel, is filled with 'large themes and deep thoughts' (Roger Ebert). Boasting a phenomenal cast, including Natasha Richardson (Nell) and Oscar(r) winners* Faye Dunaway (Network) and Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies), this film 'dazzles with its ingenuity and shocks with its outrageousness' (WNCN Radio)! In the not-so-distant future, strong-willed and beautiful Kate (Richardson) possesses a precious commodity that most women have lost and most men want to control fertility. Forced into a brain-washing boot camp that turns fertile women into surrogate mothers for ...
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Gattaca
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»rank: 12350
Our review: :In gattaca only the strong succeed and the strong are genetically pre-selected at birth. But when one man dares to defy the system he gets caught in a web of lies corruption and murder. A smart stylish thriller laced with high-wire suspense. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/09/1998 Starring: Ethan Hawke Alan Arkin Run time: 106 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Andrew Niccol essential video:Confidently conceived and brilliantly executed, Gattaca had a somewhat low profile release in 1997, but audiences and critics hailed the film's originality. It's since been recognized as one of the most intelligent science fiction ...
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Cherry 2000
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»rank: 9420
Our review: :Shes blond beautiful and forever young. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 11/14/2006 Starring: Pamela Gidley Laurence Fishburne Run time: 98 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Steve De Jarnatt :At long last, one of the seminal films of the Melanie Griffith oeuvre is now available. Cherry 2000 is the heartwarming tale of Sam Treadwell (David Andrews), who will stop at nothing to find another model of his broken sex android. Griffith plays E. Johnson, the tough-as-nails tracker who helps him track her down. As deliriously chowderheaded as the premise of the movie sounds, it's actually not half bad and immensely fun to watch. ...
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Akira (Geneon Signature Series)
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»rank: 9232
Our review: essential video:Artist-writer Katsuhiro Ôtomo began telling the story of Akira as a comic book series in 1982 but took a break from 1986 to 1988 to write, direct, supervise, and design this animated film version. Set in 2019, the film richly imagines the new metropolis of Neo-Tokyo, which is designed from huge buildings down to the smallest details of passing vehicles or police uniforms. Two disaffected orphan teenagers--slight, resentful Tetsuo and confident, breezy Kaneda--run with a biker gang, but trouble grows when Tetsuo start to resent the way Kaneda always has to rescue him. Meanwhile, a group of scientists, military ...
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Starship Troopers 2 - Hero of the Federation
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»rank: 16624
Our review: :The war against the giant bugs continues. A small group of troopers find themselves taking refude in an abandoned outpost as they attempt to fight the encroaching arachnids - not realizing that a much graver danger is actually infiltrating their unit. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/22/2004 Starring: Richard Burgi Ed Lauter Run time: 92 minutes Rating: R :Allowing for all the low-budget shortcomings that plague any straight-to-video production, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation serves up 92 minutes of passable sci-fi action. Parlaying his veteran status as an animator, special-effects wizard, and stalwart survivor of the ...
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Escape from New York (Special Edition)
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»rank: 25714
Our review:Description:A thrilling landmark film that jolts along at a breakneck pace, Escape From New York leapt to cult status with high-octane action, edge-of-your-seat suspense and a mind-blowing vision of a lone warrior (Kurt Russell) battling his way out of a post-apocalyptic Manhattan! Hailed as 'stylish and scary' (Los Angeles Times), 'dark and dangerous' (Newsweek) and 'gloriously...fun' (Tyler Morning Telegraph), this fast-paced and furiously entertaining thriller grabs you by the throat and won't let go! In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted to a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. But when the U.S. President ...
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Cube 2 - Hypercube
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»rank: 12488
Our review:Description:A thrilling landmark film that jolts along at a breakneck pace, Escape From New York leapt to cult status with high-octane action, edge-of-your-seat suspense and a mind-blowing vision of a lone warrior (Kurt Russell) battling his way out of a post-apocalyptic Manhattan! Hailed as 'stylish and scary' (Los Angeles Times), 'dark and dangerous' (Newsweek) and 'gloriously...fun' (Tyler Morning Telegraph), this fast-paced and furiously entertaining thriller grabs you by the throat and won't let go! In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted to a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. But when the U.S. President ...
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Johnny Mnemonic
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Our review: :In the 21st century information is the ultimate commodity. In a world where cyberspace is a work day reality and outlaw hackers thrive the most valuable information must sometimes be transported by mnemonic couriers: professionals like johnny who offer the ultimate in security and confidentiality. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/23/2004 Starring: Keanu Reeves Dolph Lundgren Run time: 98 minutes Rating: R Director: Robert Longo :You might be tempted to call it 'Johnny Moronic' after you've seen this illogical and derivative adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk short story (available in his book Burning Chrome), which is all the ...
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Waterworld
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»rank: 9572
Our review: :Let's be honest: this 1995 epic isn't nearly as bad as its negative publicity led us to expect. At the time it was the most expensive Hollywood production in history (it had a Titanic-sized $200 million budget), and the film arrived in theaters with so much controversy and negative gossip that it was an easy target for ridicule. The movie itself, a flawed but enjoyable post-apocalypse thriller, deserves better. Waterworld stars Kevin Costner as the Mariner, a lone maverick with gills and webbed feet who navigates the endless seas of Earth after the complete melting of the polar ice caps. The ...
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