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Short Circuit
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Our review: :When a lightning bolt strikes a top secret experimental military robot, it comes to life and escapes to the home of a woman who tries to keep it from being \''repaired\'' by its computer-genius creator.Genre: Science FictionRating: PGRelease Date: 23-MAR-2004Media Type: DVD :John Badham's family-oriented adventure comedy, though obviously hatched in the wake of E.T. and Star Wars, manages to create its own identity through a sweet tone and an affectionate sense of fun. Military robot Number 5, a well-armed killing machine, is zapped by lightning during a test and ...
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The Last Starfighter
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»rank: 1071
Our review: :At the time of its original release in 1984, this modestly budgeted sci-fi excursion had the distinction of offering some of the first examples of purely computer-generated animation, an apt (and frugal) special-effects solution for a movie with a plot line rooted in computer games. Both the computer-generated visuals and the arcade game now look quaint, but writer-director Nick Castle's affable, good- hearted adventure holds up nicely, thanks to a clever premise--the title game is actually a test for prospective starship pilots, planted by embattled aliens under siege from an evil ...
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
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»rank: 2185
Our review: :'The very oddest good movie in many a full moon' Buckaroo Banzai combines 'humor imagination a little oriental mysticism and a passel of sharp performances [into] very chic sci-fi' (Time)! Oscar® nominees* Peter Weller and John Lithgow team with Emmy® winners Ellen Barkin and Christopher Lloyd for a fiendishly clever action-packed adventure in an outlandish world you'll want to visit again and again!Brilliant brain surgeon Banzai (Weller) just made scientific history. Shifting his Oscillation Overthruster into warp speed he's the first man ever to travel to the Eighth Dimension and ...
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Short Circuit 2
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»rank: 1978
Our review: :'The very oddest good movie in many a full moon' Buckaroo Banzai combines 'humor imagination a little oriental mysticism and a passel of sharp performances [into] very chic sci-fi' (Time)! Oscar® nominees* Peter Weller and John Lithgow team with Emmy® winners Ellen Barkin and Christopher Lloyd for a fiendishly clever action-packed adventure in an outlandish world you'll want to visit again and again!Brilliant brain surgeon Banzai (Weller) just made scientific history. Shifting his Oscillation Overthruster into warp speed he's the first man ever to travel to the Eighth Dimension and ...
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Galaxy Quest
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»rank: 1037
Our review: :The alumni cast of a cult space TV show have to live out their roles when an alien race needs their help.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: PGRelease Date: 26-DEC-2005Media Type: DVD essential video:You don't have to be a Star Trek fan to enjoy Galaxy Quest, but it certainly helps. A knowingly affectionate tribute to Trek and any other science fiction TV series of the 1960s and beyond, this crowd-pleasing comedy offers in-jokes at warp speed, hitting the bull's-eye for anyone who knows that (1) the starship captain always removes his shirt to ...
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*Batteries Not Included
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»rank: 1429
Our review: :Quite possibly the nadir of Steven Spielberg's career as a producer, this piece of sentimental junk from 1987 concerns five little spacecraft which arrive on Earth just in time to help out some New Yorkers getting kicked out of a tenement. The script's goo just sticks to the viewer, and the cast looks silly by trying not to be silly. You get the feeling that Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment was pretty much throwing stuff at the wall to see what would hang there, and they came up with this ridiculous thing. --Tom ...
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Spaceballs
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»rank: 1426
Our review: :May the farce be with you in this hysterically funny space oddity created by comic genius Mel Brooks that will send you into hyperspace with fits of laughter! Lampooning everything from Star Wars to Star Trek this outrageous send-up of epic sci-fi-movies is full of cosmic crazies who score 'eight trillion on the laugh-meter' (Gene Shalit NBC-TV)!Fearless -- and clueless -- space heroes Lone star (Bill Pullman) and his half man/ half dog sidekick Barf (John Candy) wage interstellar warfare to free Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) from the evil clutches ...
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Brazil
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»rank: 2208
Our review: :If Franz Kafka had been an animator and film director--oh, and a member of Monty Python's Flying Circus--this is the sort of outrageously dystopian satire one could easily imagine him making. However, Brazil was made by Terry Gilliam, who is all of the above except, of course, Franz Kafka. Be that as it may, Gilliam sure captures the paranoid-subversive spirit of Kafka's The Trial (along with his own Python animation) in this bureaucratic nightmare-comedy about a meek governmental clerk named Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) whose life is destroyed by a simple ...
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The Ice Pirates
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»rank: 1151
Our review:Description:Spoofy-goofy comedy, otherworldly special effects, spectacular space creatures, bedraggled 'bots, and biceps-ripplnig swashbuckling highlight this cult fave. In the future, as the galaxy's water supply starts to run out, a band of pirates searches for a new water source. :The amiable sci-fi spoof The Ice Pirates has earned a small but vocal cadre of admirers thanks to its go-for-broke gags and a healthy disrespect for outer space epics like the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises. An atypically goofy Robert Urich stars as the leader of a band of space pirates ...
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Lilo & Stitch
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»rank: 2471
Our review: :Out-of-this-world storytelling stunning animation and wild and irresistible characters are at the heart of Disney's hilarious new animated adventure. This worldwide box office sensation is a bright and edgy comedy about friendship and finding your place- even if you come from two different worlds. 'A magical marvel of animated adventure... the perfect mix of action and heart' says David Sheehan. There's something for everyone in this action-packed DVD loaded with exclusive bonus material. It's a new wave of classic entertainment you'll enjoy over and over again.Features: Deleted Scenes Inter-Stitch-als: Stitch ...
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