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Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace (Widescreen Edition)
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Our review: :Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his young apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi aid the Queen of Naboo in an attempt to thwart the invasion of her home planet; meanwhile, they come across Anakin Skywalker, a young boy with strong Jedi powers.Genre: Science FictionRating: PGRelease Date: 22-MAR-2005Media Type: DVD :'I have a bad feeling about this,' says the young Obi-Wan Kenobi (played by Ewan McGregor) in Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace as he steps off a spaceship and into the most anticipated cinematic event... well, ever. He might as well be ...
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Star Wars - Episode II, Attack of the Clones (Widescreen Edition)
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»rank: 374
Our review: :When political seperatists attempt to assasinate Senator Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi tries to find out why while Anakin acts as protector to Amidala and begins a forbidden affair with her.Genre: Science FictionRating: PGRelease Date: 22-MAR-2005Media Type: DVD :If The Phantom Menace was the setup, then Attack of the Clones is the plot-progressing payoff, and devoted Star Wars fans are sure to be enthralled. Ten years after Episode I, Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman), now a senator, resists the creation of a Republic Army to combat an evil separatist movement. The brooding Anakin ...
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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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Contact
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»rank: 456
Our review: :Two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster stars in this visionary drama based on Carl Sagan's novel about human kind's first encounter with extraterrestial life directed by another Oscar winner Robert Zemeckis.Running Time: 151 min.System Requirements:Starring: Angela Bassett Jodie Foster John Hurt Rob Lowe Matthew McConaughey David Morse Tom Skerritt and James Woods. Directed By: Robert Zemeckis. Running Time: 150 Min. Color. This film is presented in 'Widescreen' format. Copyright 1999 Warner Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG UPC: 085391504122 :The opening and closing moments of Robert (Forrest Gump) Zemeckis's Contact astonish viewers ...
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Serenity (Widescreen Edition)
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»rank: 1838
Our review: :The crew of Serenity find themselves wanted by the Interplanetary Alliance when they agree to hide a man and his sister on their spaceship.Genre: Feature Film-Action/AdventureRating: PG13Release Date: 23-MAY-2006Media Type: DVD :Serenity offers perfect proof that Firefly deserved a better fate than premature TV cancellation. Joss Whedon's acclaimed sci-fi Western hybrid series was ideally suited (in Browncoats, of course) for a big-screen conversion, and this action-packed adventure allows Whedon to fill in the Firefly backstory, especially the history and mystery of the spaceship Serenity's volatile and traumatized stowaway, River Tam ...
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Star Trek - Nemesis (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
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»rank: 2948
Our review: :After the wedding of Troi and Riker, Captain Picard sets off for Romulus to negotiate a truce, only to find that the Romulans current leader is a clone of himself bent on obtaining his genetic material and destroying Earth.Genre: Science FictionRating: PG13Release Date: 10-APR-2007Media Type: DVD :The sacrifice of a beloved character is just one of many highlights in Nemesis, the 10th feature in the lucrative Star Trek franchise. Enigmatically billed as the beginning of 'A Generation's Final Journey,' this richly plotted Next Generation adventure maintains the 'even number rule' ...
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Battlestar Galactica (2003 Miniseries)
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»rank: 1993
Our review: :Forty years after the Cylon Wars, humanity's deadliest enemies have reemerged with a vengeance. In a sudden, devastating nuclear attack, the Cylon robots - who have now taken human form - wipe out billions of people. Only a handful of Colonial forces are left to shepherd the few survivors to safety. Commander William Adama (Edward James Olmos), the highest-ranking military officer left alive, reactivates the Battlestar Galactica to once again face humanity's greatest nemeses. Outnumbered and outarmed, Adama reluctantly concedes that the newly sworn-in President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) is ...
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Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy
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»rank: 2907
Our review: :Barbarella makes a forced landing on the planet Lythion in the year 40,000 where she vanquishes robots and monsters.Genre: Science FictionRating: PGRelease Date: 8-AUG-2006Media Type: DVD essential video:Jane Fonda's memorable, zero-gravity striptease during the opening credits of this 1968 Roger Vadim movie is the closest the film comes to a liberated marriage of wit and sex. Based on a French comic strip, the story concerns the adventures of a 41st-century woman, who pretty much gets it on with whomever asks. The sci-fi sets were pretty interesting at the time, ...
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Frank Herbert's Dune (Sci-Fi TV Miniseries) (Special Edition Director's Cut) (3-Disc DVD Set)
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»rank: 2371
Our review: :It's a mixed blessing, but Frank Herbert's Dune goes a long way toward satisfying science fiction purists who scoffed at David Lynch's previous attempt to adapt Herbert's epic narrative. Ironically, director John Harrison's 288-minute TV miniseries (broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in December 2000) offers its own share of strengths and weaknesses, which, in retrospect, emphasize the quality of Lynch's film while treating Herbert's novel with more comprehensive authority. Debate will continue as to which film is better; Lynch's extensive use of internal monologue now seems like a challenge well met, ...
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Explorers
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»rank: 2504
Our review:Description:EXPLORERS are the inventive story about three idealistic and thrill-seeking boys who combine their wits and astuteness to build their own spaceship. Accordingly, the boys blast-off into the galaxy and embark on journeys both whimsical and weird. :It's only in retrospect that one can see that Joe Dante's Explorers is an awful lot like Robert Zemeckis's Contact. An alien race, determined to make contact with earthlings, feeds some unsuspecting individuals the blueprints for space travel. Instead of the big gyroscope that Jodie Foster was strapped into in Contact, the three kids ...
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