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Forbidden Planet (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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»rank: 2123
Our review:Description:A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair offers evidence of an advanced civilization. But among Altair-4's many wonders, none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied world that's home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis)...and ...
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The Time Machine
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»rank: 1880
Our review: :ABOUT THE INVENTOR OF A TIME-TRACEL DEVICE THAT WHISKS HIM THROUGH A WAR-RAVAGED 20TH CENTURY AND INTO A FAR-OFF ERA WHERE HUMANS ARE ENSLAVED BY EVIL SUBTERRANEAN MUTANTS. SPECIAL FEATURES: DUAL-LAYER WIDESCREEN, SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH, ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER AND MUCH MORE. essential video:After scoring popular hits with When Worlds Collide and The War of the Worlds, special-effects pioneer George Pal returned to the visionary fiction of H.G. Wells to produce and direct this science-fiction classic from 1960. ...
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
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»rank: 717
Our review:Description:The Day The Earth Stood Still depicts the arrival of an alien dignitary, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), who has come to earth with his deadly robot, Gort (Lock Martin), to deliver the message that earthlings must stop warring among themselves--or else. After being shot at by military guards, Klaatu is brought to a Washington, D.C. hospital, where he begs a sympathetic but frank Major White (Robert Osterloh) to gather all the world's leaders so he can tell them more specifically what he ...
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Star Trek: The Original Series - Season Two (Remastered Edition)
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»rank: 1959
Our review: :Movie DVD : The most famous episode in franchise history, 'The Trouble with Tribbles,' is one of the highlights of the second season of Star Trek: The Original Series. A deserved classic, the humorous story centers on an ever-expanding mass of furry creatures that memorably rain themselves down on top of Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and into the middle of a Federation-Klingon showdown. It inspired one of the most memorable episodes in the spin-off series Deep Space Nine, 'Trial and ...
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Twilight Zone: The Complete Definitive Collection
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»rank: 421
Our review:Description:For the first time ever, find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling's groundbreaking series in one box set, packed with exciting extras! Travel to another dimension of sight and sound again and again through these stellar remastered high-definition film transfers. Extras include the fascinating Serling bio-documentary Submitted for Your Approval, compelling interviews with the show's writers, the series' unaired pilot, audio commentaries with Martin Landau, Leonard Nimoy, Cliff Robertson and much, much more!
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
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»rank: 793
Our review:Description:The accent is on fun and fantasy in this film version of Jules Verne's classic thriller that stars James Mason, Pat Boone, and Arlene Dahl. With spectacular visuals as a backdrop, the story centers on an expedition led by Professor Lindenbrook (Mason) down into the earth's dark, threat-laden core. Members of the group include the professor's star student, Alec (Boone), and the widow (Dahl) of a colleague. Along the way lurk dangers such as kidnapping, death, sabotage by a rival explorer, ...
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The War of the Worlds (Special Collector's Edition)
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»rank: 1342
Our review:Description:H.G. Wells' chilling novel of a Martian invasion of Earth becomes even more frightening in this 1952 film adaptation that's widely regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. An Oscar. winner for Best Special Effects, The War of the Worlds delivers eye-popping thrills, laser-hot action and unrelenting, edge-of-your-seat suspense. No one who has seen the film's depiction of the swan-shaped Martian machines-ticking and hissing menacingly as they cut their path of destruction-will ever forget their ominous impact. ...
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When Worlds Collide
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»rank: 2329
Our review: :When a group of astronomers calculate one planet is on course to pass close enough to the earth to cause havoc on land and sea while a few days later a second will record a direct hit they set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the first of the unwanted intruders. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/11/2006 Starring: Richard Derr Peter Hanson Run time: 83 minutes Rating: G Director: Rudolph Mate :Winner of ...
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2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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»rank: 1790
Our review:Description:A space mission that could reveal man?s destiny is jeopardized by a malfunctioning shipboard computer. A dazzling journey that tops them all ? and showed the way for other effects-packed films that followed. essential video:When Stanley Kubrick recruited Arthur C. Clarke to collaborate on 'the proverbial intelligent science fiction film,' it's a safe bet neither the maverick auteur nor the great science fiction writer knew they would virtually redefine the parameters of the cinema experience. A daring experiment in unconventional ...
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Invaders from Mars (Special Edition)
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»rank: 1436
Our review:Description:A young boy is awakened during a storm to witness a flying saucer land in the field behind his home. No one will believe his story as, one by one, the townspeople are captured and put under the control of sinister forces from the planet Mars! Brilliantly created by visionary set designer and director William Cameron Menzies (designer of 'Gone with the Wind' and H.G. Wells' 'Things to Come') with a haunting musical score by Raoul Kraushaar, this golden age sci-fi ...
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