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1) Blade runner
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Rick Deckard prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically-made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. This new version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in slightly greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachel, and removes the "uplifting" finale.
6) Jungle woman
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A brilliant physician finds a young woman who appears lost and in shock wandering on the grounds of his sanitarium. While conducting diagnostic tests on her, she changes into a monstrous ape creature. And when he attempts to sedate her, it sets her on a savage path of murder and mayhem. The sequel to Captive wild woman.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Whether depicting humans battling aliens or a brave geologist saving lives as a volcano erupts, science-fiction films are an exciting visual and sensuous introduction to the workings of science and technology. These films explore a range of complex topics in vivid and accessible ways, from space travel and laser technology to genetic engineering, global warming, and the consequences of nuclear weaponry. Though actual scientific lab work might not...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army. In their quest to save the human race from extinction, they gain greater insight into the construction of The Matrix and Neo's pivotal role in the fate of mankind.
10) The dark crystal
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Jen, a Gelfling (one of the last survivors of the elfin-like race), is told of a prophecy by his master, a wise and gentle mystic. Jen sets to the task of returning the crystal shard to the all powerful Dark Crystal, making it whole again, and restoring light to the world.
11) The predator
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter, and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Part campy musical, part horror film, the movie details the travails of a squeaky-clean couple stranded at a creepy castle where the inhabitants sing and dance through bacchanalian romp of murder, bisexuality, and cannibalism. The madcap, musical mayhem begins when rain-soaked Brad and Janet take refuge in the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite mad scientist from outer space who is about to unveil his greatest creation!
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
The film draws on over 25 years of exclusive video footage that captures Ellison at his most inspiring and irritating, curmudgeonly and lovable. See Ellison rant about the idiocies of geekdom, confess to mailing a dead gopher to an executive at a publishing house, and more.
17) Stargate
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
Professor Daniel Jackson, a specialist in Egyptian hieroglyphics joins an Air Force team in deciphering the symbols on a mysterious artifact which allows travel to another planet.
18) Independence day
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies and wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. The world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors.
19) K-PAX
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
A Manhattan psychiatrist, who thinks he's seen it all until he's assigned to analyze Prot, a psychiatric patient who claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX. He is convinced that Prot is "a convincing delusional," but his cynicism turns to open-minded fascination as Prot's case reveals a combination of otherworldly insight and all-too-human trauma, prompting an earthbound explanation for Prot's allegedly alien origins.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
Obi-Wan Kenobi is a determined young apprentice and Palpatine, well known as the evil Emperor, is an ambitious Senator in the Galactic Republic. It is a time when the Jedi Knights are the guardians of peace in a turbulent galaxy and a young Queen fights to save her people. In the shadows lurks an envil force waiting for the right moment to strike.
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