Science Fiction

• Stargate S.G -1: Season 3 (Vol. 10) | DVD | (26/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. In the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1 With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. --Paul TonksOn this DVD: This volume begins in confusion when the S.G.1 team discover a military camp training for "Rules of Engagement". All is not what it seems however. The same is true of "Forever in a Day", when Daniel's wife Sha're is killed by Teal'c. This episode begins an important storyline about her stolen child who is a "Harcesis", an illegal breeding between Goa'uld hosts. Then an earlier thread is picked up in "Past and Present" on planet Vyus whose people all suffer amnesia. Their leader Ke'ra (played by Megan Leitch who's portrayed Mulder's missing sister in The X-Files) is a link to the earlier "Prisoners" episode and the dangerous "destroyer of worlds". Closing the volume is a cliffhanger in which Sam must attempt to rescue her father, face Satan himself on a prison moon, and resurrect "Jolinar's Memories" from the Goa'uld she was briefly possessed by. Trapped in Hell, the team's escape seems impossible. As well as trailers for the next volume, the disc includes a 10-minute interview with Christopher Judge on his 97-year-old character Teal'c. He spends much of the time recalling plot points, but his philosophy of the show as a social allegory is refreshing. --Paul Tonks END

• Plan 9 From Outer Space | DVD | (11/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sometimes a movie achieves such legendary status that it can't quite live up to its reputation. Plan 9 from Outer Space is not one of these movies. It is just as magnificently terrible as you've heard. Plan 9 is the story of space aliens who try to conquer the Earth through resurrection of the dead. Psychic Criswell narrates ("Future events such as these will affect you in the future!") as police rush through the cemetery, occasionally clipping the cardboard tombstones in their zeal to find the source of the mysterious goings-on. More than just a bad film, Plan 9 is something of a one- stop clearinghouse for poor cinematic techniques: The time shifts whimsically from midnight to afternoon sun, Tor Johnson flails desperately in an attempt to rise from his coffin, and flying saucers zoom past on clearly visible strings. Fading star Bela Lugosi tragically died during filming, but such a small hurdle could not stop writer-producer-director Ed Wood. Lugosi is ingeniously replaced with a man who holds a cape across his face and might as well have "NOT BELA LUGOSI" stamped on his forehead. Plan 9 is so sweetly well- intentioned in both its message and its execution that it's impossible not to love it. And if you don't, well, as Eros says, "You people of Earth are idiots!" --Ali Davis

• Ghost In The Shell 2.0/Ghost In The Shell - Innocence | Blu Ray | (26/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Titles Comprise: Ghost In The Shell 2.0: In the year 2029 the search for a criminal computer genius known as The Puppet Master sends Major Motoko Kusanagi a cyborg policewoman operating as part of the covert anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9 on a dangerous mission leading her to a powerful artificial intelligence whose influence reaches deep into the government and who is desperately seeking a physical form to inhabit. As she delves further into the case Kusanagi is forced to contemplate the nature of her own existence: is she simply an artificial construct... or is there something more? Ghost In The Shell: Innocence: It is the year 2032 and Earth is a world where the few remaining humans coexist with cyborgs human spirits inhabiting mechanized bodies and dolls robots with no human elements whatsoever. A cyborg detective for the government's covert anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9 Batou is charged with investigating the bizarre case of a malfunctioning gynoid - a hyper-realistic female robot created specifically for sexual companionship - responsible for slaughtering its owner. Delving deeper and deeper into the investigation Batou and his partner Togusa are forced to confront violent Yakuza thugs devious hackers influential government bureaucrats and powerful corporate criminals. As they move closer to uncovering the mystery it slowly becomes apparent that the truth behind the crime is far more shocking than anyone dared imagine...

• Immortal | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £12.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (23.19%)   |  RRP £15.99

  New York 2095. In a strange pyramid floating in the sky the gods of ancient Egypt are judging Horus. In the city a young women with blue hair and tears is arrested but she has a secret power even to herself... Based on Enki Bilal's own series of comic books La Foire Aux Immortels and La Femme Pige this was one all the first feature films to use an entirely digital backlot (in which actors were filmed in front of green screens and the background were added digitally afterwards).

• Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. - Spring Song - | Blu Ray | (02/09/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Les Maîtres du temps | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Ren Laloux the director of Fantastic Planet [La Plante sauvage] created Les Matres du temps his penultimate animated feature film in 1982. A huge hit in France at the time of its release it combines Laloux's famous imagination with that of animation designer Jean Giraud (aka Moebius). On planet Perdide an attack of giant hornets leaves Piel - a young boy - alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar an adventurer travelling through space. On board Jaffar's shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton his fiance and Silbad who knows the planet Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel Les Matres du temps is a finely animated metaphysical rescue mission previously seen in English-speaking countries as a dubbed version entitled Time Masters. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the original French version of Laloux's distinctive vision.

• Caprica: The Feature Length Pilot | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An astonishing breakthrough is taking shape on the planet Caprica The rapidly evolving spheres of human and mechanical engineering have collided along with the fates of two families. Joined by tragedy in an explosive instant of terror two rival clans led by powerful patriarchs Joseph Adama (Esai Morales - Jericho) and Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz - Killing Zoe The Butterfly Effect) duel in an era of questionable ethics corporate machinations and unbridled personal ambition as the final war for humanity looms. The latest phenomenon from the executive producers of Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore and David Eick) set in a time over 50 years earlier Caprica: The Feature Length Pilot is entirely its own world - provocative thrilling and startlingly relevant to our own. Are you a huge fracking fan of Battlestar Galactica? Check out some of these Caprican classics! Battlestar Galactica: The Plan: Running concurrently with the series this 2-hour movie tells of the plot to exterminate humanity. Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series: Featuring every episode of the stunning sci-fi series - epic intelligent and out of this world. Battlestar Galactica: Razor: Telling the untold story of Battleship Pegasus Razor provides chilling clues to the fate of humanity. Battlestar Galactica: The Final Season - Part 2: The series receives a fittingly awesome end in this incredibly powerful concluding chapter.

• Infini | DVD | (21/09/2015) from £6.25   |  Saving you £9.74 (155.84%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Humanity has become the victim of mass overpopulation and the line between middle class and poverty no longer exists. Whit Carmichael has accepted a high-risk security job that requires off-world travel using Slipstream technology in the hope of rising out of his situation. The risk of injury or death is extreme but the danger is sweetened by Whit's dream of a better life. When Whit and his team are sent to space station Infini to confront an unidentifiable enemy, only Whit survives. An elite squad of ˜Search and Rescue' specialists are sent in to find him and to stop whatever caused the death of his crew from returning to earth.

• Universal Soldier Regeneration | DVD | (05/04/2010) from £4.93   |  Saving you £11.06 (224.34%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1992 two of the world's most popular action superstars were brought together to create one of the most unforgettable martial arts/action/sci-fi cult classics of its time. The film was Universal Soldier the stars were Jean-Claude Van Damme (JCVD Legionnaire Bloodsport Kickboxer) and Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV The Punisher Direct Contact). In 2010 director John Hyams (NYPD Blue One Dog Day The Smashing Machine) has brought these legends of action cinema together again for the ultimate future killing machine showdown Universal Soldier: Regeneration. The world is in danger and the government is being threatened. Crazed terrorists are on the loose and will stop at nothing to cause death and destruction. Using stolen technology they have created their own version of the Universal Soldier: a lethal robot warrior whose only programme is to kill and kill again. The government's only hope is to regenerate Luc Deveraux a decommissioned Unisol and expert assassin. His mission: to infiltrate a highly armed fortress slaughter the enemy and save the world from nuclear disaster. But somebody - or something - is waiting for him something intent on crushing the future into oblivion. Let the combat commence.

• Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow | Blu Ray | (13/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Famous scientists around the globe have mysteriously disappeared and Chronicle reporter Polly Perkins (Paltrow) along with ace aviator Sky Captain (Jude Law) is on the case. Risking their lives as they travel to exotic places around the world can the fearless duo stop Dr Totenkopf the evil mastermind behind a plot to destroy the earth? Aided by Frankie Cook (Angelina Jolie) commander of an all-female amphibious squadron and technical genius Dax Polly and Sky Captain may be our planet's only hope... Bit of trivia for you: the villain Dr. Totenkopf is played by Sir Laurence Olivier who died in 1989. The director Kerry Conran achieved this by using CGI-manipulated archive footage of Olivier.

• The Dead Zone - Series 3 | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £20.23   |  Saving you £9.76 (48.25%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Johnny Smith's life is interrupted by a near fatal car crash that leaves him in a deep coma for six years. When he regains consciousness he discovers that he now possesses amazing psychic powers; powers that allow him to see into the life of anyone he touches... Based on the characters and story from the best-selling book by Stephen King The Dead Zone is a unique psychological thriller that combines a rich mix of action the paranormal and a continuing quest for justice. Featuring all the episodes from the third season. Episodes Comprise: 1. Finding Rachel: Part 1 2. Finding Rachel: Part 2 3. Collision 4. The Cold Hard Truth 5. Total Awareness 6. No Questions Asked 7. Looking Glass 8. Speak Now 9. Cycle Of Violence 10. Instinct 11. Shadows 12. Tripping Point

• The Wraith | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  He is a mysterious otherworldly stranger. An evil force took his life. Now an unearthly power has brought him back. He has a destiny to fulfil a woman's love to reclaim and he's determined to wage a vendetta against the gang who put him in this situation in the first place. This supernatural tale pits an enigmatic avenger against a bizarre and brutal band of marauders who have been wreaking havoc on a small town. But time soon runs out for The Wraith to reclaim his past - and his future - as he is pitted against his enemies...

• Species Red Tag Boxset | DVD | (10/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  SpeciesWhen Eve, (Natasha Henstridge) a beautiful alien-human hybrid escapes from observation, a renowned scientist (Ben Kingsley) and his research team set out to re-capture her before - she is able to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind in this sci-fi classic. Species IIA returning astronaut discovers he's becoming a half-alien entity bent on procreating with human women. But when a scientist (Marg Helgenberger) and a hired assassin (Michael Madsen) decide to use Eve (Natasha Henstridge) as a lure, she instead decides to mate with her target and produce an unstoppable new race in this thriller in which only the strongest, smartest species will survive. Species IIIWhen Eve's daughter Sara (Sunny Mabrey) is born, she develops into the most genetically perfect alien form yet. Seeking to repopulate Earth with her kind, she heeds to an overwhelming desire to mate with desirable human male subjects - unaware that a crack military team is out to kill her in an attempt to end the war between the two species forever in this nerve-shattering sci-fi thriller. Species IV: The Awakening When a brilliant college professor learns she's a hybrid clone of human and alien DNA, she flees to Mexico with her uncle to locate the scientist who created her. Once there, they find themselves locked in a battle with a horde of rampaging hybrids in this sci-fi chiller that ratchets up the thrill factor to the highest level of action, horror, and mayhem.

• Stargate Infinity | DVD | (13/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Animated spin-off of the popular sci-fi series.

• Outer Limits - Series 1 | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  This DVD box set contains all 22 episodes from season 1 of the sci-fi series The Outer Limits. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Sandkings (1) 2. The Sandkings (2) 3. Valerie 23 4. Blood Brothers 5. The Second Soul 6. White Light Fever 7. The Choice 8. Virtual Future 9. Living Hell 10. Corner of the Eye 11. Under the Bed 12. Dark Matters 13. The Conversion 14. Quality of Mercy 15. Caught in the Act 16. The Voyage Home 17. The New Breed 18. The Message 19. I Robot 20. If These

• Ghost In The Shell 2.0 Redux | Blu Ray | (26/10/2009) from £12.47   |  Saving you £12.52 (100.40%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Mamoru Oshii's futuristic animated masterpiece 'Ghost In The Shell 2.0' is the perfect film to experience on Blu-ray. Seamlessly merging traditional cel animation with the latest computer graphic imagery this stunning remastered sci-fi spectacle has broken the boundaries of mainstream animation with its detailed artistic direction and uniquely intelligent story line. Aided by an esoteric Kenji Kawaii score 'Ghost In The Shell' took the world by storm in 1996 introducing a new wave of Japanese animation through its mesmerzing cinematic expression. A movie that questions our own human existence in the fast-paced world of the information age this remarkable award-winning cyber-tech thriller has gone on to become one of the leading Japanese animation films of all time and now the remastered version Ghost In The Shell 2.0 in stunning high definition Blu-ray!

• Roughnecks - Starship Troopers Chronicles - Vol. 3 - The Hydora Campaign | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (93.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Inspired by Robert Heinlein's pulp classic and executive-produced by Paul Verhoeven, who made the big-screen version, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles is cutting-edge TV animation that's more for grown-ups than kids. The neat equipment, combat suits and weapons are as deadly as they are cool, and even though the extreme gore and violence of the movie has been toned down, the endless threat from all manner of nasty bugs is still pretty terrifying. Five roughly 20-minute episodes are spliced together into a movie-length feature, which makes for a satisfyingly lengthy story arc instead of the more usual self-contained individual episodes. Like all good war stories, at its heart Roughnecks celebrates that Band of Brothers-style bonding in extreme circumstances that we viewers can only experience vicariously. On the DVD: Roughnecks, Volume 3: The Hydora Campaign finds Lt. Razak's troopers on the aquatic planet Hydora, where they meet massive mosquitoes among other oversized pests. The disc has a good 4:3 picture, although it's better to watch with the lights off to see all the detail in the moody (i.e. "dark") CG animation. The 5.1 sound shows off explosions and gunfire, but also the almost incessant techno soundtrack. There's a commentary from cast and crew members, a photo gallery of the human actors, filmographies and a trailer. --Mark Walker

• Invaders From Mars | DVD | (02/07/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.

• The 5th Wave | 4K UHD | (23/05/2016) from £6.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (260.52%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Based on the best-selling novel, The 5th Wave, four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie (Chloë Grace Moretz) is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal 5th wave, Cassie teams up with a young man who may become her final hope if she can only trust him. 4K Ultra HD provides the best possible Home Entertainment experience, featuring: 4X the resolution of Full HD High Dynamic Range (HDR) for more detail, vivid colour and greater contrast. For playback in 4K with HDR, you need: 4K UHD TV with HDR Ultra HD Blu-ray Player High-Speed HDMI 2.0A Cable Disc 1 Movie (4K UHD): Movie only Disc 2 (Special Features BD Disc): Deleted Scenes Cast Gag Reel The 5th Wave Survival Guide Training Squad 53 Click Images to Enlarge

• Doctor Who - The New Series - Series 2 - Vol. 4 | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £5.05   |  Saving you £10.94 (216.63%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This latest incarnation stars the Scottish actor David Tennant as the 'good doctor' ably flanked by the lovely Billy Piper resuming her role as the Timelord's spunky sidekick Rose. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Impossible Planet 2. The Satan Pit 3. Love & Monsters