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Cult director Ed Wood's 'cinematic masterpiece' ' and also regarded as one of the worst movies ever made! Plan Nine is so bad it's good. Alien invaders use their dreaded 'Plan Nine' to re-animate dead earthlings. They wreak havoc and unleash a host of things bizarre, macabre, horrific, and just plain horrible.
Using footage from a Bela Lugosi movie he was unable to finish (due to Lugosi's untimely death), Wood proved again he would and could
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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...
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Go behind the scenes and experience the epic and dramatic story of the making of the original Star Wars trilogy, from the earliest versions of the script to the release of "Return of the Jedi" in 1983. In "Empire of Dreams", the most comprehensive documentary ever created on the making of the movies, explore the creation of the trilogy. Three new featurettes explore the unique contributions of the Star Wars films, from the characters to the lightsaber...
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A profile of the life of the influential science fiction writer, Philip K. Dick presented through interviews with contemporaries and excerpts from his writings. Dick's writing and ideas on reality, humanity and technology which blend West Coast utopianism, counterculture paranoia and mystical experience have been adapted into films, including Blade Runner and Total Recall. Since very little interview footage exists of Philip K. Dick, this documentary...
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"The book is filled with witty, fanatically in-depth critiques, with insider anecdotes. In addition to detailed plot synopses and production data, Warren cites good and bad reviews from the period, then adds his own analysis of how the film stands up after two or three decades. Credits add to and correct other published sources"--Provided by publisher.
14) Undersea kingdom
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Crash Corrigan and a team of adventurers travel to Atlantis in a rocket powered submarine to stop the evil Unga Khan, who is trying to take over the continent and eventually the world and is causing devastating earthquakes around the country in the process. Action-packed science fiction adventure.
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"Can science fiction--especially sci-fi cinema--save the world? It already has, many times. Retired officers testify that films like Doctor Strangelove, Fail-Safe, On the Beach and War Games provoked changes and helped prevent accidental war. Soylent Green and Silent Running recruited millions of environmental activists. The China Syndrome and countless movies about plagues helped bring attention to those failure modes. And the grand-daddy of "self-preventing...