![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation 35 : Hollow Pursuits / The Most Toys [1990]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NW56XGRWL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Cliff Bole
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Timothy Bond
- Jonathan Frakes
- Colm Meaney
- Nehemiah Persoff
- Charles Lang
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.99
Review Star Trek The Next Generation 35 : Hollow Pursuits / The Most Toys [1990] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Naoto Hashimoto
- Masahiro Otani
Run time: 25 min.
Price: £5.99
Review The Guyver - Data 12 - Reactivation / Manga Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Graham Theakston
- Jim Baker
- John Shackley
- Ceri Steel
Run time: 98 min.
Price: £10.99
Review The Tripods - 4 / 2 Entertain Video:
Actors & Directors
- Joseph Pevney
- Leonard Nimoy
- DeForest Kelley
- Charles Drake
- Marc Daniels
- William Shatner
- Barbara Luna
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £11.67
Review Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 2.4 - Mirror, Mirror / The Deadly Years / Paramount Home Entertainment:One of the most popular and influential shows in the history of television, for many viewers the original Star Trek (1966-9) defines good science fiction: however much it tries to be about the future, it cannot help but reflect the values of its own time, and Star Trek's vision was very much a product of creator Gene Roddenberry's 1960s liberal-humanist idealism. Conceived at the height of the Cold War and during the escalation of the Vietnam conflict, his was a radical vision of a world where national and racial differences have been put aside and all people work together. With a policy of non-intervention in the affairs of other civilisations, and violence only as a last resort, Star Trek embodied a lost dream, a fantasy of what America could have been had John F Kennedy not been assassinated in 1963. Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner) had the middle name of a Roman emperor, but otherwise shared his initials with the late president, and both were young, good-looking, womanising, charismatic popular heroes. If Kirk didn't uphold truth, justice and the American way from the White House, a big white starship was the next best thing. There was even a Russian, Mr Chekov (Walter Koenig), on the bridge, and the show delivered network TV's first inter-racial kiss between Kirk and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). Even though there was a white American male in control, it was still all a bit much for 1960s mainstream TV, hence the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, boldly going on its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, only lasted three seasons and 72 episodes before being cancelled in 1969, the year man first walked on the moon. While the once-ground-breaking special effects now look routine, and the then-radical politics have now become part of the politically correct global mainstream, Star Trek retains an enduring popularity due to its strong storytelling-the show employed such top science fiction writers as Robert Bloch, Harlan Elllison, Richard Matheson, Norman Spinrad and Theodore Sturgeon-and admirable characters. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei), Kirk, Chekov and Uhura remain icons for a world short of real heroes: loyal to the end, honest and utterly dedicated, these were the friends and colleagues who week after week trusted each other with their lives. Devoid of cynicism and self-interest the crew of the USS Enterprise never, ever let anyone down, and ultimately that is a very big reason for Star Trek's enduring popularity. [+]- Gary S Dalkin.
Actors & Directors
- Westfälische Nachtigallen
Run time: 144 min.
Price: £5.99
Review Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.10 - Errand Of Mercy / The City On The Edge Of Forever / Operation Annihilate / Paramount Home Entertainment:One of the most popular and influential shows in the history of television, for many viewers the original Star Trek (1966-9) defines good science fiction: however much it tries to be about the future, it cannot help but reflect the values of its own time, and Star Trek's vision was very much a product of creator Gene Roddenberry's 1960s liberal-humanist idealism. Conceived at the height of the Cold War and during the escalation of the Vietnam conflict, his was a radical vision of a world where national and racial differences have been put aside and all people work together. With a policy of non-intervention in the affairs of other civilisations, and violence only as a last resort, Star Trek embodied a lost dream, a fantasy of what America could have been had John F Kennedy not been assassinated in 1963. Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner) had the middle name of a Roman emperor, but otherwise shared his initials with the late president, and both were young, good-looking, womanising, charismatic popular heroes. If Kirk didn't uphold truth, justice and the American way from the White House, a big white starship was the next best thing. There was even a Russian, Mr Chekov (Walter Koenig), on the bridge, and the show delivered network TV's first inter-racial kiss between Kirk and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). Even though there was a white American male in control, it was still all a bit much for 1960s mainstream TV, hence the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, boldly going on its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, only lasted three seasons and 72 episodes before being cancelled in 1969, the year man first walked on the moon. While the once-ground-breaking special effects now look routine, and the then-radical politics have now become part of the politically correct global mainstream, Star Trek retains an enduring popularity due to its strong storytelling-the show employed such top science fiction writers as Robert Bloch, Harlan Elllison, Richard Matheson, Norman Spinrad and Theodore Sturgeon-and admirable characters. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei), Kirk, Chekov and Uhura remain icons for a world short of real heroes: loyal to the end, honest and utterly dedicated, these were the friends and colleagues who week after week trusted each other with their lives. Devoid of cynicism and self-interest the crew of the USS Enterprise never, ever let anyone down, and ultimately that is a very big reason for Star Trek's enduring popularity. [+]- Gary S Dalkin.
Release date: 1995-01-09
Run time: 26 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.49
Review The Guyver - Data 10 - Haunted Village / Manga Entertainment:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation 84 : Lower Decks / Thine Own Self [1994]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C9HHTP9JL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Gates McFadden
- Patrick Stewart
- Jonathan Frakes
- LeVar Burton
- Michael Dorn
- Gabrielle Beaumont
- Winrich Kolbe
Run time: 88 min.
Price: £10.99
Review Star Trek The Next Generation 84 : Lower Decks / Thine Own Self [1994] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
![Review Touchstone Home Video / Starship Troopers [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41T0V9R5SRL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Paul Verhoeven
- Jake Busey
- Casper Van Dien
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Denise Richards
- Dina Meyer
Run time: 124 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.99
Review Starship Troopers [1998] / Touchstone Home Video:A gloriously over-the-top treat, Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers takes the militaristic moralising of Robert Heinlein's pulp classic and sets about undermining it mercilessly. Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) desperately wants to join the Mobile Infantry and kill some Earth-threatening alien bugs. He also desperately wants Carmen (Denise Richards), but only gets to fulfil one ambition in the second of Verhoeven's futuristic satires (also cowritten with his RoboCop scriptwriter Ed Neumeier). Set in a fascistic future where kids must do military service to qualify as citizens, own property or even have babies, the film's dark Vietnam and Nazi-era parallels are all the more disturbing given its deceptively sunny Beverly Hills 90210 teenage cast (though scenery-chewing veteran Michael Ironside steals the movie as tough-talking Lt Rasczak). The CGI arachnids are among the most convincing and dangerous-looking creatures ever seen on screen, and with the movie clocking up the highest number of blanks ever fired on a film set, it's also pretty loud! Verhoeven went on to be Executive Producer of the Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles animated TV series a couple of years later. On the DVD: Starship Troopers in this DVD incarnation can now be played continuously on one side of the disc (the original Region 2 release version was that crime against the DVD format, a "flipper"). You'll also feel really spoiled by the extras here: five deleted scenes (approximately six minutes) pad out Carmen's love triangle problems. There are impressive screen tests for Denise Richards and Casper Van Dien (three-and-a-half minutes). An eight-minute featurette zips by with key interviews and fact flinging. And a real treat is three scene developments with layers of FX work explained by Verhoeven. [+]But what makes this DVD essential is the director's enthusiastic commentary alongside screenwriter Ed Neumeier: dissing astrology, making a stand for feminist issues, saying how he went nude to placate the actors for their shower scene, and drooling with praise for his FX team, Verhoeven makes a fascinating statement that "war makes fascists of us all". After a studio disclaimer, and beginning with his reaction to the film's critique in Time Magazine, this is no-holds-barred fun. -Paul Tonks.
Actors & Directors
- William Shatner
- DeForest Kelley
- Leonard Nimoy
- Marc Daniels
- Vincent McEveety
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £8.95
Review Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 2.9 - The Omega Glory / Assignment: Earth / Paramount Home Entertainment:One of the most popular and influential shows in the history of television, for many viewers the original Star Trek (1966-9) defines good science fiction: however much it tries to be about the future, it cannot help but reflect the values of its own time, and Star Trek's vision was very much a product of creator Gene Roddenberry's 1960s liberal-humanist idealism. Conceived at the height of the Cold War and during the escalation of the Vietnam conflict, his was a radical vision of a world where national and racial differences have been put aside and all people work together. With a policy of non-intervention in the affairs of other civilisations, and violence only as a last resort, Star Trek embodied a lost dream, a fantasy of what America could have been had John F Kennedy not been assassinated in 1963. Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner) had the middle name of a Roman emperor, but otherwise shared his initials with the late president, and both were young, good-looking, womanising, charismatic popular heroes. If Kirk didn't uphold truth, justice and the American way from the White House, a big white starship was the next best thing. There was even a Russian, Mr Chekov (Walter Koenig), on the bridge, and the show delivered network TV's first inter-racial kiss between Kirk and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). Even though there was a white American male in control, it was still all a bit much for 1960s mainstream TV, hence the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, boldly going on its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, only lasted three seasons and 72 episodes before being cancelled in 1969, the year man first walked on the moon. While the once-ground-breaking special effects now look routine, and the then-radical politics have now become part of the politically correct global mainstream, Star Trek retains an enduring popularity due to its strong storytelling-the show employed such top science fiction writers as Robert Bloch, Harlan Elllison, Richard Matheson, Norman Spinrad and Theodore Sturgeon-and admirable characters. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei), Kirk, Chekov and Uhura remain icons for a world short of real heroes: loyal to the end, honest and utterly dedicated, these were the friends and colleagues who week after week trusted each other with their lives. Devoid of cynicism and self-interest the crew of the USS Enterprise never, ever let anyone down, and ultimately that is a very big reason for Star Trek's enduring popularity. [+]- Gary S Dalkin.
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.7 - The Squire Of Gothos / Arena / The Alternative Factor [1969]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511BGED54XL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- William Campbell
- Leonard Nimoy
- Gerd Oswald
- DeForest Kelley
- Joseph Pevney
- William Shatner
- Richard Carlyle
- Don McDougall
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.74
Review Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.7 - The Squire Of Gothos / Arena / The Alternative Factor [1969] / Paramount Home Entertainment:One of the most popular and influential shows in the history of television, for many viewers the original Star Trek (1966-9) defines good science fiction: however much it tries to be about the future, it cannot help but reflect the values of its own time, and Star Trek's vision was very much a product of creator Gene Roddenberry's 1960s' liberal-humanist idealism. Conceived at the height of the Cold War and during the escalation of the Vietnam conflict, his was a radical vision of a world where national and racial differences have been put aside and all people work together. With a policy of non-intervention in the affairs of other civilisations, and violence only as a last resort, Star Trek embodied a lost dream, a fantasy of what America could have been had John F. Kennedy not been assassinated in 1963. Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner) had the middle name of a Roman emperor, but otherwise shared his initials with the late president, and both were young, good looking, womanising, charismatic popular heroes. If Kirk didn't uphold truth, justice and the American way from the White House, a big white starship was the next best thing. There was even a Russian, Mr Chekov (Walter Koenig), on the bridge, and the show delivered network TV's first inter-racial kiss between Kirk and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). Even though there was a white American male in control, it was still all a bit much for 1960s' mainstream TV, hence the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, boldly going on its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, only lasted three seasons and 72 episodes before being cancelled in 1969, the year Man first walked on the moon. While the once-ground-breaking special effects now look routine, and the then-radical politics have now become part of the politically correct global mainstream, Star Trek retains an enduring popularity due to its strong storytelling-the show employed such top science fiction writers as Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, Norman Spinrad and Theodore Sturgeon-and admirable characters. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei), Kirk, Chekov and Uhura remain icons for a world short of real heroes: loyal to the end, honest and utterly dedicated, these were the friends and colleagues who week after week trusted each other with their lives. [+]Devoid of cynicism and self-interest the crew of the USS Enterprise never, ever let anyone down, and ultimately that is a very big reason for Star Trek's enduring popularity. -Gary S Dalkin.
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation 29 : The Vengeance Factor / The Defector [1989]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZDBTKJ4WL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Michael Dorn
- Patrick Stewart
- LeVar Burton
- Robert Scheerer
- Timothy Bond
- Jonathan Frakes
- Gates McFadden
Price: £10.99
Review Star Trek The Next Generation 29 : The Vengeance Factor / The Defector [1989] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
![Review 2 Entertain Video / Neverwhere - The Complete Series [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A30F1R3RL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Paterson Joseph
- Hywel Bennett
- Laura Fraser (II)
- Dewi Humphreys
- Clive Russell
- Gary Bakewell
Run time: 173 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £7.24
Review Neverwhere - The Complete Series [1996] / 2 Entertain Video:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.8 - Tomorrow Is Yesterday / The Return Of The Archons [1978]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513WC6JHHAL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 1996-12-02
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £8.48
Review Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.8 - Tomorrow Is Yesterday / The Return Of The Archons [1978] / Paramount Home Entertainment:One of the most popular and influential shows in the history of television, for many viewers the original Star Trek (1966-9) defines good science fiction: however much it tries to be about the future, it cannot help but reflect the values of its own time, and Star Trek's vision was very much a product of creator Gene Roddenberry's 1960s' liberal-humanist idealism. Conceived at the height of the Cold War and during the escalation of the Vietnam conflict, his was a radical vision of a world where national and racial differences have been put aside and all people work together. With a policy of non-intervention in the affairs of other civilisations, and violence only as a last resort, Star Trek embodied a lost dream, a fantasy of what America could have been had John F. Kennedy not been assassinated in 1963. Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner) had the middle name of a Roman emperor, but otherwise shared his initials with the late president, and both were young, good looking, womanising, charismatic popular heroes. If Kirk didn't uphold truth, justice and the American way from the White House, a big white starship was the next best thing. There was even a Russian, Mr Chekov (Walter Koenig), on the bridge, and the show delivered network TV's first inter-racial kiss between Kirk and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). Even though there was a white American male in control, it was still all a bit much for 1960s' mainstream TV, hence the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, boldly going on its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, only lasted three seasons and 72 episodes before being cancelled in 1969, the year Man first walked on the moon. While the once-ground-breaking special effects now look routine, and the then-radical politics have now become part of the politically correct global mainstream, Star Trek retains an enduring popularity due to its strong storytelling-the show employed such top science fiction writers as Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, Norman Spinrad and Theodore Sturgeon-and admirable characters. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei), Kirk, Chekov and Uhura remain icons for a world short of real heroes: loyal to the end, honest and utterly dedicated, these were the friends and colleagues who week after week trusted each other with their lives. [+]Devoid of cynicism and self-interest the crew of the USS Enterprise never, ever let anyone down, and ultimately that is a very big reason for Star Trek's enduring popularity. -Gary S Dalkin.
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.9 - Space Seed / This Side Of Paradise / The Devil In The Dark [1969]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N0VPW0CBL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Frank Overton
- Leonard Nimoy
- Marc Daniels
- Ricardo Montalban
- Ralph Senensky
- Jill Ireland
- Joseph Pevney
- William Shatner
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £8.80
Review Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.9 - Space Seed / This Side Of Paradise / The Devil In The Dark [1969] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.5 - The Conscience Of The King / The Galileo Seven / Court Martial [1969]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YY1N0D65L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Joan Marshall
- Marc Daniels
- Gerd Oswald
- Robert Gist
- Elisha Cook
- William Shatner
- Percy Rodriguez
- George Takei
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.98
Review Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.5 - The Conscience Of The King / The Galileo Seven / Court Martial [1969] / Paramount Home Entertainment:One of the most popular and influential shows in the history of television, for many viewers the original Star Trek (1966-9) defines good science fiction: however much it tries to be about the future, it cannot help but reflect the values of its own time, and Star Trek's vision was very much a product of creator Gene Roddenberry's 1960s' liberal-humanist idealism. Conceived at the height of the Cold War and during the escalation of the Vietnam conflict, his was a radical vision of a world where national and racial differences have been put aside and all people work together. With a policy of non-intervention in the affairs of other civilisations, and violence only as a last resort, Star Trek embodied a lost dream, a fantasy of what America could have been had John F. Kennedy not been assassinated in 1963. Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner) had the middle name of a Roman emperor, but otherwise shared his initials with the late president, and both were young, good looking, womanising, charismatic popular heroes. If Kirk didn't uphold truth, justice and the American way from the White House, a big white starship was the next best thing. There was even a Russian, Mr Chekov (Walter Koenig), on the bridge, and the show delivered network TV's first inter-racial kiss between Kirk and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). Even though there was a white American male in control, it was still all a bit much for 1960s' mainstream TV, hence the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, boldly going on its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, only lasted three seasons and 72 episodes before being cancelled in 1969, the year Man first walked on the moon. While the once-ground-breaking special effects now look routine, and the then-radical politics have now become part of the politically correct global mainstream, Star Trek retains an enduring popularity due to its strong storytelling-the show employed such top science fiction writers as Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, Norman Spinrad and Theodore Sturgeon-and admirable characters. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei), Kirk, Chekov and Uhura remain icons for a world short of real heroes: loyal to the end, honest and utterly dedicated, these were the friends and colleagues who week after week trusted each other with their lives. [+]Devoid of cynicism and self-interest the crew of the USS Enterprise never, ever let anyone down, and ultimately that is a very big reason for Star Trek's enduring popularity. -Gary S Dalkin.
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation 31 : Deja Q / A Matter Of Perspective [1990]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512B3N9BJYL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Michael Dorn
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Jonathan Frakes
- LeVar Burton
- Cliff Bole
- Patrick Stewart
- Les Landau
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £9.99
Review Star Trek The Next Generation 31 : Deja Q / A Matter Of Perspective [1990] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
![Review Tartan Video / Siegfried [1924]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A0RWGYG3L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Paul Richter
- Margarete Schön
- Fritz Lang
- Hanna Ralph
- Theodor Loos
- Gertrud Arnold
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £12.98
Review Siegfried [1924] / Tartan Video:
![Review BBC Enterprises Ltd / Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space [1970] [1963]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TP05Q1Q9L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Jon Pertwee
- Nicholas Courtney
- Derek Martinus
- Caroline John
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £6.37
Review Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space [1970] [1963] / BBC Enterprises Ltd:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.4 - What Are Little Girls Made Of / Dagger Of The Mind / Miri [1969]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JF915SZTL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- James Goldstone
- Vincent McEveety
- Kim Darby
- William Shatner
- Michael J. Pollard
- Morgan Woodward
- Grace Lee Whitney
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £5.48
Review Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.4 - What Are Little Girls Made Of / Dagger Of The Mind / Miri [1969] / Paramount Home Entertainment:One of the most popular and influential shows in the history of television, for many viewers the original Star Trek (1966-9) defines good science fiction: however much it tries to be about the future, it cannot help but reflect the values of its own time, and Star Trek's vision was very much a product of creator Gene Roddenberry's 1960s' liberal-humanist idealism. Conceived at the height of the Cold War and during the escalation of the Vietnam conflict, his was a radical vision of a world where national and racial differences have been put aside and all people work together. With a policy of non-intervention in the affairs of other civilisations, and violence only as a last resort, Star Trek embodied a lost dream, a fantasy of what America could have been had John F. Kennedy not been assassinated in 1963. Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner) had the middle name of a Roman emperor, but otherwise shared his initials with the late president, and both were young, good looking, womanising, charismatic popular heroes. If Kirk didn't uphold truth, justice and the American way from the White House, a big white starship was the next best thing. There was even a Russian, Mr Chekov (Walter Koenig), on the bridge, and the show delivered network TV's first inter-racial kiss between Kirk and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). Even though there was a white American male in control, it was still all a bit much for 1960s' mainstream TV, hence the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, boldly going on its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, only lasted three seasons and 72 episodes before being cancelled in 1969, the year Man first walked on the moon. While the once-ground-breaking special effects now look routine, and the then-radical politics have now become part of the politically correct global mainstream, Star Trek retains an enduring popularity due to its strong storytelling-the show employed such top science fiction writers as Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, Norman Spinrad and Theodore Sturgeon-and admirable characters. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei), Kirk, Chekov and Uhura remain icons for a world short of real heroes: loyal to the end, honest and utterly dedicated, these were the friends and colleagues who week after week trusted each other with their lives. [+]Devoid of cynicism and self-interest the crew of the USS Enterprise never, ever let anyone down, and ultimately that is a very big reason for Star Trek's enduring popularity. -Gary S Dalkin.
![Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : Season 7 Box Set [1994]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71Z0VV5MT7L._SL160_.gif)
Actors & Directors
- David Duchovny
- Michael Watkins
- Gillian Anderson
- David Duchovny
- Thomas J. Wright
- Gillian Anderson
- Kim Manners
Run time: 937 min.
RRP: £79.99
Price: £8.00
Review The X Files : Season 7 Box Set [1994] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:With the original conspiracy plot arc fallen into a muddle of loose ends no-one could possibly fathom, once-hungry lead actors on the verge of big screen careers and making demands for more time off or shots at writing and directing, and the initial wish list of monsters-of-the-week long exhausted, it's a miracle The X Files is still making its airdates, let alone managing something pretty good every other show and something outstanding at least once every four episodes. Season seven opens with a dreary two-parter ("Sixth Extinction" and "Amor Fati") and winds up with the traditional incomprehensible cliffhanger ("Requiem"), but along the way includes a clutch of shows that may not match the originality of earlier seasons but still effortlessly equal any other fantasy-horror-sf on American television. Highlights in this clutch: "Hungry", a brain-eating mutant story told from the point of view of a monster who tries to control his appetite by going to eating disorder self-help groups; "The Goldberg Variation", a crime comedy about a weaselly little man who has the gift of incredible good luck, which means Wile E Coyote-style doom for anyone who crosses him; "The Amazing Maleeni", guest-starring Ricky Jay in a rare non-fantastic crime story about a feud between stage magicians that turns out to be a cover for a heist; "X-Cops", a brilliant skit on the US TV docusoap Cops with Mulder and Scully caught on camera as they track an apparent werewolf in Los Angeles (season-best acting from David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson); "Theef", a complex revenge drama with gaunt Billy Drago as a hillbilly medicine man stalking a slick doctor; "Brand X", a horror comic tale of corruption in the tobacco industry; "Hollywood AD" (written and directed by Duchovny), in which Tea Leoni and Garry Shandling are cast as Scully and Mulder in a crass movie version of a real-life X file; and "Je Souhaite", a deadpan comedy about a wry, cynical genie at the mercy of trailer trash masters who haven't an idea what to wish for. Among the disasters are: "Fight Club", a grossly laboured comedy; "All Things", Gillian Anderson's riotously pretentious religious-themed writing-directing debut; "En Ami", written and understood by William B Davis, the cigarette-smoking villain; and the very silly "First Person Shooter", the lamest killer video-game plot imaginable courtesy of distinguished guest writer William Gibson. Still essential, despite the occasional pits, but yet again you go away thinking that the next season had better come up with some answers. -Kim Newman.
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