Release date: 1991-09-23
Run time: 108 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.99
Review 1984 [1985] / 4 Front Video:
![Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : Requiem [2000]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41S3BQMW4NL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Kim Manners
- Mitch Pileggi
- Chris Carter
- Gillian Anderson
- David Duchovny
- Robert Patrick
Run time: 125 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.90
Review The X Files : Requiem [2000] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Patrick Macnee
- Diana Rigg
- Patricia Haines
- John Moxley
- James Hill
- Carole Gray
- Eunice Gayson
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £10.99
Review The Avengers - Vol. 27 - Quick-Quick Slow Death / Who's Who??? [1965] / Lumiere Pictures:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 4.8 - Sons of Mogh / Bar Association [1995]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F7E0DMZ7L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Cirroc Lofton
- Michael Dorn
- Avery Brooks
- David Livingston
- LeVar Burton
- Rene Auberjonois
- Terry Farrell
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.35
Review Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 4.8 - Sons of Mogh / Bar Association [1995] / Paramount Home Entertainment:From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists-The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; the Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; the True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. [+]Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. -Paul Tonks.
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek: Enterprise, Vol 1.9 [2002]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416XESX911L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Rob Hedden
- Dominic Keating
- Scott Bakula
- Jolene Blalock
- Allan Kroeker
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £0.01
Review Star Trek: Enterprise, Vol 1.9 [2002] / Paramount Home Entertainment:Star Trek: Enterprise-Vol. 1. 9 , the fifth live-action series to hail from the Star Trek universe, is without doubt the bravest concept since The Next Generation. Here we boldly go back to the future, 100 years before Captain Kirk, to the very first voyage of a starship called Enterprise. In fact, the concept-once announced at long last-caused an enormous furore among fans and critics. Would the costumes and sets be primary coloured like the 1960s original? Would the ship look like something made on Blue Peter? Would the Klingons look like Fu Manchu in boot polish? No, no and no came the official word at the same time as announcing that Scott (Quantum Leap) Bakula would be sitting in Captain Archer's squeaky new chair. He's accompanied on the new/old ship by his cute dog Porthos, antagonistic Vulcan T'Pol (Jolene Blalock filling the obligatory pin-up babe role) and an alien Doctor with indeterminate head make-up and mysterious origins. It took some time for the show to lift off. An over-familiar format (too much like Voyager) and too much involvement from previous cast and crewmembers were sources of dissatisfaction. But lurking behind the adventures was an insidiously intriguing subplot. [+]Why are the Vulcans so darned manipulative? Who are the shadowy time-travelling baddies? How will matters build toward the Romulan War? The show also attracted guest B-star power from the likes of Dean Stockwell, Clancy Brown and Clint Howard (Blalock in the classic original series episode "The Corbomite Manoeuvre". It boasts consistently cutting-edge CGI effects and survived the marketing-driven placement of a dull MOR pop song over the opening credits. Either despite or because of these warped factors, Enterprise has been a literal flagship for the franchise in a period when many thought Trek's star was dwindling. -Paul Tonks.
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation 39 : Brothers / Suddenly Human [1990]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510X106CZAL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Wil Wheaton
- Marina Sirtis
- Gabrielle Beaumont
- LeVar Burton
- Patrick Stewart
- Rob Bowman
- Jonathan Frakes
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.99
Review Star Trek The Next Generation 39 : Brothers / Suddenly Human [1990] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 2.8 - Lifesigns / Investigations [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FA6QM947L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Jennifer Lien
- Les Landau
- Robert Duncan McNeill
- Robert Beltran
- Cliff Bole
- Roxann Biggs-Dawson
- Kate Mulgrew
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £14.99
Review Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 2.8 - Lifesigns / Investigations [1996] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Bryan Robson
- Keith Barnfather
- Sophie Aldred
- Miles Richardson
- Toby Aspin
Run time: 32 min.
Price: £11.99
Review Mindgame / Reeltime Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Mickey Shaughnessy
- Byron Haskin
- Walter Brooke
- Eric Fleming
- William Hopper
Price: £10.99
Review Conquest Of Space [1955] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Release date: 1995-04-24
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.89
Review The Avengers - A Retrospective / Lumiere Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Andre Morell
- John Krish
- Diana Rigg
- Peter Bowles
- Charles Crichton
- Patrick Macnee
- T.P. McKenna
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £10.99
Review The Avengers - Vol. 4 - Death At Bargain Prices / Escape In Time [1965] / Lumiere Pictures:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation 28 : The Enemy / The Price [1989]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AFQKYTV4L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- David Carson
- Gates McFadden
- Jonathan Frakes
- Patrick Stewart
- LeVar Burton
- Robert Scheerer
- Michael Dorn
RRP: £10.99
Price: £2.50
Review Star Trek The Next Generation 28 : The Enemy / The Price [1989] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 180 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.50
Review Buck Rogers - Vol. 1 / Playback:
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.99
Review Thunderbirds V14-Cham Cham:
![Review Fabulous Films Ltd. / Blake's 7 - Mission To Destiny / Duel - Episodes 7 And 8 [1978]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5160CSV3SCL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Viktors Ritelis
- Fiona Cumming
- Jonathan Wright-Miller
- Vivienne Cozens
- Douglas Camfield
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £12.71
Review Blake's 7 - Mission To Destiny / Duel - Episodes 7 And 8 [1978] / Fabulous Films Ltd.:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation 56 : Hero Worship / Violations [1991]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5132ZPY34QL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Patrick Stewart
- Jonathan Frakes
- LeVar Burton
- Patrick Stewart
- Robert Wiemer
- Michael Dorn
- Gates McFadden
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £9.99
Review Star Trek The Next Generation 56 : Hero Worship / Violations [1991] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
![Review Star Trek Voyager / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 7.10 [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419HMYRQQPL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2001-12-03
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £19.99
Review Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 7.10 [1996] / Star Trek Voyager:Star Trek: Voyager, the first Trek spin-off to be made without any input at all from Gene Roddenberry, made its debut in 1995 and quickly established itself both as markedly different from cosmic cousin Deep Space Nine and as the successor to The Next Generation. Despite a lack of originality in its premise (Lost in Space anyone?), Voyager has nonetheless been a bigger ratings success at times than any of its predecessors. Catapulted unwittingly to the far-flung Delta Quadrant, the crew of the Federation vessel Voyager must try somehow to get back home. The ghost of Katherine Hepburn lives on in Kate Mulgrew's forceful Captain Janeway, who has an equivocal relationship with first officer and Native American-lite Chakotay (Robert Beltran). Tim Russ gives possibly the franchises' first fully realistic (yawn) portrayal of a Vulcan and to enhance the alien quotient there's cuddly chef Neelix (Ethan Phillips). Garret Wang must have drawn short straw for character development, since his Harry Kim is never imbued with any of the drama of rebellious pilot chum Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill), who even gets the series' only romance with the seemingly inescapable resident half-breed B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson). Until the fourth season, the fan favourite was the straight-funny man role of Robert Picardo's nameless Doctor. Then, with the brave Borg storyline "Scorpion Part 2", a serious improvement in the show's behind-the-scenes thinking introduced actress Jeri Ryan as 7 of 9, who immediately upped sex appeal and viewing numbers. There have been some oddities and errors along the way, such as the disappearance of cast regular Kes, the appearance of semi-regular Naomi Wildman and various Holodeck obsessions with Leonardo Da Vinci, a smoky bar and an "Oirish" village. Flashes of brilliance still emerge while Jerry Goldsmith's graceful theme always opens the show in style. [+]-Paul Tonks.
![Review MGM Entertainment / Stargate SG-1 Vol. 2.11 - Missions 2.21 & 2.22 [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EMWGA7PGL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2000-08-28
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £9.49
Review Stargate SG-1 Vol. 2.11 - Missions 2.21 & 2.22 [1998] / MGM Entertainment:The 1994 film 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. Since neither Kurt Russell nor James Spader would be able to commit, it gave the producers licence to tinker with the cast and the universe they'd explore. Replacing 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" pharaoh-like 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 literally 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. Episodes 21 & 22 finish Season Two: there's great fun to be had in "1969" and a time-travel plot that loops many aspects of the show's storylines together. The cliffhanger finale, "Out of Mind", has O'Neill experience an Aliens-style awakening 79 years into his future. [+]What the Hell happened? And why is he being asked so many questions about Earth's defences? -Paul Tonks.
Actors & Directors
- James Olson
- Paula Kelly
- David Wayne
- Kate Reid
- Robert Wise
- Arthur Hill
Run time: 123 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.89
Review The Andromeda Strain (1971) / UNIVERSAL:
Actors & Directors
- Adrian Paul
- Stan Kirsch
- Alexandra Vandernoot
Run time: 91 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.99
Review Highlander: Family Tree / Entertainment in Video:
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