![Review Cinema Club / The Lawnmower Man [1992]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41W9ZJNZR7L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Brett Leonard
- Jenny Wright
- Pierce Brosnan
- Jeff Fahey
- Geoffrey Lewis
- Mark Bringleson
Run time: 103 min.
Creator: Stephen King
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.79
Review The Lawnmower Man [1992] / Cinema Club:In 1992, The Lawnmower Man was hailed as a CGI (Computer Generated Image) breakthrough. It's fascinating to consider the effects in a historical context, knowing it came just a year after T2: Judgment Day and was followed by Jurassic Park a year later. Written and directed by Bill Leonard, this was intended to showcase how realistic digital likenesses and landscapes had become. Little did they know that Toy Story was already in pre-production! The story hangs on the concept that a scientist gain (Pierce Brosnan) is drafted in to utilise the technology for governmental. As with all top-secret government projects in the movies, it all goes horribly wrong. Forced to progress from a chimp to a human subject, Brosnan secretly recruits local backwards boy and lawnmower pusher Jobe (Jeff Fahey). The increases in intelligence are alarming. He learns Latin in two hours, becomes an object of sexual desire (all it takes is cowboy boots apparently), and then develops telepathic and telekinetic abilities. Some very overt religious analogy is in evidence. Jobe's beatings by a priest give way to an eventual crucifixion on the spinning wheel that allows him to enter Virtual Reality. [+]Will he be resurrected for a sequel? Such questions were what Stephen King took extreme exception to when his name was placed before the title. A lawsuit took care of that. What the film ought to be remembered and appreciated for though are the visuals, which undoubtedly advanced the arcade and home computer game industry. -Paul Tonks.
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek 3 - The Search For Spock [1984]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SRK0YH2AL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- DeForest Kelley
- Leonard Nimoy
- Christopher Lloyd
- Leonard Nimoy
- James Doohan
- William Shatner
Run time: 101 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.49
Review Star Trek 3 - The Search For Spock [1984] / Paramount Home Entertainment:The name says it all-Star Trek III: The Search for Spock-so you didn't think Mr. Spock was really dead, did you? When Spock's casket landed on the surface of the Genesis planet at the end of Star Trek II, we had already been told that Genesis had the power to bring "life from lifelessness". So it's no surprise that this energetic but somewhat hokey sequel gives Spock a new lease of life, beginning with his rebirth and rapid growth as the Genesis planet literally shakes itself apart in a series of tumultuous geological spasms. As Kirk is getting to know his estranged son (Merritt Butrick), he must also do battle with the fiendish Klingon Kruge (Christopher Lloyd), who is determined to seize the power of Genesis from the Federation. Meanwhile, the regenerated Spock returns to his home planet, and Star Trek III gains considerable interest by exploring the ceremonial (and, of course, highly logical) traditions of Vulcan society. The movie's a minor disappointment compared to Star Trek II, but it's a-well, logical-sequel that successfully restores Spock (and first-time film director Leonard Nimoy) to the phenomenal Trek franchise. as if he were ever really gone. With Kirk's wilful destruction of the USS Enterprise and Robin Curtis replacing the departing Kirstie Alley as Vulcan Lt Saavik, this was clearly a transitional film in the series, clearing the way for the highly popular Star Trek IV. [+]-Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.
Actors & Directors
- William Shatner
- Herb Wallerstein
- Leonard Nimoy
- John Erman
- Ralph Senensky
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.61
Review Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 3.3 - Is There In Truth No Beauty? / The Empath / The Tholian Web / 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-groundbreaking 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 let anyone down and ultimately that is a very big reason for Star Trek's enduring popularity. [+]-Gary S Dalkin.
![Review Cinema Club / Crossworlds [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415C9B5MMSL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Andrea Roth
- Krishna Rao
- Stuart Wilson
- Rutger Hauer
- Josh Charles
- Perry Anzilotti
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Raman Rao
RRP: £5.99
Price: £7.94
Review Crossworlds [1996] / Cinema Club:Star Wars meets A Wrinkle in Time in this adventure of an intergalactic war where one unassuming young man holds the key to dimensional travel and the legacy of his mysterious adventurer father. Boyish Josh Charles is the lucky Luke Skywalker stand-in, a good-natured underachiever shocked out of his lovelorn moping when gorgeous guerrilla fighter Andrea Roth takes the battle to his bedroom. Rutger Hauer is the coffee-chugging freedom fighter who is roused from retirement to fill out the trio and face dimensional mob boss Stuart Wilson. This obviously low budget picture makes the most of limited special effects and striking settings-notably an elevator ride that turns into a free-floating mind game hanging in space and a knock-down, drag-out finale that sends our hapless hero popping up all over the universe. Hauer makes for a surprisingly charismatic mercenary turned father figure and Charles is modestly charming, once he loses the smart-ass wisecracks. Though it reaches for a scope that's beyond its means, Crossworlds is an entertaining bit of sci-fi fluff. -Sean Axmaker, Amazon. com.
![Review Contender Entertainment Group / The Avengers Kinky Boots Collection - Vol. 4 [1963]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JRE1VYA3L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Richmond Harding
- Philip Chambers
- Peter Hammond
- Brian Clemens
- Patrick Macnee
- Honor Blackman
Run time: 202 min.
Price: £12.99
Review The Avengers Kinky Boots Collection - Vol. 4 [1963] / Contender Entertainment Group:
Actors & Directors
- Peter Hammond
- Patrick Macnee
- Mitzi Rogers
- Terry Green
- Tim Brinton
- Honor Blackman
- Kenneth Keeling
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £10.99
Review The Avengers - Cathy Gale - Vol. 2 - Mr Teddy Bear / Bullseye [1962] / Lumiere Pictures:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : 1-8 [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/7101QREJS6L._SL160_.gif)
Actors & Directors
- Brent Spiner
- David Carson
- Michael Dorn
- Jonathan Frakes
- Nicholas Meyer
- Leonard Nimoy
- Jonathan Frakes
- Patrick Stewart
- William Shatner
- LeVar Burton
Run time: 852 min.
Creator: Brannon Braga
RRP: £49.99
Price: £30.00
Review Star Trek : 1-8 [1996] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
![Review Contender Entertainment Group / The Avengers Kinky Boots Collection - Vol. 2 [1962]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NDZTMY7RL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Bill Bain
- Peter Hammond
- Honor Blackman
- Jonathan Alwyn
- Richmond Harding
- Patrick Macnee
Run time: 204 min.
Price: £12.99
Review The Avengers Kinky Boots Collection - Vol. 2 [1962] / Contender Entertainment Group:
Release date: 1999-04-12
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.24
Review Fist Of The North Star - Vol. 1 / Manga Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Carole Gray
- Eunice Gayson
- James Hill
- Patrick Macnee
- Patricia Haines
- Diana Rigg
- John Moxley
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 5 : The Final Frontier [1989]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41D9DH4CE1L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- William Shatner
- DeForest Kelley
- Walter Koenig
- William Shatner
- Leonard Nimoy
- Nichelle Nichols
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £14.95
Review Star Trek 5 : The Final Frontier [1989] / Paramount Home Entertainment:Almost universally derided on its first release as the worst of the Star Trek movies to date, The Final Frontier may just have been the victim of bad press. Following in the wake of the massively successful fourth instalment The Voyage Home didn't help matters (notoriously, even-numbered entries are better), nor did having novice director and shameless egomaniac William Shatner at the helm. But if the story, conceived and co-written by Shatner, teeters dangerously on the verge of being corny at times, it redeems itself with enough thought-provoking scenes in the best tradition of the series, and a surprisingly original finale. Granted there are a few too many yawning plot holes along the way, and the general tone is over-earnest (despite some painfully slapstick comedy moments), but the interaction of the central trio (Kirk, Spock and McCoy) is often funny and genuinely insightful; while Laurence Luckinbill is a charismatic adversary as the renegade Vulcan Sybok. True, the rest of the cast scarcely get a look in, and the special effects betray serious budgetary restrictions, but with a standout score from Jerry Goldsmith and a meaty philosophical premise to play around with, Star Trek V looks a lot more substantial in retrospect. Certainly it's no worse than either Generations or Insurrection, the next "odd-numbered" entries in the series. On the DVD: This is a non-anamorphic widescreen (2. 35:1) print, with only two trailers as extra features. Quite frankly, Star Trek fans are being short-changed. -Mark Walker.
Actors & Directors
- John Hough
- Penelope Horner
- Patrick Macnee
- Joss Ackland
- Linda Thorson
- Peter Barkworth
- Don Chaffey
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £10.99
Review The Avengers - Vol. 24 - The Morning After / Stay Tuned [1968] / Lumiere Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Honor Blackman
- Patrick Macnee
- Jonathan Alwyn
- Alan Mason
- Douglas Muir
- Hedger Wallace
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.50
Review The Avengers - Cathy Gale - Vol. 1 - Death Dispatch / Propellant 23 [1962] / Lumiere Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Patrick Allen
- Diana Rigg
- Patrick Macnee
- Peter Jones
- Hugh Manning
- Robert Asher
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £10.99
Review The Avengers - Vol. 25 - The Thirteenth Hole / You Have Just Been Murdered [1965] / Lumiere Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Patrick Macnee
- Ralph Michael
- Linda Thorson
- Patrick Newell
- John Hough
- William Marlowe
- Don Chaffey
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £10.99
Review The Avengers - Vol. 26 - Who Was That Man I Saw You With? / Homicide And Old Lace [1968] / Lumiere Pictures:
Release date: 1995-04-24
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.85
Review The Avengers - A Retrospective / Lumiere Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Tenniel Evans
- Patrick Macnee
- Walter Hudd
- Kim Mills
- Honor Blackman
- Jonathan Alwyn
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £10.99
Review The Avengers - Cathy Gale - Vol. 5 - The Big Thinker / Intercrime [1962] / Lumiere Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Bernard Cribbins
- Robert Day
- Liz Fraser
- Patrick Macnee
- Alfred Burke
- Roy Ward Baker
- Diana Rigg
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £10.99
Review The Avengers - Vol. 23 - The Girl From Auntie / The Positive Negative Man [1965] / Lumiere Pictures:
Release date: 1995-09-25
RRP: £25.99
Price: £39.99
Review The Avengers - Emma Peel - Six Of The Best - Box Set / Lumiere Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- John Agar
- Thomas Browne Henry
- Henry Travis
- Nathan Juran
- Joyce Meadows
- Robert Fuller
Run time: 68 min.
Creator: Ray Buffum
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.98
Review The Brain From Planet Arous [1958] / First Class Films:
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