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Review Universal Pictures UK / Prototype [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • David Greene
  • James Sutorius
  • Stephen Elliott
  • Christopher Plummer
  • David Morse
  • Frances Sternhagen
Release date: 1994-07-11
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: William Link
Price: £10.99

Review Prototype [1992] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review MGM Entertainment / The Outer Limits - Vol. 1 - The Hundred Days Of The Dragon / The Galaxy Being [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • Cliff Robertson
  • Sidney Blackmer
  • Leslie Stevens
  • Phillip Pine
  • Jacqueline Scott
  • Lee Philips
  • Byron Haskin
Release date: 1995-09-18
Run time: 104 min.
Price: £9.99

Review The Outer Limits - Vol. 1 - The Hundred Days Of The Dragon / The Galaxy Being [1963] / MGM Entertainment:


Review MGM Entertainment / The Outer Limits - The New Series - Vol. 3 - Caught In The Act / The Voyage Home [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Matt Craven
  • Jason London
  • Tibor Takacs
  • Garry Chalk
  • Saul Rubinek
  • Mark Sobel
  • Alyssa Milano
Release date: 1996-07-22
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £12.99

Review The Outer Limits - The New Series - Vol. 3 - Caught In The Act / The Voyage Home [1995] / MGM Entertainment:


RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.97

Review Dark Angel:


Review MGM Entertainment / The Outer Limits - The New Series - Vol. 4 - Blood Brothers / The New Breed [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • John Clarke
  • Greg Roman
  • Byron Morrow
Release date: 1996-08-19
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £3.80

Review The Outer Limits - The New Series - Vol. 4 - Blood Brothers / The New Breed [1995] / MGM Entertainment:


Review MGM Entertainment / The Outer Limits - Vol. 2 - Man With The Power / The Architects Of Fear [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Culp
  • Laslo Benedek
  • Byron Haskin
  • Geraldine Brooks
  • Frank Maxwell
  • Donald Pleasence
  • Priscilla Morrill
Release date: 1995-09-18
Run time: 102 min.
Price: £9.99

Review The Outer Limits - Vol. 2 - Man With The Power / The Architects Of Fear [1963] / MGM Entertainment:


RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.96

Review Lawnmower Man:


Actors & Directors
  • Michael Anderson
  • Kris Kristofferson
  • Daniel J. Travanti
  • Robert Joy
  • Lloyd Bochner
  • Cheryl Ladd
Release date: 1995-11-13
Run time: 101 min.
Creator: John Varley
RRP: £10.99
Price: £24.99

Review Millennium [1989] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review MGM Entertainment / Outer Limits, The - The New Series - Vol. 2 - I, Robot / Under The Bed [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Barbara Tyson
  • Cyndy Preston
  • Timothy Busfield
  • Leonard Nimoy
  • Nathaniel De Veaux
  • Rene Bonniere
  • Adam Nimoy
Release date: 1996-06-17
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £1.95

Review Outer Limits, The - The New Series - Vol. 2 - I, Robot / Under The Bed [1995] / MGM Entertainment:


Review MGM Entertainment / The Outer Limits - The New Series - Vol. 5 - The Second Soul / Corner Of The Eye [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Grove
  • Paul Lynch
  • Stuart Gillard
  • Len Cariou
  • Mykelti Williamson
  • Rae Dawn Chong
  • D.W. Moffett
Release date: 1996-09-23
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £5.99

Review The Outer Limits - The New Series - Vol. 5 - The Second Soul / Corner Of The Eye [1995] / MGM Entertainment:


Review 4 Front Video / Krull [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Ken Marshall
  • Peter Yates
  • Freddie Jones
  • Francesca Annis
  • Lysette Anthony
  • Alun Armstrong
Release date: 2002-07-01
Run time: 115 min.
Creator: Stanford Sherman
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.29

Review Krull [1983] / 4 Front Video:

There's something inescapably appealing about Krull, a camp Star Wars-meets-The Lord of the Rings knock-off, that encourages the viewer to overlook it's very many silly shortcomings and simply enjoy the fun. James Horner's rollicking music score-written soon after his similarly memorable contribution to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan-certainly helps, as does the epic-scale CinemaScope photography of the breathtaking Italian landscapes. The costumes and extravagant production design are also great to look at, and much of Derek Meddings' visual effects work still looks striking if not exactly state-of-the-art. Of the cast, Freddie Jones stands head and shoulders above all others as the Obi Wan Kenobi-meets-Gandalf character Ynyr: his trip to the centre of the spider's web is both genuinely scary and genuinely touching. The two romantic leads, Ken Marshall as the Luke Skywalker-meets-King Arthur clone Prince Colwyn and Lysette Anthony (with an overdubbed American voice) as his Leia-Guinevere Princess Lyssa, are mere formalities on which to hang the plot. Ironic fun can be had with the all-British supporting cast, which includes Todd Carty of Eastenders fame and Carry On's Bernard Bresslaw, as well as Robbie Coltrane, Liam Neeson and the gorgeous Francesca Annis. On the DVD: Krull comes to DVD in an anamorphic widescreen print, preserving the luscious CinemaScope look of the theatrical release. The Dolby 5. 1 sound lives up to the picture. There are two commentary tracks: on the first, director Peter Yates talks through the movie, with contributions from other crew members and leads Ken Marshall and Lysette Anthony. [+]
Oddly, the second audio track is just a reading of an article that originally appeared in the November 1982 issue of Cinefantastique magazine. There's also a half-hour "making-of" featurette originally produced to promote the movie at the time, the usual trailer, stills gallery and three talent profiles. -Mark Walker.

Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 2.7 - Dreadnought / Death Wish [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Beltran
  • Kate Mulgrew
  • Roxann Dawson
  • Robert Duncan McNeill
  • Ethan Phillips
Release date: 1996-07-22
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: Rick Berman
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.99

Review Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 2.7 - Dreadnought / Death Wish [1996] / Paramount Home Entertainment:


Review Scream Time Video / The Giant Claw [1957]
Actors & Directors
  • Morris Ankrum
  • Mara Corday
  • Jeff Morrow
  • Fred F. Sears
  • Louis Merrill
  • Edgar Barrier
Run time: 71 min.
Price: £12.99

Review The Giant Claw [1957] / Scream Time Video:


Actors & Directors
  • Matthew Broderick
  • Kevin Dunn
  • Maria Pitillo
  • Hank Azaria
  • Roland Emmerich
  • Jean Reno
Release date: 1992-05-11
Run time: 161 min.
Creator: Terry Rossio
RRP: £9.99
Price: £8.99

Review Godzilla - Son Of Godzilla / The Terror Of Mechagodzilla [1998] / Universal Pictures UK:

As "gigantic monster reptile attacks New York" movies go, you've got to admit that Godzilla delivers the goods, although its critical drubbing and box-office disappointment were arguably deserved. It's a shameless, uninspired crowd-pleaser that's content to serve up familiar action with the advantage of really fantastic special effects, and if you expect nothing more you'll be one among millions of satisfied customers. There's really no other way to approach it-you just have to accept the fact that Independence Day creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin are unapologetic plagiarists, incapable of anything more than mindless spectacle that can play in any cinema in the world without dubbing or subtitles. The whole movie plays out like a series of highlights stolen from previous blockbusters of the 1990s; it's little more than a rehash of the Jurassic Park movies. The derivative script is so trivial that it's unworthy of comment, apart from a few choice laughs and the casting of Michael Lerner as New York's mayor, whose name is Ebert and who closely resembles a certain well-known movie critic. Perhaps that's a clever hint that this movie's essentially critic-proof. It's stupid but it's fun, and for most audiences that's a fitting definition of mainstream Hollywood entertainment. -Jeff Shannon Zorro, a pop-fiction creation invented by Johnston McCulley in 1918, is given new blood in this fast-moving and engaging version. Director Martin Campbell wisely instils a measure of frivolity into the deftly choreographed action sequences, while letting a serious tone creep in when appropriate. This covers much ground under the banner of romantic-action-adventure and it does so most excellently. [+]
-Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon. com Godzilla delivers the goods, although its critical drubbing and box-office disappointment were arguably deserved. It's a shameless, uninspired crowd-pleaser that's content to serve up familiar action with the advantage of really fantastic special effects, and if you expect nothing more you'll be one among millions of satisfied customers. The whole movie plays out like a series of highlights stolen from previous blockbusters of the 1990s. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 2.6 - Threshold / Meld [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Kate Mulgrew
  • Roxann Dawson
  • Robert Duncan McNeill
  • Robert Beltran
  • Ethan Phillips
Release date: 1996-07-08
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: Rick Berman
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.35

Review Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 2.6 - Threshold / Meld [1996] / Paramount Home Entertainment:


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Men In Black [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Linda Fiorentino
  • Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Rip Torn
  • Will Smith
  • Tommy Lee Jones
  • Vincent D'Onofrio
Release date: 1998-04-08
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Lowell Cunningham
RRP: £15.99
Price: £0.65

Review Men In Black [1997] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

This imaginative comedy from director Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty) is a lot of fun, largely on the strength of Will Smith's engaging performance as the rookie partner of a secret agent (Tommy Lee Jones) assigned to keep tabs on Earth-dwelling extra-terrestrials. There's lots of comedy to spare in this bright film, some of the funniest stuff found in the margins of the major action (a scene with Smith's character being trounced in the distance by a huge alien while Jones questions a witness is a riot. ) The inventiveness never lets up, and the cast-including Vincent D'Onofrio doing frighteningly convincing work as an alien occupying a decaying human-hold up their end splendidly. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com On the DVD: This Collector's Edition disc contains a "Visual Commentary" that features director Barry Sonenfeld and actor Tommy Lee Jones in an anecdotal conversation, but with the unique twist that they are displayed as silhouettes on your TV screen (imagine you're sitting in the back row of the cinema and they are up front) using a pointer to highlight particular events on screen. If you have a widescreen TV, the menu prompts you to switch to 4:3 mode to see this. There is also a "Visual Effects Scene Deconstruction" in which the tunnel scene and the Edgar Bug fight scene are dissected into their constituent parts; an in-depth documentary, "Metamorphosis of MIB", which charts the progress of the concept from comic book to screen; five "Extended and Alternate" scenes; trailers, including a teaser for MIB II; and Will Smith's "Men in Black" music video. -Mark Walker.

Actors & Directors
  • Nan Peterson
  • Robert Clarke
  • Fred La Porta
  • Bill Hampton
  • Patricia Manning
  • Robert Clarke
Release date: 1996-02-26
Run time: 71 min.
Price: £9.99

Review Hideous Sun Demons / First Class Films:


Actors & Directors
  • Jean Reno
  • Maria Pitillo
  • Roland Emmerich
  • Matthew Broderick
  • Hank Azaria
  • Kevin Dunn
Release date: 1992-08-10
Run time: 258 min.
Creator: Terry Rossio
Price: £10.99

Review Godzilla - Triple Feature [1998] / Universal Pictures UK:

As "gigantic monster reptile attacks New York" movies go, you've got to admit that Godzilla delivers the goods, although its critical drubbing and box-office disappointment were arguably deserved. It's a shameless, uninspired crowd-pleaser that's content to serve up familiar action with the advantage of really fantastic special effects, and if you expect nothing more you'll be one among millions of satisfied customers. There's really no other way to approach it-you just have to accept the fact that Independence Day creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin are unapologetic plagiarists, incapable of anything more than mindless spectacle that can play in any cinema in the world without dubbing or subtitles. The whole movie plays out like a series of highlights stolen from previous blockbusters of the 1990s; it's little more than a rehash of the Jurassic Park movies. The derivative script is so trivial that it's unworthy of comment, apart from a few choice laughs and the casting of Michael Lerner as New York's mayor, whose name is Ebert and who closely resembles a certain well-known movie critic. Perhaps that's a clever hint that this movie's essentially critic-proof. It's stupid but it's fun, and for most audiences that's a fitting definition of mainstream Hollywood entertainment. -Jeff Shannon Zorro, a pop-fiction creation invented by Johnston McCulley in 1918, is given new blood in this fast-moving and engaging version. Director Martin Campbell wisely instils a measure of frivolity into the deftly choreographed action sequences, while letting a serious tone creep in when appropriate. This covers much ground under the banner of romantic-action-adventure and it does so most excellently. [+]
-Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon. com Godzilla delivers the goods, although its critical drubbing and box-office disappointment were arguably deserved. It's a shameless, uninspired crowd-pleaser that's content to serve up familiar action with the advantage of really fantastic special effects, and if you expect nothing more you'll be one among millions of satisfied customers. The whole movie plays out like a series of highlights stolen from previous blockbusters of the 1990s. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 6.3 - Favour of the Bold Pt.I / Sacrifice of Angels Pt.II
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Dorn
  • Avery Brooks
  • Allan Kroeker
  • Rene Auberjonois
  • Terry Farrell
  • Cirroc Lofton
  • Winrich Kolbe
Release date: 1998-04-06
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.39

Review Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 6.3 - Favour of the Bold Pt.I / Sacrifice of Angels Pt.II / 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. This 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 demonstrating a gutsy 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 Cinema Club / Class of 1999
Actors & Directors
  • Traci Lind
  • Mark L. Lester
  • Malcolm McDowell
  • Bradley Gregg
  • Stacy Keach
  • Patrick Kilpatrick
Release date: 2001-02-19
Price: £5.99

Review Class of 1999 / Cinema Club:

Even though this violent indie film has "exploitation" stamped all over it-with its gratuitous car chases, shootouts, and anarchistic characters-it is a guilty pleasure. Unfolding in the future-well, at least at the time of its release it was a decade ahead of schedule-this movie shows how US urban schools have deteriorated to the point that gangs run the classroom and the police, scared to even go near these educational wastelands, use hired goons to keep law and order there. (In fact, the US government now has a Department of Educational Defence. ) In Class of 1999, a corporate representative (Stacy Keach), eager to rake in potential billions in government contracts, convinces a Seattle-area school principal (Malcolm McDowell) to test out three lifelike android teachers (including Pam Grier). This technological trio possesses intelligence and superhuman strength, which offer to both educate and discipline the bad apples at school. Unfortunately, the androids quickly move from harsh discipline such as spankings and beatings to murder, and Keach's corporate scumbag convinces McDowell's educator that despite this, the program needs to stay its course. Thus it is up to a newly paroled ex-gang member (Bradley Gregg) and the principal's daughter (Traci Lind) to uncover the teachers' identities and alert students and rival gangs to the impending danger. Despite its formulaic approach and some plot implausibilities, Mark Lester's film is entertaining to watch, especially with such exchanges as this: "So they've been waging war with my students. " "Well, isn't that what all teachers do?" -Bryan Reesman, Amazon. com.

Models & Brands:
Prototype [1992], The Outer Limits - Vol. 1 - The Hundred Days Of The Dragon / The Galaxy Being [1963], The Outer Limits - The New Series - Vol. 3 - Caught In The Act / The Voyage Home [1995], Dark Angel, The Outer Limits - The New Series - Vol. 4 - Blood Brothers / The New Breed [1995], The Outer Limits - Vol. 2 - Man With The Power / The Architects Of Fear [1963], Lawnmower Man, Millennium [1989], Outer Limits, The - The New Series - Vol. 2 - I, Robot / Under The Bed [1995], The Outer Limits - The New Series - Vol. 5 - The Second Soul / Corner Of The Eye [1995], Krull [1983], Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 2.7 - Dreadnought / Death Wish [1996], The Giant Claw [1957], Godzilla - Son Of Godzilla / The Terror Of Mechagodzilla [1998], Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 2.6 - Threshold / Meld [1996], Men In Black [1997], Hideous Sun Demons, Godzilla - Triple Feature [1998], Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 6.3 - Favour of the Bold Pt.I / Sacrifice of Angels Pt.II, Class of 1999

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