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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : File 13 - One Son [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • David Duchovny
  • Rob Bowman
  • Gillian Anderson
Release date: 1999-07-05
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.69

Review The X Files : File 13 - One Son [1994] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review 4 Front Video / Thunderbirds - Vol. 11 - The Imposters / Man From MI5 / Security Hazard [1965]
Actors & Directors
  • John Tate
Release date: 1996-09-16
Run time: 145 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £24.99

Review Thunderbirds - Vol. 11 - The Imposters / Man From MI5 / Security Hazard [1965] / 4 Front Video:


Actors & Directors
  • Peter Jeffrey
  • Linda Thorson
  • Robert Fuest
  • Ian Ogilvy
  • Garfield Morgan
  • Patrick Macnee
Release date: 1994-02-28
Run time: 99 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.90

Review The Avengers - Vol. 9 - Game / They Keep Killing Steed [1969] / Lumiere Pictures:


Actors & Directors
  • Linda Thorson
  • Patrick Macnee
Release date: 1993-10-25
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £9.99

Review The Avengers - Vol. 3 - A Touch Of Brimstone / The Bird Who Knew Too Much / Lumiere Pictures:


Review Fremantle Home Entertainment / Blake's 7 - Season 3 [1978]
Actors & Directors
  • Viktors Ritelis
  • Jonathan Wright-Miller
  • Douglas Camfield
  • Vivienne Cozens
  • Fiona Cumming
Release date: 2004-01-26
Run time: 663 min.
RRP: £39.99
Price: £7.11

Review Blake's 7 - Season 3 [1978] / Fremantle Home Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.02 - The Paragon Of Animals / A View From The Gallery [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Mira Furlan
  • Peter Jurasik
  • Michael Vejar
  • Jerry Doyle
  • Bruce Boxleitner
  • Andreas Katsulas
  • Janet Greek
Release date: 1999-04-05
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.30

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.02 - The Paragon Of Animals / A View From The Gallery [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review Contender Entertainment Group / The Avengers - Parallel Lines Collection - Volume 4 Of 6 - Second Sight / Dial A Deadly Number / Get A Way
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Bowles
  • Don Sharp
  • Peter Bayliss
  • Andrew Keir
  • Neil Hallett
  • Don Leaver
  • Diana Rigg
  • Peter Hammond
Release date: 1999-03-08
Run time: 150 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.25

Review The Avengers - Parallel Lines Collection - Volume 4 Of 6 - Second Sight / Dial A Deadly Number / Get A Way / Contender Entertainment Group:


Review ITV DVD / Thunderbirds - Episodes 5 And 6 [1965]
Actors & Directors
  • John Tate
Release date: 2000-11-13
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.27

Review Thunderbirds - Episodes 5 And 6 [1965] / ITV DVD:

"Filmed in VIDECOLOR [explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax] and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a) the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale, pre-dating such high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armaggedon by 30 years and more (the acting is better, too), and fetishising gadgets in a way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to rival. Unsurprisingly, it transpires that the visual effects are by Derek Meddings, whose later contributions to Bond movies like The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker echo his pioneering model work here. As to the characters, the clean-cut Tracy boys take second place in the audiences' affections to their cool machines-the real stars of the show-while comic relief is to be found in the charming company of Lady Penelope and her pink Rolls (number plate FAB1), driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker, whose "Yes, milady" catch phrase resonated around school playgrounds for decades. (Spare a thought for poor old John Tracy, stuck up in space on Thunderbird 5 with only the radio for company. ) The puppet stunt-work is breathtakingly audacious, and every week's death-defying escapade is nail-bitingly choreographed in the very best tradition of disaster movies. First shown in 1964 and now digitally remastered, Thunderbirds is children's TV that still looks and sounds like big-budget Hollywood. On this tape: The episodes are: "Edge of Impact" and "Day of Disaster".

Review / Thunderbirds V14-Cham Cham
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Price: £4.99

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : File 3 - Abduction [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Chris Carter
  • Gillian Anderson
  • Michael Lange
  • R.W. Goodwin
  • David Duchovny
Release date: 1996-06-03
Run time: 130 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £0.99

Review The X Files : File 3 - Abduction [1994] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Contender Entertainment Group / The Avengers - Parallel Lines Collection - Volume 3 Of 6 - Don't Look Behind You / Epic / Pandora
Actors & Directors
  • Julian Glover
  • Robert Fuest
  • Linda Thorson
  • John Laurie
  • James Hill
  • Kathleen Byron
  • Peter Hammond
  • Diana Rigg
Release date: 1999-03-08
Run time: 150 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £12.00

Review The Avengers - Parallel Lines Collection - Volume 3 Of 6 - Don't Look Behind You / Epic / Pandora / Contender Entertainment Group:


Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.11 - Objects At Rest / Sleeping In Light [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • John Copeland
  • Andreas Katsulas
  • Michael Straczynski
  • Peter Jurasik
  • Mira Furlan
  • Jerry Doyle
  • Bruce Boxleitner
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.49

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.11 - Objects At Rest / Sleeping In Light [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.8 - Tomorrow Is Yesterday / The Return Of The Archons [1978]
Actors & Directors
  • Mireille Mathieu
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 Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.08 - Darkness Ascending / And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Goran Gajic
  • Peter Jurasik
  • Jerry Doyle
  • Mira Furlan
  • Andreas Katsulas
  • Janet Greek
  • Bruce Boxleitner
Release date: 1999-08-09
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.01

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.08 - Darkness Ascending / And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager Vol 5.10 [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Kate Mulgrew
  • Robert Picardo
  • Winrich Kolbe
  • Jeri Lynn Ryan
  • Terence O'Hara
Release date: 1999-10-04
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.25

Review Star Trek Voyager Vol 5.10 [1996] / Paramount Home Entertainment:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 22 - Crossover / The Collaborator [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Terry Farrell
  • Siddig El Fadil
  • Cirroc Lofton
  • David Livingston
  • Rene Auberjonois
  • Avery Brooks
  • Cliff Bole
Release date: 1994-09-26
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £29.99

Review Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 22 - Crossover / The Collaborator [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, no squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy and no beige décor. Instead they wanted inter-personal 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 Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.07 - The Corps Is Mother, The Corps Is Father / Meditations On The Abyss [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Tracy Scoggins
  • Stephen Furst
  • Bill Mumy
  • Stephen Furst
  • Richard Biggs
  • Jeff Conway
  • Michael Vejar
Release date: 1999-07-19
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.26

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.07 - The Corps Is Mother, The Corps Is Father / Meditations On The Abyss [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review Fabulous Films Ltd. / Blake's 7 - Way Back / Space Fall - Episodes 1 And 2 [1978]
Actors & Directors
  • Vivienne Cozens
  • Viktors Ritelis
  • Jonathan Wright-Miller
  • Fiona Cumming
  • Douglas Camfield
Release date: 1998-03-02
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £0.39

Review Blake's 7 - Way Back / Space Fall - Episodes 1 And 2 [1978] / Fabulous Films Ltd.:


Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Pilot [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Mira Furlan
  • Richard Compton
  • Tamlyn Tomita
  • Blaire Baron
  • Michael O'Hare
  • Jerry Doyle
Release date: 1995-07-17
Run time: 80 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.74

Review Babylon 5 - Pilot [1993] / Warner Home Video:

"The Gathering", the feature-length pilot episode for Babylon 5, still ranks amongst the best of introductions to any TV science fiction show. In 1993 there was just nothing else to compare with its wall-to-wall CGI effects backed up by eye-popping architectural and interior production design, costumes, alien make-up and hairstyles. A couple of flat performances let down an otherwise intriguingly cast ensemble, but these problems would vanish in the series. Here, character introduction and development was refreshingly left to fend for itself within an elaborate narrative structure that kicked-off several plot threads at once. Creator Michael Straczynski ambitiously starts proceedings with a multi-layered mystery concerned with the nature and destiny of the soul. Political shenanigans, trigger-happy action stereotypes and wavering physics linger in the viewer's memory, but the tantalising tale told by smooth Commander Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) about the "hole in his mind" makes the strongest impression. Considering how convoluted the show's mysteries would become, "The Gathering" remains an essential starting point. On the DVD: Babylon 5: The Gathering is presented here in its 1998 Special Edition version. However, nowhere on the packaging is this stated. In fact, the back-cover credits are incorrect: apart from anything else, this version features a new score by Christopher Franke and not Stewart Copeland's original. [+]
Special effects and sound quality are also superior to the original version, even if still only presented in 1. 33:1 ratio and two-channel Dolby. -Paul Tonks.

Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation - Vol. 1.6 - Too Short A Season / When The Bough Breaks / Home Soil
Actors & Directors
  • Corey Allen
  • LeVar Burton
  • Patrick Stewart
  • Denise Crosby
  • Michael Dorn
  • Rob Bowman
  • Jonathan Frakes
  • Kim Manners
Release date: 1998-08-10
Run time: 132 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.00

Review Star Trek The Next Generation - Vol. 1.6 - Too Short A Season / When The Bough Breaks / Home Soil / Paramount Home Entertainment:

In 1987, some 20 years after the original series had ended, Star Trek: The Next Generation was launched into a decade renowned for its materialistic greed, but also for its hesitant steps towards a more unified world order. Creator Gene Roddenberry revised his vision of humanity's future accordingly, shifting the Trek timeline 80 years on and reinventing the new Starship Enterprise as an Ark-like exploration vessel full of families, schools, soothing recreational facilities and a maternally pacifying computer voice (Roddenberry's wife, Majel Barrett). The Next Generation crew were not soldiers, but scientists and diplomats. Unlike the fiercely individualistic Captain Kirk, Patrick Stewart's patrician Captain Jean-Luc Picard was a model team leader: no matter how desperate the crisis, he ensured that everyone got to sit round the Conference Room table and talk it over. And in a true late-1980s touch, a key member of the Bridge crew was psychoanalyst Counsellor Troi, always on hand to discuss everyone's feelings. Season Two saw the welcome introduction of the cybernetic horror that was the Borg. Originally a powerful symbol of technological misuse in an otherwise technologically utopian universe, ultimately their hive-like existence served to reinforce the message that everyone would be much happier as a team player. Even renegade super-entity Q (John De Lancie) relied on Picard as much as his fellow god-like playmates; Data followed Pinocchio and Spock in a quest to discard what made him an individual; and there was even an episode that rationalised why all aliens basically looked alike (we're all one big family). Even the slogan change to "Where no one has gone before" acknowledges that there's no "one" in a team. But for all its earnest political correctness and an over-reliance on "technobabble", good stories played by an appealing ensemble cast were at the heart of the show's success. [+]
After seven successful seasons, "All Good Things" finally came to an end. Until Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise, that is. -Paul Tonks.

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