Review, buy Television: Star Trek The Next Generation 53 : Disaster / The Game [1991], The Avengers - Vol. 18 - Look Stop Me If You've Heard This One / My Wildest Dream [1968], The X Files Movie [1998], Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 4.12 (Living Witness/Demon) [1998], Red Dwarf - Series 8 - Byte 1 - Back In The Red [1988], Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 5.6 (Latent Image/Bride of Chaotica) [1996], The X Files : File 1 - Unopened File [1995], Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 3 [1988], Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 4.1 (Scorpion Pt. II/The Gift) [1996], The X Files : Dreamland, The Avengers - Vol. 5 - Too Many Christmas Trees / The Joker [1965], Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 4.6 (Concerning Flight/Mortal Coil) [1996], Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 1 [1988], Red Dwarf VI - Gunmen Of The Apocalypse (Byte 1) [1995] [1993], Blake's 7 - Season 4 [1978], Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 2 [1988], Red Dwarf VII - Series 7 - Xtended [1988], Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 3.11 (Before and After/Real Life) [1996], The X Files : File 15 - Closure [1994], Star Trek The Next Generation 51 : Redemption II / Darmok [1991]

The definitive American television series of the 1990s. The X-Files comes to the big screen with an anticlimactic whimper. And how could it be otherwise? Why should material so perfectly realised in one medium necessarily translate well into another? The series is crisply and thoughtfully executed in just about every detail, but the heart of its appeal lies in the elegant handling of complicated and evolving ongoing story lines, which is not something movies are especially good at. The big-screen drive for closure cramps the creative style, though it may also help nonfans get a grip on the proceedings. We do get some invigorating thrills and chills, however, and a more satisfying sense of the scale of an all-enveloping human-alien conspiracy than ever before, but there's no more plot development here than in an average two-part season-ending. FBI black sheep Mulder and Scully have been temporarily transferred from the X-Files project to an anti-terrorist unit to investigate an Oklahoma City-style bombing. They uncover a new wrinkle in the Syndicate/Cancer Man conspiracy-basically an attempt to help one bunch of (benign?) aliens fight off another bunch who want to colonise Earth. A spectacular, ice-bound finale thrillingly staged by series-veteran director Rob Bowman offers Mulder (but not a conveniently unconscious Scully) his first clear look at a You Know What, which in some quarters qualifies as an epochal event. Martin Landau offers the agents some crucial clues, and several familiar TV faces (including the Lone Gunmen and Mitch Pileggi's indispensable Assistant Director Skinner) turn up briefly to wink knowingly at faithful fans. -David Chute.

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Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 4.12 (Living Witness/Demon) [1998]

Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 4.12 (Living Witness/Demon) [1998] (Paramount Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Miguel Poveda

Release date: 1998-12-07
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £11.25

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Red Dwarf - Series 8 - Byte 1 - Back In The Red [1988]

Red Dwarf - Series 8 - Byte 1 - Back In The Red [1988] (2 Entertain Video)

Actors & Directors

Craig Charles
Norman Lovett
Chris Barrie
Chloe Annett
Danny John-Jules
Ed Bye

Release date: 1999-11-01
Run time: 120 min.
Price: £12.99

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Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 5.6 (Latent Image/Bride of Chaotica) [1996]

Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 5.6 (Latent Image/Bride of Chaotica) [1996] (Paramount Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Allan Kroeker
Robert Picardo
Michael Vejar
Kate Mulgrew
Jeri Lynn Ryan

Release date: 1999-06-21
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £3.89

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : File 1 - Unopened File [1995]

The X Files : File 1 - Unopened File [1995] (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Rob Bowman
Gillian Anderson
David Duchovny
R.W. Goodwin

Release date: 1996-01-15
Run time: 127 min.
RRP: ~~£13.99~~
Price: £0.49

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 3 [1988]

Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 3 [1988] (2 Entertain Video)

Actors & Directors

Robert Llewellyn
Chloe Annett
Ed Bye
Chris Barrie
Craig Charles
Danny John-Jules

Release date: 1999-03-29
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £4.99

Review Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 3 [1988] / 2 Entertain Video:

What if you could communicate with a virus that was infecting you, and argue the ethics of killing a living being to sustain one's own existence? If you were Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise, you'd probably reach an understanding that led to widespread vegetarianism and the elimination of disease. But if you're Dave Lister, you lose the argument, then have to lie there and listen to the smarty-pants virus mocking you. But you don't give up, because your gallant shipmates are sure to have another trick up their sleeves. This tape contains the final two episodes of Red Dwarf Series VII, plus short interviews with the show's cast, creators and fans (including scientist Stephen Hawking and actor Patrick Stewart, who played Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation) and a collection of "smeg-ups", or outtakes, from Series VII. The episodes feature at least two of the finest sight gags in the entire Red Dwarf canon, both quite nasty and thoroughly hilarious at the same time. The smeg-ups are worth watching just for the snippets of Danny John-Jules' true accent, a far cry from the Cat's James Brown-inspired speech. -Anna Peekstok.

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Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 4.1 (Scorpion Pt. II/The Gift) [1996]

Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 4.1 (Scorpion Pt. II/The Gift) [1996] (Paramount Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Winrich Kolbe
Ethan Phillips
Anson Williams
Kate Mulgrew
Roxann Dawson
Robert Picardo
Jeri Lynn Ryan

Release date: 1998-02-02
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £12.10

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : Dreamland

The X Files : Dreamland (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

David Duchovny
Michael Watkins
Kim Manners
Gillian Anderson

Release date: 2000-06-12
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: ~~£9.99~~
Price: £7.80

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The Avengers - Vol. 5 - Too Many Christmas Trees / The Joker [1965] (Lumiere Pictures)

Actors & Directors

Sally Nesbitt
Sidney Hayers
Mervyn Johns
Diana Rigg
Patrick Macnee
Roy Ward Baker
Peter Jeffrey

Release date: 1993-11-29
Run time: 99 min.
Price: £10.99

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Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 4.6 (Concerning Flight/Mortal Coil) [1996]

Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 4.6 (Concerning Flight/Mortal Coil) [1996] (Paramount Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Robert Beltran
Jesus Trevino
Allan Kroeker
Robert Picardo
Ethan Phillips
Kate Mulgrew
Roxann Dawson

Release date: 1998-06-15
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £14.79

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 1 [1988]

Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 1 [1988] (2 Entertain Video)

Actors & Directors

Chloe Annett
Ed Bye
Robert Llewellyn
Craig Charles
Chris Barrie
Danny John-Jules

Release date: 1999-03-29
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £12.99

Review Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 1 [1988] / 2 Entertain Video:

The last man in the universe and his three pals (a servile robot, a humanoid descended from a cat and a pompous hologram) continue their adventures in deep space, skating along the razor edge between high concepts and humour that's lower than a space weevil's belly after it munches its way through a 10-year supply of chicken vindaloo. The first three episodes of Red Dwarf Series VII explore time paradoxes, parallel universes and the meaning of good and evil, between bouts of outrageous physical comedy involving Lee Harvey Oswald, the knights of Camelot and dental floss. Kryten the robot loses his inhibitions, Dave Lister takes his love of virtual-reality gaming way too far, and just when you start to think that all possible jokes involving four guys trapped on a space ship and getting on each other's nerves have been exhausted, one character leaves and a new one joins the crew. These changes may distress some fans, until they recall that the greatest charm of this unique sci-fi comedy has always been its refusal to take anything seriously-including itself. -Anna Peekstok.

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Red Dwarf VI - Gunmen Of The Apocalypse (Byte 1) [1995] [1993] (BBC Video)

Actors & Directors

Chris Barrie
Danny John-Jules
Robert Llewellyn
Andy DeEmmony
Craig Charles

Release date: 1995-05-01
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £9.45

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Review Fremantle Home Entertainment / Blake's 7 - Season 4 [1978]

Blake's 7 - Season 4 [1978] (Fremantle Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Vivienne Cozens
Jonathan Wright-Miller
Viktors Ritelis
Fiona Cumming
Douglas Camfield

Release date: 2004-03-29
Run time: 663 min.
RRP: ~~£39.99~~
Price: £12.00

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 2 [1988]

Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 2 [1988] (2 Entertain Video)

Actors & Directors

Ed Bye
Craig Charles
Robert Llewellyn
Chloe Annett
Chris Barrie
Danny John-Jules

Release date: 1999-03-29
Run time: 101 min.
Price: £12.99

Review Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 2 [1988] / 2 Entertain Video:

Dave Lister's prayers have been answered. The ultra-annoying hologram, Rimmer, has left to become a universe-hopping hero, and a rift in space-time has brought his ex-girlfriend, Kristine Kochanski, back to life. But there's trouble in paradise as Kryten the mechanoid freaks out at the prospect of losing Lister's affections to a woman, Kochanski freaks out about being trapped in space with three losers who have the collective social IQ of celery, and Lister is shocked to find himself actually missing Rimmer. Anyone who shares this last sentiment will get a fix in episode 5, "Blue", which features a carnival ride through a virtual-reality version of Rimmer's perversely skewed diary. But the real treat of this collection is in episode 6, "Beyond a Joke", when the berserk Kryten rampages through "Pride and Prejudice land", foiling Kochanski's efforts to inject some culture into life aboard ship. Chloë Annett does a commendable job of fitting Kochanski in among the misfits of Red Dwarf, and shoulders the job of straight man with admirable aplomb. -Anna Peekstok.

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