Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Maddigan's Quest (TV Series) (2006)- Feat. Michael Hurst, Timothy Balme, Danielle Cormack
- Nicely–produced local series for children – adapted from Margaret Mahy's bestseller – set in a post–technological future…
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)- Dir. Keiichi Sugiyama
- Thoughtful, cautionary tale of biological engineering gone awry. Like Miyazaki, this concerns itself with environmental matters through a…
Paprika (2006)
- Dir. Satoshi Kon
- Mind–altering extravaganza of stolen dream technology from the anime trailblazer behind PERFECT BLUE, forged from the dir’s pet themes of…
Perfect Creature (2006)- Dir. Glenn Standring
Feat. Saffron Burrows, Dougray Scott, Leo Gregory… - Ambitious, well–appointed Gothica set in a retro–alternate Aotearoa, where humans and their highly–evolved vampire colleagues…
Prehistoric Park (TV Series) (2006)- Interesting documentary speculation pitched to children has naturalist Nigel Marvin 'rescue' dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, hypothetically…
Renaissance (2006)- Dir. Christian Volckman
Feat. Daniel Craig, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm… - Painting a typically bleak, oppressive view of the not–to–distant future, this French animation conception realises its dystopian malaise…
Scanner Darkly, A (2006)- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jnr., Woody Harrelson… - Richard Linklater’s latest ‘rotoscope’ animation adapts Philip K. Dick's sci–fi novel into a dystopian proxy for the near future, where…
Sinking of Japan, The (Nihon chinbotsu) (2006)- Dir. Shinji Higuchi
Feat. Ko Shibasaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi - Japan is posited as a submerging island nation in this cloying, ultra–earnest disaster movie, based on the (oft–told) theory that seismic…
Southland Tales (2006)- Dir. Richard Kelly
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Mandy Moore… - A chaotically comedic, pre–apocalyptic sci–fi ensemble piece, helmed with self–importance and unrestraint by the…
Superman Returns (2006)- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey… - Solid revival of the 'Man of Steel' franchise soars to new heights of conceptual daring and tour–de–force action, with newcomer Brandon…
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