Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Fiction: 1546 Films to Rent
Elektra (2005)
- Dir. Rob Bowman
Feat. Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Terence Stamp
- Reprising her quasi–superhero role from DAREDEVIL, Garner dons a red supervixen outfit as a contract assassin pitted against a cabal of ninjas…
Evil Aliens (2005)
- Dir. Jake West
- Riotous horror–comedy in the shamelessly low–rent tradition of BAD TASTE, in which a tabloid TV presenter gathers up her film crew to…
Fantastic Four (2005)
- Dir. Tim Story
Feat. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans…
- A surprisingly fetching adaptation of Stan "Spider–man" Lee's tale of a group of astronauts transformed by accidental exposure to cosmic…
Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex: The Laughing Man (2005)
- Dir. Kenji Kamiyama
- A compartment–sized crash course in the STAND ALONE COMPLEX universe, this two hour feature skillfully edits down the seven volume TV series…
Gisaku (2005)
- Dir. Baltasar Pedrosa
- Spanish–anime hybrid concerns an alliance of samurai warriors pitted against a demonic ‘Master of Darkness’ hell–bent on destroying…
Hard Pill (2005)
- Dir. John Baumgartner
Feat. Jonathan Slavin, Scotch Ellis Loring, Susan Slome…
- Provocative comedy–drama dares to posit a scenario in which a little pill can induce heterosexuality and when a depressed gay man wonders if…
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The (2005)
- Dir. Garth Jennings
Feat. Martin Freeman, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell…
- Maintaining the comic wonderstuff and special British eccentricity of Douglas Adams' original novel (and radio and TV spin–offs), this…
How William Shatner Changed the World (2005)
- Dir. Julian Jones
Feat. William Shatner
- In his goofy middle age, William Shatner hosts this irreverent yet informational documentary on the continuing influence of STAR TREK’s fictional…
Invasion (TV Series) (2005-2006)
- Feat. William Fichtner, Eddie Cibrian
- Creeping sci–fi series concerning a small–town family who find their town bizarrely quarantined after a mysterious hurricane. Like a…
Island, The (2005)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi…
- Surprisingly effective dystopian actioner proposes a blandly synthetic future world, in which humans inhabit cities to protect themselves from the…