Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1577 Films to Buy & Rent
Now and Then, Here and There (Ima, soko ni iru boku) (1999)
- Regarded for its unflinching depiction of ‘atrocities’ in a grim totalitarian society, this is an exceptionally bleak, if sufficiently grounded…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 8 (1999)
- Dir. Ed Bye
Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…
- More classic episodes with Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten and Holly in the brilliant British sci–fi comedy.
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Roswell (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Brendan Fehr, Katherine Heigl, Colin Hanks
- A unique melding of science fiction, rites–of–passage drama and teen comedy, this television series, like BUFFY, developed a similiar…
Samurai X - Trust (1999)
- Dir. Kazuhiro Furuhashi
- Slick manga–animation set in 19th century feudal Japan and concerning the travails of an expert swordsman of divided loyalties.
Star Trek - Insurrection (1999)
- Dir. Jonathan Frakes
Feat. Patrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham
- Forging ahead with their own lucrative franchise, the Next Generation produce another winner which fans will rally round. Patrick Stewart and co. get…
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Po–faced revival of the billion–dollar STAR WARS money–spinner, jammed full of digital landscapes, excessive political exposition,…
Supernova (1999)
- Dir. Thomas Lee
Feat. Troy Larsen, Robert Forster, James Spader…
- Aboard the hospital spaceship 'Nightingale', psycho–patient Troy Larsen is on the loose after gaining super–powers from an alien…
Thirteenth Floor, The (1999)
- Dir. Josef Rusnak
Feat. Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Handsomely designed but meandering virtual reality thriller with a now second–hand premise that flits between 1937 and 1999 and ultimately…
Thunder Stone (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Jeffrey Walker, Kate Keltie
- Effective Aussie sci–fi kid's series of a heroic teenager who exists in a future where all animals have become extinct, once he figures out the…
Trekkies (1999)
- Dir. Roger Nygard
- Comprehensive, eye–opening tour of the STAR TREK phenomenon and the lives of some of its more ardent devotees. Chuckle and gasp as Denise…