Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1574 Films to Buy & Rent
Phantom, The (1996)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Billy Zane, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Billy Zane straps into purple tights to fight the depression–era blues and a supernaturally–empowered villain (Treat Williams). An…
Prophecy, The (1996)
- Dir. Gregory Widen
Feat. Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Elias Koteas…
- Christopher Walken plays the Archangel Gabriel(!), spreading terror on earth on behalf of a private vendetta in heaven. X–FILES fans should…
Rurouni Kenshin (TV Series) (Wandering Samurai; Legends of Kyoto; Tales of the Meiji) (1996-1999)
- Dir. Kazuhiro Furuhashi
- Beloved adaptation of the manga series of the same name by Nobuhiro Watsuki, about a former assassin in the early Meiji period who takes a vow never…
Space Truckers (1996)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar…
- A non–villainous Dennis Hopper plays a long–haul truckie of the future, toting a lucrative sealed cargo across the galaxy. Stephen Dorff…
Star Trek - First Contact (1996)
- Dir. Jonathan Frakes
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes
- Highly accredited STAR TREK entry in which an entirely new crew of the Starship Enterprise E come up against series arch–enemies The Borg……
Twelve Monkeys (12 Monkeys) (1996)
- Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe
- Ingenious time–travel epic is a long overdue shot in the arm to the sci–fi genre. Terry Gilliam (BRAZIL) notches up another beautiful and…
Ultraman - Zearth 1 (1996)
- Dir. Shinya Nakajima
- A mockingly ludicrous homage to the long–running Japanese TV serial, in which the heroic MYDO (Mysterious Yonder Defence Organisation) must…
X-Files, The - Season 4 (TV Series) (1996)
- Dir. Rob Bowman, R.W. Goodwin, Kim Manners
Feat. Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny
- Things get a little darker and much wider–spread in the fourth series, which both develops lots more mythology while raising the stakes for all…
Batman Forever (1995)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris O'Donnell…
- A new director and a new Batman (Val Kilmer) line up for this lucrative threequel. Its relentless onslaught of action has a rather numbing effect,…
City of Lost Children (1995)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
Feat. Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet
- Visual wonderstuff from the unique genius pairing of the creators of DELICATESSEN, this is as good a follow up as one could wish for.
While…