IQ tests show six fatherless children, all the same age but of different races and countries, have intellects far greater than other humans. The interest of two scientists, a psychologist (Ian Hendry) and a geneticist (Alan Badel), makes the various governments aware of their super-children. Before each country can use its child to gain an
It’s 2027, and the last baby was born over eighteen years ago. The infertility of the human race has caused most societies to crumble, with violent anarchy the rule. Britain survives under a fascist government that cruelly carries out its no-immigration policy. Theo (Clive Owen), an apathetic, alcoholic, office worker, is brought into the fray
Riddick (Vin Diesel), a fugitive and murderer, is brought to the planet Helion Prime to fulfill a prophecy that one of his race will stop the cult of the Necromongers from destroying society. Once there, he learns that the young girl he abandoned five years earlier is locked away in the system’s most unpleasant prison.
Renegade General Pembroke (Steven Grives) calls dishonorably discharged officer Lt. Peter Doyle (Jeremy Callaghan) back to active duty, claiming he is the only man capable of leading a team to a secret government installation in order to disarm a nuclear bomb. Joining Doyle is Pembroke-loyalist and nuclear specialist, Lt. Joyce Darwin (Marjean Holden). Once underway,
Faithless, and therefore unhappy, astronomer, Dr. Eleanor Arroway (Jodie Foster), searches for years for signs of extraterrestrial life. Along the way, she is thwarted by shortsighted scientist Dr. David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt), and she meets man-of-faith, Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), who will later become an advisor to Bill Clinton. Finally, she discovers a broadcast from space
Freak disasters indicate that the Earth’s core has ceased rotating, which will cause the destruction of the world within a year. Geologist Joshua Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) is brought in to work with Dr. Serge Leveque (Tchéky Karyo), and government scientist Conrad Zimsky (Stanley Tucci), to find a solution. The answer is to go to the
A horde of fuzzy, little balls, with razor-sharp teeth, descend upon a small rural town, eating everything and everyone they meet. With the Brown family trapped in their home, things only get worse when intergalactic bounty hunters land. Among killer hand-puppet films, Critters is one of the best. You didn’t even know there was a category
A neglectful father (John Calvin), returning from a vacation with his daughter, Annie (Aimee Brooks), accidentally brings “critter” eggs back to his low-rent apartment complex. Though Aimee was warned about the monsters from bizarre alien-hunter Charlie McFadden (Don Keith Opper), she doesn’t believe until the critters start attacking. Then it is up to her and
Beautiful escaped mental patient, Patricia Stanley (Carole Gray), is picked up by Martin (George Baker), a descendent of Andre Delambre, who first created the teleporter. The two fall in love and marry. But Patricia knows nothing of his accelerated aging, or the experiments he carries out with his father, Henri (Brian Donlevy), and brother, Albert.
After a nuclear war, the survivors at a missile base, Major Denton (George Peppard), Tanner (Jan-Michael Vincent), Keegan (Paul Winfield), and Airman Perry (Kip Niven), set off in an armored RV to reach the paradise known as Albany. Along the way, they encounter tornadoes, floods, killer cockroaches, gun-toting rednecks, and pick up a woman (Dominique
As civilization falls, two SWAT team members (Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger), a TV journalist (Gaylen Ross), and her helicopter pilot boyfriend (David Emge), take refuge from the zombie hordes in a shopping mall. Quick Review: This is the iconic zombie film. The modern concept of zombies was started in Night of the Living Dead,