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A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., capturing the attention of the world. But the peaceful alien emissary it brings fails to earn the public's trust. When a young woman and her son befriend him, they soon realize they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In this hip, accessible primer to the music, literature, and art of Afrofuturism, author Ytasha Womack introduces readers to the burgeoning community of artists creating Afrofuturist works, the innovators from the past, and the wide range of subjects they explore. From the sci-fi literature of Samuel Delany, Octavia Butler, and N. K. Jemisin to the musical cosmos of Sun Ra, George Clinton, and the Black Eyed Peas will.i.am, to the visual and multimedia...
Publisher
Republic Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002, c1955
Language
English
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Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. In a race for his life, Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1983
Language
English
Description
Fifty spaceships, each 3 miles across, hover ominously over Earth's major cities. The visitors that emerge are humanlike in appearance and extend the hand of friendship. Our planet's resources are just what these aliens need to survive. And for its future survival, unuspecting humankind is going to need-- a miracle!
9) Metropolis
Series
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
An expressionistic drama about authoritarianism and revolt in an industrialized metropolis of the 21st century.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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A documentary film about Alejandro Jodorowsky's attempt to make a film adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel, Dune, starring Jodorowsky's own 12-year-old son, as well as Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, David Carradine and Salvador Dali with music by Pink Floyd; film includes interviews with Jodorowsky and others.
12) Stalker
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Russian
Description
Inside a mysterious realm called the zone there is The Room, a place that will grant you your innermost desire. Stalker, a man that knows how to pass the deadly secrets of The Zone, escorts a group of people to the Room.
13) Equals
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
In a seemingly utopian world, known as 'The Collective,' has ended crime and violence by genetically eliminating all human emotions. Despite this, Nia and Silas can't help noticing a growing attraction between them, leading them to a forbidden relationship, at first tentative, but then exploding into a passionate romance.
14) Final encounter
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
On a distant planet, two human colonies are locked in a brutal war. With only remnants of their immense technologies and their vast armies reduced to a few, a group of brave soldiers decides it's time to step up and end the fighting before both sides are pushed to extinction.
Publisher
GoodTimes Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
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A simple, peaceful countryside is being terrorized by killer zombies with only one thing on their minds--destroy all humans. A small stronghold of survivors must hold the zombies at bay outside an old, abandoned house for any future hope of humanity.
'Night Of The Living Dead,' the renowned and influential horror classic, is as controversial today as it was when first released. Gory and unrelenting in tension, this is a film that clearly deserves...
16) Gattaca
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception,...
18) Air
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In a future time where breathable air is nonexistent, two engineers struggle to maintain their own lives.
Author
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
Deutsch
Description
In order to obtain funds for her research, Alma is persuaded to participate in an extraordinary study. For three weeks she is required to live with Tom, a humanoid robot designed to be the perfect life partner for her, trailored to her character and needs.
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