A hybrid science fiction movie from Manga Man, Mamoru Oshii. Set in a dystopian future, the young inhabitants of an anonymous Eastern European state (well, it might be Poland...) have become dangerously addicted to a virtual reality game called Avalon. Ash, a lone player who lives a solitary existence begins to get drawn deeper and deeper into the game and before long it becomes unclear as to whether she can ever find her way back, or whether she wants to for that matter. Using tinted monochrom find out more...

Transfer (1966), Cronenberg's first film, is a surreal sketch of a doctor and his patient. From the Drain (1967) finds two men in a bathtub, which may be part of a centre for veterans of a future war. Stereo (1969), Cronenberg's first official feature film, stunningly shot in monochrome, concerns telepaths at the Institute for Erotic Enquiry where patients undergo tests by Dr. Luther Stringfellow. In Crimes of the Future (1970) Cronenberg worked in colour and with a find out more...

Max is a socially smooth computer nerd, his job involves travelling the world protecting big business from hackers, but when he’s sent a mysterious new phone everything gets very odd. Firstly he’s saved from disaster, then he’s lavishly rewarded, but, and it’s a big one, all that glitters isn’t always gold… or even well used kitchen foil. 'Echelon Conspiracy' is an intriguing, pacey, though not entirely successful, conspiratorial action thriller. find out more...

Japan, the future, and cyber technology is out of control with nobody quite sure who's alive and who exists purely on the net. When elite officer, Motoko Kusangi and her two colleagues are sent on the trail of a data thief, they find he has a sinister interest in Motoko herself. Violently complex... find out more...

A dark ‘Bladerunneresque' interpretation of the near future where humans, replicants, cyborgs and robots co-exist. Batou is a detective plunged deep into a world of corruption and murder in his search for a killer that leads him to fear for his own humanity. A stunningly rendered 2-D and 3-D animation, Ghost in the Shell 2's story may pale in comparison with the greats such as ‘Akira' but as a visual feast it's a bench mark for what precedes it. NB you don't have to have watched Ghost in the She find out more...

It's the 21st Century and Johnny's a Mnemonic courier, paid to carry top-secret info inside his brain. The trouble is he's overloaded and his head's going to explode within 24 hours unless he downloads, that's if the evil Chinese gangsters don't chop it off first! Utter nonsense yet strangely entertaining. find out more...

When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune. 

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In the future my son will lead mankind in a war against Skynet, a computer system designed to destroy the world. It has sent machines back through time to kill him, one to protect him. Today we fight to stop Skynet from ever being created. To change our future. To change his fate. The war to save mankind begins now! find out more...

In the future my son will lead mankind in a war against Skynet, a computer system designed to destroy the world. It has sent machines back through time to kill him, one to protect him. Today we fight to stop Skynet from ever being created. To change our future. To change his fate. The war to save mankind begins now! find out more...

In the future my son will lead mankind in a war against Skynet, a computer system designed to destroy the world. It has sent machines back through time to kill him, one to protect him. Today we fight to stop Skynet from ever being created. To change our future. To change his fate. The war to save mankind begins now! find out more...