Based on the novel by Whitley Strieber about his own experiences. A novelist is haunted by disturbing dreams in which he's molested by aliens. Convinced that his tormentors are real, he is driven almost to insanity in his quest for the truth. Walken is excellent in this gripping sci-fi thriller. find out more...

Set in Johannesburg (more than a welcome change to the usual formulaic Hollywood paradigm whereby LA or New York are not only the backdrop for disaster but act too as the centre-point of planet Earth), An ominous mothership hovers above Johannesburg containing an alien race of insectoid refugees. Derogatively referred to as 'Prawns' by humans they are cordoned off in an apartheid-esque fashion and forced to live a desolate and slum-like existence in the titular District 9. While forcibly relocat find out more...

Fascinating futuristic yarn set in a world that's finally cracked genetic engineering. Only the perfect are rewarded with social acceptance, with the un-improved branded as in-valids. But aspiring astronaut Ethan Hawke is not about to be held back by his "imperfections", so, borrowing the genes of the enhanced but wheelchair-bound Jude Law, he cons his way into a job at the gigantic Gattaca corporation. His ensuing affair with the immaculate Uma Thurman, however, triggers a desperate race to avo find out more...

Tony Stark is the epitome of "come-the-revolution…" capitalism, a morally ambiguous playboy billionaire who's built his wealth on mankind's incessant need to slaughter his fellows, but, after showing off one of his latest weapons to the military, Stark endures an experience that will leave him, both physically and mentally, a changed man. Stark is now an individual with a conscience, a burning desire to see justice done and the limitless cash to make it a reality… the building of a ‘superhero' find out more...

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A bereaved scientist attempts to create a cure for Alzheimer's, resulting in a supernaturally intelligent chimp named Caesar. The ape’s character swiftly evolves from wide-eyed innocent to reluctant revolutionary while, ironically, never losing his ‘humanity’. Once it kicks off the blemish less CGI action is a joy to behold, an find out more...

Following a violent thunderstorm, artist David Drayton and a small town community, all trapped in the local supermarket, come under vicious attack from creatures prowling in a thick and unnatural mist. Local rumours point to an army experiment gone awry at a nearby top-secret base, but as the locals break off into increasingly murderous factions the ravenous monsters are in danger of taking a back seat to the carnage. Mist is a superior adaptation of a Stephen King horror thanks in large part to find out more...

Charlton Heston is the only (normal) survivor of an apocalyptic plague that has destroyed mankind. A band of mutants calling themselves the 'Family' believe science and technology to be the cause of the plague. Neville (Heston), as the last symbol of the old world of science, is seen as a threat to the new order. For the mutants, the only way to insure their domination of the planet is to rid themselves of their distructive ancestor. Superb! find out more...