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- DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsWalter PidgeonAnne FrancisLeslie NielsenA starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.Notable for being a part of Star Trek's history, there are some fantastic ideas about how civilisations can rise, fall and leave traces that we have to try and interpret.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsMichael RenniePatricia NealHugh MarloweAn alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.No, not the Keanu Reeves remake, but the original. Deep, thoughtful and a great take on what an alien might make of the Earth. Visionary for its view that we humans can't be trusted with our planet long before the Green movement.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsRoy ScheiderJohn LithgowHelen MirrenA joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.2001 was a bit of a muddle for my liking, but entirely watchable. This second film explains some of what went on in the first. But don't think of this as a cheap sequel. There are some deep questions asked and answered here.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsRichard DerrBarbara RushPeter HansenAs a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.There are flashes of genius in this story of mankind escaping Earth when an alien world threatens to destroy it.
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsJohn ArcherWarner AndersonTom Powers"Destination Moon", tells the tale of when Doctor Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer approach Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.One of the first films to try and depict a voyage to the Moon. You have to bear in mind this was made 20 years before Armstrong stood there, yet some of the technical challenges and scientific decisions are amazingly accurate.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsGene BarryAnn RobinsonLes TremayneA small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.H G Wells' original story is considered by some to be unfilmable. The best Tom Cruise could do was nick the title. This 1950s effort is thoroughly entertaining and takes some key elements from the original book, then wraps them up in typical 50s style.
- DirectorDuncan JonesStarsSam RockwellKevin SpaceyDominique McElligottAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.This is a very odd, low key film. it features some very interesting ideas, and is beautifully scripted, acted and shot. It also beats the CGI charge and uses a lot of miniatures, which gives it a great retro-feel.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyRose ByrneChris EvansA team of international astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.