Top Selected Products and Reviews
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Sci-Fi Creature Classics - 4-Movie Set - 20 Million Miles to Earth - The Giant Claw - It Came From Beneath The Sea - MothraDVD ~ William Hopper- In Stock.
List Price: $9.98 Price: $5.78 You Save: $4.20 (42%) "Great price for great classics. Cllaaaawwwww!" - By ay2455 (michigan)
If you are a fan of old classic giant monster horror movies, motion capture, so bad it's good cinema or the beautiful and inspiring work of the genius Ray Harryhousen, then you'll love this collection. There are some good movies here, but if you're looking for one of the most ill conceived and tragic movie monsters of yester year then you came for The Giant Claw. Trying to find it on it's own is hard and very expensive. Thanks to Sony and Mill Creek entertainment for an affordable collection of good quality. Each of these movies look good. And with the remastering Harryhausen's technical achievements are that much more impressive. So if you love giant mermen(?), 6 tentacled giant octopus, tiny singing ladies and Mexican handcrafted budget restricted,flying turducken, then this is the collection for you!(239) -
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"Great Jules Verne sci fi on DVD. Superb acting, color and sound. Dinosaurs and huge mushrooms too" - By Thomas Erickson (Lutz Fl and Felt Oklahoma)
Jules Verne is my second favorite classic science fiction author behind H G Wells. Verne wrote INMO one of his best classics in Journey to the Center of the Earth.
James Mason was superb as the Scottish Sir Lindenbrook and leader of the expedition. Pat Boone was very good as Alex, his student and expedition member. Arlene Dahl was great as the widow of the murdered Professor Guteborg from Stockholm.
This story took place in 1880 , part in Edinburgh Scotland and Professor Guteburg from Stockholm Sweden. I have been to both cities a few times and they are two of my favorite European cities. The acting and plot were superb as well as the color and audio. A great DVD. Lots of action with Dinosaurs, giant mushrooms, and brilliant gems.
We see the race to follow the 300 year old Scot Sacknassum into the center ... full review(408) -
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"Wonderful Collection Presented in Widescreen" - By Derek Dean (Monterey, CA)
I was a bit hesitant to buy this collection because it was listed as having an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. However, it was also listed as being Widescreen..... so I took a chance and ordered it.
When it arrived I was happy to find that all 4 movies are presented in what appears to be their original theatrical widescreen aspect ratios, although the actual numbers aren't listed on the DVDs or the box.
What it does say on the back of the box is that both The Time Machine and 2001 are presented in the widescreen format preserving the original theatrical aspect ratio..... enhanced for widescreen TVs.
The transfers look clean and the audio is crystal clear (listed as Dolby 5.1). As has been noted these are pretty much bare bones presentations, but you get 4 excellent movies on 2 double sided DVDs for a good ... full review(249) -
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"Fake E.T., Fake Conan, & Really Fake Action Chicks!" - By Roochak
Not much in the way of bonus features for this re-release of the 2003 Rhino set. It'll be closed captioned, as all Shout Factory MST3K sets seem to've been since volume XXX, and this set will include the MST Hour wraps for "Cave Dwellers" and "Pod People." Other'n that, you'll get exactly the same thing you got in the Rhino set: three movies and a shorts compilation.
POD PEOPLE (episode #303): So why are the opening and closing credits of the French-Spanish co-production POD PEOPLE (1983) superimposed over (blurry) footage from Don Dohler's Baltimore-based, direct-to-video Z-movie, THE GALAXY INVADER (1985)? Blame the outfit that re-released POD PEOPLE in 1990, the original American distributor having gone belly up in 1985 after its CEO disappeared, along with a million dollars of the company's money. As for the movie itself, it's one of the most risible things ever to appear on ... full review(495) -
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"An Old Classic" - By Amazon Customer (St. Louis, MO USA)
There is just something about this movie that grabs me. Let me explain.
The story is probably well known by now. There's the evil Master Control Program (MCP) that is taking over not only all programs at Encom corporation, but also all programs across the world, including those at the Pentagon and Kremlin. Behind all of this is the over ambitious and sneaky Ed Dillinger, played by David Warner, who having stolen Encom's most successful game programs written by brilliant and cocky programmer, Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), has been promoted way beyond his abilities and is being pushed around by the MCP. Of course, the MCP is actually a very advanced artificial intelligence program, smarter than any program ever written, and way beyond today's technology. The same applies to other programs, which are lesser AIs that relate to their users as a mortal would ... full review(758) -
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Sci-Fi Classics 50 Movie PackDVD ~ John Carradine- In Stock.
List Price: $29.98 Price: $10.95 You Save: $19.03 (63%) "Five Stars" - By Amazon Customer
Perfect if you enjoy black and white old movies that you've never heard of. Love it!(264) -
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Movies 4 You - Sci Fi Classics (The Man from Planet X / Beyond the Time Barrier / The Time Travelers / The Angry Red Planet)DVD ~ Robert Clarke- In Stock.
List Price: $6.95 Price: $5.99 You Save: $0.96 (14%) "DOESN'T need another review, but SOMEBODY needs to knock the review-average UP a notch" - By Michael Grösch-McCluskey (Wach†küppel haus #111, Wach†küppel, Germany)
Great movies from back-in-the-day, when there were more DRIVE-IN MOVIES than
McDonald's.
The transfers through my blu-ray player into my 55" TV were just fine, and not
suffering from any resolution loss; though there are no chapter or time indicator
features on this, or the OTHER 4 film collections. Bring an egg timer, eh?
Briefly:
======> "THE MAN FROM PLANET X" pleads for help from a Scottish Reporter.
1.33:1, B & W, 1951
======> An American Pilot crashes "BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER" to the year 2024... after the 1971 plague!
1.33:1, B & W, 1959
======> "THE ANGRY RED PLANET" has unfriendly Martian plants and some GIANT, weird-lookin', mouse/spider-thing.
1.33:1, Color, 1960
======> "THE TIME TRAVELLERS" go 107 years ahead when a post apocalypse, few, "normal people" are mutant food.
1.66:1, Color, 1964
310 minutes on a --- single-sided --- DVD
A ... full review(236) -
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"Plato Verado Nick to !" - By Dan Wright Near Biglerville, Pa. Who'd Guess? (Pa. a State in what used to be called a Republic in a country called America, now-a-days not sure.)
This is one of "them" movies that will never grow old, at least not to me. How anyone, except, a person with an exceptional mind, way back then (1945-1949), come up with the IDEA of "Artificial Intelligence" is so awesome ! And with a Prime Directive as "Destroy" "The Aggressor With Extreme Prejudice" IS ALMOST TOO COOL FOR WORD ! Check it out !(2,154) -
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"What Books Would You Have Taken?" - By J. Thadeus Toad (Waukegan, IL United States)
Finally another one of George Pal's masterpiece fantasy films gets the Blu-Ray treatment. The film is a classic bit of late fifties science fiction, the kind that Pal excelled in for most of his entire career. I remember seeing this in the movie theater when I was just five years old. It made quite an impression on me then, especially the scene of the sped up decomposition of the Morlock. It scared me so bad I had the hiccups all night! The Blu-ray transfer is impeccable. Great resolution, rich colors and perfect contrast. If there is one slight draw back with HD it is found in older films that relied on blue screen and old fashioned in camera composite techniques. Unfortunately all the flaws that film grain and 35mm film to screen size enlargement blurred out are all too clear at home in 2014. But, so what? It's a great ... full review(1,084) -
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"One of my favorites" - By John E. (Arizona, USA)
This has been one of my favorite science fiction movies for a long time. I remember seeing it in the theater (my older brother took me to see it). "Farenheit 451" is based on one of Ray Bradbury's best novels. The main character, Montag, is a fireman, who, in this dystopian society, protects society by burning books. The film portrays the society very well. I've always loved the portrayals by Oskar Werner (Montag) and Julie Christie (Linda Montag / Clarisse). Werner's portrayal of the questioning Montag has always fascinated me. And Julie Christie's portrayal of both the character of Linda, Montag's wife, as well as Clarisse who starts Montag questioning things, is amazing.
I marked this down from 5 due to the fact that there are many aspects of the story which are left out of the movie. However, the movie does not really suffer because of the lack ... full review(445) -
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"Classic Movie-Must Have" - By Tristen Jones (West Jordan, Utah)
I LOVED THIS MOVIE AS A CHILD! It holds special meaning, to me, because it was my cousins favorite movie and he died when he was 8. That was 16 years ago. They played the theme song, at his funeral. I was excited to get this for my little girls and hoped they would love it as much as I do. Needless to say, they watch it every week, and some times, every day. They love it and now we get to share in this treasure, together.(1,375) -
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The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection, Vols. 1 & 2DVD ~ John Agar- In Stock.
List Price: $59.98 Price: $37.17 You Save: $22.81 (38%) "The Best of 1950's Sci-Fi" - By Plain Jane (USA)
If you truly love the 1950's Sci-Fi genre, you HAVE to buy this! The movies are the best of the best - no bad movies in this collection whatsoever: The Preying Mantis, The Monster on the Campus (I had never seen this movie before and what a great movie it is), Dr. Cyclops, The Leech Woman (truly an awesome, cool movie and what an ending!), Tarantula (cool!), and many more great movies.(166) -
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"All Three Versions of Close Encounters" - By Michael D. Kuhlman (Pompano Beach, FL USA)
are on blu-ray, in the 2-disc set, all are excellent, for different reasons, and all are part of cinematic history.
I like Spielberg's third Director's Cut the best, except that it excludes Roy at the power station in the beginning which was shown in the 1977 original theatrical release version. This scene was important, to show why Roy chooses not to show up for that job anymore after his initial UFO sighting (the job was thankless and his bosses were real A-holes).
Flip-flopped in the Special Edition and Director's Cut are the night sighting picnic with the India "Where did these sounds come from?" segments, which, I think, flow better in the order they were presented in the 1977 version. The cut between the night sighting picnic that turns out to be noisy helicopters and the subsequent dead-quiet of the observation station is more jarring in ... full review(929)