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Governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind a visitor's appearance. Dr. Helen Benson is a renowned scientist who finds herself face-to-face with an alien called Klaatu. Klaatu has traveled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramifications of Klaatu's claim that he is a 'friend to the Earth.' Now, she and her yourng stepson must find a way to convince the entity who was sent...
Publisher
Metrograph Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Two billion years in the future, humanity finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that remains are lone, surreal monuments; the futuristic, solemn, Brutalist stone slabs erected during the communist era in the former Yugoslav republics, arrestingly photographed in luminous 16mm black-and-white. The filmmaker conjures a world of surreal and phantasmagorical monuments, once intended as symbols of unity and brotherhood, now abandoned beacons...
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Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two embark on a mission to the astonishing city of Alpha. A mystery is at the center of Alpha, a dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the city.
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two embark on a mission to the astonishing city of Alpha. A mystery is at the center of Alpha, a dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the city.
8) Caprica
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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An astonishing breakthrough is taking shape on the planet Caprica. The rapidly evolving spheres of human and mechanical engineering have finally collided, including the fates of two families. They have been joined by tragedy in an explosive instant of terror. Two rival clans are led by powerful patriarchs. Joseph Adama and Daniel Graystone duel in an era of questionable ethics, corporate machinations and unbridled personal ambition. The final war...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Fifty-eight years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, mankind is wrestling with the question of what makes one human, and sealing its own fate of certain destruction. Alliances are made, secrets are revealed, and lives are forever changed while the conflict between man and machine takes shape. As the season races towards its stunning conclusion, the seeds are sown for the inevitable, brutal clash between the newly born Cylon race and its human...
Publisher
Manga Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
日本語
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At the dawn of the New Millennium, mankind has awakened a threat unlike any faced before-- the Angels. They can only be stopped by means of the Evangelions, bio-engineered vessels born from the Angels' own technology. The forbidden knowledge is key to bringing about a new genesis for the human race.
11) Junk head
Publisher
Synergetic Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Mankind can no longer reproduce because of gene manipulation aimed at making life longer. The clones ruling the bottomless underworld may have become fertile. Parton is selected to go on a mission through a subterranean labyrinth crawling with monsters to secure humanity's future.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
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Planet of the apes: Taylor, an astronaut whose ship lands on a planet where intelligent primates hunt primitive humans for sport, must depend of the kindness of two chimpanzee scientists in order to escape to the Forbidden Zone.
Beneath the planet of the apes: Sequel to The Planet of the Apes. An astronaut gets thrown through a portal and into the ape planet, where he finds mutated humans in former New York's subway system.
Escape from the planet...
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Contains four films about a computer hacker who realizes the world is an elaborate deception created by all-powerful machines of artifical intelligence. In Matrix, in an anti-utopian future, the "real" world is a computer construct, created by an all-powerful artificial intelligence. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct and is now fighting for the future of the human race. In Matrix reloaded, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus continue...
14) Humans: 2.0
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Months after saying goodbye to sentient synth Mia and her family, the Hawkinses search for some semblance of normalcy. But when Niska arrives at their home unannounced, the family is pulled back into the dangerous lives of the synths.
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English
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"Experience mankind's greatest adventure. This thrilling sci-fi original is a breathtaking ride. Charlton Heston stars as Taylor, an astronaut who crash-lands on a mysterious world where intelligent apes rule, and hunt primitive, speechless humans for sport. Soon, Taylor's life depends on the kindness of the chimpanzee scientists Cornelius and Zira and his escape to the Forbidden Zone, where he uncovers an earth-shattering secret that may hold the...
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
日本語
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Ken Kaneki is a loner. In a world where ghouls-human-like creatures who survive on human flesh and people are at war, his biggest concern is which novel to pick up next. But when a date with the beautiful and mysterious Rize turns deadly, a life-saving operation horrifyingly transforms him into a human ghoul hybrid. Now, Kaneki lives on the edge of two worlds: afraid to interact with humans out of fear of his thirst for blood, and being hunted by...
Publisher
Section 23
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Taking advantage of the opportunity that the Mikawa Conflict provides, Tori and his comrades attempt to rescue Horizon from the Testament Union. But even as the Floating City Musashi speeds towards its next destination, the Floating Island England, Tres Espana is preparing its own armada for war against the British Islanders. Now, as the quest of Horizon's emotions builds to its climax, Tori's new battle is about to begin in the land ruled by the...
18) Doomsday
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 2410, human/machine hybrids known as the Erebus rule the Earth. Achilles, a normal man, is infected with a disease that will bring down the Erebus rulers. After being set-up by the human resistance, Achilles escapes back in time to the present day. However, he is hunted by the Erebus-7 whose directive is to kill all who become infected, destroying entire cities in the process. Now Achilles must fulfill a destiny that will reverberate throughout...
Publisher
Sentai Filmworks
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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When humans came down from the sky they brought with them the Testament, the guide to the path they must follow if they wish to return to the skies again. Now, in a strange world where only the islands of Japan are inhabitable, the nations of the world vie for power and protect the portions of Japan that they have claimed. And each is armed with its own ultimate weapon: a Roysmoi Opro, an Armor of Deadly Sins. But there may be a far greater threat...
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