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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rating: ★★★★★
Apr 26, 2001Stargate/Amok AI/Human Evolution/Space Mission
The greatest science-fiction film ever made? Stanley Kubrick goes against all convention – the film is slow, has no clear story and reaches an enigmatic ending and yet it is a work of brilliance, both visually and in terms of effects technology

Welcome to Blood City (1977)

Welcome to Blood City (1977)
Rating: ★★
Jul 31, 2000Western Simulation in Virtual Reality
Clearly influenced by the original Westworld, this is an interesting film about people waking up inside a computer-simulated Western town. Without realising it, this was the very first film to depict Virtual Reality

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Rating: ★★★★
May 2, 2001Genre Director Documentary
Documentary about the life of Stanley Kubrick made by his brother-in-law that lifts the veil on the mystique that surrounded Kubrick in his later years and gives a good deal of insight into his working processes

Space Station 76 (2014)

Space Station 76 (2014)
Rating: ★★
Jan 4, 20151970s TV SF Parody
This has an irresistible premise – of doing for 1970s tv SF what GalaxyQuest did for Star Trek – parodying the sets, costumes and cliches. On the other hand, the superb conception fails to ever play out as comedy and the film centres around a series of singularly dull personal dramas

Fahrenheit 451 (2018)

Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
Rating:
May 26, 2018Book-Burning Dystopia/Ray Bradbury Adaptation
This had one simple job – adapt a book by one of the great SF writers. Instead, we go from a work set in a book-burning future to The Firemen on reality tv shows competing for Likes on social media