DVDs in Science Fiction (2/30)

What does a scanner see? Into the head? Into the heart? From the novel by Phillip K. Dick - the sci-fi legend whose works-to-film include Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report - comes A Scanner Darkly , brought to the screen by filmmaker Richard Linklater with an edgy graphic-novel look. The time: just beyond now. The place: suburbia. The story: a twisted, funny tale of people... Full Details

Director Steven Spielberg's  A.I. propels you into a future of astounding technology and adventure beyond the human imagination in an extraordinary film the  New York Observer hails as a "masterpiece" and  Rolling Stone applauds as "unmistakably the work of a real filmmaker." In a future world of runaway global warming and awe-inspiring scientific advances, humans share every... Full Details

In this thrilling underwater action adventure from writer-director James Cameron, a civilian oil rig crew is recuited to conduct a search-and-rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it. Mary... Full Details

Leather-bound and lethal, Aeon Flux - secret agent, saboteur - engages in a never-ending battle of wills with her nemesis / love, Trevor Goodchild. And what she may lack in morals and warmth, she more than makes up for with cat-like reflexes and ammunition. This director's cut of the groundbreaking MTV series is a mind-blowing combination of killer comic-book style animation, complex plots and... Full Details

Charlize Theron stars as Aeon Flux, the underground operative fighting totalitarian rule in 25th century Earth's last living city. Aeon is the rebels best hope of over throwing the oppressively sterile "perfect" society. But while on assignment to gun down the government's leader, Aeon uncovers a web of startling secrets that could completely change the world's future in this gripping sci-fi... Full Details

It's 2019, the World is on the brink of absolute destruction. Tokyo shimmers with tech-noir fetishism, gangs of cyber-punk bikers cruise the sprawl of the post-atomic city and rioting crowds surge under the neon-topped buildings looming a thousand stories into the sky. Now, old gods return to do battle with Akira and something more than comic book ultra-violence is unleashed. Full Details

In space no one can hear you scream. The massive space-tug Nostromo glides silently through space. Back from the outer reaches of the galaxy, it's taking its seven-member crew back to Earth. But when the ship's computer receives a distress signal from a nearby planetary system, it rouses the crew from their cryo-sleep. It isn't until after the Nostromo has landed on a barren planet named... Full Details