Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1571 Films to Buy & Rent
Bionicle: Mask of Light (2003)
- Animated spectacular from the makers of 'Lego', set on a half–mystical/half–futuristic islands of Mata Nui.
Subject to a devious plot…
Butterfly Effect, The (2003)
- Dir. Eric Bress, J Mackye Gruber
Feat. Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz
- A timewarping thriller with a touch of genuine B–movie originality, this portrays the unintended consequences when its young hero (Kutcher)…
Children of Dune (TV Series) (2003)
- Dir. Greg Yaitanes
Feat. Alec Newman, Julie Cox
- Mini–series sequel to the Sci–Fi Channel TV–adaptation (with William Hurt) that maintains the purist approach with a complex…
Code 46 (2003)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton
- A cerebral, provocative 'future shock' thriller in which Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton try to conduct a forbidden affair in a politically…
Daredevil (2003)
- Dir. Mark Steven Johnson
Feat. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell…
- The darkest tinged Marvel Comics adaptation yet, with Ben Affleck doing a sterling job of playing the titular superhero, a blind lawyer turned…
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (TV Series) (2003)
- Dir. Wilson Milam
Feat. Richard E. Grant
- Animated DOCTOR WHO series continuing the narrative of the original 1963–89 programme and DOCTOR WHO: THE MOVIE (1996), written by Doctor Who…
Equilibrium (2003)
- Dir. Kurt Wimmer
Feat. Christian Bale, Taye Diggs, Emily Watson
- Modest, but intelligent sci–fi thriller, where a policeman misses his daily dose of emotion–lowering drug Prozium and realises the…
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)
- Dir. Masaaki Tezuka
- More colossal mayhem from the never–ending franchise, with Japan vulnerable to a recuperated Godzilla, who will attack if government scientists…
Hulk (2003)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte…
- The thinking person's superhero actioner, this boldly revises the 1960s Marvel Comics icon, a mild–mannered scientist who, when triggered or…
Interstella 5555 (The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem) (2003)
- Dir. Kazuhisa Takenôchi
- Quirky and well–crafted animated feature, which extends a series of music–videos by the French electronica group Daft Punk, which…