Cert 12 | 96 mins | 1987
5 Star
Parody Brilliance
Yes, Yes, Yes, Finally Sci-Fi fans can rejoice, as Arrow Video Publicity release the best parody film ever on 4K UHD with a shed load of extras (see below). Spaceballs is writer/director Mel Brooks (The Land of Sometimes. Blazing Saddles) Sci-fi magnum opus. Spaceballs parodies the original Star Wars series plus all the popular sci-Fi films of the…more
Cert 15 | 89 mins | 1973
5 Star
Careful What You Wish For.
For over fifty years Westworld, written and directed by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Twister), has been the benchmark for Science Fiction android films. Now Arrow brings us the definitive 4K UHD version, brighter and scarier than ever. This is a treat for those in the know, and a revelation to those that are not aware…more
Cert 15 | 109 mins | 2025
4 Star
Never Scorn a Woman!
A cautionary tale.
From award-winning brothers Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus (The Block Island Sound, Cobra Kai (TV Series)) comes a cracking sci-fi story that will have you glued to your seat, the brothers have written and directed this mind-bending multiverse story. One woman wronged and what she has done for retribution.
Right from the start we are…more
Cert PG | 131 mins | 1971
4 Star
Not Biology 101.
Arrow Video brings us one of the 1970s best Sci-Fi’s, with ‘The Andromeda Strain’, a film that doesn’t boast big Hollywood names, but delivers a serious punch, in what governments are prepared to do to save us all. Based on the book of the same name by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Westworld) that sees scientists versus an…more
Cert 18 | 116–101 mins | 1985
5 Star
UK Does Cult Sci-fi
Arrow Video do us cult Sci-fi fans a huge favour in their latest 4K release, with Lifeforce the 1985 box-office flop. But it has stood the test of time with this amazing conversion, with great special effects for the time and stand out practical effects. With Sci-fi/ horror royalty co-writing in Dan O’Bannon (Alien, The Return…more
Cert 15 | 115 mins | 1993
5 Star
Boom! And The Utopia Was Gone.
It’s time to go back to 1993 and see the blockbuster Demolition Man, directed by Marco Brambilla (Destricted, Excess Baggage). This is his first feature film, in a short career of feature films, but what a Sci-fi legacy he has left in this twist on the dystopian future. Where all is fine and dandy…more
Cert 15 | 99 mins | 2007
4 Star
No Sleep Till D.C.
After fifty-five years, it was deemed time to do a remake of the 1956 film ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’, so in 2007 first time writer David Kajganich (True Story, A Bigger Splash) brings the story into a new century and shows its sensibilities. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall, Five Minutes of Heaven) who has two…more
