Two decades after Hong traveled back in time to the Qin dynasty, he finds himself protecting his family against a force from a future beyond his own.
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
“Jason and the Argonauts” is mostly celebrated today for Ray Harryhausen’s wildly imaginative stop-motion animation special effects. Two sequences stand out as being among the most original ever put on film: the giant blank-eyed bronze statue of the titan Talos coming to life and the climactic sword duel between the Golden Fleece-fleecing Argonauts and a squad of sword-swinging skeletons. Nothing in today’s world of CGI wizardry can even come close to the innovative brilliance of those extraordinary sequences.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Back in the early 1990s, I was on a line at an IMAX theater in San Antonio, Texas, for a one-night-only screening of “2001: A Space Odyssey” in its original 70mm format. A local couple was standing behind me and asked if I was familiar with the film. I said that I had already seen it and asked if they were also familiar with the production. They said they never saw it, but I noticed there was a strange apprehensive expression on their faces, as if they were having second thoughts about seeing the film.
“Here’s my advice,” I said to them. “Don’t expect ‘Star Wars’ – and the film’s ending makes no sense.”
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Mrs. Brisby, a field mouse with a family in need, faces friend and foe alike in her quest to relocate her loved ones before an inevitable tragedy strikes.
Altered (2025) [Well Go USA]
A dystopian future, in which genetically altered humans look down upon those without abilities, has only hope for a better tomorrow that comes from someone who doesn’t just lack powers, but finds himself confined to a wheelchair.
Red Planet [2000] [Arrow 4K UHD Limited Edition]
Astronauts have to fight their way to safety in the ill-fated Mars mission in Antony Hoffman’s troubled Red Planet, available in a new Arrow Video 4K UHD Limited Edition.
Bugonia (2025)
What begins as an offbeat kidnapping quickly spirals into a chaotic psychological game of perception, delusion, and extraterrestrial invasion conspiracy.