Summary: "Pitch black": Journey to a remote, hostile planet with a group of marooned passengers who learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. ""Dark fury": Riddick battles ruthless soldiers of fortune and vicious creatures. "The chronicles of Riddick": Riddick finds himself humanity's unlikely champion.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI RID

Summary: Almost seven months after the Rage virus has annihilated the inhabitants of the London and the British Isles, the U.S. Army declares that the war against infection has been won, and that the reconstruction of the country can begin. In the first wave of returning refugees, a family is reunited, but one of them unwillingly carries a terrible secret. The virus is not yet dead, and this time, it is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR TWE

Summary: "When visitors from a distant galaxy return to earth on a secret mission, their other-worldly powers afford a group of senior citizens who had expected nothing more from life than bingo, shuffleboard, aches and pains, the chance to recapture their youth"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Co

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Cocoon

Summary: Years after the Raccoon City disaster, Alice is on her own. She is aware that she has become a liability and could endanger those around her and she struggles to survive and bring down the Umbrella Corporation led by the sinister Albert Wesker and head researcher Dr. Isaacs. Meanwhile, traveling through the Nevada Desert and the ruins of Las Vegas, Carlos Olivera, L.J., and new survivors...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RES

Summary: It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI SUN

Summary: Washington, D.C. has been murder-free thanks to astounding technology which identifies killers before they commit their crimes. But when the chief of the pre-crime unit is himself accused of a future murder, he has just 36 hours to discover who set him up.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIN

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI MIN

Summary: A terrorist bomb destroyed a tanker truck on Highway One on Mars releasing a deadly virus killing hundreds. The rewards for the bomber's capture is massive and the bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop would love to get their hands on it.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME COW

Summary: This eerie excursion into the Gothic recesses of Maddin's mad, imaginary childhood is a nightmare set in a lighthouse on grim Notch Island, where fictional protagonist Maddin was raised by an ironfisted, puritanical mother.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008

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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE BRA

Summary: Joe Bowers is an average Joe. He is not the sharpest tool in the shed. He becomes part of a government experiment to go into hibernation. The experiment goes awry and Bowers awakens in the year 2505 to find a society so dumbed-down by mass commercialism and mindless TV programming that he's become the smartest guy on the planet. Now it's up to this average Joe to get human evolution back on the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF IDI

Summary: Science fiction tales of derring-do, heroism and romance. Set in the future, they relate the adventures of Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo as they battle the forces of the evil Imperial army.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lucasfilm 2013

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3 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY SCI-FI STA

Summary: Episode I: In this first episode of the "Star Wars" saga young Anakin Skywalker, a slave with a gift for pod-racing, gains his freedom with help from Queen Amidala's Jedi Knights and then, in turn, helps the Queen defend her planet Naboo from the evil Sith Lords.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lucasfilm 2013

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY SCI-FI STA

Summary: A designer of a virtual reality game is hunted by an assassin intent on killing her and destroying her creation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 1999

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI EXI

Summary: Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London. Two magicians share an intense rivalry with each other and leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy. From the time that Robert Angier and Alfred Bordon first met, the two were competitors. However, their once friendly competition evolves into a battle for each others trade secrets, which becomes so intense that it is full of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Prestige 2007

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRE

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER PRE

Summary: Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1998

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI GAT

Summary: A Manhattan psychiatrist, who thinks he's seen it all until he's assigned to analyze Prot, a psychiatric patient who claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX. He is convinced that Prot is "a convincing delusional," but his cynicism turns to open-minded fascination as Prot's case reveals a combination of otherworldly insight and all-too-human trauma, prompting an earthbound explanation...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2002

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA K-PAX

Summary: Cornelius, Zira and Dr. Milo, three apes from the future, escape from their planet as it is being destroyed and land on 20th century Earth where they are taken to the Los Angeles Zoo for examination. When Zira reveals their ability to speak to a psychologist, the apes are treated as curiosities. However, when the U.S. government begins to believe their story that the Earth will eventually be...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI ESC

Summary: Circa 1939 ace city reporter Polly Perkins has noted the sudden disappearances of many of the world's most famous scientists. After the city falls under attack of giant flying robots, she decides to team up with her ex-boyfriend, aviation officer Joe 'Sky Captain' Sullivan and flys around the world in search of the evil mastermind, Dr. Totenkopf, whose plan it is to create a new world by...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2005

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SKY

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SKY

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD S

Summary: In the year 2035, Cole travels into the past to retrieve samples of a virus that has devastated Earth's people in the hope that a cure can be designed. In his search for the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, a radical group linked to the virus, Cole meets a psychiatrist and a mental patient.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 1998

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI TWE

Summary: A visitor from outer space comes with the warning that unless war is abolished, Earth will be destroyed by the more advanced planets of the universe.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI DAY

Summary: A rebel ship is being boarded by the tyrannical Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker, with his new allies, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Ben Kenobi, C-3PO, R2-D2, attempt to rescue rebel leader, Princess Leia, from the clutches of the Empire. The conclusion is culminated as the Rebels, including Skywalker and flying ace Wedge Antilles make an attack on the Empires most powerful and ominous weapon, the Death Star.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STA RATED PG

Summary: Episode I: In this first episode of the "Star Wars" saga young Anakin Skywalker, a slave with a gift for pod-racing, gains his freedom with help from Queen Amidala's Jedi Knights and then, in turn, helps the Queen defend her planet Naboo from the evil Sith Lords.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STA

Summary: A mixture of fantastical rock opera and horror movie spoof. A couple of ordinary kids have car trouble one dark and rainy night and knock on the door of a looming gothic mansion. They are stunned to learn that they have stumbled into an ongoing convention of kinky characters, hosted by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transsexual.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentienth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ROC

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ROC

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROC

Summary: Because of unique genetic mutations, children with extraordinary and dangerous powers are born into a world filled with prejudice. Under the tutelage of Professior Xavier, these and other outcasts learn to harness their powers for the good of mankind.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2000

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE XME

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD X

Summary: In Treasure Town, life can be both gentle and brutal. This is never truer than for our heroes, Black and White, two street urchins who watch over the city, doing battle with an array of old-world Yakuza and alien assassins vying to rule the decaying metropolis. When foreign investors want to destroy the town and turn it to an amusement park, they face their greatest adversaries yet.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TEK