Outer Limits: The Filmgoers Guide to the Great Science-Fiction Films

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HOWARD HUGHESS NEW FILMGOERS GUIDE TO SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS DELVES DEEP INTO THE LANDMARK MOVIES OF THIS EVERPOPULAR GENRE FROM METROPOLIS TO AVATAR AND BEYOND AND COVERS OVER 250 MORE Outer Limits explores science-fiction cinema through 26 great films from the silent classic Metropolis to today. It reviews the galaxy of stars and directors who have created some of the most popular films of all time including George Lucass Star Wars films Steven Spielbergs Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Minority Report James Camerons Terminator films and Ridley Scotts milestones Alien and Blade Runner. It also discusses everything from A-listers 2001: A Space Odyssey and Planet of the Apes to Japanese monster movies 1950s B-movies creature features and cult favourites depicting time travel distant planets or alien invasions. Films featured include The War of the Worlds Independence Day Tarantula Godzilla The Thing Forbidden Planet Barbarella Galaxy Quest Mad Max 2 Back to the Future The Man Who Fell to Earth Star Trek Apollo 13 Invasion of the Body Snatchers The Matrix and many many more. Illustrated with original posters Outer Limits is an informative entertaining tour of the sci-fi universe.