Orem Library

Lists "must-see" science fiction movies in a chronological arrangement, providing information on director, producer, screenplay writer, music, and cast members, along with a review of each.

"Aliens have haunted the monster movies that have chilled and thrilled rapt audiences for years. This fun-filled film resource begins with the ancient alien history in art, literature, and other classic works. It covers scary science fiction's most significant writers and how their stories came to influence alien movies for years to come. Beginning with the first alien films ever made, the book carries readers through the most popular flicks and sequels,...

Francisca, a young Portuguese woman who's living in Brazil, welcomes Teresa, an old acquaintance she'd lost contact with, into her home. While Teresa is discovering the place where she means to settle, Francisca craves for her life back in Lisbon. The film follows each woman's adventures in the city and the deep bond of friendship that grows between them, forcing them to deal with conflicting desires: a will to leave for an unknown country and a relentless...

Nausicaä is the princess of a rural valley that lives at peace on the edge of a deadly fungal wasteland, until a ship carrying a weapon from a bygone industrial age crashes nearby. When warriors from a far country come to retrieve the artifact, their invasion draws Nausicaä and her people into a sprawling political conflict. Set 1,000 years after a global war that nearly destroyed all life on Earth.

In this documentary, fans of the TV show and movie share what inspired them to become passionate about Firefly. Includes interviews with Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Christina Hendricks, Christopher Buchanan, Greg Edmonson, Jewel Staite, Joss Whedon, Mary Parent, Morena Baccarin, Nathan Fillion, Orson Scott Card, Rafael Feldman, Ron Glass, Tim Minear.

Explores the genre of science fiction in film, television and comics focusing on science fiction's relation to contemporary culture and society. Presented in four segments.

Fifteen years after an alien race destroyed Earth, Cale searches for the spaceship Titan, which holds the secret to the salvation of the human race, before the Drej can destroy it.

The disappearance of Flight 412 (1974): When two Air Force jets disappear while chasing a UFO, a respected colonel goes looking for the truth. The military higher-ups have no intention of putting him in the loop, so he starts his own investigation and uncovers a plot more frightening than anything he could imagine. Slipstream (1989): In a post-apocalyptic world, bounty hunting is altogether different. Cop Will Tasker has captured a wanted fugitive,...

A beautiful white unicorn has never shared the love and comfort of her own kind and sets out to find the secret of the other lost unicorns. The last unicorn retraces her roots and frees her mythical "people."