(1957) Ken Utsui, Junko Ikeuchi, Minoru Takada. Over 150 minutes of simple Japanese superhero sci-fi fun. This two-disc set is in Japanese with no subtitles but—as with Vol. One—the plots are so simple that it’s quite easy to follow what’s going on.  Our hero, Starman, once again battles an endless array of villians as he flies about the galaxy, providing even more...

(1957) Ken Utsui, Junko Ikeuchi, Minoru Takada.  Another 100 minutes of spaced-out Japanese superhero schlockiness.  This two-disc set is in Japanese with no subtitles but the storylines are so obvious it’s fairly simple to fathom what’s going on.  The big guy, Starman, takes on various bad guys...

(1957) Ken Utsui, Junko Ikeuchi, Minoru Takada.  Over 100 minutes of mindless Japanese superhero sci-fi fun.  This two-disc set is in Japanese with no subtitles but the plots are so simple that it’s pretty darn easy to figure out what’s going on.  Our hero, Starman, battles enemy agents galore, all the while befriending a group of school children and concerned adults.  There are lots of lab scenes, fistfights, and...

(1973) Keir Dullea, Gay Rowan, Lloyd Bochner, Robin Ward, Edward Andrews. A giant spaceship known as The Ark, drifts aimlessly through space with the last remnants of humanity in huge Earth-like dome

(1973) Keir Dullea, Gay Rowan, Robin Ward, Stephen Young, Budd Knapp.  Dullea, as Devon, has been seriously injured.  Rowan, as Rachel, sends out a request for help to an astro-medic ship.  However, there is an alien spacecraft in the area also seeking help. With lives hanging in the balance, the astro-medics are torn over...

(1973) Keir Dullea, Robin Ward, Gay Rowan, John Colicos. Three simple farmers discover a hidden door in the earth. When they open it, they find they are not actually on Earth, but in a colossal spac

(1973) Keir Dullea, Walter Koenig, Gay Rowan, Robin Ward, Henry Beckman.  The people of The Ark discover a humanoid alien (Koenig) living in one of their domes.  His spaceship needs repairs before he can return to his own planet, so he enlists help from the Ark members.  But there is some duplicity going on—what is the alien hiding...

(1973) Keir Dullea, William Osler, Gay Rowan, Robin Ward, Ed Ames.  Dullea leads a trio of space adventurers who are on a desperate mission to save Earthship Ark—a massive spaceship that houses the remnants of mankind.  Unknown to most people in the Ark’s biospheres, the ship is on a collision course with a distant star...

(1977) Yanti Somer, Gianni Garko, Malisa Longo, Chris Avran.  An "exciting" sci-fi thriller about a horrible alien mastermind who's chosen the Earth for annihilation.  The Earth sends a fleet of starships to fight against the super robots from this far-off galaxy...

(1976) Lisa Harrow, Christian Quadflieg, Pierre Brice, Christiane Krüger, Judy Geeson, Derek Farr.  A wandering planet from deep space drifts into the solar system and is detected by Earth scientists who soon investigate. The planet is called Medusa; its surface is uninhabitable and its people now live in a high-tech underground city. This subterranean society is ruled by women...

(1958) Minoru Ôki, Takahiro Tamura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Hideko Takamine, Kin Sugai.  Two Tokyo cops board a train.  Their assignment is to find the escaped killer...

(1962) Bing Russell, Bill Hale, Eve Brent. Good film about an ex-con and his boy who can't find work because of dad’s criminal record.  This is a great "little" film that explores the despair of an ex-con trying...

(1963, aka DER ZINKER, Anamorphic Widescreen) Heinz Drache, Barbara Rütting, Günter Pfitzmann, Eddi Arent.  In this excellent Edgar Wallace thriller, Scotland Yard investigates a series of grisly slayings in which the victims have died from the poison of a venomous snake.  Is it a snake, or is it something far more sinister...