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New Star Trek

Is May 8th marked on your calendar? To once again go boldly where no one has gone before? Watch the trailer for the new Star Trek movie, premiering 5/8/2009. Until then, catch up on, or revisit some great Sci-Fi movies in Nashville Public Library's collectio

Journey to the Center of the Earth

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Science professor Trevor has become the laughingstock of the academic community thanks to his outrageous theories. While on a trip to Iceland, Trevor, his nephew Sean and their guide Hannah find themselves at the center of the planet, having discovered a whole world within our world. Adapted from the Jules Verne fantasy novel.

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Aliens

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Ripley is recovering from her first encounter with the deadly alien. Her account of that event is received with skepticism, but transmissions from a colony later established on the Alien's planet abruptly cease. Burke, an up-and-coming company man, talks Ripley into going back with a squad of colonial marines. Of course the Marines do not take her warnings seriously either, until they come face-to-face with the awesome alien spawn.

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Blade Runner

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Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. There crime: wanting to be human.

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Children of Men

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A futuristic drama set in a world in which humans have lost the ability to reproduce and subsequently face certain extinction. Things change when a single woman mysteriously becomes pregnant, prompting a conflicted government bureaucrat and his ex-wife to join forces to protect her.

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Forbidden Planet

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An astronaut and crew land on Altair-4 in 2200 and find a mad doctor, his daughter and Robby the robot.

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Hellboy

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When a Nazi wizard's spell malfunctions, Hellboy, the son of Satan, is transported to earth where he is raised by U.S. agents who hope to use him as the ultimate weapon against evil. As a paranormal investigator, Hellboy comes face to face with the one that summoned him from the depths of hell. Now, he must grapple with the real reasons for his procurement.

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Invasion

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A meteor carrying an unknown infection, lands outside a small Californian community, bringing terror and death. Just after midnight, a local rancher named Larry Jenkins discovers the meteor and calls the police. Inspector Bardo is sent to the scene to investigate. The small Lawton police department is shorthanded, as it is the night of the high school prom. Arriving at a desolate forest road miles out of town, Bardo discovers that Jenkins has been infected by the alien organism. The officer is savagely attacked and infected. Both men head towards Lawton, terrorizing and contaminating everyone they encounter. Meanwhile, Cheryl and Timmy have left the prom and are parked atop Lover's Lane. Bardo comes upon the lovebirds and attacks them, infecting Timmy. Now Cheryl must run for her life through the pitch-black forest, escaping her pursuers

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Solaris

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Sunshine

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In a time of revolution, and in a family torn by tradition, one man was consumed by love-a love that could destroy his family's legacy. This epic follows one Jewish family's struggles throughout three generations of the war-swept 20th century.

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X-Files I Want to Believe


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David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise their trademark roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in this long-awaited sequel to the 1998 hit film The X Files: Fight the Future, based on the phenomenally popular TV series.

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