Action
The enduring popularity of the action movie has drenched the genre in cliche yet glorious invention abounds around the globe - fighting is the international language. Fashionable styles of film-making come and go but action movies just change their shoes and remain centre-stage.
Great glittering galaxies of genre from across the Alice universe have been gleaned to assemble a suitably kick-ass selection of ballistic ballet and poetic pugilism to scintillate the delicate senses of our discerning clientele. Are you ready to rumble? Are you feeling lucky, Sir/Madame? Our suggestions for a hearty evening of action are listed below.
Pictured: Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang springs into action. Sean Connery as agent 007 in "Diamonds are Forever" (1971).
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (Blu-ray) (2019)
7.6/10
Director: J J Abrams
Starring: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega,...
The surviving members of the resistance face the First Order once again, and the legendary conflict between the Jedi and the Sith reaches its peak bri... Read more
Stargate (1994)
7.1/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson
In Egypt, archeologists uncover a gigantic stone ring that, decades later, is found to be an interplanetary nexus. Scientist James Spader and Air Forc... Read more
Stargate ( Blu-ray ) (1994)
7.1/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Kurt Russell, Viveca Lindfors
In Egypt, archeologists uncover a gigantic stone ring that, decades later, is found to be an interplanetary nexus. Scientist James Spader and Air Forc... Read more
Stargate SG-1: Season 1 (1997)
8.4/10
Starring: Richard Dean Anderson, Don S Davis, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Christopher...
Richard Dean Anderson stars as Colonel Jack O'Neill in this popular series based on the 1994 film. After an alien attack on Earth, the U.S. Air Force... Read more
Stargate: Atlantis - Season 1 (2004)
8.1/10
Starring: Joe Flanigan, Torri Higginson, David Hewlett, Rachel Luttrell, Rainbow Francks,...
When a secret base, abandoned by the original builders of the Stargates and long-sought by the Stargate team, is found buried in the ice of Antarctica... Read more
Stargate: Atlantis - Season 2 (2005)
8.1/10
Director: Various
Starring: Joe Flanigan, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Rainbow Francks, Paul McGillion,...
Season 2 kicks off with the concluding third part of 'The Siege'. The new inhabitants of Atlantis continue to uncover the secrets of the ancients, sea... Read more
Stargate: Atlantis - Season 3 (2006)
8.1/10
Starring: Joe Flanigan, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, David Hewlett, B...
Having stopped the Wraith from reaching Earth and having achieved another failure with the Wraith retrovirus, the expedition faces its third year in t... Read more
Stargate: Atlantis - Season 4 (2007)
8.1/10
Starring: Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Rachel Luttrell, Jason Momoa, Amanda Tapping
Colonel Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) takes charge as the city's new leader, facing new and daunting challenges, including joining forces with the... Read more
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
7.5/10
Director: Martin Wood
Starring: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black, Don S Davis, Rich...
An elite military unit (SG-1) must flee back to Earth when two members of their team inexplicably disappear into thin air. But they return to a world... Read more
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
7.4/10
Director: Robert C Cooper
Starring: Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Ben Browder, Claudia Black, B...
Blasting off where 'Stargate SG-1', left off, this feature-length production thrusts the Stargate team - Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), Vala (Claudi... Read more