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2020s
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
Byte-Sized Overview On the remote farming moon of Veldt, former soldier Kora has found an anonymous new life among a peaceful community.…
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2010s
Star Trek Into Darkness
Byte-Sized Overview After violating Starfleet regulations to save an endangered civilisation, Captain James T. Kirk loses command of the Enterprise. His demotion…
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2010s
Star Trek Beyond
Byte-Sized Overview Three years into the Enterprise’s five-year mission, Captain James T. Kirk is beginning to question both his future and the…
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2000s
Star Trek (2009)
Byte-Sized Overview When the Romulan mining vessel Narada emerges from a black hole, its arrival changes history and leaves James T. Kirk…
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2020s
Project Hail Mary
⚡ Byte-Sized Overview: Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes aboard a spacecraft with two dead crewmates, no memory and absolutely no recollection of…
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2020s
Moonfall
⚡ Byte-Sized Overview: The Moon has left the chat. It’s not orbiting — it’s plunging straight toward Earth. Cue rogue astronauts, unlikely…
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2020s
Alien: Romulus
Byte-Sized Overview Set between Alien and Aliens, Alien: Romulus follows a group of young workers desperate to escape a corporate mining colony…
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1990s
Starship Troopers
Byte-Sized Overview Johnny Rico joins the Mobile Infantry to remain close to his ambitious girlfriend, Carmen Ibanez, despite having little understanding of…
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1980s
The Abyss
Byte-Sized Overview When the nuclear submarine USS Montana sinks after encountering an unidentified object deep in the Caribbean, the crew of an…
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2010s
Interstellar
Byte-Sized Overview A crop blight is slowly making Earth uninhabitable, forcing humanity to concentrate upon food production while abandoning much of its…
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1960s
2001: A Space Odyssey
Byte-Sized Overview From humanity’s prehistoric beginnings to a voyage towards Jupiter, 2001: A Space Odyssey follows the mysterious influence of an extraterrestrial…
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1950s
War of the Worlds
⚡ Byte-Sized Overview: Martians land on Earth with terrifying war machines and start incinerating cities like it’s a sport. Humanity’s weapons are…
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1970s
Star Wars: Episode IV (A New Hope)
⚡ Byte-Sized Overview: A farm boy, a space princess, a smuggler, and two snarky droids take on a planet-destroying space station run…
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1960s
Barbarella
Byte-Sized Overview In the 41st century, humanity has supposedly moved beyond war, jealousy and conventional sexual relationships. When scientist Durand Durand disappears…
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2010s
Gravity
Byte-Sized Overview Medical engineer Dr Ryan Stone is completing her first space mission aboard the shuttle Explorer, working alongside veteran astronaut Matt…
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2010s
The Martian
Byte-Sized Overview When a violent dust storm forces the Ares III crew to abandon its mission on Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is…
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2010s
Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow
Byte-Sized Overview An alien species known as the Mimics has conquered most of continental Europe. Major William Cage, a military public-relations officer…
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2010s
Passengers
Byte-Sized Overview The starship Avalon is transporting more than five thousand sleeping passengers and crew members to a distant colony when a…
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2010s
Jupiter Ascending
Byte-Sized Overview Jupiter Jones spends her days cleaning wealthy homes and wondering why her life feels so much smaller than the universe…
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1950s
Forbidden Planet
⚡ Byte-Sized Overview: A starship crew lands on a remote planet to investigate a vanished colony, only to discover ancient alien tech,…
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2020s
Dune
Byte-Sized Overview House Atreides is ordered to leave its oceanic homeworld of Caladan and assume control of Arrakis, the desert planet that…
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1990s
Contact
Byte-Sized Overview Dr Ellie Arroway has spent her career listening for evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence. Working with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence…
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1990s
The Fifth Element
⚡ Byte-Sized Overview: A cab driver, a perfect being, a space priest, and a radio host walk into a galactic apocalypse —…
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1970s
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Byte-Sized Overview A vast energy cloud enters Federation space, destroying everything it encounters as it travels directly towards Earth. Admiral James T.…
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