In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.

As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.

In jeder Folge stellt Moderator James Cameron eine der „großen Fragen“ vor, über die die Menschheit im Laufe der Jahrhunderte nachgedacht hat, und greift in die Vergangenheit der Science-Fiction zurück, um besser zu verstehen, wie unsere Lieblingsfilme, Fernsehsendungen, Bücher und Videospiele entstanden sind. Cameron und seine Zeitgenossen – Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott (neben anderen Regisseuren sowie vielen Künstlern), die dazu beigetragen haben, das spektakuläre Wachstum von Sci-Fi in den letzten Jahrzehnten voranzutreiben – diskutieren die Vorzüge, Bedeutungen und Auswirkungen der Filme und Romane, die sie beeinflusst haben, und diskutieren, wohin das Genre – und unsere Spezies – in Zukunft gehen könnten.

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

Emma, a radio host, is about to be married to Richard, her perfect match. But right before her wedding, she learns she's already married to Patrick, a charming but irresponsible fireman. Furthermore, Patrick has a secret: he has arranged this little trick because Emma advised Patrick's ex-fiancée to end their relationship. However, Patrick may find that the trick is on him, for he soon begins to fall in love with his uptight adversary.