Director – John Carpenter – 1974 – US – Cert. PG – 83m (71m Directors Cut) ***** Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star Director – Daniel Griffith – 2010 – US – 118 mins ***** A bored crew of astronauts travel through space blowing up unstable planets – out now as a 4K […]
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