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 DVDs Déjà VuJanuary 2008
Here’s a thriller that combines the trademark pace of Jerry Bruckheimer, the gritty realism of director Tony Scott and the vulnerable action hero leading man that Denzel Washington reliably conjures up on such occasions. And then there’s the time travel.  The Sun: Source of All Life on Earth and The Moon: The Epic Story of an On/Off Love AffairJanuary 2008
Our ancestors knew the warmth of the Sun was essential for their survival; and in a world without artificial illumination, the cool light of the Moon was critical, too. It is fitting that each of the BBC documentaries included on this DVD starts with a visit to a Neolithic monument.  Surviving ExtremesJanuary 2008
Surviving Extremes is a study of coping with life-threatening situations in an unforgiving environment, and the qualities that will be needed for future space missions – particularly exploration of Mars.  Planet Earth, Part TwoJanuary 2008
No one does natural history quite like the BBC, and the second instalment of the Planet Earth series, already screened by the ABC in Australia, raises the standard another notch.  Space RaceJuly 2007
Produced by Deborah Cadbury — the author of Space Race (reviewed in Cosmos Issue 10) — this four-part drama from the BBC adds tension and colour to her story of humanity's early steps towards the stars.  Lost Worlds Vanished LivesJuly 2007
We know him as a ubiquitous presence in some of the world's finest nature documentaries, but there's another side of David Attenborough revealed in Lost Worlds Vanished Lives: his lifelong passion for fossils.  Monkey Trial: Evolution, Creationism and Free Speech in CourtApril 2007
The Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925 is the most famous showdown so far between evolution and creationism. Rather than going into the rights and wrongs of the scientific issues, this documentary looks at the personalities and movements behind the event, using contemporary newsreel footage, photographs and newspapers, as well as the usual interviews with historians and biographers, plus relatively subtle reenactments, to help the viewer understand what it was like to be there.  Mars: Dead or Alive; Welcome to MarsApril 2007
These two complementary DVDs chronicle the program to deliver Mars exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity safely onto the surface of the red planet, and reveal a little of what they found when they got there.  Red Dwarf, Series 8September 2006
Series 8 of Red Dwarf, recorded in 1998, is the final series of the iconic British science fiction comedy.  The Ascent of ManAugust 2006
With today's television largely devoted to supplying what the Latin poet Juvenal described as "bread and circuses", it comes as a surprise to discover just how challenging and engaging the medium can be when used to its potential.  The Blue PlanetAugust 2006
There is little doubt that the world would be a poorer place without the BBC's natural science documentaries, as it would without the well-modulated passions of David Attenborough.  E=mc²August 2006
Everyone's heard of it, but what does E=mc² - the world's most famous equation - really mean? And why did it change the world? A review of the DVD edition of the Nova television series.  SerenityJune 2006
Humanity has reached the stars, seeking an alternative to an overpopulated Earth. A war between the Alliance and the Separatists has left the Alliance in control. On the fringes of the galaxy, mercenaries, bandits and cannibalistic Reavers roam. The Serenity and its crew, including Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Fillion) are rogues, trawling space for adventure and profit.  Breaking the IceJune 2006
One of the bigger differences between the BBC's natural history programs and those made within Australia is the matter of scale. Where blue-shirted David Attenborough pops up all over the globe with his inexhaustible revelations, Tim Bowden, for example, reserves his reflective whimsy for subjects which, while no less attractive, are perhaps closer at hand and more familiar.  The Place Promised in Our Early DaysJune 2006
A young writer and director, Makoto Shinkai, is being praised as the 'new' Miyazaki. His first film, Voices of a Distant Star, won attention from fans and critics, and his current film, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, has some of Miyazaki's lyrical quality. 
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