So ... just how haunted is Mars?
Movie download round-up.

Gentlemen (and ladies), slip your Quicktime Multimedia ammunition clip into your PC, stop your grin'n and drop your linen ... because it's time for a quick round-up of all the hot science fiction and fantasy movies trailers and clips that are fit to download online.

1) Ghosts of Mars
From the director of Escape From New York, John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars is a tale of rescue and escape from a colonized Mars in the year 2025.

Long inhabited by human settlers, the Red Planet has become the manifest destiny of an overpopulated Earth. Nearly 640,000 people now live and work all over Mars, mining the planet for its abundant natural resources.

But one of those mining operations has uncovered a deadly mother lode: a long-dormant Martian civilization whose warriors are systematically taking over the bodies of human intruders.

Lt. Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) of the Martian Police Force is on transport assignment to bring James "Desolation" Williams (Ice Cube), the planet's most notorious criminal, to justice.

Williams has no plans to make Ballard's job easy, and what begins as a battle of force and wits between cop and criminal soon turns into something more fundamental: a battle for human survival in the realm of the Martian warriors.

It's civilization against civilization as Ballard and Williams join forces in mortal combat with the Ghosts of Mars.

Click here for this fab trailer

2) Planet of the Apes - Trailer II
Last month we tipped you off about the new Planet of the Apes downloadable trailer. Well, those suits at Fox must have perked up when they noticed thousands of Nest fans stampeding across to get their hands on it. Why? Because they have just phoned us up to tell you about the second trailer being made available ... and it's even better !

Click here for this fab trailer

3) Shrek
Don't be put off by the fact that the title of this animated fantasy movie sounds like one of those made-up swear words used by characters in 2000AD.

Based on a children's fantasy novel, it's actually tipped to be a monster hit in the USA, featuring a green ogre who asks that others in the Kingdom judge him for what he can do for them, rather than how he looks.

A lot of the movie's subtext rips into Disney, which is not surprising, seeing it's been created by Jeffrey Katzenberg - who left Disney when they wouldn't promote him to the number two spot.

Eddie Murphy plays Shrek, the ogre, and the movie also has the voices of Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz - the latter as the obligatory princess.

Click here for this fab trailer

4) Evolution

Ivan Reitman, who made "ghostbusting" a household word with his comedies "Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters II," now takes on the theory of "Evolution."

The movie follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest."

David Duchovny ("The X-Files," "Return to Me"), Orlando Jones ("Bedazzled," "The Replacements"), Seann William Scott ("Road Trip," "American Pie") and two-time Oscar nominee Julianne Moore ("The End of the Affair," "Boogie Nights") star as the only people standing between the aliens and world domination…which could be bad news for the earth.

Click here for this fab trailer

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Shockster. 05/05/2001
Why do people bother doing sites when they are too cheap to register a URL for their efforts. Come one fandom, not having a proper domain names just screams one thing to me ... frigging amateur !!!!