Editor’s note: THX 1138 is only playing in 20 cities, but the DVD will be available on Tuesday, Sept. 14. THX 1138 tells of a not-too-distant futuristic society, grown cold from an over-reliance on ...

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets ...

There are both rational and irrational reasons for hating the prequel trilogy. With the rise of Red Letter Media, that internet phenomenon that has made a name shit-talking the Star Trek: Next ...

In 1971, George Lucas was pushing the theme of societal rebellion against a police state into a science fiction setting. In the original Star Wars, he took some of those THX 1138 themes and jammed ...

The first film of George Lucas is without any doubt a master piece in terms of how to represent futuristic spaces. In THX 1138 the underground spaces are absolutely controlled. People’s behavior is ...

Matthew is a features writer for Collider currently based in Manchester. In his spare time he likes to read, write, obsess over Batman and complain about his Wordle score. It’s easy to forget what an ...

For the per-hitchhiker-through-the-galaxy fan, 42 is the answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe and all the rest. For the Star Trek fan, 47 is like 42, but adjusted for inflation.

It's surprising that it has taken so long for George Lucas to restore and re-release his first and favourite film. Money certainly wasn't the issue, as THX-1138 is a slight film, with a plot ...

Should George Lucas have even touched THX 1138? I think so. I never considered the original a classic, so it's not like he had anything to lose. If anything he has something to gain. More money, for ...