Category Archives: Sci-Fi
Encounter
Release 2021
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Director: Michael Pearce
Writers: Joe Barton, Michael Pearce
Stars: Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Lucian-River Chauhan, Aditya Geddada, Rory Cochrane
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12800524/
Two brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat.
Night Raiders
Release 2021
Genre Sci-Fi
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Director: Danis Goulet
Writer: Danis Goulet
Stars: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer, Shaun Sipos
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9568230/
A mother joins an underground band of vigilantes to try to rescue her daughter from a state-run institution.
Finch
Release 2021
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Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Writers: Craig Luck, Ivor Powell
Stars: Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones, Lora Martinez-Cunningham, Marie Wagenman, Oscar Avila
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3420504/
On a post-apocalyptic earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship and what it means to be human.
Planet Dune
Release 2021
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Glenn Campbell, Tammy Klein
Writers: Lauren Pritchard, Joe Roche
Stars: Sean Young, Emily Killian, Tammy Klein, Sharon Desiree, Clark Moore
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15331462/
A crew on a mission to rescue a marooned base on a desert planet turns deadly when the crew finds themselves hunted and attacked by the planet's apex predators: giant sand worms.
Titane
Release 2021
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Director: Julia Ducournau
Writers: Julia Ducournau, Jacques Akchoti, Simonetta Greggio
Stars: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh, Mara Cisse
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10944760/
Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for 10 years. Titane: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys.
Warning
Release 2021
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Director: Agata Alexander
Writers: Agata Alexander, Jason Kaye, Rob Michaelson
Stars: Annabelle Wallis, Kylie Bunbury, Alice Eve, Thomas Jane, Alex Pettyfer
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8956324/
The meaning of life explored through multiple interconnected lives set in the near future.
Needle in a Timestack
Release 2021
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Director: John Ridley
Writers: John Ridley, Robert Silverberg
Stars: Leslie Odom Jr., Freida Pinto, Orlando Bloom, Laysla De Oliveira, Alessandro Juliani
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7099280/
Nick and Janine live in marital bliss until Janine's ex-husband warps time to try to tear them apart. As Nick's memories disappear, he must decide what he's willing to sacrifice in order to hold onto - or let go of - everything he loves.
Zone 414
Release 2021
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Director: Andrew Baird
Writers: Bryan Edward Hill
Stars: Travis Fimmel, Guy Pearce, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Ned Dennehy, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8545482/
Set in the near future, private detective David Carmichael is hired by Marlon Veidt, an eccentric businessman, to track down his missing daughter. David teams up with Jane, a highly advanced A.I. to solve the mystery.
Reminiscence
Release 2021
Genre Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
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Director: Lisa Joy
Writer: Lisa Joy
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis, Daniel Wu
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3272066/
Nick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is changed by new client Mae. A simple case becomes an obsession after she disappears and he fights to learn the truth about her.
Risen
Release 2021
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Director: Eddie Arya
Stars: Terri Purchase, Natalie Rose, Buffy Anne Littaua, Kenneth Trujillo, Nicole Sharrock
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4940336/
Disaster unfolds when a meteor strikes a small town, turning the environment uninhabitable and killing everything in the surrounding area.