Category Archives: Sci-Fi
The Green Hornet
Release 2011
Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Michel Gondry
Writers: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, George W. Trendle
Stars: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson, Christoph Waltz
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0990407/
Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team.
Battle Los Angeles
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
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Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Writers: Christopher Bertolini
Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ramon Rodriguez, Will Rothhaar, Cory Hardrict, Jim Parrack
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217613/
A squadron of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.
Paul
Release 2011
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Greg Mottola
Writers: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
Stars: Mia Stallard, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jeremy Owen, Jeffrey Tambor
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092026/
Two British comic-book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.
Cowboys & Aliens
Release 2011
Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Jon Favreau
Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Steve Oedekerk, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Stars: Daniel Craig, Abigail Spencer, Buck Taylor, Matthew Taylor, Cooper Taylor
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409847/
A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys and natives are all that stand in their way.
Real Steel
Release 2011
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
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Director: Shawn Levy
Writers: John Gatins, Dan Gilroy, Jeremy Leven, Richard Matheson
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433035/
Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.
I Am Number Four
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: D.J. Caruso
Writers: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Marti Noxon, Jobie Hughes, James Frey
Stars: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Callan McAuliffe
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1464540/
Aliens and their Guardians are hiding on Earth from intergalactic bounty hunters. They can only be killed in numerical order, and Number Four is next on the list. This is his story.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Release 2011
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Rupert Wyatt
Writers: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Pierre Boulle
Stars: Andy Serkis, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Richard Ridings, Christopher Gordon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1318514/
A substance, designed to help the brain repair itself, gives rise to a super-intelligent chimp who leads an ape uprising.
X-Men: First Class
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Matthew Vaughn
Writers: Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz, Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn, Sheldon Turner, Bryan Singer
Stars: James McAvoy, Laurence Belcher, Michael Fassbender, Bill Milner, Kevin Bacon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270798/
In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of Mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to start world war III.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Release 2009
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Gavin Hood
Writers: David Benioff, Skip Woods
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will.i.am, Lynn Collins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458525/
A look at Wolverine's early life, in particular his time with the government squad Team X and the impact it will have on his later years.
X-Men 3: The Last Stand
Release 2006
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Brett Ratner
Writers: Simon Kinberg, Zak Penn
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376994/
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men, led by Professor Charles Xavier, and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.