Category Archives: Sci-Fi
The Darkest Hour
Release 2011
Genre Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Chris Gorak
Writers: Jon Spaihts, Leslie Bohem, M.T. Ahern
Stars: Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093357/
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race who have attacked Earth via our power supply.
Attack the Block
Release 2011
Genre Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Joe Cornish
Stars: Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones, Franz Drameh
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478964/
A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Robert Rodriguez
Stars: Jessica Alba, Joel McHale, Rowan Blanchard, Mason Cook, Jeremy Piven
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517489/
A retired spy is called back into action, and to bond with her new step-children, she invites them along for the adventure to stop the evil Timekeeper from taking over the world.
Watchmen
Release 2009
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Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: David Hayter, Alex Tse, Dave Gibbons, Alan Moore
Stars: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/
In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.
Splice
Release 2009
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Director: Vincenzo Natali
Writers: Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant, Doug Taylor
Stars: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon, Simona Maicanescu
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017460/
Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use.
Megamind
Release 2010
Genre Action, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Tom McGrath
Writers: Alan J. Schoolcraft, Brent Simons
Stars: Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001526/
The supervillain Megamind finally defeats his nemesis, the superhero Metro Man. But without a hero, he loses all purpose and must find new meaning to his life.
Hot Tub Time Machine
Release 2010
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Steve Pink
Writers: Josh Heald, Sean Anders, John Morris
Stars: John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Sebastian Stan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231587/
A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.
Rubinrot
Release 2013
Genre Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
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Director: Felix Fuchssteiner
Writers: Katharina Schöde, Kerstin Gier
Stars: Maria Ehrich, Jannis Niewöhner, Veronica Ferres, Uwe Kockisch, Katharina Thalbach
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2418558/
Gwendolyn Shepherd is actually a very normal 16-year-old teen. What's annoying is that her family definitely has a tad too many secrets...
TRON: Legacy
Release 2010
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Joseph Kosinski
Writers: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal, Steven Lisberger, Bonnie MacBird
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, James Frain
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104001/
The son of a virtual world designer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's corrupted creation and a unique ally who was born inside the digital world.
Monsters
Release 2010
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Director: Gareth Edwards
Stars: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides, Annalee Jefferies, Justin Hall
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/
Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border.