Archive for the ‘Sci-Fi’ Category
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | France | UK
Runtime: 90 min | 101 min (extended version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Maurice G. Dantec (novel) Mathieu Kassovitz (scenario and dialogue) …
Cast: Vin Diesel … Toorop
Michelle Yeoh … Sister Rebeka
Mélanie Thierry … Aurora
Lambert Wilson … Darquandier
Mark Strong … Finn
Jérôme Le Banner … Killa
Charlotte Rampling … High Priestess
Gérard Depardieu … Gorsky
Joel Kirby … Dr. Newton
Souleymane Dicko … Jamal
David Belle … Kid with Tattoos
Radek Bruna … Karl
Jan Unger … Fight Promoter
Abraham Belaga … Assistant to High Priestess
Gary Cowan … Neolite Executive
Plot: Veteran-turned-mercenary Toorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Henry Gilroy (written by) & Steven Melching (written by) …
Cast: Matt Lanter … Anakin Skywalker (voice)
Ashley Eckstein … Ahsoka Tano (voice)
James Arnold Taylor … Obi-Wan Kenobi / 4-A7 / Medical Droid (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker … Clone Troopers / Captain Rex / Cody (voice)
Tom Kane … Yoda / Narrator / Admiral Yularen (voice)
Nika Futterman … Asajj Ventress / Tee-C-Seventy (voice)
Ian Abercrombie … Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)
Corey Burton … General Loathsom / Ziro the Hutt / Kronos-327 (voice)
Catherine Taber … Padmé Amidala (voice)
Matthew Wood … Battle Droids (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson … Jabba the Hutt (voice)
David Acord … Rotta the Huttlet (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson … Mace Windu (voice)
Anthony Daniels … C-3PO (voice)
Christopher Lee … Count Dooku (voice)
Plot: As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, the heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace…
Awards: 1 nomination
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 111 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The darkest age is yet to come. Have faith.
Cast: Thomas Jane … Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter
Ron Perlman … Brother Samuel
Devon Aoki … Cpl. Valerie Duval
Sean Pertwee … Capt. Nathan Rooker
Benno Fürmann … Lt. Maximillian von Steiner
John Malkovich … Constantine
Anna Walton … Severian
Tom Wu … Cpl. Juba Kim Wu
Steve Toussaint … Capt. John McGuire
Luis Echegaray … Cpl. Jesus 'El Jesus' de Barrera
Pras … Captain Michaels (as Pras Michel)
Shauna Macdonald … Adelaide
Roger Ashton-Griffiths … Science Monk
Christopher Adamson … Hodge
Nicholas Ball … Plutocrat
Plot: 28th century soldier Mitch Hunter leads a fight against an army of underworld Mutants.
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 104 min | USA:108 min (director's cut)
Languages: English | Russian | Czech
Director:
Tagline: Believe Again
Cast: David Duchovny … Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson … Dana Scully
Amanda Peet … ASAC Dakota Whitney
Billy Connolly … Father Joseph Crissman
Xzibit … Agent Mosley Drummy (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner)
Mitch Pileggi … Walter Skinner
Callum Keith Rennie … 2nd Abductor – Janke Dacyshyn
Adam Godley … Father Ybarra
Alex Diakun … Gaunt Man
Nicki Aycox … 2nd Victim – Cheryl Cunningham
Fagin Woodcock … 1st Abductor – Franz Tomczeszyn
Marco Niccoli … Christian Fearon
Carrie Ruscheinsky … Margaret Fearon
Spencer Maybee … Blair Fearon
Veronika Hadrava … Female Assistant
Plot: Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 min | USA:150 min (original cut)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Not Your Parent's Opera
Writers: Darren Smith (screenplay) & Terrance Zdunich (screenplay) …
Cast: Alexa Vega … Shilo Wallace
Paul Sorvino … Rotti Largo
Anthony Head … Nathan / Repo Man (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Sarah Brightman … Blind Mag
Paris Hilton … Amber Sweet
Bill Moseley … Luigi Largo
Nivek Ogre … Pavi Largo (as Ogre)
Terrance Zdunich … Graverobber
Sarah Power … Marni
Jessica Horn … Jessica Adams
Branko Lebar … Rotti's Chauffeur
Brianna Buckmaster … Sherrie Alviso (as Briana Buckmaster)
Anna Kostan … Young Mormon Woman
Brad Austin … Young Mormon Man
Marty Adams … Big Man
Plot: A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: An Adventure Beyond the Ordinar-E
Writers: Andrew Stanton (original story) & Pete Docter (original story) …
Cast: Ben Burtt … WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Elissa Knight … EVE (voice)
Jeff Garlin … Captain McCrea (voice)
Fred Willard … Shelby Forthright – BnL CEO
MacInTalk … AUTO (voice)
John Ratzenberger … John (voice)
Kathy Najimy … Mary (voice)
Sigourney Weaver … Ship's Computer (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kim Kopf … Hoverchair Mother (voice)
Sherry Lynn … Additional voices (voice)
Plot: In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 44 wins & 40 nominations
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | India
Runtime: 91 min
Languages: English | French
Director:
Tagline: We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now… It's Happening.
Cast: Mark Wahlberg … Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel … Alma Moore
John Leguizamo … Julian
Ashlyn Sanchez … Jess
Betty Buckley … Mrs. Jones
Spencer Breslin … Josh
Robert Bailey Jr. … Jared
Frank Collison … Nursery Owner
Jeremy Strong … Pvt. Auster – MP
Alan Ruck … Principal
Victoria Clark … Nursery Owner's Wife
M. Night Shyamalan … Joey (voice)
Alison Folland … Claire – Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin
Kristen Connolly … Woman Reading on Bench
Cornell Womack … Construction Foreman
Plot: A strange, horrible and unprecedented crisis begins in Central Park. A high school science teacher, his wife and a young girl do what they can to survive it.
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 112 min
Languages: English | Portuguese | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: On June 13, get ready to unleash the beast.
Cast: Edward Norton … Bruce Banner
Liv Tyler … Betty Ross
Tim Roth … Emil Blonsky
William Hurt … Gen. 'Thunderbolt' Ross
Tim Blake Nelson … Samuel Sterns
Ty Burrell … Leonard
Christina Cabot … Major Kathleen Sparr
Peter Mensah … General Joe Greller
Lou Ferrigno … The Incredible Hulk / Security Guard (voice)
Paul Soles … Stanley
Débora Nascimento … Martina
Greg Bryk … Commando #1
Chris Owens … Commando #2
Al Vrkljan … Commando #3
Adrian Hein … Commando #4
Plot: Dr. Bruce Banner, thanks to a gamma ray experiment gone wrong, transforms into a giant green-skinned hulk whenever his pulse rate gets too high. Meanwhile, a soldier uses the same technology to become an evil version of the original.
Awards: 4 nominations
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English | Norse, Old
Director:
Tagline: It destroyed his world. He won't let it destroy ours.
Cast: James Caviezel … Kainan
Sophia Myles … Freya
Jack Huston … Wulfric
John Hurt … Rothgar
Cliff Saunders … Boromir
Patrick Stevenson … Unferth
Aidan Devine … Einar
Ron Perlman … Gunnar
Bailey Maughan … Erick
John Nelles … Donal (as John E. Nelles)
James Preston Rogers … Bjorn (as James Rogers)
Scott Owen … Aethril
Petra Prazak … Mara
Owen Pattison … Galen, son of Kainen
Matt Cooke … Captain
Plot: During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking’s Iron Age weaponry.
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 126 min
Languages: English | Persian | Urdu | Hindi
Director:
Tagline: This Summer: Heroes Aren't Born, They're Built.
Cast: Robert Downey Jr. … Tony Stark
Terrence Howard … Rhodey
Jeff Bridges … Obadiah Stane
Gwyneth Paltrow … Pepper Potts
Leslie Bibb … Christine Everhart
Shaun Toub … Yinsen
Faran Tahir … Raza
Clark Gregg … Agent Phil Coulson
Bill Smitrovich … General Gabriel
Sayed Badreya … Abu Bakaar
Paul Bettany … Jarvis (voice)
Jon Favreau … Hogan
Peter Billingsley … William Ginter Riva
Tim Guinee … Major Allen
Will Lyman … Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
Plot: When wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suit after a life-threatening incident, he ultimately decides to use its technology to fight against evil.
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 42 nominations
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA | South Africa | Germany
Runtime: USA:105 min | USA:113 min (uncut version) | UK:108 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The End Is Nigh.
Cast: Caryn Peterson … Vagrant Girl
Adeola Ariyo … Nurse
Emma Cleasby … Katherine Sinclair
Christine Tomlinson … Young Eden Sinclair
Vernon Willemse … David / Gimp
Paul Hyett … Hot Dog Victim
Daniel Read … Sergeant #1
Karl Thaning … Pilot
Stephen Hughes … Soldier #1 / Johnson
Jason Cope … Wall Guard
Ryan Kruger … Soldier
Nathan Wheatley … Patient "X"
Cecil Carter … DDS Assault Trooper
Jeremy Crutchley … Richter
Rhona Mitra … Maj. Eden Sinclair
Plot: A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
All Genres:
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Eddie Murphy in Eddie Murphy in Meet Dave
Cast: Eddie Murphy … Dave Ming Cheng / The Captain
Elizabeth Banks … Gina Morrison
Gabrielle Union … No. 3 – Cultural Officer
Scott Caan … Officer Dooley
Ed Helms … No. 2 – 2nd In Command
Kevin Hart … No. 17
Mike O'Malley … Officer Knox
Pat Kilbane … No. 4 – Security Officer
Judah Friedlander … Engineer
Marc Blucas … Mark Rhodes
Jim Turner … Doctor
Austyn Myers … Josh Morrison (as Austyn Lynd Myers)
Adam Tomei … No. 35
Brian Huskey … Lieutenant Right Arm
Shawn Christian … Lieutenant Left Arm
Plot: A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.
Awards: 4 nominations
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 88 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: anywhere is possible.
Cast: Hayden Christensen … David Rice
Jamie Bell … Griffin
Rachel Bilson … Millie
Diane Lane … Mary Rice
Samuel L. Jackson … Roland
Michael Rooker … William Rice
AnnaSophia Robb … Young Millie (as Annasophia Robb)
Max Thieriot … Young David
Jesse James … Young Mark
Tom Hulce … Mr. Bowker
Kristen Stewart … Sophie
Teddy Dunn … Mark Kobold
Barbara Garrick … Ellen
Michael Winther … Day Bank Manager
Massimiliano Pazzaglia … Italian Desk Cop
Plot: A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between “Jumpers” and those who have sworn to kill them.
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: Hong Kong
Runtime: 86 min
Languages: Cantonese
Director:
Tagline: It's out of this world.
Writers: Stephen Chow (written by) & Vincent Kok (written by) …
Cast: Stephen Chow … Ti
Jiao Xu … Dicky
Lei Huang … Johnny
Kitty Zhang Yuqi … Miss Yuen (as Kitty Zhang)
Chi Chung Lam … Boss (as Tze Chung Lam)
Shing-Cheung Lee … Mr. Cao (as Sheung Ching Lee)
Wen Xue Yao … Storm Dragon
Min Hun Fung … P. E. Teacher
Yong Hua Han … Maggie
Yu Lei … Johnny's Entourage rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cole Barba … Johnny (voice: English version)
Qing Dong … Classmate
Hang-Sang Poon … Reporter (as Hang Sang Poon)
Tristan Price … Dicky (voice: English version)
Qian Shen … Classmate
Shun-Yee Yuen … Farmer (as Shun Yi Yuen)
Plot: A poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy.
Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
All Genres:
Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 85 min
Languages: English | Russian
Director:
Tagline: Some Thing Has Found Us
Cast: Lizzy Caplan … Marlena Diamond
Jessica Lucas … Lily Ford
T.J. Miller … Hudson 'Hud' Platt
Michael Stahl-David … Rob Hawkins
Mike Vogel … Jason Hawkins
Odette Yustman … Beth McIntyre
Anjul Nigam … Bodega Cashier
Margot Farley … Jenn
Theo Rossi … Antonio
Brian Klugman … Charlie
Kelvin Yu … Clark
Liza Lapira … Heather
Lili Mirojnick … Lei
Ben Feldman … Travis
Elena Caruso … Party Goer
Plot: Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.
Awards: 4 wins & 11 nominations
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 94 min | USA:102 min (unrated version)
Languages: English
Director: Colin Strause
Greg Strause
Tagline: This Christmas there will be no peace on Earth.
Cast: Steven Pasquale … Dallas
Reiko Aylesworth … Kelly
John Ortiz … Morales
Johnny Lewis … Ricky
Ariel Gade … Molly
Kristen Hager … Jesse
Sam Trammell … Tim
Robert Joy … Col. Stevens
David Paetkau … Dale
Tom Woodruff Jr. … Alien
Ian Whyte … Predator
Chelah Horsdal … Darcy
Meshach Peters … Curtis
Matt Ward … Mark
Michal Suchánek … Nick (as Michal Suchanek)
Plot: Warring alien and predator races descend on a small town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival.
Awards: 3 nominations
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The last man on earth is not alone
Cast: Will Smith … Robert Neville
Alice Braga … Anna
Charlie Tahan … Ethan
Salli Richardson-Whitfield … Zoe (as Salli Richardson)
Willow Smith … Marley
Darrell Foster … Mike – Military Escort
April Grace … TV Personality
Dash Mihok … Alpha Male
Joanna Numata … Alpha Female
Abbey … Sam
Kona … Sam
Samuel Glen … Military Driver – Jay
James Michael McCauley … Male Evacuee (as James McCauley)
Marin Ireland … Woman Evacuee
Pedro Mojica … Sergeant
Plot: Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
Awards: 7 wins & 17 nominations
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 126 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Stephen King's Legendary Tale of Terror
Cast: Thomas Jane … David Drayton
Marcia Gay Harden … Mrs. Carmody
Laurie Holden … Amanda Dunfrey
Andre Braugher … Brent Norton
Toby Jones … Ollie Weeks
William Sadler … Jim
Jeffrey DeMunn … Dan Miller
Frances Sternhagen … Irene Reppler
Nathan Gamble … Billy Drayton
Alexa Davalos … Sally
Chris Owen … Norm
Sam Witwer … Private Jessup
Robert C. Treveiler … Bud Brown (as Robert Treveiler)
David Jensen … Myron
Melissa Suzanne McBride … Woman With Kids at Home (as Melissa McBride)
Plot: A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: Spain
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: Spanish
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Karra Elejalde … Héctor
Candela Fernández … Clara
Bárbara Goenaga … La Chica en el Bosque
Nacho Vigalondo … El Joven
Juan Inciarte … Héctor Ocasional (as Ion Inciarte)
Miguel Ángel Poo … Locución Radiofónica (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Libby Brien … Clara (voice)
Philip Hersh … Radio Announcer (voice)
Plot: A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
Awards: 7 wins & 4 nominations
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:85 min | Canada:85 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: They are coming
Writers: Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay) Aristomenis Tsirbas (story)
Cast: Chad Allen … Terrian Scientist (voice)
Rosanna Arquette … Professor Lina (voice)
Bill Birch … Terrian 2 (voice)
Brooke Bloom … Technician Quinn (voice)
Tom Connolly … Technician Williams (voice)
Brian Cox … General Hemmer (voice)
David Cross … Giddy (voice)
Beverly D'Angelo … Interrogator Wright (voice)
Jim Devoti … Colonel Wheeler (voice)
Chris Evans … Stewart Stanton (voice)
James Garner … Doron (voice)
Danny Glover … President Chen (voice)
Mark Hamill … Elder Orin (voice)
Alec Holden … Tulo (voice)
Masam Holden … Tumi (voice)
Plot: A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
Awards: 3 wins
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