Archive for the ‘Sci-Fi’ Category

EVANGELION 2.0: YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Genre: Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 101

Language: Japanese

Director: Masayuki

Plot: The landmark anime Evangelion evolves, reaching new heights of intensity in the
new feature film, EVANGELION: 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE. In an explosive
new story full of brutal action and primal emotion, a group of young pilots maneuver
their towering, cyborg Eva Units into combat against a deadly and disturbing enemy.
In the battle to prevent the apocalyptic Third Impact, Shinji and Rei were forced to
carry humanity’s hopes on their shoulders. Now, as the onslaught of the bizarre,
monstrous Angels escalates, they find their burden shared by two new Eva pilots:
the fiery Asuka and the mysterious Mari. In this thrilling new experience for fans of
giant robot action, the young pilots fight desperately to save mankind – and struggle to save themselves.

 

Inception

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

All Genres:
Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller See  »

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA | UK

Runtime: 142 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Your mind is the scene of the crime

 

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio … Cobb
Ken Watanabe … Saito
Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Arthur
Marion Cotillard … Mal
Ellen Page … Ariadne
Tom Hardy … Eames
Cillian Murphy … Fischer
Tom Berenger … Browning
Michael Caine … Professor
Lukas Haas … Nash
Tohoru Masamune … Security Guard rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Claire Geare … Phillipa (3 years)
Johnathan Geare … James
Carl Gilliard … Hotel Guest
Daniel Girondeaud … Man of the dream
Mobin Khan … Mombasa Casino Cashier
Yuji Okumoto … Attendant
Nicole Pulliam … Hotel Guest
Dileep Rao … Yusef
Talulah Riley … Blonde

 

Plot: In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a single idea within one’s mind can be the most dangerous weapon or the most valuable asset. Full synopsis »

Predators

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller See  »

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

Runtime:

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Fear is Reborn See »

 

Cast: Adrien Brody … Royce
Topher Grace … Edwin
Danny Trejo … Cuchillo
Laurence Fishburne … Noland
Walton Goggins … Stans
Alice Braga … Isabelle
Derek Mears … Predator
Brian Steele … Black Super Predator
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali … Mombasa
Carey Jones … Dog Handler Super Predator
Oleg Taktarov … Nikolai
Louis Ozawa Changchien … Hanzo

 

Plot: A group of elite warriors are hunted by members of a merciless alien race known as Predators. Add synopsis »

Repo Men

Friday, March 19th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA | Canada

Runtime: 113 min

Languages:

Director:

Tagline: Consider them your final notice.

 

Cast: Liev Schreiber … Frank
Jude Law … Remy
Forest Whitaker … Jake Freivald
Alice Braga … Beth
Carice van Houten … Carol
Liza Lapira … Alva
RZA
Yvette Nicole Brown … Rhodesia
Chandler Canterbury … Peter
Tanya Clarke … Hooker
Joe Pingue … Raymond Pearl
Ashleigh Hubbard … Hot Girlfriend
Lina So … Sexy Asian Bride
Erin Reese … Hot Commercial Girl (as Erin Lokitz)
Jessica Rimmer
Bashar Rahal … Commercial Terrorist
Sima Fisher … Stewardess
Tiffany Espensen … Lil'Alva
Kristina Pesic … Dancing Girl #2
Michelle Santoro … Jacks soda girl
Olya Milova … Russian Bride
Dorly Jean-Louis … Hooker
Kathryn Michelle … Commercial Jogging Woman
Neil Whitely … Passenger
Laytrel McMullen … Jump Rope Girl #1
Will McFadden … New Stomach Man
Imali Perera … Q's Nurse
Marty Adams
Simon Northwood … TSA Agent
Christina Giuseppe Silva … Sexy Cuban Bride
Christian Lloyd … Addict
Jim Annan … TSA Guard
Emily Lineham … Hooker #5
Devon Tucker … Jack Soda Party Boy
Greg Lanzillotta … Super Special Tough Guy #5
Zoe Doyle … Technician (as Zoe Mugford)
Sarah Maxwell … Hooker special #3
Rebecca Applebaum … Dancing Girl #1
Keith Arthur Bolden … Salesman
Amie Alexia

 

Plot: Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who… add synopsis

The Crazies

Friday, February 26th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA | United Arab Emirates

Runtime: 101 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Fear Thy Neighbor

 

Cast: Timothy Olyphant … David Dutton
Radha Mitchell … Judy Dutton
Joe Anderson … Russell Clank
Danielle Panabaker … Becca Darling
Christie Lynn Smith … Deardra Farnum
Brett Rickaby … Bill Farnum
Preston Bailey … Nicholas
John Aylward … Mayor Hobbs
Joe Reegan … Pvt. Billy Babcock
Glenn Morshower … Intelligence Officer
Larry Cedar … Ben Sandborn
Gregory Sporleder … Travis Quinn
Mike Hickman … Rory Hamill
Lisa K. Wyatt … Peggy Hamill
Justin Welborn … Curt Hammil

 

Plot: About the inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. add synopsis

The Book of Eli

Monday, January 11th, 2010

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

Runtime: 118 min

Languages: English

Director: Albert Hughes

Allen Hughes

Tagline: Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.

 

Cast: Denzel Washington … Eli
Gary Oldman … Carnegie
Mila Kunis … Solara
Ray Stevenson … Redridge
Jennifer Beals … Claudia
Evan Jones … Martz
Joe Pingue … Hoyt
Frances de la Tour … Martha
Michael Gambon … George
Tom Waits … Engineer
Chris Browning … Hijack Leader
Richard Cetrone … Hijacker
Lateef Crowder … Highjacker / Construction Thug
Keith Davis … Hijacker
Don Tai … Hijacker (as Don Theerathada)

 

Plot: A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

Avatar

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | UK

Runtime: 162 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Enter the World

 

Cast: Sam Worthington … Jake Sully
Zoe Saldana … Neytiri
Sigourney Weaver … Dr. Grace Augustine
Stephen Lang … Colonel Miles Quaritch
Joel Moore … Norm Spellman (as Joel David Moore)
Giovanni Ribisi … Parker Selfridge
Michelle Rodriguez … Trudy Chacon
Laz Alonso … Tsu'tey
Wes Studi … Eytukan
CCH Pounder … Moat
Dileep Rao … Dr. Max Patel
Matt Gerald … Corporal Lyle Wainfleet
Sean Anthony Moran … Private Fike
Jason Whyte … Cryo Vault Med Tech
Scott Lawrence … Venture Star Crew Chief

 

Plot: A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

 

Awards: Nominated for 9 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 33 nominations

2012

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Canada

Runtime: 158 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: We Were Warned.

 

Cast: John Cusack … Jackson Curtis
Amanda Peet … Kate Curtis
Chiwetel Ejiofor … Adrian Helmsley
Thandie Newton … Laura Wilson
Oliver Platt … Carl Anheuser
Thomas McCarthy … Gordon Silberman (as Tom McCarthy)
Woody Harrelson … Charlie Frost
Danny Glover … President Thomas Wilson
Liam James … Noah Curtis
Morgan Lily … Lilly Curtis
Zlatko Buric … Yuri Karpov
Beatrice Rosen … Tamara
Alexandre Haussmann … Alec
Philippe Haussmann … Oleg
Johann Urb … Sasha

 

Plot: An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.

 

Awards: 2 wins & 8 nominations

The Fourth Kind

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 98 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction.

 

Cast: Milla Jovovich … Abbey Tyler
Will Patton … Sheriff August
Hakeem Kae-Kazim … Awolowa Odusami
Corey Johnson … Tommy Fisher
Enzo Cilenti … Scott Stracinsky
Elias Koteas … Abel Campos
Eric Loren … Deputy Ryan
Mia McKenna-Bruce … Ashley Tyler
Raphaël Coleman … Ronnie Tyler
Daphne Alexander … Theresa
Alisha Seaton … Cindy Stracinski
Tyne Rafaeli … Sarah Fisher
Pavel Stefanov … Timothy Fisher
Kiera McMaster … Joe Fisher
Sarah Houghton … Jessica

 

Plot: A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.

Splice

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

All Genres:
Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller See  »

Release Year: 2009

Country: Canada | France | USA

Runtime:

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Science's newest miracle…is a mistake. See »

 

Cast: Adrien Brody … Clive
Sarah Polley … Elsa
Delphine Chanéac … Dren
David Hewlett … Barlow
Abigail Chu … Young Dren
Stephanie Baird … Elsa / PD
Amanda Brugel … Melinda Finch
Brandon McGibbon … Gavin

 

Plot: Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with… See » Add synopsis »

 

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination See »

Astro Boy

Monday, October 5th, 2009

All Genres:
Animation, Action, Family, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2009

Country: Hong Kong | USA | Japan

Runtime: 94 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Have a blast.

 

Writers: Osamu Tezuka (comic series) Timothy Harris (screenplay) …

 

Cast: Kristen Bell … Cora (voice)
Nicolas Cage … Dr. Tenma (voice)
Charlize Theron … 'Our Friends' Narrator (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson … Zog (voice)
Donald Sutherland … President Stone (voice)
Bill Nighy … Dr. Elefun (voice)
Freddie Highmore … Astro Boy (voice)
Eugene Levy … Orrin (voice)
Moises Arias … Zane (voice)
Nathan Lane … Ham Egg (voice)
Madeline Carroll … Widget / Grace (voice)
Matt Lucas … Sparx (voice)
Ryan Stiles … Mr. Pistachio (voice)
Sterling Beaumon … Sludge (voice)
Victor Bonavida … Sam (voice)
Tony Matthews … Cora's Dad (voice)

 

Plot: Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant… add synopsis

 

Awards: 2 nominations

Pandorum

Friday, September 25th, 2009

All Genres:
Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Germany

Runtime: 108 min

Languages: English | Vietnamese | German

Director:

Tagline: Don't fear the end of the world. Fear what happens next.

 

Cast: Dennis Quaid … Payton
Ben Foster … Bower
Cam Gigandet … Gallo
Antje Traue … Nadia
Cung Le … Manh
Eddie Rouse … Leland
Norman Reedus … Shepard
André Hennicke … Hunter Leader
Friederike Kempter … Evalon
Niels-Bruno Schmidt … Insane Officer 'Eden'
Asia Luna Mohmand … Child Hunter
Delphine Chuillot … Young Bower's Mother
Wotan Wilke Möhring … Young Bower's Father
Julian Rappe … Young Bower
Domenico D'Ambrosio … Wounded Officer 'Eden'

 

Plot: A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities.

Surrogates

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 89 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you?

 

Cast: Bruce Willis … Tom Greer
Radha Mitchell … Peters
Rosamund Pike … Maggie
Boris Kodjoe … Stone
James Francis Ginty … Canter Surrogate
James Cromwell … Older Canter
Ving Rhames … The Prophet
Jack Noseworthy … Strickland
Devin Ratray … Bobby
Michael Cudlitz … Colonel Brendon
Jeffrey De Serrano … Armando
Helena Mattsson … JJ
Michael Phillip … Uniformed Cop
Danny F Smith … Victim (as Danny Smith)
Brian A. Parrish … Hard Hat (as Brian Parrish)

 

Plot: Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others

The Box

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 115 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: You Are The Experiment

 

Cast: Cameron Diaz … Norma Lewis
James Marsden … Arthur Lewis
Frank Langella … Arlington Steward
James Rebhorn … Norm Cahill
Holmes Osborne … Dick Burns
Sam Oz Stone … Walter Lewis
Gillian Jacobs … Dana
Celia Weston … Lana Burns
Deborah Rush … Clymene Steward
Lisa K. Wyatt … Rhonda Martin
Mark S. Cartier … Martin Teague (as Mark Cartier)
Kevin Robertson … Wendel Matheson
Michele Durrett … Rebecca Matheson (as Michele Durett)
Ian Kahn … Vick Brenner
John Magaro … Charles

 

Plot: A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don’t know.

Defendor

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2009

Country: Canada

Runtime: Canada:95 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: An unexpected hero will rise.

 

Cast: Woody Harrelson … Arthur Poppington / Defendor
Kat Dennings … Kat
Elias Koteas … Chuck Dooney
Sandra Oh … Dr. Park
Lisa Ray … Dominique Ball
Michael Kelly … Paul Carter
Charlotte Sullivan … Fay Poppington
Kristin Booth … Wendy Carter
Tatiana Maslany … Olga
Lyriq Bent … Wayne
Tony Nappo … Biker Cliff
Michael Cram … Blake
Dakota Goyo … Jack Carter
James Preston Rogers … BikerBob
Graham Abbey … Constable Mike
John Paul Ruttan … Young Jack
Cynthia Amsden … Woman with Pointsetta
Max Dreesen … Kid Arthur

 

Plot: A comedy centered around three characters: an everyday guy who comes to believe he’s a superhero, his psychiatrist, and the teenager he befriends. add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 win

Daybreakers

Friday, September 11th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: Australia | USA

Runtime: 98 min

Languages: English

Director: Michael Spierig

Peter Spierig

Tagline: In 2019, The Most Precious Natural Resource… Is Us.

 

Writers: Michael Spierig (written by) & Peter Spierig (written by)

 

Cast: Harriet Minto-Day … Lisa Barrett
Jay Laga'aia … Senator Turner
Damien Garvey … Senator Westlake
Sahaj Dumpleton … Homeless Vampire
Allan Todd … Businessman
Gabriella Di Labio … Businesswoman
Ben Siemer … Police Officer
Peter Welman … Police Officer
Ethan Hawke … Edward Dalton
Callum McLean … Vampire School Kid
Jarrad Pon … Vampire School Kid
Victoria Williams … Vampire School Kid
Zoe White … Vampire School Kid
Aolani Roy … Vampire School Kid
Tiffany Lamb … News Reader

 

Plot: In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind. add synopsis

Gamer

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 95 min

Languages: English

Director: Mark Neveldine

Brian Taylor

Tagline: In the near future, you don't live to play… you'll play to live.

 

Cast: Gerard Butler … Kable
Amber Valletta … Angie
Michael C. Hall … Ken Castle
Kyra Sedgwick … Gina Parker Smith
Logan Lerman … Simon
Alison Lohman … Trace
Terry Crews … Hackman
Ramsey Moore … Gorge
Ludacris … Humanz Brother (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
Aaron Yoo … Humanz Dude
Jonathan Chase … Geek Leader
Dan Callahan … Backup Geek
Brighid Fleming … Delia
Johnny Whitworth … Scotch
Keith Jardine … Mean Slayer

 

Plot: Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments… add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 win

9

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 79 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: (7) To Defend Us…

 

Writers: Pamela Pettler (screenplay) Shane Acker (story)

 

Cast: Christopher Plummer … 1 (voice)
Martin Landau … 2 (voice)
John C. Reilly … 5 (voice)
Crispin Glover … 6 (voice)
Jennifer Connelly … 7 (voice)
Fred Tatasciore … 8 / Radio Announcer (voice)
Elijah Wood … 9 (voice)
Alan Oppenheimer … The Scientist (voice)
Tom Kane … Dictator (voice)
Helen Wilson … Newscaster (voice)

 

Plot: A post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of humanity is threatened.

 

Awards: 5 nominations

The Time Traveler's Wife

Friday, August 14th, 2009

All Genres:
Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 107 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Michelle Nolden … Annette DeTamble
Alex Ferris … Henry at Six
Arliss Howard … Richard DeTamble
Eric Bana … Henry DeTamble
Katherine Trowell … Hospital Receptionist
Bart Bedford … Library Researcher
Esther Jun … Waitress
Matt Birman … Chicago Police #1
Craig Snoyer … Chicago Police #2
Rachel McAdams … Clare Abshire
Carly Street … Librarian
Romyen Tangsubutra … Thai Waiter
Brooklynn Proulx … Clare at Six and Eight
Jane McLean … Charisse
Ron Livingston … Gomez

 

Plot: A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage.

District 9

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | New Zealand

Runtime: 112 min

Languages: English | Nyanja | Afrikaans

Director:

Tagline: You are not welcome here.

 

Writers: Neill Blomkamp (screenplay) & Terri Tatchell (screenplay)

 

Cast: Sharlto Copley … Wikus Van De Merwe
Jason Cope … Grey Bradnam – UKNR Chief Correspondent
Nathalie Boltt … Sarah Livingstone – Sociologist
Sylvaine Strike … Dr Katrina McKenzie
Elizabeth Mkandawie … Interviewee
John Sumner … Les Feldman – MIL Engineer
William Allen Young … Dirk Michaels
Greg Melvill-Smith … Interviewer
Nick Blake … Francois Moraneu – CIV Engineer Team
Morena Busa Sesatsa … Interviewee
Themba Nkosi … Interviewee
Mzwandile Nqoba … Interviewee
Barry Strydom … Interviewee
Jed Brophy … James Hope – Police Officer
Louis Minnaar … Piet Smit

 

Plot: An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.

 

Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 27 nominations