Category Archives: Sci-Fi
X-Men
Release 2000
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Bryan Singer
Writers: Tom DeSanto, Bryan Singer, David Hayter
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120903/
Two mutants come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Source Code
Release 2011
Genre Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Duncan Jones
Writers: Ben Ripley
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Arden
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/
An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
In Time
Release 2011
Genre Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Shyloh Oostwald, Johnny Galecki, Colin McGurk
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/
In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage - a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system.
Green Lantern
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim, Michael Goldenberg
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1133985/
A test pilot is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force.
Limitless
Release 2011
Genre Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Neil Burger
Writers: Leslie Dixon, Alan Glynn
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Andrew Howard, Anna Friel
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219289/
With the help of a mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100 percent of his brain abilities, a struggling writer becomes a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with lots of dangers.
Super 8
Release 2011
Genre Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: J.J. Abrams
Stars: Joel Courtney, Jessica Tuck, Joel McKinnon Miller, Ryan Lee, Zach Mills
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650062/
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
Captain America: The First Avenger
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Joe Johnston
Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Stars: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458339/
After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending USA ideals.
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Release 2012
Genre Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: John Hyams
Writers: John Hyams, Doug Magnuson, Jon Greenhalgh, Moshe Diamant, Richard Rothstein, Christopher Leitch, Dean Devlin
Stars: Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Andrei Arlovski, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mariah Bonner
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1659343/
John looks to take down Luc Deveraux after a home invasion claims his wife and daughter. The fight pits John against Andrew Scott and an army of genetically enhanced warriors; meanwhile, he must contend with a UniSol in relentless pursuit.
Escape from Planet Earth
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Cal Brunker
Writers: Bob Barlen, Cal Brunker, Tony Leech, Cory Edwards, Stephen Fry
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Rob Corddry, Ricky Gervais, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Jessica Alba
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765446/
Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.
The Colony(2013)
Release 2013
Genre Action, Documentary, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Jeff Renfroe
Writers: Jeff Renfroe, Svet Rouskov, Patrick Tarr, Pascal Trottier
Stars: Kevin Zegers, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Paxton, Charlotte Sullivan, Dru Viergever
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160996/
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.