Showing posts with label Science Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science Fiction. Show all posts

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Dragonball Evolution

Goku and a handful of friends battle for the Earth against the deadly forces of the Saiyans, who are sweeping across the universe, leaving a path of destruction. Goku and his friends' best chance for survival rests with the Namekian DragonBalls, which provide them the power to summon a mighty dragon.








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Starring: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Chow Yun-Fat
Directed by: James Wong
Genres: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Adaptation, Action/Adventure
Running Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG (for intense sequences of action/violence and brief mild language)
Yahoo! Users: 3/5 (5,505 ratings)
IMDb Users Rating: 3.1/10 (30,465 users)
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Puss in Boots

Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town.













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Starring:
Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris
Directed by:
Chris Miller
Genres: Family, Action/Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Running Time: 90 min
MPAA Rating: PG (for some adventure action and mild rude humor)
Yahoo! Users: 4/5 (2,287 ratings)
IMDb Users Rating: 6.8/10 (26,557 users)

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Real Steel

In the near-future, where the sport of boxing has gone hi-tech, Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback.

Trailer

Starring:
Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Kevin Durand, Anthony Mackie, Evangeline Lilly
Directed by:
Shawn Levy
Genres: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Sports
Running Time: 2 hours 7 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for some violence, intense action, and brief language)
Yahoo! Users: 4.5/5 (2,368 ratings)
IMDb Users Rating: 7.2/10 (74,593 users)

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Darkest Hour

Five young people find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack.














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Starring:
Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman
Directed by:
Chris Gorak
Genres: Thriller, Action/Adventure and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 89 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for for sci-fi action violence and some language
Yahoo! Users: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 5.2/10 (2,248 votes)
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Soren, is a young owl enthralled by his father's epic stories of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owl kind from the evil Pure Ones. While Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older brother, Kludd, scoffs at the notion, and yearns to hunt, fly and steal his father's favor from his younger sibling. But Kludd's jealousy has terrible consequences--causing both owlets to fall from their treetop home and right into the talons of the Pure Ones. Now it is up to Soren to make a daring escape with the help of other brave young owls. Together they soar across the sea and through the mist to find the Great Tree, home of the legendary Guardians of Ga'Hoole--Soren's only hope of defeating the Pure Ones and saving the owl kingdoms.

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Starring: Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Joel Edgerton, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Genres: Animation, Kids/Family, Adaptation and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 90 min.
MPAA Rating: PG for some sequences of scary action
Yahoo! Critics: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 7.0/10 (23,910 votes)
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Cowboys & Aliens

1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde. It's a town that lives in fear.

But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.

Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella, he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents - townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors - all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.

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Starring:
Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach
Directed by:
Jon Favreau
Genres: Adaptation, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Western, Thriller and Action/Adventure
Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for for intense sequences of western and sci-fi action and violence, some partial nudity and a brief crude reference
Yahoo! Critics: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 6.3/10 (35,487 votes)
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

A single act of both compassion and arrogance leads to a war unlike any other -- and to the RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES.














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Starring: James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Tom Felton
Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense and frightening sequences of action and violence
Yahoo! Critics: B
IMDb Users Rating: 7.8/10 (85,697 votes)
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Autobots Bummblebee, Rachet, Ironhide and Sideswipe led by Optimus Prime, are back in action taking on the evil Decepticons, who are eager to avenge their recent defeat. The Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the U.S. and Russia, to reach a hidden Cybertronian spacecraft on the moon and learn its secrets, and once again Sam Witwicky has to come to the aid of his robot friends. New villain, Shockwave, who rules Cybertron, is on the scene while the Autobots and Decepticons continue to battle it out on Earth.

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Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, John Malkovich, Tyrese Gibson
Directed by: Michael Bay
Genres: Action/Adventure, Sequel and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 2 hr. 34 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense prolonged sequences of sci-fi action violence, mayhem and destruction, and for language, some sexuality and innuendo
Yahoo! Critics: C
IMDb Users Rating: 6.4/10 (100,144 votes)
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Friday, October 21, 2011

Bedtime Stories

Hotel handyman Skeeter Bronson's life is changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to mysteriously come true. He attempts to take advantage of the phenomenon, incorporating his own aspirations into one outlandish tale after another, but it's the kids' unexpected contributions that turn Skeeter's life upside down.






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Starring: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Teresa Palmer, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand
Directed by:
Adam Shankman
Genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Kids/Family, Action/Adventure and Comedy
Running Time: 1 hr. 39 min.

MPAA Rating: PG for some mild rude humor and mild language
Yahoo! Critics: C
IMDb Users Rating: 6.1/10 (28,407 votes)
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Inception

Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible -- inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

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Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Action/Adventure and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 2 hr. 28 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout
Yahoo! Critics: B+
IMDb Users Rating: 8.9/10 (430,784 votes)
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Monday, October 17, 2011

The Thing

Paleontologist Kate Lloyd has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up.

When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew's pilot, Carter, to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.

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Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Directed by:
Matthijs Van Heijningen
Genres: Adaptation, Suspense/Horror and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 39 min.

MPAA Rating: R for strong creature violence and gore, disturbing images, and language
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 6.8/10 (995 votes)
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Friday, October 7, 2011

A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.







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Starring: Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman
Directed by:
Robert Zemeckis
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Animation, Adaptation, Holiday and Remake
Running Time: 1 hr. 36 min.

MPAA Rating: PG for scary sequences and images
Yahoo! Critics: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 6.9/10 (21,418 votes)
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The Sorcerer and the White Snake 白蛇傳說

According to legend, there lived a horde of goblins and monsters in the depths of the primeval forest. Among these evil spirits were two snakes, one white and one green, loitering in the mountains, leading a carefree life.

One day, a young herbalist Xu Xian (Raymond Lam) came to the mountains and accidentally fell into a lake. White Snake (Eva Huang), in the incarnation of a beautiful lady, the form she acquired after a thousand years of practice and cultivation, came to his rescue. White Snake’s passion for this young man could not be contained, and with the help of Green Snake (Charlene Choi), she ventured into the human world and got married to Xu Xian.

Not long after their marriage, a strange disease started plaguing their town. As a physician, Xu Xian was very anxious. In order to help her husband, White Snake was willing to use up most of her supernatural power to concoct medicine for the disease, undermining her body and her vital energy.

Fa Hai (Jet Li), a sorcerer from Jinshan Temple, whose mission was to travel the world to subdue demons and slay monsters, arrived in time to save the town from the plague. But at the same time, from the medicine provided by Xu Xian, the sorcerer detected a touch of evil.

Then came Dragon Boat Festival when Chinese families drink wine to drive away evil spirits. In celebration, Xu Xian made White Snake drink some wine, and she immediately turned into a big white snake. Meanwhile Fa Hai came to the house in order to subdue White Snake. In confusion, Xu Xian used the sacred sword given to him by Fa Hai and wounded the large white python. White Snake escaped with serious injury.

Xu Xian was grief-stricken and tried to make remedy by risking his life to obtain a potent medicinal herb for his wife. Xu Xian got the herb but during the course was possessed by demons. In order to save him, Fa hai kept him in Jinshan Temple.

After taking the herbal dose, White Snake regained her strength and power and rushed to Jinshan Temple for her husband. She was overcome with rage after the failure to enter the Temple. In extreme frenzy, she summoned up a flood over the Temple causing a catastrophe.

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Starring: Jet Li, Shengyi Huang, Charlene Choi, Raymond Lam, Wu Jiang
Directed by: Siu-Tung Ching
Genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Action and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hr 43 mins
MPAA Rating: PG (Some Frightening Scenes)
IMDb Users Rating: 6.4/10 (71 votes)
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Thursday, September 29, 2011

The Princess and the Frog

From the city of New Orleans comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again and a fateful kiss that leads them both on an adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.










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Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, James Cummings
Directed by:Ron Clements, John Musker
Genres: Animation, Kids/Family, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Musical/Performing Arts
Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.

MPAA Rating: G
Yahoo! Critics: B+
IMDb Users Rating: 7.2/10 (25,743 votes)
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Sucker Punch

Close your eyes. Open your mind. You will be unprepared. A young girl's dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what's real and what is imaginary. She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls--the outspoken Rocket, the street-smart Blondie, the fiercely loyal Amber and the reluctant Sweet Pea - to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue, Madam Gorski and the High Roller. Led by Babydoll, the girls engage in fantastical warfare against everything from samurais to serpents, with a virtual arsenal at their disposal. Together, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive. But with the help of a Wise Man, their unbelievable journey - if they succeed - will set them free.

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Starring: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Genres: Action/Adventure and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 2 hr.
MPAA Rating: PG 13 for for thematic material involving sexuality, violence and combat sequences, and for language
Yahoo! Critics: C-
IMDb Users Rating: 6.2/10 (70,183 votes)
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Charlie St. Cloud

Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After his high-school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.

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Starring: Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew, Augustus Prew, Donal Logue
Directed by:
Burr Steers
Genres: Romance, Drama, Adaptation and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 49 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language including some sexual references, an intense accident scene and some sensuality
Yahoo! Critics: C-
IMDb Users Rating: 5.8/10 (9,168 votes)
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Thor

Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior, is sent down to Earth as punishment for reigniting a reckless war. But after a dangerous villain from his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth, the hammer-wielding Thor will learn what it takes to be a true hero in order to save mankind.









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Starring:
Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgard
Directed by:
Kenneth Branagh
Genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Adaptation and Action/Adventure
Running Time: 2 hr. 10 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence
IMDb Users Rating: 6.1/10 (88,599 votes)

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Paul

For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town -- a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy and Clive Gollings. Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes.

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Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader
Directed by:
Greg Mottola
Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 104 min.
MPAA Rating: R for language including sexual references and some drug use
Yahoo! Critics: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 7.1/10 (45,399 votes)
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Battle: Los Angeles

For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world -- Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered before.

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Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena, Adetokumboh M Cormack
Directed by:
Jonathan Liebesman
Genres: Action/Adventure and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 56 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sustained and intense sequences of war violence and destruction, and for language
Yahoo! Critics: C
IMDb Users Rating: 5.9/10 (54,639 votes)
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Monday, August 29, 2011

The Invasion

The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the terrifying discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage. Those who come in contact with it are changing in ominous and inexplicable ways. Soon Washington, DC psychiatrist Carol Bennell and her friend, Dr. Ben Driscoll, learn the shocking truth about the growing extraterrestrial epidemic: it attacks its victims while they sleep, leaving them physically unchanged but strangely unfeeling and inhuman. As the infection spreads, more and more people are altered and it becomes impossible to know who can be trusted. Now Carol's only hope is to stay awake long enough to find her young son, who may hold the key to stopping the devastating invasion.

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Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jeffrey Wright, Veronica Cartwright
Directed by:
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Genres: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Suspense/Horror, Thriller, Adaptation and Remake
Running Time: 1 hr. 39 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and terror
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 6.0/10 (32,980 votes)
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