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Judge Dredd Movie
2008-01-06 18:51:00
Judge Dredd is a 1995 action film by director Danny Cannon based on the Judge Dredd strip in the British comic 2000 AD. Certain elements of the film were altered from the comic series, but it still did not find wide mainstream appeal. Stallone was nominated for the 1995 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor based on his work in this film and Assassins. From the beginning the film was intended to receive a PG-13 rating. Due to excessive violence the MPAA refused to downgrade the initial R rating despite repeated appeals by the studio and Stallone. Mostly because of schedule constraints the film could not be re-cut and was released with an R rating.The year is 2139. It is a future where people live in violent megacities. The place is Mega City One, located in The Cursed Earth: a radioactive desert wasteland formerly known as the USA. And violent "block wars" are regularly fought by citizens with machine guns. In order to combat the rising crime rate, the Mega Cities have created spec...
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The Terminator Movie
2007-12-28 02:19:00
Genre: Science Fiction, ActionThe Terminator is a 1984 science fiction/action film directed and co-written by James Cameron. It features Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn. The film takes place in 1984, introducing the concept of a "terminator", specifically the titular character (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a seemingly unstoppable cyborg assassin who has been sent back from the year 2029 by a race of artificially intelligent computer-controlled machines bent on the extermination of mankind. The Terminator's mission is to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) whose future son founds a resistance against the machines. A human, Kyle Reese, is also sent back from the future to protect her.The Terminator Movie on WikipediaThe Terminator Movie on IMDB

The Prestige Film
2007-12-20 16:52:00
The Prestige is a 2006 period film directed by Christopher Nolan, with a screenplay adapted from the 1995 World Fantasy Award-winning novel of the same name by Christopher Priest. The story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in fin de siècle London. Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship with tragic results. The film features Christian Bale as Alfred Borden, Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier, and David Bowie as Nikola Tesla. It also stars Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Piper Perabo, Andy Serkis, and Rebecca Hall. The film reunites Nolan with actors Bale and Caine from Batman Begins, and returning cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Nathan Crowley, and film score composer David Julyan. Priest's epistolary novel was adapted to the screen by Christopher and Jonathan Nolan using Nolan's distinctive nonlinear narrative structure. Themes of duality, obsession, sacrifice, and secrecy pervade the...
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The Time Machine Movie
2007-12-20 16:39:00
Genre: Science FictionThe Time Machine is a 2002 science fiction film directed by Simon Wells as a remake of The Time Machine (1960), and starring Guy Pearce, Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones, Samantha Mumba, Mark Addy, Sienna Guillory, and Phyllida Law with a cameo by Alan Young from the earlier film. Like the original film, this movie is loosely based on the 1895 novel The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.Alexander Hartdegen is a young scientist who lives in 1899 New York City. Obsessed with the idea of time travel and convinced that it is theoretically possible, he teaches at Columbia University as a professor of "Applied Mechanics and Engineering" and often gets into trouble for his free-thinking, radical theories. It is also stated that he was a pen pal of Albert Einstein. As Alexander rushes to the park to meet with his girlfriend Emma, he pauses to buy flowers; however, this notion is soon lost when he becomes embroiled and excited about an early motor car which has pulled up beside th...
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Lost In Space Movie
2007-12-15 19:42:00
Genre: Science FictionLost in Space is a 1998 feature-length motion picture produced by New Line Cinema starring William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman, Jack Johnson, and Lacey Chabert, and is an adaptation of the 1965-1968 CBS television series Lost In Space. In the year 2058, the Earth will soon be uninhabitable after the irreversible effects of pollution. The United Global Space Force serves as the planetary government. Professor John Robinson, lead scientist of the Jupiter 2 Mission, will lead his family to the habitable planet Alpha Prime to prepare it for colonization by building a hypergate in orbit. The Jupiter 2 is equipped with a hyperdrive that allows faster-than-light travel, which will eventually be employed to evacuate the citizens of Earth. However hypergates must be constructed on Earth and Alpha Prime to provide stable points of departure and arrival. The project is accelerated after Global Sedition terrorist forces send two armed fight...
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Robocop Movie
2007-12-15 02:45:00
Genre: Science FictionRoboCop is a 1987 science-fiction, superhero action movie and satire of unrestrained capitalism, directed by Paul Verhoeven. Filming took place in Detroit, Michigan, United States, with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas filling in for Michigan locales as well. The movie illustrates the serious problem of defective robots which do harm, thus disobeying the fundamental laws of robotics. It spawned two sequels, several comic books, multiple video games, two animated series, dozens of action figures and two television series, all featuring a cyborg police officer. The film was produced by Orion Pictures.Robocop Film on WikipediaRobocop Film on IMDB
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Sliders TV Series
2007-12-12 16:27:00
Genre: Sci-FiSliders is a science fiction TV series containing 5 seasons. Young scientist found a way to travel through the different dimensions where the history of Earth is different. He and his friends are trying to find a way to back to their native dimension.Common themes during this season include the exploration of political issues, and the appearances of recurring characters' alternate selves, showing how their situations had changed in various realities.Sliders on WikipediaSliders on IMDB
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The Matrix trilogy
2007-12-05 01:32:00
Genre: Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), ActionOne of the best sci-fi action movies of last 20 years. Wachowski brothers created a film about the matrix, a virtual reality world where all people live controlled by machines. Some of humans escaped from the matrix and returned to the real world, fighting against machines and searching for the one who will change the matrix for ever and release humankind. Neo (Keanu Reeves), officially a programmer in the matrix and a hacker underground. The 'real world' look strange for him and he tries to find answers what is wrong...The Matrix trilogy on WikipediaThe Matrix trilogy on IMDB
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Blade Runner Movie
2007-12-01 15:10:00
Genre: Science Fiction (Sci-Fi)Blade Runner is a science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott. The story of the film is going in Los Angeles in 2019. Artificially manufactured cyborgs called replicants are used in dangerous work on colonies. After a replicant uprising, replicants become illegal on Earth and a special police unit "blade runners" hunt them down. One blade runner (Harrison Ford) seeks for a dangerous replicant group.Blade Runner Film on WikipediaBlade Runner Film on IMDB
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LEXX Movie
2007-11-30 21:06:00
Genre: Science Fiction (Sci-Fi)Lexx is a science fantasy TV series that follows the adventures of a group of mismatched individuals aboard the Lexx, "the most powerful destructive force in the two universes" from which the show takes its name. The Lexx is a living spacecraft that resembles a dragonfly. It is capable of destroying planets with ease, and eats the debris as fuel.LEXX Movie on WikipediaLEXX Movie on IMDB

Johnny Mnemonic
2007-11-30 20:21:00
Genre: Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), CyberpunkJohnny Mnemonic is a 1995 cyberpunk movie, loosely based on a short story of the same name by William Gibson, in which Keanu Reeves plays the title character, a man with a cybernetic implant in his brain designed to store information. It portrays Gibson's standard dystopian view of the future with the world dominated by large corporations and with strong East Asian influences. One of the greatest cyberpunk movies.Johnny Mnemonic Movie on WikipediaJohnny Mnemonic Movie on IMDB

5th Element
2007-11-23 23:56:00
Genre: Science FictionThe Fifth Element is a 1997 science fantasy, action, comedy, techno thriller film, written and directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, and Chris Tucker. The production design for the film was developed by French comics creators Jean Giraud (Moebius) and Jean-Claude Mézières and shows a strong influence of French comic storytelling and aesthetic style. The costume design was created by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, who produced 954 costumes for use in the film.The film's central plot involves the survival of humanity, which becomes the duty of a taxicab driver named Korben Dallas (Willis) when an extraterrestrial young woman named Leeloo (Jovovich) falls into his taxicab. She is the Fifth Element, whose appearance was prophesied by the Father Vito Cornelius (Holm). Korben's mission is to gather the other four elements before a black planet that represents pure evil collides with Earth. Mangalores, s...

Back To The Future
2007-11-22 14:09:00
Genre: Science Fiction, ComedyBack to the Future is a 1985 science fiction–comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg. Zemeckis wrote the story, along with Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as mad scientist Doctor Emmett L. Brown. Accidentally travelling thirty years back in time in a De Lorean time machine, Marty inadvertently interferes with his parents' courtship and is forced to try to make them fall in love, or he will never be born.Back To The Future on Wikipedia
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Artificial Intelligence
2007-11-21 19:42:00
Genre: Science FictionThe story is set sometime in the future. Global warming has led to an ecological disaster resulting in a drastic reduction of the human population and rising sea levels. Cities like New York City and Venice lie in ruins. Mankind’s efforts to maintain civilization lead to the creation of android artificial intelligence. These efforts culminate with the creation of David, an android child (or “mecha”) programmed with the ability to love. Cybertronics, the company that created David, wish to test their latest creation on a loving couple wanting a child. They approach one of their employees, Henry Swinton, with the idea.Artificial Intelligence Movie on Wikipedia
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