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Release Date: 03/02/2010
Disaster movie maven Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) crafts this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller following the prophecy stated by the ancient Mayan calendar, which says that the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012. When a global cataclysm thrusts the world into chaos, divorced writer and father Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) joins the race to ensure that humankind is not completely wiped out. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, and Oliver Platt ...
Actor(s): John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Director(s): Roland Emmerich
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Surrogates
Release Date: 01/26/2010
The filmmaking trio behind the hit sci-fi sequel Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines re-team to explore a future in which humans live in isolation while only communicating with their fellow man through robots that serve as social surrogates and are better-looking versions of their human counterparts. Bruce Willis stars as an FBI agent who enlists the aid of his own surrogate to investigate the murder of the genius college student who invented the surrogates. As the case grows more complicated, however ...
Actor(s): Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike
Director(s): Jonathan Mostow
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Gamer
Release Date: 01/19/2010
Reality and video games merge in this high-concept sci-fi action thriller from Crank creators Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. In the not too distant future, mind-control technology allows humans to control the actions and movements of other humans, allowing reclusive billionaire Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall) to create the ultimate video game. It's called "Slayers," and it's a mass-scale, multiplayer online first-person shooter that's as controversial as it is popular. In the world of gamers, Simon (L ...
Actor(s): Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C. Hall
Director(s): Brian Taylor
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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9
Release Date: 12/29/2009
Academy Award-nominated for his groundbreaking animated short of the same name, filmmaker Shane Acker makes his feature directorial debut with this expanded version of his acclaimed post-apocalyptic fable. In a world parallel to our own, the worst has happened, and humanity is in danger of extinction. From the ashes of destruction emerges a courageous rag doll named 9 (voice of Elijah Wood) whose unique leadership skills could prove the key to survival for those who have not yet perished. Perhaps wit ...
Actor(s): Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly
Director(s): Shane Acker
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Animated
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District 9
Release Date: 12/22/2009
Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any profound technological revelation capable of advancing our society. Instead, the aliens were treated as refugees. They were the last of their kind, and in order to accommodate them, the government of South Africa set up a makeshift home in District 9 as pol ...
Actor(s): Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James
Director(s): Neill Blomkamp
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Pandorum
Release Date: 12/22/2009
Antibodies director Christian Alvart takes suspense into space with this tale of two astronauts who realize that they aren't alone as they drift into the darkest corners of our galaxy. Awakening in their hyper-sleep chamber with no memory of who they are or what their mission is, disoriented astronauts Lt. Payton (Dennis Quaid) and Corporal Bower (Ben Foster) gradually surmise that they are the only ones aboard the darkened spacecraft. But how did they get here, and what are those strange sounds comi ...
Actor(s): Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet
Director(s): Christian Alvart
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Terminator Salvation
Release Date: 12/01/2009
The fourth installment of the Terminator series follows an adult John Connor (played by Christian Bale) as he attempts to organize a human resistance force which could prove to be mankind's last true hope in the war against the machines. Opening in the year 2018, Terminator Salvation finds John Connor's certainty about the future shaken by the sudden appearance of a mysterious stranger named Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), whose last memory is of sitting on death row and awaiting execution. Unable t ...
Actor(s): Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin
Director(s): McG
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Star Trek
Release Date: 11/17/2009
Mission: Impossible III director and Alias creator J.J. Abrams resurrects the classic science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry with this feature film that embraces the rich history of the influential television and film series while also exploring some uncharted territory. Heroes star Zachary Quinto assumes the role of the Federation Starfleet lieutenant and Vulcan made famous in the original series by Leonard Nimoy (who also appears in an older incarnation of his original role), Spock, ...
Actor(s): Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy
Director(s): J.J. Abrams
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Release Date: 10/20/2009
Michael Bay returns to helm the sequel to the highly successful big-screen adaptation of the Transformers toy line for DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. Much of the original cast returns for the second installment, including Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, and John Turturro, with Rainn Wilson joining in the fun as a college professor. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel
Director(s): Michael Bay
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Monsters vs. Aliens
Release Date: 09/29/2009
When human-hating aliens disrupt earthbound cable-television signals, it's up to a monster-hunting superhero to take out the pesky extraterrestrials and ensure that television viewers are not deprived in this animated adaptation of the popular comic-book series. The DreamWorks Animation release is being helmed by Shrek 2 director Conrad Vernon and Shark Tale's Rob Letterman. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen
Director(s): Rob Letterman
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Science Fiction, Animated
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Battle for Terra
Release Date: 09/22/2009
When the peaceful inhabitants of the planet Terra come under attack from humans in search of a new home, the friendship between a human pilot and an alien girl may hold the key to saving both races. Mala (Evan Rachel Wood) is an alien girl living on the planet Terra. The Terrians are gentle race of extraterrestrials that have no need for war, and harbor a deep respect for nature. When Earth's natural resources began to dwindle, the human race established colonies on Venus and Mars. Although that solu ...
Actor(s): Evan Rachel Wood, Justin Long, Luke Wilson
Director(s): Aristomenis Tsirbas
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Science Fiction, Animated
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Alien Trespass
Release Date: 08/11/2009
Will & Grace star Eric McCormack headlines X-Files veteran R.W. Goodwin's feature directorial debut, a playful send-up of 1950s-era sci-fi films tracing the bizarre events that unfold after a mysterious space object crashes into a California mountaintop. Based on a story by James Swift and Steven Fisher (who also penned the screenplay), the Technicolor-flavored genre-bender follows a benevolent alien (McCormack) as he attempts to fend off a seriously strange invader. Robert Patrick, Jenni Baird, and ...
Actor(s): Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Dan Lauria
Director(s): R.W. Goodwin
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Watchmen
Release Date: 07/21/2009
300's Zack Snyder brings Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' critically acclaimed comic book Watchmen to the big screen, courtesy of DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures. Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the film's world is a highly unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have long been made to hang up their tights thanks to the government-sponsored Keene Act, but that all changes with the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a robust ex-hero comma ...
Actor(s): Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode
Director(s): Zack Snyder
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Knowing
Release Date: 07/07/2009
A time capsule containing a cryptic message about the coming apocalypse sends a concerned father on a race to prevent the horrific events from unfolding as predicted in this sci-fi thriller directed by Alex Proyas (Dark City) and starring Nicolas Cage. 1958: As the dedication ceremony for a newly constructed elementary school gets under way, a time capsule containing student drawings of the future is buried on the grounds and scheduled to be unearthed on the school's 50th anniversary. Instead of subm ...
Actor(s): Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury
Director(s): Alex Proyas
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Release Date: 04/07/2009
Keanu Reeves tops this adaptation of the seminal 1951 sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still with this 20th Century Fox production. Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) helms the story of an alien traveler, Klaatu (Reeves), who heads to Earth along with his bodyguard robot, Gort, to deliver a warning of planetary destruction if the people of the world fail to stop laying waste to the environment. Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, and Kathy Bates co-star in the David Scarpa-penned film. ~ Jerem ...
Actor(s): Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm
Director(s): Scott Derrickson
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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