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Jan
25

Avatar (2009)

513 CommentsAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi, ThrillerJanuary 25th, 2010

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In AD 2154, a human corporation mines Pandora, the lush moon of Polyphemus, one of three gas giants that orbit Alpha Centauri A, 4.4 light years from Earth. The humans seek to exploit Pandora’s reserves of a precious mineral called unobtainium. The company employs former Marines and soldiers as mercenaries.Pandora is inhabited by an indigenous paleolithic species of sapient humanoids called the Na’vi. Standing nine feet tall, with tails, bones reinforced with naturally occurring carbon fiber, and bioluminescent blue skin, the Na’vi live in harmony with the natural world, and are considered primitive by human standards. They worship a mother goddess called Eywa.Humans are unable to breathe Pandora’s atmosphere, which is rich in carbon dioxide, methane, and ammonia, and peaceful interaction with the Na’vi is difficult. Human researchers led by Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver) create the Avatar Program, genetically engineering human-Na’vi hybrids.

Cast:Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez

 

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Jan
24

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18,164 CommentsAction, Adventure, Animation, Biography, Cartoon, Children, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, History, Horror, Music, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Sports, Suspense, Teen, Thriller, Tragicomedy, War, WesternJanuary 24th, 2010

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Jan
23

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

84 CommentsAction, Adventure, Sci-FiJanuary 23rd, 2010

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

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It is revealed that thousands of years ago there was a race of ancient Transformers who scoured the universe looking for energon sources. Known as the Dynasty of Primes, they used machines called Sun Harvesters to drain stars of their energy in order to convert it to energon and power Cybertron’s AllSpark. The Primes agreed that life-bearing worlds would be spared, but in 17,000 BC, one brother, thereafter dubbed “The Fallen”, constructed a Sun Harvester on Earth. The remaining brothers thus sacrificed their bodies in order to hide the Matrix of Leadership—the key that activates the Sun Harvester—from The Fallen, who swore to seek revenge upon Earth.
In the present day, two years after the events of the previous film, Optimus Prime is seen leading NEST, a military organization consisting of human troops and his own team of Autobots (including newcomers Arcee, Chromia, Elita One, Sideswipe, Jolt, and the twins Skids and Mudflap) aimed at killing the remaining Decepticons on Earth. While on a mission in Shanghai, Optimus and his team destroy Decepticons Sideways and Demolishor, being given a warning by the latter that “The Fallen will rise again”. Back in the United States, Sam Witwicky finds a splinter of the destroyed AllSpark, and upon contact the splinter fills his mind with Cybertronian symbols. Deeming it dangerous, Sam gives the AllSpark splinter to his girlfriend Mikaela Banes for safe keeping, and leaves her and Bumblebee behind to go off to college. Upon arrival, Sam meets his college roommate Leo Spitz, who runs an alien conspiracy website, and Alice, a co-ed who makes sexual advances on him. Back home, Decepticon Wheelie tries to steal the shard, only to be captured by Mikaela. After having a mental breakdown, uncontrollably writing in Cybertronian language, Sam calls Mikaela, who immediately leaves to get to him.

Cast:Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Peter Cullen, Hugo Weaving, Mark Ryan, Frank Welker, Jess Harnell, Charlie Adler, Robert Foxworth, Tony Todd, Tom Kenny, Grey DeLisle, André Sogliuzzo, Kevin Michael Richardson

 

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Jan
22

Daybreakers (2009)

81 CommentsAction, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, ThrillerJanuary 22nd, 2010

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Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a hematologist in the year 2019, in which a plague has transformed much of the world’s population into vampires. Edward is employed by Bromley Marks, a pharmaceutical company that is the chief supplier of blood for the American population, which is operated by Charles Bromley (Sam Neill). As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human for their blood, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. When deprived of blood for extended periods of time, vampires lose their human-like characteristics and begin to transform into winged bat-like monsters called “sub-siders,” those of which have diminished mental capacity and no ability to speak and are driven strictly by their impulse to feed. However, a covert group of humans makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race. After being saved by Edward, Audrey (Claudia Karvan) – the group’s leader – brings him in on the secret: there is a cure to vampirisim. One of the group, Elvis (Willem Dafoe), is a human who was cured of being a vampire. Following a car crash in which he was thrown through the windshield, and into a river, he was exposed to sunlight by accident for a very short time before hitting the water, thus extinguishing the fire. Upon emerging, he discovered that he was human again. Edward attempts to replicate this by using a fermentation vat with an added trap door to initiate controlled sunlight exposure, concluding that the blood needs to be exposed to sunlight while in the human body for the treatment to be effective. After several controlled exposures using the vat’s air vent to suck out the fire, the experiment is successful and Edward is cured.

Cast:Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Isabel Lucas, Sam Neill

 

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Jan
03

Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)

5 CommentsAction, Drama, Sci-FiJanuary 3rd, 2010

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Universal Soldier: Regeneration

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With stolen top-secret technology, terrorists have created a next-generation Universal Soldier – an elite fighter genetically altered into a programmable killing machine. With this ‘UniSol’ (Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski) leading the way, they seize the crippled Chernobyl nuclear reactor, threatening to unleash a lethal radioactive cloud.
The only one who can stop them is Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a UniSol who’s been decommissioned for years. Reactivated and retrained, Deveraux must make a full-out assault on the heavily armed fortress. But inside, he’ll discover not one, but two of these virtually indestructible warriors. Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren), Deveraux’s vicious UniSol enemy from the original Universal Soldier, has been secretly reanimated and upgraded.
Now these elite fighters are locked, loaded and programmed to kill; and the fate of millions hinges on this high-action showdown.

Cast:Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Andrei Arlovski

 

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Jan
03

Skyrunners (2009)

10 CommentsSci-FiJanuary 3rd, 2010

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Skyrunners

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Teenage Brothers Nick and Tyler come across a UFO that crashed near their town. Soon after evading the government, mainly agent Armstrong, and keeping the UFO in seclusion, Tyler goes through dramatic physical changes and gains super powers. The situation becomes even more difficult to cover up considering Tyler is being constantly blown off by Nick, due to Nick’s efforts at chasing Julie Gunn. After having literally no one to turn to, Tyler decides to tell agent Armstrong about the UFO. After agent Armstrong explains to Tyler what is happening to him, he shoots the ship, thereby critically damaging it. Agent Armstrong reveals himself to be an alien in disguise and captures Tyler. Nick, feeling guilty for constantly doubting and ignoring Tyler, comes to the UFO hideout to try and apologize. Upon finding that Tyler is missing, he begins and attempt to repair the UFO. After trying all night, he is successful, and the UFO takes him to the underground fortress in which the aliens are residing. Nick locates Tyler and frees him from his holding cell. The brothers uncover that aliens are planning to take over earth by polluting the atmosphere. Tyler then uses an alien toxin to destroy the aliens and escape in the UFO. Although, they do not succeed in destroying all of them and are chased by the surviving aliens. After defeating the remaining aliens, the UFO crashes at Nick’s high school graduation. Nick then uses fixing the UFO as his science project and is allowed to graduate. Nick wins Julie over, Tyler gets a date with Katie Wallace, and they get to keep the UFO. Assuming that all of the aliens were destroyed, the boys go on with their lives. Although, four of the aliens survive and are plotting another attack on the human race, thus leaving the possibility of a sequel.

Cast:Joey Pollari, Kelly Blatz, Linda Kash, Conrad Coates

 

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Jan
02

2012 (2009)

20 CommentsAction, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, ThrillerJanuary 2nd, 2010

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In 2009, American geologist Adrian Helmsley meets his friend, Dr Santam Tsurutani, in India. Santam has discovered that neutrinos from a massive solar flare are acting as microwave radiation, causing the temperature of the Earth’s core to increase rapidly. Adrian informs White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser and US President Thomas Wilson that this will trigger a catastrophic chain of natural disasters. At the G8 summit in 2010, other heads of state and heads of government are made aware of the situation. They begin a massive, secret project intended to ensure the survival of humanity. Approximately 400,000 people are chosen to board a series of ships (called Arks, in reference to Noah’s Ark) to be constructed in the Himalayas. The majority of tickets aboard these ships are reserved for notable government officials and selected people, while additional funding for the project is raised by selling tickets to the private sector at the price of €1 billion per person.

Cast:John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton

 

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Jan
01

The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)

5 CommentsDrama, Romance, Sci-FiJanuary 1st, 2010

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A Chicago librarian suffers from a rare genetic disorder that sends him hurtling through time whenever he is under extreme duress; despite the fact that he vanishes at inordinately frequent and lengthy intervals, he attempts to build a stable future with the beautiful young heiress he loves. Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams star in this dramatic fantasy, which is directed by Robert Schwentke and based on the best-selling book by author Audrey Niffenegger.
Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated: Henry is a time traveler–cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control. Despite the fact that Henry’s travels force them apart with no warning, Clare desperately tries to build a life with her one true love.

Cast:Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston

 

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Dec
23

District 9 (2009)

19 CommentsAction, Drama, Sci-FiDecember 23rd, 2009

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In 1982, a large alien spaceship stops above Johannesburg, South Africa. Reports suggest that the ship became stranded after a command module separated from the ship and dropped to Earth, nowhere to be found. An exploratory team discovers a group of one million unhealthy and leaderless members of an arthropod-like extraterrestrial species who are given asylum on Earth. Some of these aliens engage in criminal and destructive activities, which lead to demands from the human population for more control. As a result, the aliens – derogatorily referred to as “prawns” – are confined to a government camp inside Johannesburg, called District 9. The camp is secured and, even with a massive police presence, soon turns into a slum. In the first decade of the 21st century, Multinational United (MNU) is placed in charge of policing and relocating the now 1.8 million aliens to District 10, a new camp 240 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg. They use a private military corporation, headed by Koobus Venter, to enforce the relocation effort with impunity.

Cast:Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka, William Allen

 

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Dec
22

Tell-Tale (2009)

4 CommentsDrama, Horror, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDecember 22nd, 2009

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Loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Tell-Tale sets a dark tone right from the start. Terry (Lucas) is the single parent to his small daughter Angela, who is stricken with a disease that threatens to calcify all her tendons, rendering her unable to function (and no, it’s not called boneitis). Horrible, huh? Adding insult to injury, Terry has life-threatening heart problems.
Normally I’d start moaning about forced empathy, but for all the heavy-handedness, these conditions are handled with impressive finesse, woven directly into the story. Angela’s doctor, Elizabeth (Headey), has bonded closely with her patient and reserves a portion of that love for her father. All appears to be shaping up for the makings of a fine Lifetime Channel movie about second chances when Terry is rushed to the hospital in need of an immediate heart transplant!

Cast:Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox

 

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Dec
22

Land of the Lost (2009)

41 CommentsAdventure, Comedy, Sci-FiDecember 22nd, 2009

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Land of the Lost

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The film opens with an astronaut, still in his spacesuit, attempting to contact Houston after apparently crash-landing in an alien environment. As he walks through ankle-deep water in a jungle he hears a loud roar and we see him scream as the screen goes dark and the opening credit sequence rolls. When the sequence finishes the lights come up on Matt Lauer on the set of the Today Show as he interviews Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell), a paleontologist who is presenting a book on a controversial scientific theory involving quantum physics as it relates to paleontology, a theory largely criticized by the scientific community. After irritating Lauer with an attempt to smoke a pipe on set, the interview soon falls apart as Marshall and Lauer come to blows.
Three years later, a disgraced Marshall has been reduced to giving presentations to grade-school children at a dinosaur museum. He is approached by research assistant Holly Cantrell (Anna Friel) who tells him that his theory inspired her and she believes in him. He shows her his unfinished device, the tachyon amplifier. The device could verify his research if he ever finished it but he hasn’t due to a lack of self-confidence.

Cast:Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone

 

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Dec
22

Knowing (2009)

8 CommentsAction, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDecember 22nd, 2009

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In 1959 at William Dawes Elementary School in Lexington, Massachusetts, a time capsule containing students’ drawings of their ideas of the future is buried and set to be ceremoniously opened 50 years later. A girl named Lucinda Embry contributes a page full of seemingly random digits. That night Lucinda is found in a school closet, where her fingers are bloodied from scratching at the inside of the door, and she complains about hearing voices.
In 2009, the time capsule is opened and the drawings are given to the current students. A boy named Caleb receives Lucinda’s envelope. His father, John Koestler, a widower and professor of astrophysics at MIT, takes interest in the paper and soon realizes some of the digits represent the dates and death tolls of every major disaster over the past fifty years, and suggests three disasters still to come. Meanwhile Caleb begins receiving visits from mysterious figures in overcoats, “The Strangers”. During these encounters he hears their overlapping telepathic whispers.

Cast:Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Liam Hemsworth, Chandler Canterbury, Lara Robinson

 

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Dec
20

Outlander

8 CommentsAction, Adventure, Sci-FiDecember 20th, 2009

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Outlander begins when a spacecraft crashes onto planet earth. The ship lands in Norway during the time of the Vikings, 709AD, a space craft streaks across the sky and crashes in a Norwegian fjord. From its wreckage emerge Kainan, a soldier from a far away planet, and a deadly alien stowaway called a Moorwen. Before he has a chance to track down the alien, Kainan, the Outlander, is captured by a Viking warrior and held prisoner in the local village led by King Rothgar. Man and monster both seek revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking lands, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors. Whilst trying to hunt for the Moorwen, war brews among the Vikings, which culminated with both sides taking immense losses. As the enemy Vikings retreat into the forests, the Moorwen strikes, leaving the vikings no choice but to run for help to their once close enemies. Together, the two sides attempt to destroy the Moorwen. The village takes massive casualties, including both of the tribal kings. The village in fear and its warriors demoralised, most of the vikings leave the village in search of a new home and safety. Kainan and the remaining warriors stand together to destroy the Moorwen. Kainan assists the Vikings by salvaging pieces of his crashed spacecraft and forging weapons capable of harming the creature. After a harrowing journey, the Vikings and Kainan confront the Moorwen in caves under the village where it is finally defeated. Kainan then destroys a homing beacon he set at the start of the film, deciding to remain on Earth as King of the tribe rather than return to his homeland.

Cast:James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston with Ron Perlman

 

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Dec
19

Armageddon

6 CommentsAction, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDecember 19th, 2009

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After several meteoroids destroy the Space Shuttle Atlantis and bombard New York City and several other parts of the world, NASA discovers that an asteroid the size of Texas will collide with Earth in 18 days at 22,000 miles per hour, destroying all life. The scientists at NASA in cooperation with the Russian, Japanese and French space agencies plan to detonate a nuclear bomb at a precise point under the asteroid’s surface which will split it in two, causing it to miss the Earth. The bombs must be buried at least 800 feet below the surface within eight hours of landing, and no later than four hours before Earth impact. NASA locates the best oil driller on the planet, Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis), to get advice. When invited to NASA, Harry brings his daughter Grace (Liv Tyler) to keep her away from A.J. (Ben Affleck), a young rambunctious member of Harry’s crew who has become – to Harry’s unfortunate surprise – her lover, which angers him. Head of NASA Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) informs Harry of the dire situation. Harry recognizes that he and his crew must accompany the astronauts to ensure the job is done properly. After Harry’s crew is collected and NASA acquiesces to their demands, they are put through a 12-day training program and outfit a drilling rig with the proper equipment.

Cast:Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler

 

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Dec
18

Dead Air (2009)

5 CommentsHorror, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDecember 18th, 2009

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A plague in the form of a toxic viral gas is unleashed at major sporting events across the United States and in Los Angeles. The gas turns its victims instantly “into an immediate rage of insanity and violence” [2]. Controversial talk show radio host Logan Burnhardt (Moseley) and his production team are caught up in the middle of the chaos, and only blocks away from the explosion site, they begin to receive reports of rioters in the streets and listeners continue to call in reports of their first hand experiences. In addition to those infected by the virus, the terrorists, lead by Abir (Negahban), responsible for the attacks attempt to make their way to Logan’s studio, killing anyone in the way.

Cast:Bill Moseley, Patricia Tallman, David Moscow, Navid Negahban

 

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