CHAPPIE Director : Neill Blomkamp Cast : Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Yolandi Visser, Ninja, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver Genre : Sci-Fi/Action Run Time : 120 mins Opens : 5 March 2015 Rating : NC-16 (Coarse Language and Violence) Sentient robots, from the terrifying (the Terminator) to the adorable (WALL-E), have long been a mainstay of […]
Tag: sci-fi
Movie Review – Jupiter Ascending
JUPITER ASCENDING Directors : Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski Cast : Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean Genre : Sci-Fi/Action/Fantasy Opens : 6 February 2015 Rating: PG-13 It seems that The Wachowskis enjoyed working on the futuristic “An Orison of Sonmi~451” section of Cloud Atlas, because with Jupiter Ascending, Lana […]
Review – Interstellar
INTERSTELLAR Director : Christopher Nolan Cast : Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Ellen Burstyn, Mackenzie Foy Genre : Sci-Fi/Adventure Rating : PG13 (Brief Coarse Language) Run time: 169 mins Following the conclusion of the Dark Knight trilogy, director Christopher Nolan could only head in one direction – up. Way up. In this […]
Review – Left Behind
LEFT BEHIND Director : Vic Armstrong Cast : Nicolas Cage, Nicky Whelan, Chad Michael Murray, Cassi Thomson, Nicky Whelan, Lea Thompson, Jordin Sparks Genre : Action, Faith-based, Thriller Opens : 3 Oct 2014 Rating : PG-13 Running time: 110 mins Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins’ best-selling 1995 novel Left Behind has spawned a successful […]
Review – Guardians of the Galaxy
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2014 Director: James Gunn Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-fi Opens : 1 August 2014 Rating : PG13 Run time: 121 mins Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic […]
Review – Transformers: Age of Extinction
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION Director : Michael Bay Cast : Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Li Bingbing, Sophia Myles, Titus Welliver, T. J. Miller and the voices of: Peter Cullen, Robert Foxworth, John Goodman, John DiMaggio, Ken Watanabe, Frank Welker Genre : Action, Sci-Fi Opens : 27 June 2014 Running […]
Review – Edge of Tomorrow
EDGE OF TOMORROW Director : Doug Liman Cast : Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Kick Gurry, Dragomir Mrsic, Charlotte Riley, Jonas Armstrong, Franz Drameh Genre : Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller Opens : 5 June 2014 Rating : PG13 (Some Violence & Brief Coarse Language) It’s like this: if at first you don’t succeed, […]
Review – Godzilla (2014)
GODZILLA Director : Gareth Edwards Cast : Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn Genre : Action, Sci-fi Opens: : 16 May 2014 Rating : PG (Some Intense Sequences) It has been ten years since Godzilla: Final Wars, and the King of Monsters has returned to reclaim his rubble-built […]
Review – Transcendence
TRANSCENDENCE Director:Wally Pfister Cast: Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Clifton Collins Jr., Josh Stewart, Cole Hauser, Cory Hardrict Genre:Sci-Fi, Thriller Run Time:119 mins In the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Johnny Depp asked “why is the rum gone?” and in Transcendence, he gets to ask “why is the RAM gone?” Depp plays […]
Review – RoboCop (2014)
ROBOCOP Director:José Padilha Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle, Marianne Jean-Baptiste Genre: Action, Sci-Fi Run Time: 121 mins Rating: PG13 (Violence & Brief Coarse Language) It’s been 27 years since Peter Weller stepped out of a police […]