Tag Archives: Sci-Fi

Masters of the Universe

IMDB Rating: 4.90
5373 votes

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The once-beautiful planet Eternia lies devastated, a victim of the demonic Skeletor and his vile minions. Momentarily vanquished, Eternian hero He-Man and his forces of good escape to a land of strange creatures and customs: Earth, the next battlefront in the quest to become Masters of the Universe. Who awaits the beckon of Skeletor's cadaverous finger? Evil-Lyn (Meg Foster), the Air Centurions and the ghastly foursome of Beastman, Saurod, Blade and Karg. And assisting He-Man? Teela,Man-at-Arms, puckish Gwildor (Billy Barty). And two small-town America kids who stumble across the lost Cosmic Key — and share an adventure beyond their wildest dreams.
Actors
He-ManDolph Lundgren
SkeletorFrank Langella
Evil-LynMeg Foster
Also posted in 1987, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | Comments (0)

Children of Men

IMDB Rating: 8.10
51494 votes

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With this dystopian world ravished by war, paranoia and the frustrations of Man the Orwellian vision of Nineteen Eighty-Four, the totalitarian future is now complete and amongst us. With female fertility becoming obsolete, Man cannot reproduce, and no child has been born on the face of the planet for eighteen years. Man, and his future, is dying. Soon he shall be extinct. Theo, the beaten, downtrodden and middle-aged ex-political activist will, unwittingly, become involved in a war of an underground revolt. Here he is active once more, in the perilous journey across England's Home Counties, with a young girl, Kee, who, to Theo's bewilderment is pregnant. The first pregnant woman for more than eighteen years. This secret must be protected, at all cost, and mother and child must flee to the mysterious and enigmatic Human Project, across the seas. Their flight is a constant fight for survival. Who can be trusted? Who can keep a secret?
Actors
Baby DiegoJuan Gabriel Yacuzzi
NewsreaderMichelle Hussain
NewsreaderRob Curling
Also posted in 2006, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Alien Autopsy

IMDB Rating: 4.30
1827 votes

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Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two British lads were accused of having faked a documentary from the Roswell incident in 1947.
Actors
Ray SantilliDeclan Donnelly
Gary ShoefieldAnt McPartlin
Morgan BannerBill Pullman
Also posted in 2006, Comedy | Comments (0)

Kaena: La prophétie

IMDB Rating: 6.00
1160 votes

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AXIS, a gigantic coiling plant, stretches high above the clouds... At its center is a village whose people are in mortal danger because Axis is withering... it's sap is drying up. The people beg their gods for help... but to no avail. Compelled by a mysterious force, Kaena, a rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl will defy the High Priest and her people's ancestral beliefs to take the perilous journey through the Axis and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds... A dying world, an evil force, a terrible secret...
Actors
KaenaCécile De France
OpazMichael Lonsdale
La reineVictoria Abril
Also posted in 2003, Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy | Comments (0)

Star Trek: Nemesis

IMDB Rating: 6.40
17358 votes

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On their way to Riker's and Troi's honeymoon, the Enterprise is sent near the neutral zone to Romulan space, and picks up a prototypic twin of android Data. Immediately they are further sent to Romulus, where a new praetor, Shinzon, a human cloned from Captain Picard who lives on the slave planet Remus, appears to want peace with the Federation. But then the crew detects a break-in on their computer systems, and Picard is captured by the Remans because Shinzon needs him as his only matching supplier of genetic material. Picard and the Enterprise can escape, only to find themselves battling Shinzon's completely cloaked Warbird, who is after the complete destruction of earth.
Actors
Captain Jean-Luc PicardPatrick Stewart
Commander/Captain William T. RikerJonathan Frakes
Lt. Commander Data/B-4Brent Spiner
Also posted in 2002, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (10)

The Saint

IMDB Rating: 5.70
14218 votes

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As a young orphan, a boy refuses to accept the name given him by priests and instead chooses to take on the name of Simon Templar after the Saint of magic. Speed ahead and the young boy is now a master thief in bidding wars with countries for his services. Using his skills of master disguise, he eludes all pursuers as he assumes names associated with the various Saints. In this role after stealing from a Russian industrialist, the industrialist hires The Saint to steal a formula for cold fusion being developed by a young female scientist. Cold fusion is said to permit a nation to heat its citizens with only a few gallons of water. However, on this case The Saint falls in love with the scientist placing him in a quandary of fulfilling his professional obligations or staying with the innocent young scientist. When she becomes threatened by the Russian Mafia, he has no choice but to go ahead with his job. However, she follows him to Moscow, setting off a chase across the City and through their sewers.
Actors
Valery Nikolaev
Simon TemplarVal Kilmer
Dr. Emma RussellElisabeth Shue
Also posted in 1997, Action, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Judge Dredd

IMDB Rating: 4.60
11633 votes

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In a dystopic future, where urban areas have grown into megacities that cover entire coastal regions, the justice system has evolved to a single person invested with the power of police, judge, jury, and executioner: the Judge. Among the Judges of Mega-City One, Judge Dredd is one of the best, and a particular favorite of the Head of the Council, Judge Fargo. But there are evil forces at work in the Justice Dept: block riots and the escape of Rico, a homicidal maniac, are only steps in a plan that ultimately lead to the sentencing of Dredd for a murder he didn't commit. And Dredd must discover the secrets of his own past and survive to stop the evildoers.
Actors
Judge Joseph DreddSylvester Stallone
Judge HersheyDiane Lane
RicoArmand Assante
Also posted in 1995, Action, Crime | Comments (0)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

IMDB Rating: 7.70
29738 votes

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Cableman Roy Neary is one of several people who experience a close encounter of the first kind, witnessing UFOs flying through the night sky. He is subsequently haunted by a mountainlike image in his head and becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents, putting severe strain on his marriage. Meanwhile, government agents around the world have a close encounter of the second kind, discovering physical evidence of otherworldly visitors in the form of military vehicles that went missing decades ago suddenly appearing in the middle of nowhere. Roy and the agents both follow the clues they have been given to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind: contact.
Actors
Roy NearyRichard Dreyfuss
Claude LacombeFrançois Truffaut
Ronnie NearyTeri Garr
Also posted in 1977, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)