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Category Archives: sci-fi
Movie review: Ready Player One directed by Steven Spielberg
Product info: Based on Ernest Cline’s sci-fi novel, READY PLAYER ONE takes place in a dismal 2045, where most people live in utter squalor. As technology is booming, they choose to spend most of their time online in a virtual … Continue reading
Movie review: Deadpool (2016) directed by Tim Miller
Product info: Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is a former Special Forces operative who now works as a mercenary. His world comes crashing down when he finds out he has a cancer. His only hope is an evil scientist Ajax (Ed … Continue reading
Posted in cartoon based comedy adventure, fantasy, fantasy action movie, movie review, sci-fi
Tagged 2016, deadpool, marvel, movie review, superheroes, tim miller, x-men
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Movie review: Anon (2018) directed by Andrew Niccol
Product info: An unspecified English-speaking country in an unspecified future. A police detective called Sal Frieland (Clive Owen) has to find a serial murderer who is also an exceptionally good hacker and, most probably, a woman. She (Amanda Seyfried) can … Continue reading
Posted in dystopia, movie review, noir thriller, sci-fi
Tagged 2018, andrew niccol, Anon, cyber thriller, meh
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Movie review: Priest (2011) directed by Scott Steward
Product info: This post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller is set in an alternate world, ravaged by centuries of war between men and vampires. Men won or so they are said by Church officials. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest (Paul … Continue reading
Posted in dark fantasy, dracula/vampire movie, dystopia, movie review, sci-fi
Tagged 2011 movie, cartoon based movie, meh, Paul Bettany, Priest, Scott Steward
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Movie review: Splice (2009) directed by Vincenzo Natali
Product info: Geneticists Clive Nicoli (Adrien Brody) and Elsa Kast (Sarah Polley) are young, successful scientists who specialize in creating hybrids of living species. When they propose the use of human DNA, their pharmaceutical company bosses forbid it, forcing them … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary thriller/horror, horror/comedy, movie review, sci-fi
Tagged meh, movie review, splice, vincenzo Natali
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Movie review: Idiocracy (2006) directed by Mike Judge
Product info: n 2005, average in every way private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) who works as an Army librarian is selected to take part in a secret military experiment. They want to put him in hibernation for a year along … Continue reading
Posted in comedy drama, dystopia, movie review, sci-fi
Tagged dysgenics, dystopia, idiocracy, interesting movie, mike judge, sci-fi comedy
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Movie review: Equilibrium (2002) directed by Kurt Wimmer
Product info: Cast in Libria, a dystopian country of the future which outlawed emotions of any kind, the film follows John Preston (Christian Bale), an upper echelon enforcement officer called a Grammaton Cleric. Citizens have to take daily injections of … Continue reading
Posted in drama, dystopia, martial arts, movie review, sci-fi
Tagged dystopia, Equilibrium, kurt wimmer, meh
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Movie review: Interstellar (2014) directed by Christopher Nolan
Product info (from Wikipedia): Sometime in the 21st century, a series of crop blights on Earth threatens humanity’s survival. Joseph Cooper (Mathew McConaughey), a widowed former NASA pilot, runs a farm with his father-in-law, son Tom (Casey Affleck), and daughter … Continue reading
Posted in drama, movie review, sci-fi
Tagged 2014, boring, christopher nolan., interstellar, meh, sci-fi movie
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