Category: Sci-Fi
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Skyline is clear of good acting, unpredictable story
Skyline – 2010 Directed by The Brothers Strause Starring Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Donald Faison, Brittany Daniel, Crystal Reed, David Zayas Written by Joshua Cordes, Liam O’Donnell One of the things that bugs me most about Stephen Speilberg is that he tends to proselytize, and while doing it, commits some of the most pedestrian directorial…
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World doesn’t require an explanation
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – 2010 Directed by Edgar Wright Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Alfie Rackley, Ellen Wong, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons Screenplay by Edgar Wright, Michael Bacall based on the comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley The first best thing about Scott Pilgrim vs.…
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Polley and Brody get to play Frankenstein in Splice
Splice – 2009 Directed by Vincenzo Natali Starring – Sarah Polley, Adrien Brody, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon Screenplay by Vincenzo Natali, Doug Taylor, Antoinette Terry Bryant Abomination. That’s the name of the game in Splice. The implications of mad science in modern-day is met with the responsibility of meeting deadlines for those who supply the funds. In the midst…
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Inception plants the idea of perfection
Inception -2010 Written and Directed by Chris Nolan Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy, Lukas Haas, Dileep Rao, Michael Caine, Tom Berenger, Pete Postlethwaite In all the films I have seen in my life, maybe three made me feel like I needed to be an adult…
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CPE’s Prometheus / Predator / Alien Universe Chronological Timeline Reviews
With the release of the first good Predator film in almost 25 years, and the making (by Ridley Scott) of an Alien prequel, Prometheus, now is a great time to review the two series as a whole. Both series have gone to hell and back (sometimes together), but overall, the entire series has provided many intense,…
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These Predators hardly take anyone out like chumps…
Predators Directed by Nimród Antal Starring Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Topher Grace, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Louis Ozawa Changchien Screenplay story by Robert Rodriguez adapted by Michael Finch and Alex Litvak When I heard that Robert Rodriguez was involved with the making of the new Predators movie, I was thrilled.…
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Jude Law is one of the self-loathing Repo Men
Repo Men Directed by Miguel Sapochnik Starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Liev Schreiber, John Leguizamo From the opening scene, when Law as Remy easily “collects” on a man who is past due on an organ of some kind, you can tell where this movie is going. He is good at what he does,…
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Cusack and Robinson Hitch A Ride in the Hot Tub Time Machine
Hot Tub Time Machine Directed by Steve Pink Starring John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Chevy Chase, Crispin Glover This movie is about as unlikely as its title. Part Peggy Sue Got Married, part Back To The Future and part every other movie in the ’80’s, Hot Tub Time Machine is fun, crude…
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: Big, Dumb, Fun
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Directed by Stephen Sommers Starring Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Marlon Wayans, Ray Park, Lee Byung-hun, Dennis Quaid Screenplay Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett The first real cognitive activity I experienced while watching G.I. Joe occurred when the President of the United States makes an appearance…
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The Crazies – Olyphant makes the best of what’s still around
The Crazies Directed by Breck Eisner Starring Timothy Olyphant, Rahda Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Michelle Panabaker Written by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright based on the story by George Romero The Crazies is a taut, well-paced, science fiction movie that comes close enough to classic, one would be hard pressed to emerge from this film without…
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