Star Trek
Release Date: 11/17/2009
Mission: Impossible III director and Alias creator J.J. Abrams resurrects the classic science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry with this feature film that embraces the rich history of the influential television and film series while also exploring some uncharted territory. Heroes star Zachary Quinto assumes the role of the Federation Starfleet lieutenant and Vulcan made famous in the original series by Leonard Nimoy (who also appears in an older incarnation of his original role), Spock, ...
Actor(s): Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy
Director(s): J.J. Abrams
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Release Date: 10/20/2009
Michael Bay returns to helm the sequel to the highly successful big-screen adaptation of the Transformers toy line for DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. Much of the original cast returns for the second installment, including Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, and John Turturro, with Rainn Wilson joining in the fun as a college professor. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel
Director(s): Michael Bay
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Monsters vs. Aliens
Release Date: 09/29/2009
When human-hating aliens disrupt earthbound cable-television signals, it's up to a monster-hunting superhero to take out the pesky extraterrestrials and ensure that television viewers are not deprived in this animated adaptation of the popular comic-book series. The DreamWorks Animation release is being helmed by Shrek 2 director Conrad Vernon and Shark Tale's Rob Letterman. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen
Director(s): Rob Letterman
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Science Fiction, Animated
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Battle for Terra
Release Date: 09/22/2009
When the peaceful inhabitants of the planet Terra come under attack from humans in search of a new home, the friendship between a human pilot and an alien girl may hold the key to saving both races. Mala (Evan Rachel Wood) is an alien girl living on the planet Terra. The Terrians are gentle race of extraterrestrials that have no need for war, and harbor a deep respect for nature. When Earth's natural resources began to dwindle, the human race established colonies on Venus and Mars. Although that solu ...
Actor(s): Evan Rachel Wood, Justin Long, Luke Wilson
Director(s): Aristomenis Tsirbas
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Science Fiction, Animated
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Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
Release Date: 09/01/2009
Contains the following episodes - The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1, The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2, The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3, The Transformers: Transport to Oblivion, The Transformers: Roll for It ...
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MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Science Fiction, Animated
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Alien Trespass
Release Date: 08/11/2009
Will & Grace star Eric McCormack headlines X-Files veteran R.W. Goodwin's feature directorial debut, a playful send-up of 1950s-era sci-fi films tracing the bizarre events that unfold after a mysterious space object crashes into a California mountaintop. Based on a story by James Swift and Steven Fisher (who also penned the screenplay), the Technicolor-flavored genre-bender follows a benevolent alien (McCormack) as he attempts to fend off a seriously strange invader. Robert Patrick, Jenni Baird, and ...
Actor(s): Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Dan Lauria
Director(s): R.W. Goodwin
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Watchmen
Release Date: 07/21/2009
300's Zack Snyder brings Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' critically acclaimed comic book Watchmen to the big screen, courtesy of DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures. Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the film's world is a highly unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have long been made to hang up their tights thanks to the government-sponsored Keene Act, but that all changes with the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a robust ex-hero comma ...
Actor(s): Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode
Director(s): Zack Snyder
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Knowing
Release Date: 07/07/2009
A time capsule containing a cryptic message about the coming apocalypse sends a concerned father on a race to prevent the horrific events from unfolding as predicted in this sci-fi thriller directed by Alex Proyas (Dark City) and starring Nicolas Cage. 1958: As the dedication ceremony for a newly constructed elementary school gets under way, a time capsule containing student drawings of the future is buried on the grounds and scheduled to be unearthed on the school's 50th anniversary. Instead of subm ...
Actor(s): Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury
Director(s): Alex Proyas
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Release Date: 04/07/2009
Keanu Reeves tops this adaptation of the seminal 1951 sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still with this 20th Century Fox production. Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) helms the story of an alien traveler, Klaatu (Reeves), who heads to Earth along with his bodyguard robot, Gort, to deliver a warning of planetary destruction if the people of the world fail to stop laying waste to the environment. Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, and Kathy Bates co-star in the David Scarpa-penned film. ~ Jerem ...
Actor(s): Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm
Director(s): Scott Derrickson
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Babylon A.D.
Release Date: 01/06/2009
Hong Kong action icon Michelle Yeoh stars alongside American muscle Vin Diesel in this science fiction thriller concerning a nun who is charged with the task of caring for a young girl who may be the carrier of a deadly virus. Based on author Maurice Dantec's Babylon Babies, this tale of genetic manipulation comes to the screen courtesy of director Mathieu Kassovitz. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Vin Diesel, MTlanie Thierry, Michelle Yeoh
Director(s): Mathieu Kassovitz
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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Death Race
Release Date: 12/21/2008
The Transporter star Jason Statham takes the wheel in director Paul W.S. Anderson's remake of the Roger Corman classic about a hyper-violent cross-country race that breaks all of the traditional rules of the road. The time is the not-so-distant future, and as America's prisons begin overflowing with violent criminals, the powers that be devise a grisly game that will free up space in the cells and entertain the masses at the same time. Jensen Ames (Statham) is a three-time speedway champion with a da ...
Actor(s): Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane
Director(s): Paul W.S. Anderson
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Release Date: 12/02/2008
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise their roles as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully with this long-delayed big-screen continuation that revives the series six years after it headed off the air in 2002. Creator Chris Carter returns to direct, co-writing the script with series veteran Frank Spotnitz for 20th Century Fox. Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet and rapper Xzibit co-star in the stand-alone sequel. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet
Director(s): Chris Carter
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Science Fiction, Feature
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