Movies Center - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss as Roy Neary
Melinda Dillon as Gillian Guiler
François Truffaut as Claude Lacombe

Genre: Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 137 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: Blu-Ray (owned)
Rating: 8.5/10

Movies Center - 9 (2009)

Directed by: Shane Acker

Starring:
Elijah Wood as 9 (voice)
Christopher Plummer as 1 (voice)
Jennifer Connelly as 7 (voice)
John C. Reilly as 5 (voice)

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 79 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: Blu-Ray (Netflix rental)
Rating: 5.5/10

Movies Center - Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

Directed by: Rob Letterman & Conrad Vernon

Starring:
Reese Witherspoon as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
Seth Rogen as B.O.B. (voice)
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Will Arnett as The Missing Link (voice)

Genre: Animation | Action | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 94 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: Blu-Ray (Netflix rental)
Rating: 6.5/10

Movies Center - Daybreakers (2010)

Directed by: Michael & Peter Spierig

Starring:
Ethan Hawke as Edward Dalton
Claudia Karvan as Audrey Bennett
Sam Neill as Charles Bromley
Willem Dafoe as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac

Genre: Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 98 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: The Big Screen
Rating: 6/10

Movies Center - Sleep Dealer (2008)

Directed by: Alex Rivera

Starring:
Leonor Varela as Luz Martínez
Jacob Vargas as Rudy
Luis Fernando Peña as Memo

Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 90 mins
First Time Viewed: Yes
Watched on: Blu-Ray (Netflix rental)
Rating: 6.5/10

Movies Center - Avatar (2009)

Directed by: James Cameron

Starring:
Sam Worthington as Jake Sully
Zoe Saldana as Neytiri
Sigourney Weaver as Dr. Grace Augustine

Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 162 mins
First Time Viewed: No
Watched on: The Big Screen (in IMAX 3D)
Rating: 8/10

The Latest on TV: All I Want for Christmas

Two of our favorite things — Kristin Chenoweth and half-naked men — will be in one place tomorrow night: the new Lifetime Original Movie 12 Men of Christmas!

Described as "The Full Monty meets Calendar Girls", Chenoweth plays a publicist who loses both her high-powered Manhattan job and her lawyer-fiancé at her office Christmas party. So, naturally, she ends up taking a job in Montana where, to help the local search-and-rescue station raise desperately needed funds, she tries to convince the male rescue workers to pose for a beefcake calendar. Of course, along the way she discovers what really matters to her (and, no doubt, the "true meaning of Christmas") ... plus wins the heart of one of the pin-ups.

Cougar Town's Josh Hopkins, Paradise Falls' Stephen Huszar and DietTribe's Jessie Pavelka are amongst the dozen hunks appearing in the movie ... and the calendar. Speaking of which, you can get a sneak peek at all 12 Men of Christmas in their calendar poses right here, or watch the trailer here.

Awards Watch: Coast to Coast

The 2009 movie awards season kicked into high gear the past two days with the announcements from four major kudos groups of the results of their annual cinematic honors.

In a rare instance of solidarity, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Circle both chose Kathryn Bigelow's gritty war drama The Hurt Locker for Best Picture and Best Director.

They also agreed on the supporting acting races, bestowing honors on Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Mo'Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire). In the lead categories, LA went for Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) and Yolande Moreau (Séraphine), while their Gotham counterparts chose George Clooney (for both Up in the Air and his vocal turn in Fantastic Mr. Fox) and Meryl Streep (for Julie & Julia but not It's Complicated).

The Hurt Locker also placed strongly in the nominations for the Broadcast Film Critics Association's Critics' Choice Awards with eight nods. But it was Inglourious Basterds and Nine that lead the pack with ten nominations apiece. Joining these three in the Best Picture race is Avatar, An Education, Invictus, Precious, A Serious Man, Up and Up in the Air. Winners will be announced on January 15 in a live ceremony scheduled to be broadcast on VH1 with Kristin Chenoweth hosting.

Meanwhile, the American Film Institute has revealed their own top ten for '09. The AFI Awards for film go to Coraline, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, The Messenger, Precious, A Serious Man, A Single Man, Sugar, Up and Up in the Air. On the TV side, such Movie Dearest faves as The Big Bang Theory, Glee, Modern Family and True Blood were recognized. Click here for a special video tribute to all the AFI Award winners.

For a quick look at all the winners/nominees, see the comments section below. And the gold derby will continue to race on later this week with the nominations for the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively.

Dearie Awards 2009: New Stars of the Year - SCOTT EVANS & BRETT CLAYWELL

Soap operas hit had merry characters before, but hour hit been as fully-realized as jazzman Fish and Kyle Lewis, the One Live to Live pair (collectively famous as \"Kish\") expertly brought to chronicle by Scott Evans and Brett Claywell.

Since their plot began in early 2009, Llanview Police Officer Fish has come out on national TV, been ostracized by his conservative parents and, oh yeah, unknowingly fathered a info fuck female (this is a clean after all). Meanwhile, his past college swain Kyle has dodged blackmail charges, returned to med school and almost got mated in a accumulation merry wedding. In the end, they found true fuck in apiece other's arms, culminating in a start New Year's Eve fuck environs the likes of which daytime — or even primetime —television has ever seen.

Prior to their insight roles on OLTL, Evans was primarily famous as the merry brother of Fantastic Four's Chris Evans (god gesture that gene pool), patch Claywell had a recurring role on the teenaged sudser One histrion Hill. Now, with passionately loyal fans that study the caretaker couple's every advise via springy blogs, YouTube clips and commendation sites, the dynamic duo are certified clean studs ... and our New Stars of the Year!
Honorable Mentions:

Boldly going where William Shatner went before, Chris Pine brashly recreated the iconic character of James Tiberius Kirk in the new Star Trek, patch Javier Beltrán brought poet Federico García Lorca to chronicle in Little Ashes.

Friday Night Lights

Directed by Peter Berg and starring Billy Bob Thorton. This movie is about the small town of Odessa, Texas (HEY, one of the settings in Season 1 of "Heroes") and the stress the small town puts on the local high school football team to go to the state championship.

I'm always kind of hesitant to watch inspirational movies about football, mostly because there's a huge saturation of them in movies today. Such as really sappy ones like "Invincible" and "The Blind Side." Well this one does manage to stand on its own. It perfectly balances the players personal lives with inspirational football scenes.

One of the main reasons I decided to finally watch this movie is because I hear the TV show is amazing. Patton Oswalt said that when I got to see him do a Q&A session for "Big Fan." You can read about that in my review. So definitely check this one out.

Rating: 8.5/10

For more information visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390022/

True Lies

True Lies Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jamie Lee Curtis
Tom Arnold
Bill Paxton
Art Malik
Tia Carrere

Director:
James Cameron


About the movie:

True Lies is one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's best action movie, was released in 1994 and a remake of a French movie LA Totale. The casts also include Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Tom Arnold, Charlton Heston and Art Malik. True Lies was written and directed by James Cameron .


The movie is about Harry Tasker (played by Schwarzenegger), known as an ordinary computer salesman by his family, but he's actually the United States' top secret agent. Harry's wife began to seek for some adventure in her life dating another man because she thinks that he's dull and boring. He then found out that Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) is having an affair with a car salesman and seduced her by a lie that he is a spy. So Harry sends his colleagues to kidnap them, but they are actually the ones that were accidentally kidnapped by a group of Arab terrorists. By this event, Helen founds out that Harry is a secret agent by night, and he need to do his job against the terrorists that posseses an atomic bomb planted in Florida.


The most exciting part of the movie is when Harry tries to track down the bomb of the terrorists. While the escape scene on the bridge that connects Florida to the mainland is one of the best shot and the most thrilling part in the movie.


True Lies contain the elements of action, comedy and political thriller rolled into one pleasing entertainment movie. It's an old-fashioned yet high-tech action movie with fresh ideas to deliver the excitement for the breath-taking scenes.


It has a great action stunts that was often executed by Schwarzenegger and Curtis themselves and it has an expensive special effects having a production cost of approximately $120 million.

RoboCop

RoboCop Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
Peter Weller
Nancy Allen
Dan O'Herlihy
Ronny Cox
Kurtwood Smith
Miguel Ferrer

Director:
Paul Verhoeven

About the movie:

RoboCop is a 1987 action movie about a cyborg police officer created to control the Motor City known as Detroit that has been ruled by criminals and a gang of cop killers. It is both an action and science fiction movie that features advanced science and cybernetics.

The movie stars Peter Weller as RoboCop, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer. RoboCop was directed by a Dutch Film director Paul Verhoeven.


Robocop is about a good police officer that was brought back to life after being killed by feared gang leader in Detroit. The Omni Consumer Products (OCP) that runs Detroit Police Department, offers a new solution against the well-armed criminals in the city by building an almost inexterminable ED 209 robot combining the body of Murphy with the high tech gadgets and weaponry to dispatch the city criminals. The scientists rewires Murphy's brains with computer chips for communication control and self-organization system that blocks up his memories. However, his former partner, Officer Lewis recognized RoboCop's body that started to reveal his true identity.


RoboCop film has a well-written plot and action-packed stunts, a very fitting entertainment for the action movie aficionados.


It's also entertaining that there's a heart breaking scene in this movie where RoboCop visits his former house without the chance of getting back what he had left before.


This may be the first high-profile movie directed by Verhoeven but it was directed well with a sense of smooth style and appeal that made RoboCop a great action movie. By its good remarks, it is considered as one of the best action movies of its genre and it was followed by movie sequels and RoboCop TV series.

Terminator movie series

Terminator Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
>The Terminator
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Michael Biehn
Linda Hamilton
Paul Winfield

>Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Linda Hamilton
Edward Furlong
Robert Patrick

>Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Nick Stahl
Claire Danes
Kristanna Loken


Director:
James Cameron - The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Jonathan Mostow - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines


About the movie:

The Terminator, released in 1984, is a science-fiction action movie about a seemingly indestructible cyborg assassin that was sent from the future for a deadly mission. The Terminator's task is to kill Sarah Conor and his unborn son because it will play a significant role in the future against the machines.


James Cameron, an Academy Award winning director and producer had created the concept of the terminator characters. Sequels of The Terminator are Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger.

It's hard to believe that the first Terminator movie has a low production cost but the quality of the movie and all its elements are well made.


The Terminator movie series were all set in a future where machines are having war against man for the desire to dominate the human race. Having the robots as one of the main characters in this movie series, made this film captivating. There is a science fiction element on each movie and the technology helped the cyborg characters to look authentic. The design of the cyborgs seem very realistic and convincing. The special effects and action sequences of the Terminator movies stands out. The theme is presented well, having the human qualities in each film, projecting what's more important than anything else.


The Terminator series are those that can be considered as classic movies...movies that never grow old. Simply one of the best action movies ever made.



MOVIE CRITIC REVIEW:

"...a science fiction action movie that astounded fans of the genre."

anonymous
TV Guide

Total Recall

Total Recall Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Rachel Ticotin
Sharon Stone
Michael Ironside
Ronny Cox

Director:
Paul Verhoeven


About the movie:

Total Recall is a major box office movie that stars Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is a science fiction action movie based on the story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” written by Philip Dick. The movie was released on 1990 and it won a Special Achievement Academy Award for its quality visual effects. At the time of its production, Total Recall movie had the biggest authorized budget produced by Hollywood studio.

This action movie's casts are Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Michael Ironside and Ronny Cox and is directed by Paul Verhoeven.


Arnold Schwarzenegger is Douglas Quaid in the movie. He is a construction worker that is being haunted by nightmares of the planet Mars. He longs for an adventure cause he's bored with what he regularly do. One day he heard about Rekall Inc., a company that is selling and implanting false memories and he purchased a vacation to Mars as a spy. Then the procedure goes terribly wrong that Doug lost some parts of his memory and he's into another personality surface believing that he's name is Hauser and he's a former Mars Intelligence Agent and he is being chased by a group of assassins. He also battles with mutants, aliens, and alien machines from Mars and he met Melina that told him about his identity as an agent. Quaid's wife didn't believe him; and he is also confused if everything that's happening to him is real or just a dream.

Total Recall is a fascinating action movie with a few twists and unpredictable plot. A movie full of action and violence, it is highly recommended for the action movie fanatics.

Predator

Predator Movie Information

Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Elpidia Carrillo
Bill Duke
Kevin Peter Hall
Jesse Ventura
Carl Weathers

Director:
John McTiernan


About the movie:

Predator is a combination of the elements of action, science fiction and horror. It was directed by John McTiernan and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger , Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura and Kevin Peter Hall. It was released in 1987 by 20th Century Fox.

The Predator is an alien humanoid creature that is fond of hunting and is capable of interstellar traveling and has a multiple visions and armored by a light-bending suit with advance weapons. It descended on Earth, specifically in Central America, to hunt for humans. However, the US Army Special Forces unit led by Major Dutch Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is also on the same location to rescue a cabinet minister in the hands of a rebel group. But the members of the military unit is beginning to disappear and they still don't have the idea that another enemy is attacking them - the Predator. Until they finally encounter the extraterrestrial creature and found out that it is powerful enough that their weapons are no match with this alien assassin.

This action-packed movie maintains a feeling of fear and tension all throughout with gun-fighting, explosions and hair-raising sight of the Predator.

After the success of the Predator movie (and the character as well), having a gross revenue of $60,000,000 in United States, sequels of this movie have been made. These are Predator 2 (1990) and Alien vs. Predator (2004).


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Mad Max 2 : The Road Warrior

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Movie Information


Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi


Main Cast:
Mel Gibson
Michael Preston
Bruce Spence
Vernon Wells
Kjell Nilsson
Virginia Hey
Emil Minty


Director:
George Miller




About the movie:


Mad Max 2 (1981; also known as The Road Warrior), is a follow-up movie of Miller's sci-fi action movie Mad Max (1979). It's a post-apocalyptic action movie that eventually became a cult classic.


This is the continuation of Max's adventure and the summary of the events happened on the first movie that shed light on the political situation of the world - that a war has occurred. It features Max's life after the he loss his wife and son. This sequel is more intense than the predeccessor and the world's standing become worse. The highlight of this film is the pulse-pounding and breath-taking car chases, probably one of the greatest movies involving cars.

The movie has a stunning action sequences without a single ounce of computer graphics that is equally impressive by today's standards in action movies. It's a follow up movie that's even more exciting and intense than the first one and really a must-see for action buffs.

Aliens

Aliens
Movie Information

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Main Cast:

Sigourney Weaver

Michael Biehn

Lance Henriksen

Carrie Henn

Paul Reiser

Bill Paxton

Director:

James Cameron

About the movie:

Aliens (1986) is a sequel of the action/sci-fi/horror movie Alien (1979 - directed by Ridley Scott). The film is set 57 years after Ellen Ripley's ordeal with the deadly extraterrestrial creature. With the combat-oriented structure of the movie, Aliens promoted the tagline: "This Time It's War."

After more than half-century after the events of 'Alien', Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of a salvaged space freighter Nostromo, was found and rescued at LV-426, a planetoid where they encountered the alien eggs. Then a unit of space marines together with Ripley were set to a a mission to investigate LV-426's activities and to search for their contact. As they returned to the planetoid, they discovered a large Alien nest and they're unprepared as they encountered a mature alien, killing most members of the unit. The remaining survivors including Ellen were trapped in the alien infested territory, leaving them with no other choice but to fight the alien queen in order to survive.

Aliens offers a high-intensity thrill ride that set a new standard for action movies that is hard to match. Aliens is a sequel that surpass the success of the original movie Alien (1979) and it is even more powerful making it one of the best action movies ever made.

Knowing

Title: Knowing
Genre:Drama/Thriller/Science Fiction
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Written by:Alex Proyas, Stuart Hazeldine
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne
Budget: $50 million
Release Date: March 20, 2009

In the Subway.
The professor played by Nicolas Cage is quite courageous, I doubt I would be a good Samaritain like him... I would call the police to take care of the problem, but i would not go confront the problem risking my life by doing so... And I doubt the average teacher would do more too... But that's the great Nicolas Cage!

Director Alex Proyas has enrolled Nicolas Cage in Knowing, an upcoming science-fiction thriller movie revolving around the story of aprofessor who's trying to prevent the end of the world.

The post-production team had time to add some more special effects so this brand new knowing movie trailer is way than the previous one. The plot of Knowing seems also more deeply thought than we have first expected: who are those bogeymen? The Angel of the Apocalypse or messengers from an other time or dimension?

Here below some official posters of Knowing, upcoming science-fiction movie directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage.

Knowing with Nicolas Cage is not the only movie to be released in 2009 that deals with the end of the world: Roland Emmerich's 2012 is also an eschatology.

Knowing is an upcoming sci-fi movie directed by Alex Proyas who once brought us I, Robot. The film is starring Nicolas Cage and Rose Byrne. Knowing is slated for a March 2009 release.

The Plot:
"A professor (Cage) finds that the contents of a time capsule at his son's elementary school makes predictions of the future that have come true. The predictions lead the teacher to believe the world is ending, and that he and his son are involved in the apocalypse." (Source: Wikipedia)

Eschatology has always been a concern for Mankind: the end of the world, the idea of the end of our world is never very far from us... Man is a mortal being after all...

Knowing looks like a promising science-fiction movie. Besides Nicolas Cage is a quite good actor. So it makes this mysterious sci-fi film even more appealing.

Race To Witch Mountain

Title: Race To Witch Mountain
Genre: Adventure/Comedy/Sci-Fi/Thriller
Directed by: Andy Fickman
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Ciaran Hinds, Carla Gugino
Release date: Fri 13, Mar 2009

Actor Dwayne Johnson got the lead role in Race to Witch Mountain, an upcoming sci-fi movie directed by Andy Fickman, remake of the original 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain. The film hits theaters on Friday 13, March 2009.

In the upcoming science-fiction movie race To Witch Mountain Dwayne Johnson aka the Rock is as a taxi driver who is going to turn into a nanny for teenage human-like aliens! Here below a new version of the previous movie poster ofRace to Witch Mountain.

Walt Disney Pictures has enrolled Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, to take care of two young aliens in the upcoming sci-fi adventure movie Race To Witch Mountain. To avoid being crushed or ignored in the cluster of movie trailers that will be shown during the Super Bowl 2009, Disney has opted for an early start of its Superbowl trailer of Race to Witch Mountain.

Some may think that race to Witch Mountain is a sci-fi movie for teens but I do wait for this movie with impatience!

Dwayne Johnson is taxi driver turned nanny for young human-like aliens in Race To Witch Mountain, an upcoming science-fiction movie by Walt Disney Pictures. Here below the latest international trailer of Race To Witch Mountain.

In the movie Race To Witch Mountain the taxi driver played by Dwayne Johnson aka the Rock would have expected green little aliens with antennas instead of teenagers on the run.

What about you? How do you imagine an alien encounter? Like in the movie Race To Witch Mountain?

The siblings Sara (ANNASOPHIA ROBB) and Seth (ALEXANDER LUDWIG) have some myterious paranormal powers. But they still need a nanny: and that’s Jack Bruno (DWAYNE JOHNSON) the taxi driver’s job!

I think that the movie Race To Witch Mountain is a good film to educate children about science fiction: they watch it in their childhood and are addicted to sci fi once grown up!

Race to Witch Mountain is an upcoming sci-fi movie, remake of the original 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain. This new version, using a script by Matt Lopez, is a modern re-imagining of the 1975 movie. The film is directed by Andy Fickman and is starringDwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Ciaran Hinds, and Carla Gugino. Race to Witch Mountain should be released in March 2009.

Plot:
“A UFO expert enlists the help of a cab driver (Dwayne Johnson The Rock) to protect two siblings (AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig) with paranormal powers from the clutches of Ciaran Hinds and his organization who want to use the kids for their nefarious plans.” (Source: IMDb)
An interesting sci-fi movie, even if Dwayne Johnson is quite unlikely in the role of a taxi driver turned nanny…

Push

Title: Push
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Written by: David Bourla
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou
Movie Releases: February 6, 2009

Because of Heroes and the 4400 we dreamed of having abilities. Now we will also dream of abilities thanks to the upcoming sci-fi movie Push which is directed by Paul McGuigan.

Push is an upcoming science-fiction movie directed by Paul McGuigan. The movie surf on the wave of TV shows like the 4400 and Heroes with some similarities with the movie Jumper.

The sci-fi movie Push is starring Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Camilla Belle and Djimon Hounsou. It should be released in early February 2009.

Plot:
"The action packed sci-fi thriller involves a group of young American ex-pats with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities, hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency. They must utilize their different talents and band together for a final job enabling them to escape the agency forever."