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Posts tagged Sci-fi
Contagion (2011)
02 months ago
Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Scott Z. Burns Cast: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne, and Marion Cotillard Rated: PG-13 (some language, disturbing images) IMDb/trailer | Official movie site
We’ve seen our share of epidemics as More >
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
011 months ago
Director: David Yates Writers: Steve Cloves, J.K. Rowling (novel) Rated: PG-13 (some violence, sensuality) Cast: Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliff, Rupert Grint, and Ralph Fiennes
It’s been a treat watching the “Harry Potter” kids grow up into young adults and talented actors. It’s been equally pleasing to watch the films More >
Hunger Games, The by Suzanne Collins – Book Review
In a distant future, after war has destroyed the world as we know it today, what was formerly known as North America is now Panem. Panem is made up of 12 districts ruled under a totalitarian authority. Katniss Everdeen is our heroine, who lives with her mother and younger sister More >
Solaris (2002)
Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Stanislaw Lem (novel), Steven Soderbergh (screenplay) Rated: PG-13 Cast: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, and Jeremy Davies
In a seemingly not-so-distant future, George Clooney plays Chris Kelvin, a lonely psychologist asked to investigate and hopefully bring back researchers orbiting the strange and elusive planet More >
Phantasm (1979)
Director/writer/producer/editor: Don Coscarelli (and he was only 24 years old at the time, wow!) Rated: R (some gore, brief nudity) Cast: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, and Angus Scrimm
Continuing my horror reviews for this month, it’s always a pleasure to watch a classic of which I’ve not More >
