Posts Tagged ‘science-runs-amok’

Fly, The (1986)

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Goldblum, Jeff | Davis, Geena | Getz, John | Boushel, Joy | Carlson, Leslie | Chuvalo, George | Copeman, Michael | Lazare, Carol | Hewitt, Shawn
Directors: Cronenberg, David
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Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man. This Science-Gone-Mad film is the source of the quotable quote “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Galligan, Zach | Glover, John | Prosky, Robert | Picardo, Robert | Lee, Christopher | Miller, Dick | Watanabe, Gedde | Luke, Keye | Stanton, Don | Stanton, Dan | Nelson, Shawn | Hahn, Archie | Fassler, Ron | Winters, Time | Presson, Jason
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Yesterday it was rural Kingston Falls. Today it’s the Big Apple — and lots of wild, anarchic comedy — because a new batch of mischievous green meanies is on the loose. We told you. Remember the rules. You didn’t listen. Now you’ll have to face up to the hilarious consequences.

Brazil (1985)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: UK
Actors: Pryce, Jonathan | De Niro, Robert | Helmond, Katherine | Holm, Ian | Hoskins, Bob | Palin, Michael | Richardson, Ian | Vaughan, Peter | Greist, Kim | Broadbent, Jim | Hicks, Barbara | McKeown, Charles | O'Connor, Derrick | Pogson, Kathryn | Pringle, Bryan
Directors: Gilliam, Terry
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Sam Lowry is a harried technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. He dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the woman of his dreams. While trying to rectify the wrongful arrest of one Harry Buttle, Lowry meets the woman he is always chasing in his dreams, Jill Layton. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy has fingered him responsible for a rash of terrorist bombings, and both Sam and Jill’s lives are put in danger.

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Japan | UK
Actors: Tanaka, Atsuko | Ôtsuka, Akio | Ôki, Tamio | Kayumi, Iemasa | Yamadera, Kôichi | Genda, Tesshô | Barnes, Richard | Blum, Steven Jay | Bulen, Steve | Cansino, Richard | Carlton, Tom | Celik, George | Chiba, Shigeru | Davis, Stephen | Epcar, Richard
Directors: Oshii, Mamoru
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The year is 2029. The world has become intensively information oriented and humans are well-connected to the network. Crime has developed into a sophisticated stage by hacking into the interactive network. To prevent this, Section 9 is formed. These are cyborgs with incredible strengths and abilities that can access any network on Earth.

I, Robot (2004)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Genres: Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Smith, Will | Moynahan, Bridget | Tudyk, Alan | Cromwell, James | Greenwood, Bruce | Ricard, Adrian | McBride, Chi | Wasserman, Jerry | Hogan, Fiona | Shinkoda, Peter | Chen, Terry | Haysom, David | Heindl, Scott | Wilkins, Sharon | March, Craig
Directors: Proyas, Alex
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Set in a future Earth (2035 A.D.) where robots are common assistants and workers for their human owners, this is the story of “robotophobic” Chicago Police Detective Del Spooner’s (Smith) investigation into the murder of Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), who works at U.S. Robotics, in which a robot, Sonny (Tudyk), appears to be implicated, even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics, which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws, there’s nothing to stop them from taking over the world, as humans have grown to become completely dependent upon their robots. Or maybe… they already have? Aiding Spooner in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin (Moynahan), who specializes in the psyches of robots.

Small Soldiers (1998)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Cross, David | Mohr, Jay | Wilson, Alexandra | Leary, Denis | Smith, Gregory | Miller, Dick | Dunst, Kirsten | Smith, Jacob | Bouck, Jonathan | Dunn, Kevin | Magnuson, Ann | Schaal, Wendy | Hartman, Phil | Hahn, Archie | Picardo, Robert
Directors: Dante, Joe
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After military manufactured computer chips are put in a line of action figures, they end up with minds of their own and try to invade an Ohio suburb, and do battle with another line of toys that have the same chips.

Jurassic Park III (2001)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Neill, Sam | Macy, William H. | Leoni, Téa | Nivola, Alessandro | Morgan, Trevor | Jeter, Michael | Diehl, John | Young, Bruce A. | Dern, Laura | Nichols, Taylor | Harelik, Mark | Mechoso, Julio Oscar | Bryan, Blake Michael | Madison, Sarah Danielle | Park, Linda
Directors: Johnston, Joe
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Eight years after the InGen incident, Dr. Alan Grant is happy with his life far from any dinosaurs other than fossilized. Unfortunately, he is extremely short in research money, and therefore accepts the offer of wealthy businessman Paul Kirby: A low flight over isolated Isla Sorna, where InGen’s second research site was located, and Dr. Grant can fund his future research for a long time. What Dr. Grant didn’t know is that Kirby just needs a dinosaur expert to help him and his wife find their 14-year-old son Eric, who crashed on the island while paragliding. What he did suspect, but never wanted to witness, is that the Velociraptors have evolved into a communicating species (and seemingly all along had the capability to do so), now being smarter than primates.

Spider-Man (2002)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Maguire, Tobey | Dafoe, Willem | Dunst, Kirsten | Franco, James | Robertson, Cliff | Harris, Rosemary | J.K. Simmons | Manganiello, Joe | Becker, Gerry | Nunn, Bill | Betts, Jack | Anderson, Stanley | Perkins, Ron | Papajohn, Michael | Dodds, K.K.
Directors: Raimi, Sam
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Based on Marvel Comics’ superhero character, this is a story of Peter Parker who is a nerdy high-schooler. He was orphaned as a child, bullied by jocks, and can’t confess his crush for his stunning neighbourhood girl Mary Jane Watson. To say his life is “miserable” is an understatement. But one day while on an excursion to a laboratory a runaway radioactive spider bites him… and his life changes in a way no one could have imagined. Peter acquires a muscle-bound physique, clear vision, ability to cling to surfaces and crawl over walls, shooting webs from his wrist … but the fun isn’t going to last. An eccentric millionaire Norman Osborn (William Dafoe) administers a performance enhancing drug on himself and his maniacal alter ego Green Goblin emerges. Now Peter Parker has to become Spider-Man and take Green Goblin to the task… or else Goblin will kill him. They come face to face and the war begins in which only one of them will survive at the end.

Godsend (2004)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Kinnear, Greg | Romijn, Rebecca | De Niro, Robert | Bright, Cameron | Mondesir, Merwin | Drayton, Sava | Simons, Jake | Downs, Elle | Inksetter, Edie | Bhaneja, Raoul | Levine, Jenny | Chambers, Thomas | Chambers, Munro | Christensen, Jeff | Odell, Deborah
Directors: Hamm, Nick
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After their young son, Adam (Bright), is killed in an accident, a couple (Kinnear, Romijn-Stamos) approach an expert (De Niro) in stem cell research about bringing him back to life through an experimental and illegal cloning and regeneration process. When Adam comes back to them, however, he’s.. different…