Showing posts with label sci-fi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sci-fi. Show all posts

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Alien: Covenant (2017)


"The path to paradise begins in hell."


Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer, David Giler, Walter Hill
Screenplay by John Logan, Dante Harper
Story by Jack Paglen, Michael Green
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Carmen Ejogo, Demián Bichir
Music by Jed Kurzel
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Edited by Pietro Scalia
Production companies: 20th Century Fox, Scott Free Productions
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: May 19, 2017 (United States)
Running time: 123 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $97 million


"Alien: Covenant" is a science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by John Logan and Dante Harper. It's the sequel to "Prometheus" and the sixth installment overall in the "Alien" film series. The story is about the crew of a colony ship heading for a remote planet, which looks so perfect that a threat is impossible to spot immediately.

Monday, May 8, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)


"You only get one chance to save the galaxy twice."


Directed by James Gunn
Produced by Kevin Feige
Written by James Gunn
Based on "Guardians of the Galaxy" by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell
Music by Tyler Bates
Cinematography: Henry Braham
Edited by Fred Raskin, Craig Wood
Production company: Marvel Studios
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
Release date: May 5, 2017 (United States)
Running time: 136 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $200 million

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" is an action science fiction adventure film directed and written by James Gunn. It's the sequel to "Guardians of the Galaxy" and the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It tells the story of the Guardians who travel throughout the cosmos as they help Peter Quill learn more about his father.

Friday, December 23, 2016

Passengers (2016)



"Every Moment Counts"



Directed by Morten Tyldum
Produced by Neal H. Moritz, Stephen Hamel, Michael Maher, Ori Marmur
Written by Jon Spaihts
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Andy García
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto
Edited by Maryann Brandon
Production companies: LStar Capital, Village Roadshow Pictures, Wanda Pictures, Original Film, Company Films, Start Motion Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date: 21 December 2016 (United States)
Running time: 116 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $110 million


"Passengers" is a romantic science-fiction adventure film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Jon Spaihts. It tells the story of Jim Preston, a passenger who wakes up 90 years too soon from an induced hibernation on board a spaceship bound for a new planet.

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)



"A rebellion built on hope".


Directed by Gareth Edwards
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur, Simon Emanuel
Screenplay by Chris Weitz, Tony Gilroy 
Story by John Knoll, Gary Whitta
Based on Characters by George Lucas
Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker
Music by Michael Giacchino
Cinematography: Greig Fraser
Edited by John Gilroy, Colin Goudie, Jabez Olssen
Production company: Lucasfilm Ltd.
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
Release date: 16 December 2016 (United States)
Running time: 133 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $200 million

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" is an action adventure sci-fi film directed by Gareth Edwards and written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy, from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. It's the first stand-alone film in the "Star Wars Anthology" series. The story is about Jyn Erso, the daughter of the unwilling designer of the Death Star, and her quest to retrieve his plans of destroying it.

Monday, December 12, 2016

Blade Runner (1982)


"Man Has Made His Match... Now It's His Problem"


Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by Michael Deeley
Screenplay by Hampton Fancher, David Peoples
Based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Music by Vangelis
Cinematography: Jordan Cronenweth
Edited by Terry Rawlings, Marsha Nakashima
Production companies: The Ladd Company, Shaw Brothers, Blade Runner Partnership
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date: 25 June 1982
Running time: 117 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $28 million
Box office: $33.8 million


"Blade Runner" is a science fiction thriller film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. The story is about a former Blade Runner who has to return to work and try to terminate four escaped replicants.

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)


"The future belongs to the mad"


Directed by George Miller
Produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller, P. J. Voeten
Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris
Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton
Music by Junkie XL
Cinematography: John Seale
Edited by Margaret Sixel
Production company: Kennedy Miller Mitchell, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: 14 May 2015 (Australia and United Kingdom)
Running time: 120 minutes
Country: Australia, United States
Budget: $150 million
Box office: $376.7 million

"Mad Max: Fury Road" is an action adventure science fiction film directed and produced by George Miller, and written by Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris. It's the fourth instalment in the "Mad Max" franchise which follows Max Rockatansky, who joins forces with Imperator Furiosa to flee from cult leader Immortan Joe and his army in an armoured tanker truck, which leads to a lengthy road battle.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Victor Frankenstein (2015)


"Discover the origin of the monster and his creation."


Directed by Paul McGuigan
Produced by John Davis
Written by Max Landis
Based on "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Charles Dance
Music by Craig Armstrong
Cinematography: Fabian Wagner
Edited by Andrew Hulme
Production companies: Davis Entertainment Company, TSG Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 25 November 2015 (United States)

Running time: 110 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $40 million
Box office: $34.1 million


"Victor Frankenstein" is a science fiction horror drama film directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Max Landis, based on contemporary adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein. The story is told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.

Sunday, November 22, 2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)


"Fire burns brighter in the darkness"


Directed by Francis Lawrence
Produced by Nina Jacobson, Jon Kilik
Screenplay by Peter Craig, Danny Strong
Based on "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland
Music by James Newton Howard
Cinematography: Jo Willems
Edited by Alan Edward Bell, Mark Yoshikawa
Production company: Color Force
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date: 19 November 2014 (France)
Running time: 123 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $125 million
Box office: $755.4 million



"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1" is an action science fiction thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Peter Craig, Danny Strong, based on "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins. It's the third installment of the "The Hunger Games" film series which follows Katniss Everdeen who becomes the symbol of the revolution fighting for Peeta and the whole Panem.

Friday, November 20, 2015

The Hunger Games (2012)


"May the Odds be Ever in your Favor"


Directed by Gary Ross
Produced by Nina Jacobson, Jon Kilik
Written by Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray
Based on "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland
Music by James Newton Howard
Cinematography: Tom Stern
Edited by Stephen Mirrione, Juliette Welfling
Production company: Color Force
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date: 23 March 2012 (United States)
Running time: 142 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $78 million
Box office: $694.4 million



"The Hunger Games" is an action science fiction adventure film directed by Gary Ross and written by Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray, based on "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. It's the first installment of the "The Hunger Games" film series which follows Katniss Everdeen who voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Back To The Future Part II (1989)


"Getting back was only the beginning."


Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Produced by Neil Canton, Bob Gale
Screenplay by Bob Gale
Story by Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Edited by Harry Keramidas, Arthur Schmidt
Production company: Amblin Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: 22 November 1989 (United States)
Running time: 108 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $40 million (shared with Part III)
Box office: $332 million

"Back to the Future Part II" is a science-fiction adventure comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Bob Gale. It's the sequel to "Back to the Future" and the second installment in the "Back to the Future" trilogy. The story is about Marty McFly who must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985 after visiting 2015.

Back to the Future (1985)


"17 year old Marty McFly got home early last night. 30 years early."


Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Produced by Bob Gale, Neil Canton
Written by Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Edited by Arthur Schmidt, Harry Keramidas
Production company: Amblin Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: 3 July 1985 (United States)
Running time: 116 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $19 million
Box office: $389.1 million

"Back to the Future" is a science-fiction adventure comedy film directed and co-written by Robert Zemeckis. This is the first instalment in the "Back to the Future" film series which follows a young man who is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence.

Friday, October 9, 2015

The Martian (2015)


"Help is only 140 million miles away"



Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Aditya Sood, Mark Huffam
Screenplay by Drew Goddard
Based on "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover
Music by Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Edited by Pietro Scalia
Production companies: Scott Free Productions, Kinberg Genre
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 2 October 2015 (United States)
Running time: 141 minutes
Country: United States, Hungary
Budget: $108 million
Box office: $598.6 million



"The Martian" is an adventure science fiction drama film directed by Ridley Scott and based on Andy Weir's 2011 novel "The Martian", which was adapted into a screenplay by Drew Goddard. The story follows Astronaut Mark Watney who is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew during a manned mission to Mars. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

Monday, August 10, 2015

Self/less (2015)


"God created man. Man created immortality."


Directed by Tarsem Singh
Produced by Ram Bergman, Peter Schlessel, James D. Stern
Written by David Pastor, Àlex Pastor
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode, Victor Garber, Derek Luke, Ben Kingsley
Music by Dudu Aram, Antônio Pinto
Cinematography: Brendan Galvin
Edited by Robert Duffy
Production companies: Endgame Entertainment, Ram Bergman Productions
Distributed by Focus Features, Gramercy Pictures
Release date: 10 July 2015 (United States)
Running time: 117 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $26 million
Box office: $26,2 million


"Self/less" is a mystery science fiction thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh. It tells the story of Damian Hayes, a business tycoon and billionaire who dies from terminal cancer and decides to save himself with shedding: a medical procedure which let transfer consciousness from one body to an other one.

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Another Earth (2011)



Directed by Mike Cahill
Produced by Hunter Gray, Mike Cahill, Brit Marling, Nicholas Shumaker
Written by Mike Cahill, Brit Marling
Starring: Brit Marling, William Mapother

Music by Fall On Your Sword
Cinematography: Mike Cahill
Edited by Mike Cahill
Production company: Artists Public Domain
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date: 22 July 2011 (United States)
Running time: 92 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $100,000
Box office: $1.8 million


"Another Earth" is a romantic science fiction drama film directed and co-written by Mike Cahill. The story is about a young girl who makes mistakes and dreams about cosmos.

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)


"The Machines Will Rise"


Directed by Jonathan Mostow
Produced by Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna, Joel B. Michaels, Hal Lieberman, Colin Wilson
Screenplay by John Brancato, Michael Ferris

Story by John Brancato, Michael Ferris, Tedi Sarafian
Based on Characters by James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken
Music by Marco Beltrami, Brad Fiedel
Cinematography: Don Burgess
Edited by Nicolas de Toth, Neil Travis
Production companies: IMF Internationale Medien und Film, C2 Pictures
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Release date: 2 July 2003 (United States)
Running time: 109 minutes
Budget: $187.3 million
Box office: $433.3 million


"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" is a science fiction action film directed by Jonathan Mostow. It's the third film in the Terminator series. It tells the story of 19-year John Connor and his future wife who are pursued by a new more powerful Terminator.

Friday, July 3, 2015

Terminator Salvation (2009)


"We Fight Back"


Directed by McG
Produced by Derek Anderson, Moritz Borman, Victor Kubicek, Jeffrey Silver
Written by John Brancato, Michael Ferris, Jonathan Nolan, Paul Haggis
Based on Characters by James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd
Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Michael Ironside, Helena Bonham Carter
Music by Danny Elfman, Brad Fiedel
Cinematography: Shane Hurlbut
Edited by Conrad Buff
Production companies: The Halcyon Company, Wonderland Sound and Vision
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Release date: 21 May 2009 (United States)
Running time: 115 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $200 million
Box office: $371.3 million


"Terminator Salvation" is a science fiction action film directed by McG. It's the fourth installment of the Terminator film series. It tells the story of the war against machine that have started in 2018.

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)


"This time he's back...for good!"


Directed by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron
Written by James Cameron, William Wisher
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick
Music by Brad Fiedel
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Edited by Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris
Production companies: Carolco Pictures, Pacific Western, Lightstorm Entertainment, Le Studio Canal+ S.A.
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date: 3 July 1991 (U.S.)
Running time: 136 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $94–102 million
Box office: $519.8 million



"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" is a science fiction action film co-written, produced and directed by James Cameron. It's the second installment of the Terminator film series. It tells the story of Sarah Connor and her son John who are pursued by a new version of a Terminator.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

The Terminator (1984)


"Your future is in his hands."


Directed by James Cameron
Produced by Gale Anne Hurd
Written by James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield
Music by Brad Fiedel
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Edited by Mark Goldblatt
Production companies: Hemdale, Pacific Western
Distributed by Orion Pictures
Release date: 26 October 1984 (United States)
Running time: 107 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $6.4 million
Box office: $78.4 million

"The Terminator" is a science fiction action film directed and co-written by James Cameron. The story is about a human-looking cyborg whose aim is to kill Sarah Connor, the future mother of John Connor, the leader of resistance in the coming war with machines.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Jurassic Park III (2001)


"Nature Takes No Prisoners"


Directed by Joe Johnston
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Larry J. Franco
Written by Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Based on Characters created by Michael Crichton
Starring: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Michael Jeter
Music by Don Davis
Cinematography: Shelly Johnson
Edited by Robert Dalva
Production company: Amblin Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: July 18, 2001 (United States)
Running time: 93 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $93 million
Box office: $368.8 million


"Jurassic Park III" is an action science fiction adventure film directed by Joe Johnston. It's the third installment in the Jurassic Park film series. The story is about  Dr. Alan Grant who goes to Isla Sorna in order to help parents find their child but meets earlier unknown species of dinosaurs.

Monday, June 15, 2015

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)


"Something has survived"


Directed by Steven Spielberg
Produced by Gerald R. Molen, Colin Wilson
Screenplay by David Koepp
Based on "The Lost World" by Michael Crichton
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
Edited by Michael Kahn
Production company: Amblin Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: May 23, 1997 (United States)
Running time: 129 minutes
Country: United States, Australia, New Zealand
Budget: $73 million
Box office: $618.6 million

"The Lost World: Jurassic Park" is an action science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It's the second installment in the Jurassic Park film series. It tells the story of a research team which is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island in order to study the dinosaurs there while another team approaches with another agenda.