Science Fiction movies we've reviewed

Inception

All these movies with dreams, and yet still no going to s...

Reviewed Jul 18, 2010

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Predators

Yo, Adrien. Christian Bale called. He wants his Batman vo...

Reviewed Jul 11, 2010

A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

How cool would it have been if the alien chest-bursted ou...

Reviewed Jul 6, 2010

After a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters and producing countless Alien offspring, a lone Predator arrives to "clean up" the infestation. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

A pyramid under the Antarctic ice sounds like a James Bon...

Reviewed Jun 30, 2010

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race. Genres: Action, Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Predator 2

Arnold isn't available? Then get me Danny Glover!!

Reviewed Jun 24, 2010

A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Predator

Starring...Rich Little as the Predator!

Reviewed Jun 18, 2010

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Iron Man 2

Stop! Hammer time!

Reviewed May 13, 2010

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

Back to the Future Part III

Listen, or we'll hunt you down like a duck.

Reviewed Jan 21, 2010

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Time Travel

Back to the Future Part II

Great Scott! A Pair O' Docs!

Reviewed Jan 14, 2010

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Time Travel

Back to the Future

What are you listening to, butthead?

Reviewed Jan 7, 2010

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Time Travel

Avatar

How can the graphics have more dimensions than the charac...

Reviewed Dec 19, 2009

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Brown Arrow

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

This movie gives a whole new meaning to the term 'bugging...

Reviewed Sep 11, 2009

After a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital, clutching the year's most popular Halloween mask, Dr. Daniel Challis sets out to investigate the strange events and finds himself thrust into a nightmarish conspiracy. Genres: Halloween, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Terminator Salvation

If I only had a heart!

Reviewed May 24, 2009

All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

When playing with your Terminatrix, always remember the s...

Reviewed May 21, 2009

It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller, Time Travel

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Time for a Pepsi and a five-dollar footlong!

Reviewed May 18, 2009

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller, Time Travel

The Terminator

The only things that can make it through the time machine...

Reviewed May 14, 2009

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine? Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller, Time Travel

Star Trek (2009)

It's taken 11 movies, but the mystery is finally uncovere...

Reviewed May 9, 2009

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Time Travel

Star Trek: Nemesis

Begun the clone war has

Reviewed May 1, 2009

En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Star Trek: Insurrection

Warning - firmer breasts do not make effective flotation ...

Reviewed Apr 24, 2009

When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Star Trek: First Contact

That'll do, Geordi. That'll do.

Reviewed Apr 17, 2009

The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller, Time Travel

Star Trek: Generations

Holodecks, warp drives and human replicant androids they ...

Reviewed Apr 10, 2009

Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

The Klingon doth quotes Shakesphere too much, methinks

Reviewed Apr 3, 2009

After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Enterprise. Both worlds brace for what may be their deadliest encounter. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Ok, Bill, fine. You can direct.

Reviewed Mar 27, 2009

A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Chekov - San Francisco in the 1980s, perhaps leather pant...

Reviewed Mar 20, 2009

When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet. Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Time Travel