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Darkstar: The Interactive Movie is a science fiction video game developed by Parallax Studio for PC. The game features actor Clive Robertson(Sunset Beach), the entire original cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000, animations by the prolific comic book artist Richard Corben, and the final work of the late actor Peter Graves who narrated the game. Darkstar will be first released on November 5, 2010 through Strategy First.

In the game, you are Captain John O'Neil of the Westwick. You awaken from a cryogenic sleep that has spanned a period of over 300 years. As a result of your abnormally long hibernation, you have no memory as to who you are, where you are, or why you are there. Beside you are three other sleep chambers. One is empty, the other is occupied by a beautiful woman, and in the final chamber lies the body of a man - 300 years dead and missing his left hand.

Your ship is damaged and helplessly adrift in the orbit of the ominous Theta Alpha III. An unknown crew member has deleted any data that provides an explanation as to why this is.

You know, despite the emptiness and desolation, that someone is in the cold silence waiting for you.

And, as if the day isn't bad enough, the Earth has been destroyed for three centuries.

Zenith is a sci-fi / thriller film, release date in the US to be announcd later. The film is written and directed by Vladan Nikolic and stars Kenneth Anderson as Lanky Man, Ana Asensio as Lisa, Tim Biancalana as Hank Mirren, Vladimir Bibic as Man #1, Michael Cates as Vito, Ohene Cornelius as Ralph, Moises De Pena as Seducer, Michael A. Figueroa as Gigolo, Didier Flamand as Rich Man, Dan Foley as Male Customer and Arthur French as Mateo.

Zenith movie synopsis: Zenith is a retro-futuristic steam-punk thriller, about two men in two time periods, whose search for the same grand conspiracy leads them to question their own humanity. Starting from a fictional recreation of Stanley Milgram's Obedience to Authority experiment, Zenith plunges into exploring multifaceted dimensions of the human experience. The film follows two parallel stories - of father and son - now, and 40 years into the future. Searching for the same elusive conspiracy, both father and son find no answers; instead, their journeys unravel their lives and force them to look deep and hard at themselves and their surroundings. In the end, they are both confronted with the same Faustian bargain - but each one chooses a very different path.

Skyline is a sci-fi thriller film, set for release in the USA on November 12, 2010. The film is written by Joshua Cordes / Liam O'Donnell and directed by Brothers Strause, and stars Brittany Daniel as Candice, David Zayas as Oliver, Donald Faison as Terry, Eric Balfour as Jarrod, Scottie Thompson as Elaine, Crystal Reed as Denise, Neil Hopkins as Ray, Tanya Newbould as Jen, J. Paul Boehmer as Colin, Pam Levin as Cindy and Tony Black as Derek.

Movie synopsis: Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.

Disney recently announced the release date for its upcoming film John Carter of Mars, which is set for release on June 08, 2012. It is a sci-fi action - adventure film based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The film is directed by Andrew Stanton and stars Taylor Kitsch as John Carter, Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris, Willem Dafoe as Tars Tarkas, Thomas Haden Church as Hajus, Samantha Morton as Sola, Dominic West as Sab Than, Polly Walker as Sarkoja, James Purefoy as Kantos Kan, Mark Strong as Matai Shang, Ciarán Hinds as Tardos Mors, Bryan Cranston as a Civil War colonel and Daryl Sabara as Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Movie synopsis: Carter is an American Civil War veteran who goes to sleep in a cave after being chased by Apache Indians and wakes up on Mars, here called Barsoom. Formerly an Earthlike world, it became less hospitable to life due to its advanced age: as the oceans evaporated, and the atmosphere thinned, the planet devolved into partial barbarism with the inhabitants hardened and warlike, fighting one another to survive. Barsoomians distribute scarce water supplies via a worldwide system of canals, controlled by quarreling city-states. The Martian atmosphere is maintained by a power plant. Carter rescues a humanoid Red Martian princess, Dejah Thoris, from the belligerent four-armed Green Martians, whose respect he gains for his superior strength and fighting ability. He enlists the Green Martians' assistance in winning a civil war, and saves Mars from destruction when its atmosphere plant malfunctions.

The Adjustment Bureau is a romance Sci-Fi film, set to be released on March 4, 2011 (USA). The film is written and directed by George Nolfi, and stars Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly, Terence Stamp, Daniel Dae Kim, David Alan Basche, Anthony Ruivivar, Liam Ferguson, Anna Kuchma and Shane McRae, Venida Evans.

Movie synopsis: "The Adjustment Bureau" is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick ("Total Recall," "Minority Report" and "Blade Runner").Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? Matt Damon stars in the thriller "The Adjustment Bureau" as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he's ever loved across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York. On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt)--a woman like none he's ever known. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself--the men of The Adjustment Bureau--who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path...or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.

Splice is a science fiction film, set to be released on June 4, 2010 by Warner Bros. The film is directed by Vincenzo Natali and written by Vincenzo Natali / Doug Taylor / Antoinette Terry Bryant, and starring Adrien Brody as Clive, Sarah Polley as Elsa, David Hewlett as Barlow, Amanda Brugel as Melinda Finch, Delphine Chaneac as Dren, Abigail Chu as Young Dren, Brandon McGibbon as Gavin and Stephanie Baird as Elsa / PD. For more information, please visit: Splice (2010) New Movie Clip Poster and Synopsis

Splice is a science fiction film set to be released on June 4, 2010 by Warner Bros. The film is directed by Vincenzo Natali and written by Vincenzo Natali / Doug Taylor / Antoinette Terry Bryant, and starring Adrien Brody as Clive, Sarah Polley as Elsa, David Hewlett as Barlow, Amanda Brugel as Melinda Finch, Delphine Chaneac as Dren, Abigail Chu as Young Dren, Brandon McGibbon as Gavin and Stephanie Baird as Elsa / PD.

Movie Synopsis: Superstar genetic engineers Clive and Elsa specialize in splicing together DNA from different animals to create incredible new hybrids. Now they want to use human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine. But when the pharmaceutical company that funds their research forbids it, Clive and Elsa secretly conduct their own experiments. The result is Dren, an amazing, strangely beautiful creature of uncommon intelligence and an array of unexpected physical developments. And though, at first, Dren exceeds their wildest dreams, she begins to grow and learn at an accelerated rate--and threatens to become their worst nightmare.

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Set in a world where people can enter other people's dreams. Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a CEO type, who illegally dives into dreams to extract information. He does this via a portable device, which is basically an injection into the bloodstream. In one scene, Cobb's team enters a person's dream while on an airplane.

I never got a chance to see this in theaters, but I knew from the moment I saw the first trailer that this movie was going to be something special.

The movie made on a tiny budget of $30 million by South African director Neill Blomkamp, filmed like a documentary, twenty eight years ago an alien ship came to a halt over Johannesburg, South Africa. After emptying the ship of it's inhabitants, the government segregates the aliens from the humans into a dirty third world camp called, you guessed it, District 9. The aliens who looks like a cross between insects and crustaceans and are referred to as prawns are forced to live in squalor and filth in rickety shacks and have to dig through trash for food or trade their advanced weaponry to Nigerian gangs for cans of cat food (their preferred food). Unfortunately, everything in District 9 isn't as it should be as the humans want them moved even further away from society, so a plan goes into effect to move the prawns even further from society into District 10. A group of officials from a government contracted firm called Multi-National United (MNU), led by Wikus Van De Merwe (newcomer Sharlto Copley) is sent into District 9 to give the prawns eviction notices stating that they have 24 hours to vacate District 9. During the course of their project, though, Wikus accidentally has some mysterious liquid sprayed in his face which has some devastating effects.

Overall, I think it would be a bit bold to say that this was the best film of 2009. However, I did enjoy the sci-fi aspect of it. The acting was okay considering there aren't any recognizable actors in it. What I liked most about the movie was the weaponry and the special effects for the mothership. I was actually impressed with the special effects given that this was a rather low budget affair.

Love is a science fiction film directed by William Eubank and star: Gunner Wright. The release date is believed to be Valentine's Day, 2010. In the movie, after losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity and simply stay alive. His world is a claustrophobic and lonely existence, until he makes a strange discovery aboard the ship. Driven by the powerful music of Angels & Airwaves, “LOVE” explores the fundamental human need for connection and the limitless power of hope… A high-impact visual adventure, that resonates a common truth, that everyone has a story to tell and something even greater to leave behind.

Legion is a science fiction movie directed by Scott Stewart, written by Stewart and Peter Schink. Stars: Paul Bettany as Michael, Dennis Quaid as Bob Hanson, Tyrese Gibson as Kyle Williams, Charles S. Dutton as Percy Walker, Lucas Black as Jeep Hanson, Kate Walsh as Sandra Anderson, Adrianne Palicki as Charlie, Kevin Durand as the angel Gabriel, Willa Holland as Audrey Anderson, Jon Tenney as Mr. Anderson. The movie is set to be released on January 22, 2010 by Screen Gems. After God loses faith in humanity, the archangel Michael (Paul Bettany) is the only one standing between mankind and the apocalypse. This time using angels as the act of Biblical judgment, God's wrath descends on Earth to exterminate the world's population. In a desperate, last-chance gambit, Michael leads a group of strangers to a small, New Mexico diner to protect a young waitress who may be pregnant with Christ in his second coming.

Inception is a science fiction movie written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb, a CEO-type, Ken Watanabe as Saito, the villain who blackmails the CEO., Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Arthur, an associate to the CEO. James Franco vacated the role following a scheduling conflict, Marion Cotillard as Lisa, Cobb's wife, Ellen Page as Ariadne, a college grad student and the CEO's sidekick, Tom Hardy as Eames, a member of the CEO's team, Cillian Murphy as Fischer, Tom Berenger as Browning, set to be released on July 16, 2010 by Warner Bros.

Set in a world where people can enter other people's dreams. Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a CEO type, who illegally dives into dreams to extract information. He does this via a portable device, which is basically an injection into the bloodstream. In one scene, Cobb's team enters a person's dream while on an airplane.

Star Trek is a sci-fi movie directed by J. J. Abrams, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the eleventh film based on the Star Trek franchise.

Star Trek focuses once again, on the Federation Starship Enterprise and its original crew of Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), Sulu (John Cho), McCoy (Karl Urban), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), and more. When a deadly new Romulan menace, led by a vengeful despot named Nero (Eric Bana), threatens the entirety of the Federation, Starfleet must rally its forces, including the recently completed Enterprise, to combat this alien danger before it's too late.

This movie is everything that has been missing from the franchise since the original series. An incredible mix of action, adventure, plot, drama, and humor all put together. The writers did a magnificent job in adding all the elements and making it work. The coolest part is that Spock ((Zachary Quinto) is in here, the original Spock. all the actors and actresses did a wonderful job playing the role and to me this movie did an excellent job on pulling people into the franchise that don’t know anything about star trek what so ever.

Overall, this is an extremely competent, well-made action film that will keep you entertained as long as action films are your thing. The acting is first rate, and there are enough tributes to the original series.

Surrogates is a sci fi action thriller film, based on the 2005–2006 comic book series of the same name. The film is directed by Jonathan Mostow (Terminator: Rise of the Machines: "Breakdown) and stars Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike with James Cromwell and Ving Rhames. Surrogates is scheduled to be released by Touchstone Pictures on September 25, 2009.

The year 2017 is a future in which humans live in near-total isolation, never leaving the safety and comfort of their homes, and only communicating with their fellow man through remotely controlled robotic bodies that serve as "surrogates", designed as better-looking versions of their human operators. Because people are safe all the time, and damage done to a surrogate is not even felt by its owner, it is a peaceful world free from fear, pain, and crime. Bruce Willis is an FBI agent who enlists the aid of his own surrogate to investigate the first murder in years, of the genius college student who invented the surrogates. The case grows more complicated, however, when several humans are murdered as their surrogates are destroyed. The withdrawn detective discovers that in order to actually catch the killer he will have to physically venture outside the safety of his home for the first time in many years, and enlists the aid of another agent in tracking his target down.

The film is directed by Alex Proyas. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury. In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead.

Fifty years later, a new generation of students examines the capsule's contents and the girl's cryptic message ends up in the hands of young CALEB KOESTLER. But it is Caleb's father, professor JOHN KOESTLER (Nicolas Cage), who makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts with pinpoint accuracy the dates, death tolls and coordinates of every major disaster of the past 50 years. As Ted further unravels the document's chilling secrets, he realizes the document foretells three additional events—the last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve Ted and his son. When Ted's attempts to alert the authorities fall on deaf ears, he takes it upon himself to try to prevent more destruction from taking place.

With the reluctant help of DIANA WAYLAND (Rose Byrne) and ABBY WAYLAND, the daughter and granddaughter of the now-deceased author of the prophecies, Ted's increasingly desperate efforts take him on a heart-pounding race against time until he finds himself facing the ultimate disaster—and the ultimate sacrifice.

In 1928, a mountaineer (Keanu Reeves) encounters a glowing sphere while on an expedition in the snowy mountains of India. He then finds himself awakening after a sudden loss of consciousness, with the sphere now gone and a scar on his hand. In the present day, Dr. Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly), a Princeton professor, and other scientists are hastily assembled by the government in order to formulate a survival plan when it is feared that a large unknown object with a speed of 3x107m/s is due to impact Manhattan in approximately 78 minutes.

Nothing can be done about it because a vital military satellite has been disabled. The object is a large spherical biological spaceship, which slows down and lands gently in Central Park. A being (taking on the appearance of the man from the opening scene of the film) named Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) emerges from the sphere while accompanied by a large robot. Klaatu, a representative of a group of alien races, has come to assess whether humanity can reverse the environmental damage it has inflicted on planet Earth.

In the ensuing confusion, Klaatu is shot, but survives. The large robot activates and proceeds to disrupt all electrical systems in the city of New York, including many of the defense systems that the military has mustered in a perimeter around the spaceship. Before it can do any further damage, Klaatu orders it to shut down. While recovering from his injuries, Klaatu is detained by Regina Jackson (Kathy Bates), the United States Secretary of Defense, and is barred from speaking to the United Nations. Klaatu manages to escape with the help of Helen, and he soon finds himself eluding the authorities throughout Newark, New Jersey, and the forested Highlands, with Helen and her stepson Jacob (Jaden Smith).

Meanwhile, the presence of the sphere has caused a worldwide panic and the military manages to capture the robot after it thwarts their attempts to destroy the sphere using unmanned aerial vehicles and sidewinder missiles. After speaking with another alien who lived with the humans for years, Klaatu decides that humans shall be exterminated to ensure that the planet—with its rare ability to sustain complex life—can survive. The alien however, decides to stay on Earth having seen another side to humanity that he is unable to put into words to explain to Klaatu. He orders smaller spheres previously hidden on Earth to begin taking animal species off the planet, and Jackson, reminded of Noah's Ark, fears that a cataclysm is imminent.

The robot, dubbed "GORT" (Genetically Organized Robotic Technology) by the government, is the subject of experiments within an underground facility in Virginia when it transforms into a swarm of self-replicating insect-like nanites that begin destroying everything in their path back to Manhattan, including an armored battalion of the U.S. Army.

After speaking with Nobel Prize-winning Professor Barnhardt (John Cleese) about how his own species went through drastic evolution to survive its sun's demise, Klaatu is convinced by Helen and Jacob that humans can change their ways and are worth saving. The three go toward the sphere in Central Park, where Klaatu warns that even if he manages to stop GORT, there will be a price to the human way of life. The nanobot cloud arrives before they can reach the sphere and they have to hide under a footbridge.

There, it is revealed that Jacob and Helen have been infected by the nanites. She pleads with Klaatu to save Jacob. Klaatu saves both of them by transferring the infection to his own body, then sacrifices himself to stop GORT by walking through the nanites to the sphere and touching it. His actions cause the sphere to emit a massive EM pulse which destroys GORT, saving humanity, but at the price of all of Earth's technology becoming apparently useless and immobile. Klaatu disappears, and the giant sphere leaves Earth.