Sci-Fi

Serenity (2005)

Movie finale from the Firefly television series. I knew I would regret watching this about ten minutes into it.  Idiotic plot with some really badly choreographed action scenes.  Space Zombies that aren’t there for comedic relief.  These are supposed to be serious bad guys.  The acting was horrendous.  This was not something I liked taking [...]

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Contact (1997)

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Contact was directed by Robert Zemeckis and is based on the novel by Carl Sagan.  Aliens send us a transmission with detailed instructions to visit them, or do they? I was surprised at how much I did not hate this movie.  Jodie Foster does an alright job in it and there really wasn’t much that [...]

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Predators (2010)

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Predators (2010) was directed by Nimród Antal. Antal has done two other US films-Vacancy (2007) and Armored (2009).  He got his start with the award wining  Hungarian-language 2003  film Kontroll (US Title Control). Royce (Adrien Brody), wakes up free falling  into a jungle. After landing he discovers others that have arrived in the same fashion. [...]

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The Matrix (1999)

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The Matrix is a sci-fi film done by the Wachowski brothers.  It won four Academy Awards and was a huge success at the box office. The Matrix is a movie I definitely like.  It is based on a simple yet intriguing philosophy that everyone thinks about: What if this whole experience that we call life [...]

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