Tag: Science Fiction

STAR TREK BEYOND (2016)

~ jbg ~ Leave a comment

star-trek

Directed By: Justin Lin
Written By: Simon Pegg & Doug Jung
Based On Characters Created By: Gene Roddenberry
Cinematography By: Stephen F. Windon
Editor: Greg D’Auria, Dylan Highsmith, Kelly Matsumoto & Steven Sprung 


Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Sofia Boutella, Lydia Wilson, Danny Pudi, Doug Jung

After stopping off at Starbase Yorktown, a remote outpost on the fringes of Federation space, the USS Enterprise, halfway into their five-year mission, is destroyed by an unstoppable wave of unknown aliens. With the crew stranded on an unknown planet and with no apparent means of rescue, they find themselves fighting against a ruthless enemy with a well-earned hatred of the Federation and everything it stands for. Only a rebellious alien warrior can help them reunite and leave the planet to stop this deadly menace from beginning a possible galactic war.

Continue reading “STAR TREK BEYOND (2016)” →

TERMINATOR: GENYSIS (2015)

~ jbg ~ Leave a comment

genisys.0.0

 

Directed By: Alan Taylor
Written By: Laeta Kalogridis & Patrick Lussier
Based On Characters Created By: James Cameron & Gale Anne Hurd
Cinematography By: Kramer Morgenthau
Editor: Roger Barton 

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courntey, Jason Clarke, J.K. Simmons, Dayo Okeniyi, Matt Smith, Courntey B.Vance, Sandrine Holt, Otto Sanchez, Gregory Alan Williams, Byung-Hun Lee, Michael Gladis

The continuing saga of humanity’s war with the machines who are led by Skynet the artificial intelligence that decided that humanity needs to be eradicated. John Connor, the one leading the human rebels against Skynet, has a plan to attack Skynet but decides not to take part in it and opts instead to prevent Skynet from implementing it’s contingency plan

Continue reading “TERMINATOR: GENYSIS (2015)” →

KIN (2018)

~ jbg ~ Leave a comment

kin-movie-700x330

Directed By: Josh Baker & Jonathan Baker
Written By: Daniel Casey, Jonathan Baker & Josh Baker
Based on The Short Film “BAG MAN” By: Josh Baker & Jonathan Baker
Cinematography By: Larkin Seiple
Editor: Mark Day
Music By: Mogwai 

Cast: Myles Truitt, Jack Raynor, Dennis Quaid, Zoe Kravitz, James Franco, Carrie Coon 


A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.

Continue reading “KIN (2018)” →

THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (2017)

~ jbg ~ Leave a comment

girlwithallthegifts_750xx1337-752-54-0

Directed By: Colm McCarthy
Written By: Mike Carey (Based on His own Novel)
Cinematography By: Simon Dennis
Editor: Matthew Cannings 


Cast: Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine, Glenn Close, Dominique Tipper, Fasiyo Akinade, Anamaria Marinca, Anthony Welsh 


In a dystopian near future, humanity has been ravaged by a mysterious fungal disease. The afflicted are robbed of all free will and turned into flesh-eating ‘hungries’. Humankind’s only hope is a small group of hybrid children who crave human flesh but retain the ability to think and feel. The children go to school at an army base in rural Britain, where they’re subjected to cruel experiments by Dr. Caroline Caldwell. School teacher Helen Justineau grows particularly close to an exceptional girl named Melanie, thus forming a special bond. But when the base is invaded, the trio escape with the assistance of Sgt. Eddie Parks and embark on a perilous journey of survival, during which Melanie must come to terms with who she is.

Continue reading “THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (2017)” →

CREATIVE CONTROL (2015)

~ jbg ~ Leave a comment

creative_control__2015_4646

Directed By: Benjamin Dickinson
Written By: Benjamin Dickinson & Micah Bloomberg
Cinematography By: Adam Newport-Berra
Editor: Megan Brooks & Andrew Hasse 


Cast: Benjamin Dickinson, Dan Gill, Nora Zehetner, Alexia Rasmussen, Reggie Watts, Scott McInnes, Jessica Blank 


In near future Brooklyn, an ad executive uses a new Augmented Reality technology to conduct an affair with his best friend’s girlfriend…sort of.

Continue reading “CREATIVE CONTROL (2015)” →

HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES (2018)

~ jbg ~ Leave a comment


howtotalkto

Directed By: John Cameron Mitchell
Written By: John Cameron Mitchell & Philippa Goslett
Based on the Short Story Written By: Neil Gaiman
Cinematography By: Frank G. DeMarco
Editor: Brian A. Kates 


Cast: Alex Sharp, Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Ruth Wilson, Matt Lucas, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Brooke, Stephanie Hazel 


Suburban London in the late 70s. Under the spell of the Sex Pistols, every teenager in the country wants to be a punk, including our hopeless hero Enn. Hearing the local punk Queen Boadicea is throwing a party, Enn crashes the fun and discovers every horny boy’s dream; gorgeous foreign exchange students. When he meets the enigmatic Zan, it’s lust at first sight. But these girls have come a lot further than America. They are, in fact, aliens from another galaxy, sent to Earth to prepare for a mysterious rite of passage. When the dark secret behind the rite is revealed, our galaxy-crossed lover Enn must turn to Boadicea and her punk followers for help in order to save the alien he loves from certain death. The punks take on the aliens on the streets of London, and neither Enn nor Zan’s universe will ever be the same again.

Continue reading “HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES (2018)” →

AQUAMAN (2018)

~ jbg ~ Leave a comment

aquaman

Directed By: James Wan
Written By: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick & Will Beall
Story By: Geoff Johns, Will Beall & James Wan
Based On The Character “Aquaman: Created By: Paul Norris & Mort Wesinger
Cinematography By: Don Burgess
Editor: Kirk Morri 

Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lungdren, Yahya Abdul-Manteen II, Temeura Morrison, Leigh Whannell, Michael Beach, Randall Park 


Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world.

Continue reading “AQUAMAN (2018)” →

THE PREDATOR (2018)

~ jbg ~ Leave a comment

predator_DF_12736_R_rgb.0

Directed By: Shane Black
Written By: Shane Black & Fred Dekker
Based On Characters Created By: Jim Thomas & John Thomas
Cinematography By: Larry Fong
Editor: Harry B. Miller III 


Cast: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Sterling K. Brown, Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan Michael-Key, Alfie Allen, Yvonne Stravoski, Thomas Jane, Jake Busey, Augusto Aguilera, Francoise Yip, Lochlyn Munro 


From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race

Continue reading “THE PREDATOR (2018)” →

UPGRADE (2018)

~ jbg ~ Leave a comment

upgrade_1

Written & Directed By: Leigh Whannell
Cinematography By: Stefan Duscio
Editor: Andy Canny 

Cast: Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Benedict Hardie, Richard Cawthorne, Christopher Kirby 


A vision of a Utopian future where technology is supremely ubiquitous. In that future, technophobe Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green) embraces an experimental computer chip implant named STEM after a mugging incident leaves him paralyzed and his wife dead. STEM proves to possess its own agency, making for an unpredictable ally in Trace’s vendetta.

Continue reading “UPGRADE (2018)” →