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Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Ricardo Montalban Directed by Nicholas Meyer Rated PG 1 hour 52 minutes If you’ve been reading this blog, by now you probably know that I think that Star Trek was the best movies of 2009.  After seeing it for the second time, I decided that a comparison to the [...]

Starring Nicolas Cage and Rose Byrne Driected by Alex Proyas Rated PG-13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images, and brief strong language 2 hours 1 minute It starts out like the National Treasure films: Nicolas Cage plays a smart guy who works to unscramble a coded message.  Only this time, the message has to do with world disasters [...]

Starring Sharlto Copley and a bunch of CGI aliens Directed by Neill Blomkamp (produced by Peter Jackson) Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language 1 hour 52 minutes 2009 Best Picture Nominee There aren’t any actors you would recognize in this film… and that makes it better.  Constructed to resemble a documentary, District 9 [...]

Starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, and Drew Barrymore Directed by Steven Spielberg Rated PG for language and mild thematic elements 1 hour 55 minutes My kids had never met E.T. and I hadn’t seen him for years, so I thought it was about time to pay a visit to my friend from outer space.  As [...]

I recently completed my first viewing of all six episodes of the Star Wars saga from start to finish (over the course of a few weeks).  The experience was thoroughly enjoyable and one that everyone should do at least once in their life – it’s pretty cool how the storylines are much clearer watching them in sequence [...]

Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Zoe Saldana Directed by J.J. Abrams Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence and brief sexual content 2 hour, 7 minutes Amidst all the documentaries and artistic masterpieces out there, it is possible to forget how much fun a movie can be.  This movie helped me remember.  With its [...]

Starring Will Smith, a dog, and lots of special effects Directed by Francis Lawrence Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence 1 hour 40 minutes In this summer blockbuster Will Smith plays a character who is very good at what he does that ends up saving the world.  Not too surprising, right?  Well, I Am Legend does [...]

Starring Nathan Fillon, Gina Torres, and Adam Baldwin Directed by Joss Whedon Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, and some sexual references I saw this on Entertainment Weekly’s Sci-Fi 25 and thought it sounded interesting.  Based on the Firefly TV series that got cancelled at few years back, this apparently wraps up the [...]

Starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving Directed by James McTeigue Rated R for violence and some language Unusual and intruiguing.  Science fiction and political statement.  It shows a vision of the future with the government in total control of the media and, in turn, the minds of the people.  There’s just one mysterious masked man [...]