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Tag: sci-fi

trailers

Youth Without Youth: ENDER’S GAME Trailer

A modern sci-fi classic is finally adapted for the big screen – but can moviegoers buy a movie ticket without worrying about supporting something hateful?

Posted on August 7, 2013August 11, 2013
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In The Darkness – GRAVITY Trailer

The director of Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN has returned in 2013 with a whole new space odyssey.

Posted on May 15, 2013May 20, 2013
reviews

CLOUD ATLAS

An audacious new film poses the theory that our lives are not our own: That we are bound to others – past and present. Can it make its case with grace? Or miss the mark from excess?

Posted on October 26, 2012November 30, 2014
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LOOPER

In looking back on one’s life, one of the biggest questions is understand what has happened and what had to happen.

Posted on September 30, 2012October 18, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

CLOUD ATLAS Plays TIFF 2012

The creators of RUN LOLA RUN and THE MATRIX have come together on a project that is amazingly venturesome.

Posted on September 16, 2012September 11, 2020
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TOTAL RECALL

The strangest thing about waking up from a dream? It’s surprisingly tricky to go back to sleep and fall back into the same dream.

Posted on August 5, 2012August 10, 2012
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PROMETHEUS

34 years later, Ridley Scott takes us back to the deepest recesses of space.

Posted on June 10, 2012August 13, 2015
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Dancing With Myself – LOOPER Trailer

The brain trust who brought us BRICK have returned with some badass sci-fi for 2012.

Posted on April 18, 2012October 18, 2013
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Dream a Little Dream – TOTAL RECALL Trailer

This August, they will remember it for you wholesale.

Posted on April 11, 2012April 16, 2012
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JOHN CARTER

Adventures across the galaxy have made for some of the very best movies in cinema history. Has Disney created the next great entry?

Posted on March 18, 2012March 23, 2012
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Fly By Night (PROMETHEUS Trailer)

Nearly 35 years later, they still can’t hear you scream…

Posted on January 11, 2012August 13, 2015
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COWBOYS & ALIENS

Could the on-screen pairing of James Bond and Indiana Jones possibly deliver the joy of either franchise?

Posted on July 31, 2011September 28, 2014

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