Posts with the tag 'Science Fiction'
ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “On the last day of a family vacation at Disney World, Jim White learns that he’s lost his job. Soon thereafter, he begins to lose his mind, wandering through the artificial phantasmagoria and becoming obsessed with two perky French girls.”
10/11/13- Mixed reviews, more positive than negative in general but the NY Times did not like it. TRDB.
5/11/14- Definitely ranks as one of the 10 weirdest movies I’ve seen. I kind of enjoyed the first half but then lost interest totally. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: drama, Science Fiction
October 7th, 2013
IN TIME- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “In a near future where aging stops at 25, time is the new currency and the wealthy can live forever. When Will Salas inherits decades of life from a wealthy murdered man, he’s pegged as the suspect by the corrupt Time Keepers, who enforce the law.”
10/28/11- A so-so review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
3/11/12- An interesting premise is about all I can say for this ridiculous movie. I lasted 25 min. hoping it would get better. It didn’t. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: Science Fiction
October 28th, 2011
CONTAGION- 2011- Synopsis by Netflix. “Steven Soderbergh steers big stars through this big-screen disaster-thriller about a global team of doctors tasked with tamping down a deadly outbreak of infectious disease before it annihilates mankind.”
9/9/11- Good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
2/13/12- I could not get into this movie that jumped from place to place so quickly that I lost any interest in following the issue. Also I felt like I had seen this several times in the past. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: Science Fiction
September 12th, 2011
INCEPTION- 2010. Premise by Netflix. “Intellectual property assumes another dimension in writer-director Christopher Nolan‘s sci-fi thriller, in which entrepreneur Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) wields a technology that lets him enter people’s dreams and pilfer their ideas. The enterprise sends Cobb and his team — including engineers Ariadne (Ellen Page) and Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) — hurtling across space and time, but nemesis Saito (Ken Watanabe) has a notion to stop them.” Very good reviews.
1/11- I don’t know what the hoopla is about this movie. Cops and robbers and I did not like it. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: Science Fiction
July 13th, 2010
CENTIPEDE- Premise by Netflix. “After their car breaks down while in Germany, Americans Lindsay (Ashley C. Williams) and Jenny (Ashlynn Yennie) wind up at a remote villa — and soon find themselves trapped in a nightmare. Dr. Josef Heiter (Dieter Laser) kidnaps them for his demented experiment to create a human “centipede.” The plan includes removing their kneecaps so they must walk on all fours, then surgically connecting them to a Japanese man to create a bizarre human chain.”
Tags: horror, Science Fiction
May 3rd, 2010