Posts Tagged ‘artificial-intelligence’

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Walter Pidgeon | Anne Francis | Leslie Nielsen | Warren Stevens | Jack Kelly | Richard Anderson | Earl Holliman | Robby the Robot | George Wallace | Robert Dix | Jimmy Thompson | James Drury | Harry Harvey Jr. | Roger McGee | Peter Miller
Directors: Fred M. Wilcox
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An expedition is sent from Earth to Altair in the constellation of Aquilae (some 17 light years from Earth) to discover what happened to a colony of settlers on its fourth planet, Altair-4. What they discover is how and why an alien race of geniuses destroyed itself overnight while leaving their technology intact at some point in the distant, distant past.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Monday, June 8th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: William Shatner | Leonard Nimoy | DeForest Kelley | James Doohan | George Takei | Majel Barrett | Walter Koenig | Nichelle Nichols | Persis Khambatta | Stephen Collins | Grace Lee Whitney | Mark Lenard | Billy Van Zandt | Roger Aaron Brown | Gary Faga
Directors: Robert Wise
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A strange cloud descends upon Klingon vessels and eradicates them with an energy bolt. The Epsilon IX space station alerts the Federation, but they too are wiped out by the entity. The starship assigned to the case is, what else, the NCC-1701. That would be the registration number for the U.S.S. Enterprise, which has been rebuilt. Thus, the entire original crew you knew from the TV show returns. Although they are prepared to face the entity, nothing will prepare them for the ride to come. The film asks the question Paul Gauguin asks in a painting bearing this name: “Where do [I] come from? What [am I]? Where [am I] going?” Trekkers, note the appearance of Will Decker, the son of Matt Decker, who killed himself in the TV episode, “The Doomsday Machine”. The film can be summed up in a single word: beautiful.

Demon Seed (1977)

Friday, March 13th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Julie Christie | Fritz Weaver | Gerrit Graham | Berry Kroeger | Lisa Lu | Larry J. Blake | John O'Leary | Alfred Dennis | Davis Roberts | Patricia Wilson | E. Hampton Beagle | Michael Glass | Barbarao | Dana Laurita | Monica MacLean
Directors: Donald Cammell
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Scientist Alex Harris, doing research on artificial intelligence, is working on a special kind of computer. This computer grows more and more powerful and eventually rapes the scientist’s wife, Susan Harris.

I, Robot (2004)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Will Smith | Bridget Moynahan | Alan Tudyk | James Cromwell | Bruce Greenwood | Adrian Ricard | Chi McBride | Jerry Wasserman | Fiona Hogan | Peter Shinkoda | Terry Chen | David Haysom | Scott Heindl | Sharon Wilkins | Craig March
Directors: Alex Proyas
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Set in a future Earth (2035 A.D.) where robots are common assistants and workers for their human owners, this is the story of “robotophobic” Chicago Police Detective Del Spooner’s (Smith) investigation into the murder of Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), who works at U.S. Robotics, in which a robot, Sonny (Tudyk), appears to be implicated, even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics, which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws, there’s nothing to stop them from taking over the world, as humans have grown to become completely dependent upon their robots. Or maybe… they already have? Aiding Spooner in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin (Moynahan), who specializes in the psyches of robots.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Nick Stahl | Claire Danes | Kristanna Loken | David Andrews | Mark Famiglietti | Earl Boen | Moira Harris | Chopper Bernet | Christopher Lawford | Carolyn Hennesy | Jay Acovone | M.C. Gainey | Susan Merson | Elizabeth Morehead
Directors: Jonathan Mostow
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More than 10 years after ‘Terminator 2′, John Connor now exists only as a drifter - living ‘off the grid’, so no more Terminators from the future can hunt him down. Unfortunately, SkyNet does send another one back - and this one is called the T-X, even more powerful & advanced than the dreaded T-1000. However, another CSM-101 Terminator is also sent back to protect John against the T-X. Now, Skynet is patiently assuming control of civilian computer systems, under the guise of a computer virus. John has also met his future wife, Kate Brewster, whose father - a U.S. Air Force General - is in charge of the military computer systems & is leery of up linking SkyNet. However, when the SkyNet virus infects the U.S military computers & leaves the country open to attack, the machines begin their horrific takeover. Soon a nuclear war will result - and the war against the machines will begin. Can the outdated CSM-101 Terminator eliminate the highly advanced T-X - or will a darker future await man following the nuclear attack?

The Terminator Movie (1984)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Michael Bien | Linda Hamilton | Paul Winfield | Lance Henriksen | Bess Motta | Earl Boen | Rick Rossovich | Dick Miller | Shawn Schepps | Franco Columbu | Bill Paxton | Brad Rearden | Brian Thompson
Directors: James Cameron
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In the future, Skynet, a computer system fights a losing war against the humans who built it and who it nearly exterminated. Just before being destroyed, Skynet sends a Terminator back in time to kill Sarah, the mother to be of John Connor, the Leader of the human resistance. The terminator can pass for human, is nearly indestructible, and has only one mission, killing Sarah Connor. One soldier is sent back to protect her from the killing machine. He must find Sarah before the Terminator can carry out it’s mission.

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Keanu Reeves | Hugo Weaving | Carrie-Anne Moss | Mary Alice | Tanveer K. Atwal | Helmut Bakaitis | Kate Beahan | Francine Bell | Monica Bellucci | Rachel Blackman | Henry Blasingame | Ian Bliss | David Bowers | Zeke Castelli | Collin Chou | Essie Davis | Laurence Fishburne | Nona Gaye
Directors: Larry Wachowski | Andy Wachowski
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The machine army continues to drill towards Zion. Within hours, they will overrun the population of the Zionites and lay extinction to human kind. Meanwhile, Neo is held captive by the Merovingian at a train station. Trinity & Morpheus set out on a journey to release him from a mysterious train operator. Also, Smith resumes his quest to kill “Mr. Anderson” as he reveals his identity into the real world and resumes to replicate his program inside the system of The Matrix, causing it to decay. All hope is placed in the freed Neo, who must travel to the city of the machines in the Logos ship with Trinity and bargain to save each kingdom from destruction by finishing Smith once and for all. But even with his new powers over the sentinels, will he be able to fight them off?

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Keanu Reeves | Laurence Fishburne | Carrie-Anne Moss | Ray Anthony | Christine Anu | Alima Ashton-Sheibu | Helmut Bakaitis | Steve Bastoni | Don Battee | Monica Bellucci | Daniel Bernhardt | Valerie Berry | Ian Bliss | Liliana Bogatko | Michael Budd | Stoney Burke | Kelly Butler
Directors: Larry Wachowski | Andy Wachowski
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Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, and the rest of their crew continue to battle the machines that have enslaved the human race in the Matrix. As their quest unfolds, Neo learns more about his super-heroic abilities, including the ability to see the codes of the people and things around him. Simultaneously, now, more humans are waking up out of the Matrix and attempting to live in the real world. As their numbers grow, the battle moves to Zion—the last real-world city and center of human resistance.

The Matrix (1999)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Keanu Reeves | Laurence Fishburne | Carrie-Anne Moss | Hugo Weaving | Gloria Foster | Joe Pantoliano | Marcus Chong | Julian Arahanga | Matt Doran | Belinda McClory | Anthony Ray Parker | Paul Goddard | Robert Taylor | David Aston | Marc Gray
Directors: Larry Wachowski | Andy Wachowski
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In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is “farmed” to fuel the Matrix’s campaign of domination in the “real” world. He joins like-minded Rebel warriors Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie Ann Moss) in their struggle to overthrow the Matrix.

Short Circuit (1986)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Steve Guttenberg | Fisher Stevens | Ally Sheedy | Austin Pendleton | G. W. Bailey | Brian McNamara
Directors: John Badham
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Number 5, one of a group of experimental military robots, undergoes a sudden transformation after being struck by lightning. He develops self-awareness, consciousness, and a fear of the reprogramming that awaits him back at the factory. With the help of a young woman, Number 5 tries to evade capture and convince his creator that he has truly become alive.