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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Patrick Stewart | Brent Spiner | LeVar Burton | Michael Dorn | Gates McFadden | Marina Sirtis | Alfre Woodard | James Cromwell | Alice Krige | Michael Horton | Neal McDonough | Marnie McPhail | Robert Picardo
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It is the 24th century, and a collective of part humanoid, part machine beings face the Federation in what would be the biggest battle of all time. This collective, called the Borg, lose, and desperately attempt to go back in time to April 4th, 2063, to stop Earth’s First Contact with an alien species (the Vulcans, to be precise). Captain Picard, and the crew of the Enterprise-E (NCC 1701-E) go back in time to make sure that Zefram Cochrane makes his warp flight. The Enterprise runs into unexpected trouble, however, when they start to assimilate the Enterprise.

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.

Virus (1999)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Japan | UK | USA
Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis | William Baldwin | Donald Sutherland | Joanna Pacula | Marshall Bell | Sherman Augustus | Cliff Curtis | Julio Oscar Mechoso | Yuri Chervotkin | Keith Flippen | Olga Rzhepetskaya-Retchin | Levani Outchaneichvili | David Eggby
Directors: John Bruno
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After losing their payload the ramshackle, sinking, ocean-going salvage tug “Sea Star” takes refuge in the eye of a typhoon in an attempt to make repairs. Whilst trying to find help the tug, captained by Robert Everton (’Donald Sutherland’ (qv)), discovers a Russian science vessel adrift in the eye. The crew believes their troubles are over and they are set for life when the captain informs them of the value of salvaging this apparent ghost-ship. However, the navigator Kit Foster (’Jamie Lee Curtis’ (qv)) and the chief engineer Steve Baker (’William Baldwin’ (qv)) are not convinced that it will be that easy. Once power is restored to the ship strange things start to happen and the crew mysteriously disappear one by one. It isn’t until the discovery of the last remaining Russian crew member, the chief science officer Nadia Vinogradiya (’Joanna Pacula’ (qv)), that the crew realise the enemy ranged against them isn’t the Russians but something far more malevolent…