Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction > Science Slip: 44 Films to Buy & Rent
Crazies, The (2010)
- Dir. Breck Eisner
Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell
- George Romero's low budget classic gets a flashy, though ultimately needless makeover angled at the Iraq war set, with Radha Mitchell and Timothy…
Tron: Legacy (2010)
- Dir. Joseph Kosinski
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde…
- Eye–popping sequel to Disney's digital effects landmark of the eighties, with Jeff Bridges reemerging as the arcade whiz trapped in an…
Splice (2009)
- Dir. Vincenzo Natali
Feat. Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley
- The director of cult hit CUBE ups the ante in hybrid horror with this story of geneticists who, after recombining DNA from different species, give…
Primeval (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Douglas Henshall, Juliet Aubrey
- Exciting kidult adventure romp posits time slips in modern–day England that unleash various prehistoric creatures onto the world. From the…
Idiocracy (2006)
- Dir. Mike Judge
Feat. Luke Wilson, Dax Shepard, David Herman…
- A dumb comedy for smart people, this follows the likes of TEAM AMERICA and BORAT as another shrewd post–9/11 satire in which Americans take a…
Hard Pill (2005)
- Dir. John Baumgartner
Feat. Jonathan Slavin, Scotch Ellis Loring, Susan Slome…
- Provocative comedy–drama dares to posit a scenario in which a little pill can induce heterosexuality and when a depressed gay man wonders if…
Hulk (2003)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte…
- The thinking person's superhero actioner, this boldly revises the 1960s Marvel Comics icon, a mild–mannered scientist who, when triggered or…
Jurassic Park 3 (2001)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, William H. Macy…
- Sam Neill is the only original cast member to return (save a cameo from Laura Dern) for more run–around with the dinosaurs. Without…
Hollow Man (2000)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, James Brolin…
- Unpleasant, one–dimensional sci–fi thriller that lavishes astonishing, groundbreaking special effects on a script that doesn't deserve…
Metropolis (2000)
- Dir. Rinataro
- Visually splendid ‘future–noir’ set in a teeming, multi–leveled city, inhabited by several storylines: a detective quest, the resistance…