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Minority ReportMinority Report (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow
An exhilarating science fiction thriller that lavishly realizes (and embellishes) a Philip K. Dick short story with the corporate muscle and…
Reign of FireReign of Fire (2002)
Dir. Rob Bowman
Feat. Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey
Fire–breathing dragons are woken from their millennial slumbers by repairmen in the London Underground, and begin laying waste to the earth in…
Vanilla SkyVanilla Sky (2001)
Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jason Lee, Cameron Diaz
A straight Hollywood remake of the Spanish sci–fi thriller OPEN YOUR EYES by the director of ALMOST FAMOUS – the result of which plays like…
FrequencyFrequency (2000)
Dir. Gregory Hoblit
Feat. John Caviezel, Dennis Quaid
Time–travel thriller tuned to an interesting premise – a NYPD cop speaks to his dead father via a ham radio. Features some…
Hollow ManHollow 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…
XchangeXchange (2000)
Dir. Allan Moyle
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Stephen Baldwin
With more than a few IQ points, this MATRIX–like thriller centres round the concept of body–swapping, in which one changes bodies to cut…
Roswell (TV Series)Roswell (TV Series) (1999)
Feat. Brendan Fehr, Katherine Heigl, Colin Hanks
A unique melding of science fiction, rites–of–passage drama and teen comedy, this television series, like BUFFY, developed a similiar…
Thirteenth Floor, TheThirteenth Floor, The (1999)
Dir. Josef Rusnak
Feat. Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Handsomely designed but meandering virtual reality thriller with a now second–hand premise that flits between 1937 and 1999 and ultimately…
CubeCube (1998) Recommended
Dir. Vincenzo Natali
Feat. Nicole De Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett
More than meets the eye of this enthralling dark–horse B–movie from Canada. Five strangers find themselves thrown together in a…
Dark CityDark City (1998) Recommended
Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly
Advancing on earlier efforts like THE CROW, director Alex Proyas, fabricates a shadowy urban jungle, replete with echoes of earlier sci–fi…

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