Movie Listings by Genre

Director: Roger Spottiswoode    More Info
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter, Wendy Crewson, Rodney Rowland, Terry Crews, Ken Pogue, Robert Duvall

 In this futuristic action thriller, helicopter pilot Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) arrives home one day to find he has been cloned and replaced by the sinister forces of Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn). Once Gibson understands the conspiracy secret of having clones take over the world, Drucker issues a contract on his life. This leaves Gibson with no choice but to escape from his would-be assassins and, at the same time, uncover Drucker's evil plan.

Director: Takashi Miike    More Info
Starring: Hiroko Shimabukuro, Eriko Imai, Takako Uehara, Hitoe Arakaki, Kenji Harada, Tsunehiko Watase, Ryo Karato, Christopher Doyle, Tomorowo Taguchi, Issa Hentona

 As Mai (Hiroko Shimabukuro) grows into adulthood, her lifelong friends take second place behind boys. She feels guilty about this, but she is killed in an auto accident before she can make amends. Her father has been conducting research on recording a person's memory and personality on a computer chip. He brings Mai back to life as a virtual person. When bad people–who want the technology–come after him, he "hides" Mai on her boyfriend's computer. Now the boyfriend and her childhood friends are on the run to keep Mai safe.

Director: Curt Geda    More Info
Starring: Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Angie Harmon, Dean Stockwell, Teri Garr, Arleen Sorkin, Tara Strong, Melissa Joan Hart, Don Harvey

 Young Terry McGinnis (voice of Will Friedle), who discovered Batman's secret in the original "Batman Beyond," now receives aid from Bruce Wayne (voice of Kevin Conroy) when the Joker (voice of Mark Hamill) returns to Gotham City.

Director: Roger Christian    More Info
Starring: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Sabine Karsenti, Richard Tyson, Marie-Josee Croze, Kelly Preston, Michael Byrne, Sean Hewitt

 Set in the year 3000, L. Ron Hubbard's (the founder of Scientology) story is about manipulative aliens, led by Teri (John Travolta), who have rounded up humans to mine Earth. When Jonnie Goodboy Tyler (Barry Pepper) is captured and sent to the mines, he determines to beat the aliens at their own game.

Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo    More Info
Starring: Youki Kudoh, Saemi Nakamura, Joe Romersa, Rebecca Forstadt, Stuart Robinson, Tom Fahn, Akira Koteyama, Paul Carr, Fitz Houston, Steve Blum

 Another step forward in animation is made with this short film. Saya (voice of Youki Kudoh), with sword in hand, sets out to hunt down and rid us of powerful creatures that have infested an American Air Force base in Japan.

Director: Michael J. Sarna    More Info
Starring: Joe Lara, Udo Kier, Brigitte Nielsen, January Isaac, Alexa Jago, Paige Rowland, T.J. Storm, Daniel Massa, Paul Holme, Romano Kristoff

 Max Gast (Udo Kier) is determined to save the world by using his orbiting weapon system to dramatically reduce the world's population. Of course, he and his wife (Brigitte Nielsen) will rule those left alive. But he didn't realize that agent Jack Logan (Joe Lara) would stand in his way of achieving world power.

Director: John Harrison    More Info
Starring: William Hurt, Alec Newman, Saskia Reeves, James Watson, Jan Vlasak, Barbora Kodetova, P.H. Moriarty, Robert Russell, Laura Burton, Ian McNeice

 Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel is brought to the screen for the second time–the first, in 1984, failed to capture the magnitude of the story. This one is not much better, but, as a TV miniseries nearly five hours long, it at least embraces some of the epic nature of the novel. The story concerns the quest for spice, and there is plenty of it on the barren planet Dune (though the story covers several planets and cultures).

Director: Matt Codd    More Info
Starring: David Keith, Stephanie Niznik, Ryan O'Neal, Brian Thompson, Steve Bond, Craig Wasson, Michael Cavanaugh, Shannon Lee, James Avery, James Hong

 Damage is extensive around the world as seismic activity increases. Two scientists are assigned to investigate and they encounter a powerful monolith in the Himalayas. Can the world be saved?

Director: Gregory Hoblit    More Info
Starring: Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel, Elizabeth Mitchell, Andre Braugher, Shawn Doyle, Noah Emmerich, Jordan Bridges, Melissa Errico, Daniel Henson, Stephen Joffe

 John Sullivan (James Caviezel) is playing around with an old ham radio when, due to a quirk in solar activity, he finds himself talking to someone from the past–30 years in the past. Even stranger, the person he talks to is his deceased father. Then the plot of this supernatural time-travel movie twists and turns–even to the point of tossing a serial killer into the suspense.

Director: Masaaki Tezuka    More Info
Starring: Misato Tanaka, Shosuke Tanihara, Masato Ibu, Yuriko Hoshi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Tsutomu Kitagawa, Minoru Watanabe, Koichi Yamadera, Yusaku Yara, Koichi Ueda

 The terrible Godzilla returns, but this time science has come up with a weapon that should take care of it: a device that creates a black hole in space, which, in turn, will suck in Godzilla . However, during testing an insect is in the wrong place and later lays an egg which begets more eggs, which, in turn, feed a monster queen insect that feeds on Godzilla's energy. The battle begins with the humans as underdogs.

Director: Brad Anderson    More Info
Starring: Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio, Nadia Dajani, Tovah Feldshuh, Holland Taylor, Richard Portnow, Sean Gullette, Cara Buono, Jose Zuniga, Bronson Dudley

 New Yorker Ruby Weaver (Marisa Tomei) searches for love but typically ends up with men who have problems; therefore, it seems natural that when she meets Sam (Vincent D'Onofrio) he tells her that he has time-traveled back from the future–2470, to be exact. The story begins with a series of flashbacks as Ruby talks to her therapist Meg Ford (Holland Taylor) and tells her that Sam traveled back in time to escape prosecution for his sister's death and because he found a picture of Ruby at home and wanted to find her. Is Sam telling the truth, and will Meg be able to sort things out? Witty and entertaining.

Director: Douglas Aarniokoski    More Info
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Adrian Paul, Bruce Payne, Lisa Barbuscia, Donnie Yen, Adam Copeland, Ian Paul Cassidy, Damon Dash, Jim Byrnes, Peter Wingfield

 From the TV series comes those immortal cousins–Connor (Christopher Lambert) and Duncan (Adrian Paul)–in this fourth "Highlander" film. Connor and Duncan join forces against an evil immortal, Kell (Bruce Payne), after Kell invades Connor's chosen sanctuary.

Director: Takashi Shimizu    More Info
Starring: Yurei Yanagi, Hitomi Miwa, Ryota Koyama, Yuuko Daike, Kazushi Ando, Chiaki Kuriyama, Yumi Yoshiyuki, Asumi Miwa, Takako Fuji, Takashi Matsuyama

 After the murder of a woman and her son in their own home, future inhabitants disappear and ghosts appear. Police soon enter the scene.

Director: Jon Turteltaub    More Info
Starring: Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin, Jean Smart, Chi McBride, Daniel von Bargen, Dana Ivey, Susan Dalian, Stanley Anderson

 This Disney film about time travel is not really a movie for young kids, but adults will enjoy the story of eight-year-old Rusty (Spencer Breslin) who is sent from the 1970s into the year 2000 where he meets his older self (Bruce Willis). Rusty is not happy with what "he" has become and decides he needs a makeover.

Director: Brian De Palma    More Info
Starring: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O'Connell, Kim Delaney, Elise Neal, Jill Teed, Peter Outerbridge, Kavan Smith

 Commander Luke Graham (Don Cheadle) leads a manned mission to Mars in the year 2020. They encounter a suspicious structure, and then a catastrophe occurs that kills three of the four crewmembers, leaving Graham as the sole survivor. Jim McConnell (Gary Sinise) leads his crew–(Tim Robbins, Connie Nielsen, and Jerry O'Connell)–on a rescue mission, and they find Graham still alive. Now they must figure out what to do.

Director: David Twohy    More Info
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, Rhiana Griffith, John Moore, Simon Burke, Les Chantery

 A space ship, "Hunter-Gratzner," is carrying an eclectic group of space travelers when it crash lands on an eerily barren planet. They are marooned, and the only member of the crew to survive is a pilot, Carolyn Fry (Radha Mitchell), who takes charge of the survivors. Out of the 40 people aboard, there are only 10 survivors, and they include a prisoner, Riddick (Vin Diesel), and police officer William J. Johns (Cole Hauser) who is transporting Riddick. Tensions reach new heights when it becomes apparent that lethal creatures prowl by night–stalking aliens. Riddick, who has eyes that can see in darkness, is the only one who can see the creatures, and the survivors realize that they must depend on Riddick if they are to escape the creatures that are eating them, one by one.

Director: Richard Clabaugh    More Info
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Robert Englund, William Zabka, Wil Wheaton, Frayne Rosanoff, Dana Barron, Theo Nicholas Pagones, John Franklin, Gary Grubbs, Sean Whalen

 A plane crashes during a storm, and part of its cargo–a giant, genetically engineered snake–is set free. The snake proceeds to feast on the inhabitants of a small town as Agent Parker (Casper Van Dien) and Dr. Rudolph (Robert Englund) try to stop the carnage.

Director: Geoff Murphy    More Info
Starring: Eric Roberts, Cary Elwes, Chris Sarandon, Diane Venora, Sarah Wynter, Cas Anvar, Daniel Magder, Joel McNichol

 Suicide is legal in the year 2008, and selling one's body for organ parts is a big business. James Gabriel (Eric Roberts) has large bills resulting from his son's illness, and so he signs a contract. When the son dies, he decides to run rather than submit to the conditions of the contract. The race is on as the evil medical establishment tries to track him down.

Director: Antony Hoffman    More Info
Starring: Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Carrie-Anne Moss, Benjamin Bratt, Simon Baker, Terence Stamp

 It is the year 2050, Earth is dying, and a team of astronauts heads off on a mission to Mars to check on the feasibility of setting up a new colony. Ho hum.

Director: Clint Eastwood    More Info
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, William Devane, Marcia Gay Harden, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, Rade Serbedzija

 Back in the 1950s, four young flying aces–Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), Hawk Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones), Tank Sullivan (James Garner), and Jerry O'Neil (Donald Sutherland)–lost their chance to explore outer space due to politics associated with the creation of NASA. Now, 42 years later, they get a second chance: an emergency mission to steer a falling satellite back into orbit and, in the process, save the world.

Director: Walter Hill    More Info
Starring: James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facinelli, Robin Tunney, Wilson Cruz, Knox White, Eddy Rice Jr., Kerrigan Mahan

 Set in the 22nd century, this space saga chronicles the mission of a medical rescue ship, Nightingale 229. The crew–Captain and Pilot (Robert Forster), co-pilot (James Spader), medical officer (Angela Bassett), medical technician (Lou Diamond Phillips), paramedic (Robin Tunney), and computer technician (Wilson Cruz)–finds itself in peril after rescuing Troy Larson (Peter Facinelli) who appears to be a psychotic killer. Good special effects.

Director: Don Bluth    More Info
Starring: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Janeane Garofalo, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Ron Perlman, Tone Loc, Jim Breuer, Jim Cummings

 In this animated sci-fi film, the year is 3028 A,D., and the alien Drej destroy Earth. Only young Cale (voice of Matt Damon) holds the key to survival–a genetically coded map pointing to the gigantic spaceship, "Titan"–but the Drej are in hot pursuit.

Director: Bryan Singer    More Info
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Tyler Mane, Bruce Davison, Ray Park

 This film is based on the popular Marvel comic book series about children born with the special X-Factor in their genes that turns them into mutant superheroes. While psychic Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) heads the school that turns skilled mutants into X-Men–including Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). Meanwhile, Magneto (Ian McKellen) organizes his team of mutants to fight the X-Men. Magneto kidnaps Rogue (Anna Paquin) from the school, and now Xavier and his X-Men come to her rescue. As if dealing with Magneto was not enough, they must also contend with Senator Kelly (Bruce Davison) who wants to force all mutants to register as his anti-mutant solution. Good special effects.

Director: Steven Spielberg    More Info
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt, Jack Angel, Ben Kingsley, Keith Campbell

 After Stanley Kubrick's death, Steven Spielberg inherited this story about a mid-21st century android, David (Haley Joel Osment), who has been programmed to love. Eleven-year-old David comes to the Swinton home as a replacement for the family's son, Martin (Jake Thomas), who is ill. But when Martin returns to his family, the Swinton's abandon David. He is set adrift in the world–dreaming of becoming a real boy and being loved by the Swintons.

Director: Jeff Bleckner    More Info
Starring: Jay Mohr, Lisa Edelstein, Stephen Tobolowsky, Diana Stevan, Ann Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Frank C. Turner

 A Dean Koontz novel is made into a TV movie with fair results. Novelist Bo (Jay Mohr) heads to the small, friendly town of Black River to get away from the big city rat race. He soon finds out that the town is run by a computer and that he can't leave when he gets fed up with life there.