Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Illusionist
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing. Written and directed by Neil Burger and starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, and Jessica Biel. It is inspired by Steven Millhauser’s short story “Eisenheim the Illusionist”.
Playtime: 109 minutes
Production country / language: USA, Czech Republic / English
Production year: 2006
Director(s): Neil Burger
Producer(s): Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Michael London, Cathy Schulman, Bob Yari
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Cast: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Eleanor Thomlinson, Rufus Sewell, Edward Marsan, Aaron Johnson, Jake Wood
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Foxtrot Six
Escalating climate change turned the world economy upside down and Indonesia quickly became the world-leading food-exporter and the next economic superpower, when its government was suddenly and ruthlessly overtaken by a popular rogue political party: Piranas. It is up to a former marine and his friends to stop this rogue party and its leader or lose millions of people failing to do so.
Playtime: 114 minutes
Production country / language: USA, Indonesia / English
Production year: 2019
Director(s): Randy Korompis
Producer(s): Guillaume Catala, Henry Djunaedi, Randy Korompis, Wanyi Hindrawan Pratiknyo, Andreas Ian Tika, Mario Kassar
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Drama
Cast: Mike Lewis, Oka Antara, Chicco Jerikho, Rio Dewanto
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Occupation: Rainfall
The highly anticipated follow-up to the 2018 sleeper hit Occupation. Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, surviving armies fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end.
Playtime: 128 minutes
Production country / language: Australia, USA / English
Production year: 2020
Director(s): Luke Sparke
Producer(s): Carly Imrie, Carmel Imrie, Tobias Wolters, Alex Becconsall
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, War
Cast: Dan Ewing, Jason Isaacs, Ken Jeong, Temuera Morrison, Daniel Gillies
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Between Worlds
The story follows Joe, (Cage), a down-on-his-luck truck driver haunted by the memory of his deceased wife and child. He meets Julie (Potente), a spiritually gifted woman who enlists Joe in a desperate effort to find the lost soul of her comatose daughter, Billie (Mitchell). But the spirit of Joe’s dead wife Mary proves stronger, possessing the young woman’s body and determined to settle her unfinished business with the living.
Playtime: 90 minutes
Production country / language: Spain / English
Production year: 2018
Director(s): Maria Pulera
Producer(s): Eric Banoun, David Hillary, Maria Pulera
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Franka Potente, Penelope Mitchell
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Occupation
After their town is annihilated by an overwhelming airborne attack, a group of civilians evade capture and discover they are now among the last remaining survivors of an extraterrestrial invasion engulfing not only their country but the entire planet. As humanity falls under world-wide occupation, they regroup their army to fight back against vastly superior enemy forces. On the front lines of the battle for Earth, they and the remaining military forces are our last hope.
Playtime: 119 minutes
Production country / language: Australia / English
Production year: 2018
Director(s): Luke Sparke
Producer(s): Carly Imrie, Carmel Imrie
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Cast: Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison, Stephany Jacobsen
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Beyond the Edge
A talented gambler gathers a team of people with superpowers to win big at a casino. But at the game he finds himself up against a much stronger mystical rival and ends up in a deadlock putting in danger himself and his team that he has grown to love. To save his friends and his girlfriend the lead character will have to go above and beyond.
Playtime: 111 minutes
Production country / language: Russia/ English
Production year: 2018
Director(s): Aleksandr Boguslavskiy, Francesco Cinquemani
Producer(s): Monika Bacardi, Viktor Denisyuk
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Maksim Al-Names, Anastasiya Anikhovskaya
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Legend of the Demon Cat
Taking place in the Tang Dynasty, a demon cat appears and breaks the peace of Chang’an City, causing a series of strange events. Poet Bai Letian and Monk Kukai join hands to investigate the death of the emperor’s concubine, Lady Yang, by following the trail left by the cat.
Playtime: 129 minutes
Production country / language: China, Japan / Mandarin, Japanese
Production year: 2018
Director(s): Kaige Chen
Producer(s): Shirley Kao
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Cast: Xuan Huang, Shôta Sometani, Yuqi Zhang
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F.R.E.D.I.
A teenager makes the discovery of a lifetime in the forest behind his Arkansas home, a friendly robot named F.R.E.D.I. (voiced by Candace Cameron Bure). Join James (Lucius Hoyos), Danny (Reid Miller) and Natalie (Casimere Jollette) as they come together to help F.R.E.D.I. find her way back to her creator Dr. Palmer (Kelly Hu) and evade an evil corporate villain (Angus Macfayden).
Playtime: 90 minutes
Production country / language: USA / English
Production year: 2018
Director(s): Sean Olson
Producer(s): Johnny Remo
Genre: Family, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast: Kelly Hu, Angus Macfadyen, Candace Cameron Bure
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Ray Meets Helen
In bizarre, unrelated turns of events, Ray and Helen each happen upon large sums of money which give them the chance to re-invent themselves.
Playtime: 100 minutes
Production country / language: USA / English
Production year: 2017
Director(s): Alan Rudolph
Producer(s): Ernst Etchie Stroh, Steven J. Wolfe
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Cast: Keith Carradine, Sondra Locke, Keith David
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Minds Eye, The
Zack Connors and Rachel Meadows were born with incredible psychokinetic capabilities. When word of their supernatural talents gets out, they find themselves the prisoners of Michael Slovak, a deranged doctor intent on harvesting their powers. After a daring escape, they are free from his sinister institution, but the corrupt doctor will stop at nothing to track them down so that he may continue to siphon their gifts for his own use.
Playtime: 87 minutes
Production country / language: USA / English
Production year: 2016
Director(s): Joe Begos
Producer(s): Graham Skipper, Zak Zeman, Josh Ethier, Joe Begos
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Cast: Graham Skipper, Lauren Ashley Carter, John Speredakos
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