Subgenre Sampler
Science Slip: 117 Films to Buy & Rent
- Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
- Dir. Colin Trevorrow
Feat. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern…
- This Jurassic franchise has finally gone full flintstones.
Dinosaurs and Humans coexisting together all over the planet. Numerous homages to…
- Reunion (2020)
- Dir. Jake Mahaffy
Feat. Julia Ormond, Emma Draper, John Bach…
- Beautifully–lensed NZ horror shot in a grand old mansion in Lower Hutt, following an academic studying black magic (Emma Draper, DAFFODILS) who…
- Upgrade (2018)
- Dir. Leigh Whannell
Feat. Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson
- Futuristic body horror about a man who "upgrades" his body using an AI implant called STEM after his wife is murdered – the kicker of the…
- Jurassic World (2015)
- Dir. Colin Trevorrow
Feat. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins…
- The monstrous popcorn franchise reboots on the premise of silly humans building a theme park on the original site of Jurassic Park, only to have its…
- Lucy (2014)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi
- A woman's full mental capacity is unlocked when she inadvertently digests a powerful synthetic drug in this outrageous action film from dir. Luc…
- Antiviral (2012)
- Dir. Brandon Cronenberg
Feat. Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Douglas Smith…
- Brandon Cronenberg has made an object lesson in intelligent low budget horror. In the near future, our obsession with celebrity will have become so…
- Adventure Time (TV Series) (2010)
- One of the more inspired Cartoon Network creations follows the wildly original, mind altering adventures of Finn, and his best friend Jake – a…
- 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…
- Quantum Activist, The (2009)
- Dir. Ri Stewart, Renee Slade
- Seeking to bridge the insurmountable gap between science and religion, Dr. Amit Goswami uses principles of quantum mechanics to support his theory of…