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A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

Release Date: June 29th, 2001
Studio: Warner Bros., DreamWorks
Director: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Starring: Haley Joel Osment as David, Jude Law, Frances O' Connor, Brendan Gleeson, Jake Thomas, William Hurt, Daveigh Chase, Sam Robards, Clara Bellar, Keith Campbell, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Kathryn Morris, Adam Scott, Kirk B.R. Woller, Robin Williams (narrator)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for some sexual content and violent images)
Official Website: AImovie.com

Alien Vs. Predator

Release Date: August 13, 2004
DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005 [Buy It]
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Screenwriter: Paul W.S. Anderson, Shane Salerno
Starring: Sanaa Lathan as Alexa 'Lex' Woods, Raoul Bova as Sebastian Wells, Lance Henriksen as Charles Bishop Weyland, Ewen Bremner as Graham Miller, Colin Salmon as Max Stafford, Agathe De La Boulaye as Adele Rousseau, Tommy Flanagan as Verheiden, Carsten Norgaard as Quinn, Joseph Rye as Connors, Sam Troughton as Thomas, Tom Woodruff Jr. as Lead Alien
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for violence, language, horror images, slime, and gore)
Official Website: AVP-movie.com
Reviews by: Coming Soon (7 out of 10) & Scifi Weekly (B-)
News: "Alien Vs. Predator II Is A Go" (05/04/05 - Scifi Wire)

Plot Outline: It’s the early 21st century on Earth and Charles Weyland ( Henriksen), an industrialist billionaire, is leading an archaeological expedition in Antartica. Weyland believes he has found the ruins of an ancient pyramid temple, predating the Egyptian and Aztec pyramids, buried under the ice. At the temple, the team finds the remains of humans with holes in their rib cage and facehugger remains, meaning there must be aliens. Worse, five coming-of-age Predators are coming to the temple to perform a ritual that involves fighting the aliens to the death, with the team of humans caught in-between. “No matter who wins, we lose.”

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

Release Date: August 27, 2004
DVD Release Date: December 21, 2004 [Buy It]
Studio: Screen Gems (Sony)
Director: Dwight H. Little
Screenwriter: John Claflin, Daniel Zelman
Starring: Nicholas Hope, Peter Curtin, Eugene Byrd, Morris Chestnut, Nicholas Gonzalez, Matthew Marsden, Johnny Messner, Salli Richardson, Kadee Strickland, Maria Theodorakis, Karl Yune
Genre: Action, Horror
MPAA Rating: Not available
Official Website: SonyPictures.com
Reviews by: Scifi Weekly (C-)

Plot Outline: A group of scientists set off on a dangerous journey down a river in a primitive Borneo jungle. They are searching for an extremely rare blood orchid that is rumored to be the source of a youth-preserving serum. What they don't realize is that within this jungle there is a deadly predator that stops anyone who enter its territory.

Around the World in 80 Days

Release Date: June 16, 2004
DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004 [Buy It]
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Frank Coraci
Screenwriter: David Titcher, David Benullo, David Goldstein
Starring: Jackie Chan as Passepartout, Steve Coogan as Phileas Fogg, Cecille de France as Monique, Jim Broadbent as Lord Kelvin, Kathy Bates as Queen Victoria, John Cleese as Grizzled Sargent, Sammo Hung, Johnny Knoxville, Ian McNiece, Karen Mok, Rob Schneider, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Prince Hapi, Wim Wenders, Luke Wilson as Orville Wright, Owen Wilson as Wilbur Wright, Richard Branson
Genre: Action, Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG (for action violence, some crude humor and mild language)
Official Website: 80daysmovie.com
Reviews by: Chicago Sun-Times (3 out of 4), Coming Soon (6 out of 10), Scifi Weekly (A-)

Plot Outline: Based on the classical novel by Jules Verne.

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