Category Archives: Sci-fi

In Limited Release: Atomica

Action / Thriller In Limited Release Sci-fi

Rating: PG
Runtime: 81 minutes
Director: Dagen Merrill (Broken Hill, Finding Harmony)
Cast: Sarah Habel, Dominic Monaghan, Tom Sizemore
Theatrical Release: March 17, 2017 (limited)

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin journeys into the not-too-distant future on an ill-advised mission with the sci-fi thriller Atomica.


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Now in Theaters: The Space Between Us

At Your Local Theater Drama Romance Sci-fi


Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 120 minutes
Director: Peter Chelsom (Serendipity, Hannah Montana: The Movie)
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino
Theatrical Release: February 3, 2017

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin follows a troubled girl and a boy from another world on a cross-country mission in The Space Between Us.


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Doctor Strange

Action / Thriller Fantasy In Limbo Oscar Nominees Sci-fi


Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 115 minutes
Director: Scott Derrickson (The Day the Earth Stood Still, Sinister)
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen
Theatrical Release: November 4, 2016

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin meets a different kind of superhero in Marvel’s supernatural thriller Doctor Strange.


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Ghostbusters

Action / Thriller Comedy On Blu-ray / DVD Sci-fi


Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 116 minutes
Director: Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Spy)
Cast: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth
Theatrical Release: July 15, 2016
Blu-ray Release: October 11, 2016

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin gears up for another supernatural battle with the new Ghostbusters.


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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Action / Thriller Fantasy On Blu-ray / DVD Sci-fi


Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 112 minutes
Director: Dave Green (Earth to Echo)
Cast: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Stephan Amell, Tyler Perry, Brian Tee
Theatrical Release: June 3, 2016
Blu-ray Release: September 20, 2016

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin returns to the sewers of New York with four crime-fighting reptiles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.


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Captain America: Civil War

Action / Thriller Fantasy On Blu-ray / DVD Sci-fi


Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 146 minutes
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, You , Me and Dupree)
Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettan, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Tom Holland, Emily VanCamp, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt, Martin Freeman
Theatrical Release: May 6, 2016
Blu-ray Release: September 13, 2016

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin gets caught up in the action and politics of Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War.


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Criminal

Action / Thriller On Blu-ray / DVD Sci-fi


Rating: R
Runtime: 113 minutes
Director: Ariel Vromen (The Iceman, Danika)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds
Theatrical Release: April 15, 2016
Blu-ray Release: August 2, 2016

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin is implanted with memories of Kevin Costner’s sci-fi thriller Criminal.


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Allegiant

Action / Thriller On Blu-ray / DVD Sci-fi


Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 121 minutes
Director: Robert Schwentke (RED, Insurgent)
Cast: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels, Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Miles Teller
Theatrical Release: March 18, 2016
Blu-ray Release: July 12, 2016

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin returns to the ruins of Chicago with the latest in the Divergent series, Allegiant.


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10 Cloverfield Lane

Action / Thriller Drama In Limbo Sci-fi


Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 105 minutes
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Cast: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher, Jr.
Theatrical Release: March 11, 2016
Blu-ray Release: June 14, 2016

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin goes underground with a trio of survivors in 10 Cloverfield Lane.


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