Like something out of a sci-fi film, it is peppered with the remnants of a wind-seared forest.
His next film is the big-budget sci-fi film Oblivion which is slated for an April release.
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Still, this silvery, futuristic unit would look at home on a bedside table in a sci-fi film.
It's also experimenting with a rather ingenius (and super glossy) take on the classic cane, that looks like something out of a sci-fi film.
All of that and more point toward the ways this film is very much comfortable being considered a horror film as well as a sci-fi film.
When The Matrix hit cinema screens in mid-1999, the sci-fi film community were waiting with bated breath for George Lucas' belated return to the Star Wars universe.
Other movies honoured at Grosvenor House Hotel event included 28 Weeks Later for best horror film, Hot Fuzz won best comedy and Stardust was named best sci-fi film.
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Original Blade Runner writer Hampton Fancher is in talks to pen an idea for an untitled sequel to the classic sci-fi film for director Ridley Scott and studio Alcon Entertainment.
One has to wonder if his star wattage would have sucked attention from the other unknown actors like Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher, and essentially altered the iconic sci-fi film.
Pain and Gain's success came at the expense of Tom Cruise sci-fi film Oblivion, which slipped down to second place after one week at the top of the US and Canada chart.
Gareth Edwards' sci-fi film Monsters has six nominations as do Never Let Me Go, an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel, and The Arbor, a documentary about the life of troubled Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
La Jetee, named after the 1962 Chris Marker sci-fi film, is a gathering place for disciples of French cinema and the Nouvelle Vague movement, while at Bar Plastic Model, punters can wear Mario hats and play old Nintendo 64 video games.
The first film invented the modern sci-fi blockbuster, observes Herbert, and helped redefine America's movie-going habits.
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First, The Matrix's Australian producer, Andrew Mason, and compatriot director Alex Proyas persuaded U.S. studio New Line that Sydney had the technical capability to film their ambitious 1998 sci-fi thriller, Dark City.
Hodges co-created the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval and wrote the screenplay for the 2011 film My Week With Marilyn, starring Michelle Williams and Eddie Redmayne.
The sci-fi director was recently named as the director of the next Star Wars film, Star Wars Episode VII.
Fueling the hype is the fact that "Avatar" is Cameron's first film since "Titanic" in 1997 -- the most successful film of modern times -- and a return to sci-fi for the "Aliens" and "Terminator" series director.
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The film combines the fear of aliens invading us (an old sci-fi trope) with a spectacular war of the gods.
Although Stardust was a mixed bag at times, it was ultimately compelling and fun, a good film that shows Vaughn has a strong grasp of fantasy and sci-fi.
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The 1956 sci-fi thriller Forbidden Planet was the first major motion picture to feature an all-electronic film score a soundtrack that predated synthesizers and samplers.
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