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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/
www.irobotdvd.com (not archived)
An anti-robot cop investigates the death of the father of contemporary artificial intelligence-enabled robots.
A great movie through and through. Highly recommended and a welcome addition to my science fiction movie catalog.
based on I, Robot - (1940-1950 short stories), by Isaac Asimov
 Why is it even titled that?
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/
A team investigates the killing of genetics researchers by their secret laboratory's artificial intelligence, learning it had a good reason to do so.
Quite good, even after its era. It does not show much age except for one monster. This movie headed the resurrection of the zombie movie sub-genre.
Set in the Resident Evil universe, it is specifically a prequel to the story of Resident Evil - (1996 game)
TODO - To watch with commentary and all the bonus material.
 Special "letterbox" edition.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053250/
The world learns that an old artifact is alien in origin, and set out to Venus to meet its creators.
Not terrible, but not my thing. I'm not a fan of old B-movies, and it being so old makes it impossible for me to judge it properly. I can summarize with: It has classic stiff acting and awkward writing.
aka Spaceship Venus Does Not Reply
 Oh god, her eyebrows
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2239822/
http://www.valerianmovie.com/
Something about a powerful thing that was taken, and a conspiracy. I guess.
Terrible. Simply terrible. A bad setup to the universe, a whole lot of shit pulled out of thin air.. generally bad writing and a bad mood. Bad pacing. Everything about it is terrible. Do not watch.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087451/
In the far future, the scarcity of water prompts pirates to steal ice, but they are swept up into a rebellion.
Swashbuckling-and-blasters, this movie is cheezy without being funny. I think it has some cult following merely because there wasn't much of interest back then, and this style of movie was popular for reasons outside of quality entertainment. This is like some sort of movie version of shitposting.
Absolutely not recommended, as it doesn't tick any boxes outside of nostalgia.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/
http://www.edgeoftomorrowmovie.com/
I really liked this one, and I'll take notes when I re-watch it.
based on All You Need Is Kill, by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
 It's a play on words
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2884206/
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/iorigins/
A science guy has a thing for eyes.
Has one long mellow semi-suspenseful tone, but doesn't take full advantage of its opportunities. It grows weaker and weaker as it drones on, and barely pretends to have a reasonable resolution.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2094766/
http://www.assassinscreedmovie.com/
A murderer is saved from death only to be used in an experiment to explore his ancestry.
It's an awkward combination of slowness with action. I suspect it could have been quite good, as it has the elements for it.. but the writing is shit in enough significant places that it can't recover. It has an abysmal resolution, making the whole experience regrettable.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115571/
A S.E.T.I. operator discovers a signal and uncovers a plot to stop his investigation.
An absolutely fantastic movie.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093871/
A series of unrelated voiceless-shorts, sort of sometimes stitched together with the theme of robots.
Fairly terrible. It comes across as a set of student efforts. I wouldn't have been impressed even then.
See also The Animatrix - (2003 movie), sort of.
