By Amy Renner Jan. 19, 2014
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Ender's Game
In the near future, a hostile alien race (called the Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander, Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite.
Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Roberto Orci, Brendan Meyer, Viola Davis, Jimmy Pinchak, Alex Kurtzman, Gigi Pritzker, Ben Kingsley, Harrison Ford, Gavin Hood, Dan Harris, Lynn Hendee, Linda McDonough, Bill Lischak, Michael Dougherty, Orson Scott Card, Asa Butterfield, Mandy Safavi, Cliff Plumer, Ed Ulbrich, Aramis Knight, Moises Arias, Suraj Parthasarathy, Conor Carroll, Khylin Rhambo
Location: US - Louisiana
November 1, 2013 Nationwide Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD
A Sound of Thunder
Based on a short story by master of science fiction Ray Bradbury, the sci-fi action adventure "A Sound of Thunder" is set in the future, when time travel is not only possible—it's a lucrative monopoly. It's especially profitable for Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley), the owner of Time Safari Inc., a travel agency that specializes in escorting wealthy clients on exclusive hunting trips back to the Prehistoric Age. Under the leadership of seasoned scout Dr. Travis Ryer (Edward Burns), participants are permitted to hunt and kill dinosaurs provided they follow a set of strenuous rules. These guidelines are intended to protect the creatures' natural habitats and prevent time travelers from impacting the course of evolution. When an expedition is compromised and the rules are broken, the hunters return to the future...and discover the world is a markedly different place than it was when they left. As "time waves" ripple from the Prehistoric past through the present to the uncharted future, Ryer teams up with Sonia Rand (Catherine McCormack), the inventor of the time travel technology, to unravel the mystery behind the catastrophic historical changes that are threatening to erase humanity from existence.
Howard Baldwin, Karen Elise Baldwin, Ben Kingsley, Corey Johnson, Catherine McCormack, Edward Burns, Jemima Rooper, Wilfried Hochholdinger, August Zirner, Scott Bellefeville, Renny Harlin, Breck Eisner, Peter Hyams, John Hardy, Phil Anschutz, Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, Andrew Stevens, Jorg Westerkamp, Rick Nathanson, Romana Cisarova