District 9 District 9 is a 2009 science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. It is a co-production of New Zealand, the United States and South Africa. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and […]
Brother From Another Planet The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 science fiction film, written and directed by John Sayles and starring Joe Morton. It features an alien who crash lands in New York and proceeds to find his home while evading two “men in black” aliens who are hunting him. In this episode […]
Doomsday Doomsday is a 2008 science fiction action film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film takes place in the future in Scotland, which has been quarantined because of a deadly virus. When the virus is found in London, political leaders send a team led by Major Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) to Scotland to […]
Prospect Prospect is a 2018 American science fiction film starring Pedro Pascal, Sophie Thatcher, and Jay Duplass. The film, written and directed by Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell, features a teenage girl and her father traveling to an alien moon with a contract to mine gems in the moon’s poisonous forest. On the moon, the […]
The Fifth Element is a 1997 English-language French science-fiction action film directed and co-written by Luc Besson. It stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich and Chris Tucker. This is a classic movie that broke boundaries and excelled at world-building and dividing audiences. Space Brains discuss their response to the world and characters, talk about […]
Replicas is a 2018 American science fiction thriller film directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, and written by Chad St. John, from a story by Stephen Hamel. The film tells the story of a neuroscientist who violates the law and bioethics to bring his family members back to life after they die in a car accident. It […]
Surrogates is a 2009 American science fiction action film based on the 2005–2006 comic book series The Surrogates. Directed by Jonathan Mostow, it stars Bruce Willis as Tom Greer, an FBI agent who ventures out into the real world to investigate the murder of surrogates (humanoid remote-controlled robots). It also stars Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, […]
Occupation Rainfall (2020) is the blockbuster follow up to Occupation. It follows 2 years after aliens invade Earth and the human resistance has teamed up with alien rebels to thwart a doomsday plan called Rainfall. Share on twitter Share on email Share on facebook Share on reddit Share on whatsapp PocketCasts: https://pca.st/P48L RSS: https://pinecast.com/feed/spacebrains Stitcher: […]
Infini is a 2015 Australian science fiction film directed by Shane Abbess and starring Daniel MacPherson, Grace Huang, and Luke Hemsworth. Share on twitter Share on email Share on facebook Share on reddit Share on whatsapp PocketCasts: https://pca.st/P48L RSS: https://pinecast.com/feed/spacebrains Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=378213&refid=stpr iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/space-brains/id1454659823 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4AGDPcwBvCCvR1z4ABArqM
Akira (Japanese: アキラ) is a 1988 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic cyberpunk film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo’s 1982 manga of the same name. The film had a production budget of ¥700 million ($5.5 million), making it the most expensive anime […]