LIMITLESS

GENRE:  Sci-Fi/ Thriller
MADE:  2011
CAST:  Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel, Abbie Cornish
DIRECTOR:  Neil Burger
WRITER:  Leslie Dixon, Alan Glynn

PLOT:  Eddie Morra was an aspiring writer who was quickly losing until a run-in with ex-wife's brother  and an introduction to a new drug gave him the ability to access his entire brain, making everything possible.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Illusionist, Twelve Monkeys, Dark City

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FLATLINERS

GENRE:  Drama/ Horror/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  1990
CAST:  Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, Julia Roberts, Oliver Platt, William Baldwin
DIRECTOR:  Joel Schumacher
WRITER:  Peter Filardi

PLOT:  A group of medical students experiment with death to find that as a result they have muddled the lines between life and death.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Primer, The Number 23, Mirrors

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SPACEBALLS

GENRE:  Adventure/ Comedy/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  1987
CAST:  Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga
DIRECTOR:  Mel Brooks
WRITER:  Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, Ronny Graham

PLOT:  A spoof on Star Wars.  The president of Planet Spaceball sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal air from Planet Druidia when he comes upon Lone Starr who is hired by the king of the Druids to stop him.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Young Frankenstein

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PI

GENRE:  Drama/ Sci-Fi/ Thriller
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman
DIRECTOR:  Darren Aronofsky
WRITER:  Darren Aronofsky, Sean Gullette, Eric Watson

PLOT:  An eccentric and paranoid math scientist tries to find the key to unlock the universal patterns found in nature.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Primer, Eraserhead, The Machinist

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PAUL

GENRE:  Adventure/ Comedy/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  2011
CAST:  Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen
DIRECTOR:  Greg Mottola
WRITER:  Nick Frost, Simon Pegg

PLOT:  Two old friends traveling across the U.S. to attend comic-on encounter an Alien during their Alien-tour trip.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  E.T., Evolution, Mars Attacks!

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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

GENRE:  Horror/ Mystery/ Sci-fi
MADE:  1978
CAST:  Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum
DIRECTOR:  Philip Kaufman
WRITER:  Jack Finney, W.D. Richter

PLOT:  In San Francisco people are beginning to noticed weird things as an alien form is quietly taking over by duplicating bodies.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Thing, The Invasion, Invasion Of The Body Snatcher 1956

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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

GENRE:  Adventure/ Mystery/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  1968
CAST:  Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
DIRECTOR:  Stanley Kubrick
WRITER:  Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke,

PLOT:  Astronauts in the future set off on a quest when an artificial artifact is found buried on the moon.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Planet Of The Apes, Sphere, Moon

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VANILLA SKY

GENRE:  Mystery/ Romance/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz
DIRECTOR:  Cameron Crowe
WRITER:  Alejandro Amenabar, Mateo Gil, Cameron Crowe

PLOT:  David Aames has everything a man can dream of and takes advantage of everything he has until he finds himself involved in a car accident and his life turned inside out.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Eyes Wide Shut, Mulholland Dr., Blue Velvet

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PUSH

GENRE:  Action/ Sci-Fi/ Thriller
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou
DIRECTOR:  Paul McGuigan
WRITER:  David Bourla

PLOT:  Cassie and Nick have special abilities and finds that they must locate a girl named Kira before Division does.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  X-Men, X2, I Am Number Four

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THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU

GENRE:  Romance/ Sci-Fi/ Thriller
MADE:  2011
CAST:  Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Lisa Thoreson
DIRECTOR:  George Nolfi
WRITER:  George Nolfi, Philip K. Dick

PLOT:  David Norris is the youngest politician to be elected into congress, in the middle of his campaign he has a chance meeting with his soul-mate, in his attempt to pursue her he finds that there is a stronger force trying to keep them apart.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Gattaca, Vanilla Sky, Inception

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PLANET OF THE APES

GENRE:  Adventure/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  1968
CAST:  Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter
DIRECTOR:  Franklin J. Schaffner
WRITER:  Michael Wilson, Rod Serling, Pierre Boulle

PLOT:  A crew of astronauts crash land on an unknown planet in the future where apes are in control.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes (2001), Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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STARSHIP TROOPERS

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Neil Patrick Harris
DIRECTOR:  Paul Verhoeven
WRITER:  Edward Neumeier, Robert A. Heinlein

PLOT:  Set in the future humans enroll into the military to battle giant alien bugs who have demolished their world.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Total Recall, Predators, Alien 3

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BATTLE LOS ANGELES

GENRE:  Action/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  2011
CAST:  Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan
DIRECTOR:  Jonathan Liebesman
WRITER:  Christopher Bertolini

PLOT:  Following a Marine Staff Sergeant, a Lieutenant and his platoon while they fight an alien invasion in Los Angeles.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Independence Day, Battle Of Los Angeles, Starship Troopers, War Of The Worlds

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