Life

Theatrical - Wide 2017-03-24

Cast Ryan Reynolds Jake Gyllenhaal Rebecca Ferguson Hiroyuki Sanada
Directed by Daniel Espinosa
Written by Paul Wernick Rhett Reese

Genres: Horror Science-Fiction

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4/10

Synopsis

Six astronauts aboard the space station study a sample collected from Mars that could provide evidence for extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. The crew determines that the sample contains a large, single-celled organism – the first example of life beyond... See more Earth. But..things aren’t always what they seem. As the crew begins to conduct research, and their methods end up having unintended consequences, the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.

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How Life blended Alien, Psycho, and Gravity to become one of the most effective sci-fi horror films of the 2010s.

How Life blended Alien, Psycho, and Gravity to become one of the most effective sci-fi horror films of the 2010s.

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Why Life (2017) Still Works as One of the Best Alien Homages

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How Life blended Alien, Psycho, and Gravity to become one of the most effective sci-fi horror films of the 2010s

The Don: Epic podcast chronicling super producer Don Simpson coming May 11th

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A new podcast revolving around the life and death of producer Don Simpson, who produced such films as American Gigolo, Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, and Top Gun, is coming to iHeartRadio. Hosting the 24-episode series, titled The Don, is Malaya Drew (The L Word, Mayans...

DVD/Blu-ray Release Dates: JUNE & JULY 2017

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There are several big titles hitting Blu-ray and DVD this June and July, so let's not waste and time and get right to them! June sees the home video debut of the criminally underseen A CURE FOR WELLNESS, as well...

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Life (Movie Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: An international space station has discovered the first sign of extraterrestrial life on Mars. Too bad for them it starts growing exponentially fast and develops a taste for its human hosts. REVIEW: In the 80s, sci-fi and horror fans...

Review: Life

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The crew of a space station is faced with an extra-terrestrial threat when they collect a soil sample from Mars containing a rapidly evolving organism hellbent on survival. REVIEW: If nothing else, LIFE makes one appreciate how good a...

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Posted 27 years ago

Review Date: Director: Ted Demme Writer: Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone Producers: Brian Grazer and Eddie Murphy Actors: Eddie Murphy as Ray Gibson, Martin Lawrence as Claude Banks Plot: Two innocent black men get sentenced to life in the South,...

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The death toll rises in the red-band trailer for Life

LIFE follows six astronauts aboard the space station study a sample collected from Mars that could provide evidence for extraterrestrial life. As it happens, it does! Then the creature seems to grow exponentially and go on a murderous rampage. Bogus!...

Posted 9 years ago

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New Life clip features some Re-Animator sh*t

Posted 9 years ago

I'm hoping like hell that the new scifi-horror flick LIFE, starring Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal is good. Why? Because it is a big-budget horror sci-fi movie, and I want all of those I can get. Sure it may look...

Extended clip unleashed for sci-fi thriller Life starring Ryan Reynolds

Posted 9 years ago

LIFE is thankfully not an adaptation of the shitty board game with the same name, nor a remake of the Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence prison dramedy. Instead, it's a sci-fi thriller about a microorganism from Mars that kills people...

Behind-the-scenes featurette released for sci-fi thriller Life

Posted 9 years ago

LIFE – about overly-pretty astronauts finding an alien life form that wants to kill them – seems to be the plot synopsis of a direct-to-VHS film starring Casper Van Dien and Michael Dudikoff that'd collect dust on the wall of a Blockbuster, right?...

New featurette looks at the science of sci-fi thriller Life

Posted 9 years ago

Next month will see the release of the sci-fi thriller LIFE, directed by Daniel Espinosa from a screenplay by ZOMBIELAND / DEADPOOL writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. The film is about a team of scientists aboard the International Space...

Ryan Reynolds & Jake Gyllenhaal contend with alien life in this Life trailer

Posted 9 years ago

Six astronauts aboard the space station study a sample collected from Mars that could provide evidence for extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. The crew determines that the sample contains a large, single-celled organism – the first example of life...

A planet-destroying creature gets loose in Life trailer and Super Bowl spot

Posted 9 years ago

When Ridley Scott was assembling the cast for his upcoming ALIEN prequel / PROMETHEUS sequel ALIEN: COVENANT, it was said that actress Rebecca Ferguson was in the running for the lead. That role ended up going to Katherine Waterston, but...

2017 Sony Preview

Posted 9 years ago

Alex Sony still seems to be reeling from the aftershocks of their email scandal a couple of years ago. With the prospect of losing the James Bond franchise to another studio and only two films that crossed the $100 million...

Gyllenhaal, Ferguson, and Reynolds stare at you from the Life poster

Posted 9 years ago

Next week, Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence are going to be having some trouble in outer space when director Morten Tyldum's film PASSENGERS is released on December 21st. Three months later, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, and Ryan Reynolds are going...

Jake Gyllenhaal & Ryan Reynolds are serious in space in Life poster

Posted 9 years ago

LIFE starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds and Rebecca Ferguson is one of those movies where I have no idea how it’s gonna play out. We can either expect a middle-of-the-road sci-fi/action flick that will barely register, or a complex thriller...

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