2022 Movies : Sci-Fi

With Robert Pattinson • Andy Serkis • Zoe Kravitz • Colin Farrell • Paul Dano • John Turturro • Michael E. Uslan • Jeffrey Wright • Walter Hamada • Dylan Clark • Peter Sarsgaard • Matt Reeves • Barry Keoghan • Jayme Lawson • Charlie Carver • Con O'Neill • Simon Emanuel • Max Carver • Chantal Nong Vo • Alex Ferns

From Warner Bros. Pictures comes The Batman, with director Matt Reeves (the “Planet of the Apes” films) at the helm and with Robert Pattinson (“Tenet,” “The Lighthouse,” “Good Time”) starring as Gotham City’s vigilante detective, Batman, and billionaire Bruce Wayne.

With Tony Todd • Clare Foley • Jason Alan Smith • Michael Mongillo

Something has taken possession of the hearts and minds of the populace. Kim (Clare Foley), Mac (Jason Alan Smith), and Jane (Carlee Avers) try to convince themselves it's paranoia, but before long the city is besieged by the changed. By the time they realize an alien intelligence has merged with their neighbor, Bill (Tony Todd), a horde of changed is amassing outside their suburban home.

With Shane West • Bill Engvall • Taryn Manning • Rutina Wesley • Diamond White • Skylan Brooks • Hart Denton • Delmar Washington • Tucker Morgan

When Black high school student Jaylen Brown (Skylan Brooks) finds himself under suspicion after his classmate, Amira (Clark Backo), disappears during a party, all fingers point toward him as prejudice quickly boils to the surface in his small southern town. Working against the clock to clear his name and uncover the truth about Amira's mysterious disappearance, Jaylen begins to unravel a massive web of secrets that reveal otherworldly forces at play.

With Vincent Kartheiser • Rainey Qualley • Breeda Wool • Rob Schroeder • Tunde Adebimpe • Chelsea Lopez • Conor Stechschulte

Heading home in the rain from a wedding, Glen (Vincent Kartheiser) drives over a plank of nails and has to seek help at a nearby house. There, he’s welcomed in by Art, who after a bit of friendly chitchat, cajoles Glen into sleeping with his younger wife Cyndi. Glen’s unease over this arrangement is significant, and it only escalates when, a short time afterwards, he’s visited at home by Art, who shows him a videotape of a pregnant Cyndi in the shower. Art convinces Glen that he’s now responsible for Cyndi, and it’s not long before the two are cohabitating in an apartment.

With Ryan Reynolds • Walker Scobell • Shawn Levy • Jennifer Garner • Mark Ruffalo • Zoe Saldana • Catherine Keener • Jonathan Tropper

A time-traveling pilot teams up with his younger self and his late father to come to terms with his past while saving the future.

With Steven Spielberg • Scott Stuber • Otto Bathurst • Mary Parent • Peter Schlessel • Kyle Killen • Steven Kane • Darryl Frank • Justin Falvey • Toby Leslie • Scott Pennington • Kiki Wolfkill • Frank O’Connor

HALO will take place in the universe that first came to be in 2001, dramatizing an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant. HALO will weave deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.

With Ethan Hawke • Oscar Isaac • Justin Benson • May Calamawy • Aaron Moorhead • Mohamed Diab

When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.

With Cole Sprouse • Zach Braff • Lukas Gage • Mason Gooding • Emily Rudd • Lana Condor • Chris Winterbauer • Max Taxe

Like many 20-somethings her age, Sophie (Lana Condor) is faced with a world of choices. Sure, there’s the future stuff, the family stuff, the job stuff. But, where she is truly confused is on the big choice, the momentous one, the top-of-list one that stands out—what to do about him!Her long-term b.f. Calvin (Mason Gooding) has moved with his family and taken a job out of town. As in way out of town. A published scientist, Calvin’s posting was supposed to be temporary and now, that “temporary” is beginningto read more like “permanent.”Then there’s Walt (Cole Sprouse), who’s also confronted with choices, but mmmmmaybenot so many. He’s pretty content with his going nowhere assistant barista job in a college bookshop and his solitary existence. That is, until he meets Ginny (Emily Rudd), and the closing-time-to-sunrise hours he spends with her convinces him that she’s the one. The time just flies. But sadly, at dawn, so does Ginny, off to where her new life is waiting.A romantic comedy with a twist, “Moonshot” follows Walt and Sophie as they join forces in order to be reunited with their significant others, embarking upon a lively journey that winds up taking them both wildly and unexpectedly off course.