Posts Tagged ‘mushroom-cloud’

Naqoyqatsi: Life as War (2002)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Documentary | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Troy Aikman | The Beatles | Osama Bin Laden | Marlon Brando | Fidel Castro | Warren Christopher | Bill Clinton | Thomas A. Edison | Albert Einstein | Adolf Hitler | Elton John | Nikita Khrushchev | Martin Luther King | Henry Kissinger | Dalai Lama
Directors: Godfrey Reggio
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In this cinematic concert, mesmerizing images are plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques. The result is a chronicle of the shift from a world organized by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology, the synthetic and the virtual. Extremes of intimacy and spectacle, tragedy and hope fuse in a tidal wave of visuals and music, giving rise to a unique, artistic experience that reflects the vision of a brave new globalized world.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy
Countries: UK
Actors: Peter Sellers | George C. Scott | Sterling Hayden | Keenan Wynn | Slim Pickens | Peter Bull | James Earl Jones | Tracy Reed | Jack Creley | Frank Berry | Robert O'Neil | Glenn Beck | Roy Stephens
Directors: Stanley Kubrick
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U.S. President Merkin Muffley is on the hot line to Moscow with some rather embarrassing news for the Soviet premier: “Hello, Dimitri….I’m fine….Now then, you know how we’ve always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the bomb….The bomb, Dimitri. The hydrogen bomb….Well, now, what happened is that, uh, one of our base commanders…he went a little funny in the head….and he went and did a silly thing….He ordered his planes to attack your country.” A comedy about an accidental nuclear attack? One that ends with total annihilation, thermonuclear apocalypse? Preposterous! Stanley Kubrick thought otherwise. In the end his thinking prevailed. The mad saga revolves around a psychotic Strategic Air Command officer, Gen. Jack D. Ripper, who lets loose his B-52 bomber squadron on the Soviet Union. Ripper takes this unilateral action because of his paranoid belief that Communists are sapping and contaminating “all our precious bodily fluids” as part of their plan to take over the world.” Unbeknownst to Ripper, his attack will trigger the Russian’s ultimate weapon, the Doomsday Machine, a diabolical retaliatory device set to blow up the planet.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael J. Fox | Corey Burton | Claudia Christian | James Garner | John Mahoney | Phil Morris | Leonard Nimoy | Don Novello | Jacqueline Obradors | Florence Stanley | David Ogden Stiers | Natalie Strom | Cree Summer | Jim Varney | Jim Cummings
Directors: Gary Trousdale
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Set in 1914, young linguist orphan named Milo Thatch buries himself in books trying to unlock the secret to the destruction of Atlantis. Althouth his theories are ridiculed by his colleagues he is persistent in his dreams of one day discovering the lost isle. His dreams are realized when he is given a spot in an expedition, financed by a friend of his grandfather, to go in search of Atlantis following Milo’s guide: The Shepard’s Journal. But the Guardians of Atlantis await the explorers putting them in danger at every turn. And the deadly truth about Atlantis’s demise puts Milo, the royal family, and all of Atlantis in mortal jeopardy.

Scrooged (1988)

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Bill Murray | Karen Allen | John Forsythe | John Glover | Bob Goldthwait | David Johansen | Carol Kane | Robert Mitchum | Nicholas Phillips | Michael J. Pollard | Alfre Woodard | Mabel King | Joel Murray | Jamie Farr | Robert Goulet
Directors: Richard Donner
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Frank Cross runs a US TV station which is planning a live adaptation of Dickens’ Christmas Carol. Frank’s childhood wasn’t a particularly pleasant one, and so he doesn’t really appreciate the Christmas spirit. With the help of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Frank realises he must change.

Joe Dirt (2001)

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: David Spade | Brittany Daniel | Dennis Miller | Adam Beach | Christopher Walken | Jaime Pressly | Kid Rock | Erik Per Sullivan | Megan Taylor Harvey | Caroline Aaron | Fred Ward | John Farley | Bob Zany | Bean Miller | Lee Walker
Directors: Dennie Gordon
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David Spade plays Joe, whose search for his family has him hittin’ the road and keepin’ it real with every lowlife he meets, including a sweet hottie (Brittany Daniel), a janitor (Christopher Walken), and a pychotic cannibal (Brian Thompson) with whom he has a brief interlude. Through it all, Joe keeps on truckin’ . . . all the way to L.A., where a shock jock DJ (Dennis Miller) targets Joe as the butt of his show. But Joe’s plucky spirit encourages listeners to cheer him on and help him find a better family than the one he thought he wanted. Rock on!

The Mouse That Roared (1959)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Peter Sellers | Jean Seberg | William Hartnell | David Kossoff | Leo McKern | MacDonald Parke | Austin Willis | Timothy Bateson | Monte Landis | Alan Gifford | Colin Gordon | Harold Kasket | Wally Brown | Jacques Cey | Charles Clay
Directors: Jack Arnold
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The best laid plans of mice and men … A cold war satire emphasising the new emerged American Superpower’s use of foreign aid to buy friends and keep then away from the USSR’s influence. Peter Sellers, as the scheming Prime Minister of Grand Fenwick, plots with Peter Sellers, as the scheming Grand Duchess, to declare war on the USA, lose and get that foreign aid. Unfortunately, they forget to tell Peter Sellers, as Tully Bascombe, commander of their mediaeval army. This honourable man does his best for his country and through a series of unbelievable circumstances (well, this is a comedy) to win. Now, who has to give aid to whom?

Cinderella (1950)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ilene Woods | Eleanor Audley | Verna Felton | Claire Du Brey | Rhoda Williams | James MacDonald | Helene Stanley | Luis Van Rooten | Don Barclay | Mike Douglas | John Fontaine | Earl Keen | Clint McCauley | William Phipps | John Woodbury
Directors: Clyde Geronimi
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In a far away, long ago kingdom, Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Cinderella’s father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella’s wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren. So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride. Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her friends the mice, lead by Jaques and Gus, and the birds lend a hand in making her one, a dress the evil stepsisters immediately tear apart on the evening of the ball. At this point, enter the Fairy Godmother, the pumpkin carriage, the royal ball, the stroke of midnight, the glass slipper, and the rest, as they say, is fairy tale history.

Godzilla (1998)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthew Broderick | Jean Reno | Maria Pitillo | Hank Azaria | Kevin Dunn | Michael Lerner | Harry Shearer | Arabella Field | Vicki Lewis | Doug Savant | Malcolm Danare | Lorry Goldman | Christian Aubert | Philippe Bergeron | Frank Bruynbroek
Directors: Roland Emmerich
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Following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing eastward through the Panama Canal. Scientist Niko Tatopolous is called in to investigate the matter, and he quickly arrives at the conclusion that a giant, irradiated lizard has been created by the explosions. Godzilla then makes its way north, landing at Manhattan to begin wreaking havoc in the big city. Even with the combined forces of the U.S. military to fight the monster, will it be enough to save the people of New York?

The Peacemaker (1997)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: George Clooney | Nicole Kidman | Marcel Iures | Aleksandr Baluyev | Rene Medvesek | Gary Werntz | Randall Batinkoff | Jim Haynie | Alexander Strobele | Holt McCallany | Michael Boatman | Joan Copeland | Carlos Gómez | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Slavko Juraga
Directors: Mimi Leder
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Two trains crash somewhere in Russia, one carrying a nuclear payload. A nuclear explosion follows the crash and the world is on alert… However, White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman) doesn’t think it was an accident… Special Forces Intelligence Officer Colonel Thomas Devoe (George Clooney) doesn’t think so either… Together they must unravel a conspiracy that goes from Europe to New York, to stop a terrorist who has no demands…

Thirteen Days (2000)

Friday, March 16th, 2007
Genres: Drama | History | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Costner | Bruce Greenwood | Steven Culp | Dylan Baker | Michael Fairman | Henry Strozier | Frank Wood | Kevin Conway | Tim Kelleher | Len Cariou | Bill Smitrovich | Dakin Matthews | Madison Mason | Christopher Lawford | Ed Lauter
Directors: Roger Donaldson
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In October, 1962, U-2 surveillance photos reveal that the Soviet Union is in the process of placing nuclear weapons in Cuba. These weapons have the capability of wiping out most of the Eastern and Southern United States in minutes if they become operational. President John F. Kennedy and his advisors must come up with a plan of action against the Soviets. Kennedy is determined to show that he is strong enough to stand up to the threat, and the Pentagon advises U.S. military strikes against Cuba—which could lead the way to another U.S. invasion of the island. However, Kennedy is reluctant to follow through, because a U.S. invasion could cause the Soviets to retaliate in Europe. A nuclear showdown appears to be almost inevitable. Can it be prevented?