THE TROTSKY (2009)

 

Directed by: Jacob Tierney

Starring: Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Colm Feore, Saul Rubinek, Michael Murphy, Domini Blythe, Genevieve Bujold, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Jesse Camacho, David Julian Hirsh, Tiio Horn, Ricky Mabe, Jessica Pare, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Ben Mulroney

120 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, drug use)

PLOT:

Leon Bronstein is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term 'student union', determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.

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MYSTERY MAN (1944)

 




















Directed by: George Archainbaud
Based on characters created by: Clarence E. Mulford
Starring: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Don Costello, Eleanor Stewart, Francis McDonald, Forrest Taylor, Jack Rockwell, John Merton, Pierce Lyden, Bob Burns, Ozie Waters

58 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Hoppy, California and Jimmy Rogers set out to stop a gang of bank robbers led by a man pretending to be a respectable citizen.

MY INSTANT DEATH ABILITY IS SO OVERPOWERED, NO ONE IN THIS OTHER WORLD STANDS A CHANCE AGAINST ME! (2024)

 




















Directed by: Masakazu Hishida
Based on the light novel by: Tsuyoshi Fujitaka
Starring: (voices) Monica Rial, David Matranga, Koki Uchiyama, Miyu Tomita, Tomoko Kaneda, Joanne Bonasso, Greg Cote, Yui Horie, Hiro Shimono, Shohei Komatsu, Rina Sato, Kristen McGuire, Adam Gibbs, Katelyn Barr, Shelley Calene-Black, Rumi Okubo, Lynn, Kiyono Yasuno, Scott Gibbs, Takuya Nakashima, Tatsumaru Tachibana, John Gremillion, You Taichi, Joe Daniels, Yu Sasahara, Jasmine Renee Thomas, Mark Ishii, Sayaka Kikuchi, Shannon Emerick, Gabriel Regojo, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kosuke Echigoya, Eri Yurimura, Rie Hikisaka, Kara Greenberg, Chiyo Tomaru, Tetsuro Miyata, Akira Sekine, Anna Suzuki, Shogo Sakata, Emi Lo, Shiori Izawa, Karlii Hoch, Brianna Roberts, Kento Shiraishi, Juliet Simmons, Mitsuho Kambe, Junta Terashima, Sho Nogami, Bryson Baugus, Yohei Matsuoka, Jack Stansbury, Blake Shepard, Clint Bickham, Maki Kawase, Cole Feuchter, Rena Maeda, Fumiyoshi Shioya, Brittney Karbowski, Shin'ya Takahashi, Kiba Walker, Tomohiro Ono, Christina Marie Kelly, Natalie Rial, James Marler, Ayasa Ito, Jeremy Gee, Olivia Swasey, Brandon Hearnsberger, Cyrus Rodas, Keisuke Furuhata, Nanae Kojima, Aina Aiba, Yoshiki Murakami

12 episodes
(TV-14 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
A school bus from Japan arrives in another world ruled by a sage who kills the adults and claims the students will train as sages. Apathetic Yogiri hopes to find a way home with classmate Tomochika, though his powers alarm her.

ANIME SERIES

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THE TERMINAL (2004)

 




















Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna, Barry Shabaka Henley, Kumar Pallana, Zoe Saldana, Eddie Jones, Corey Reynolds, Jude Ciccolella, Guillermo Diaz, Rini Bell, Valery Nikolaev, Michael Nouri, Benny Golson, Scott Adsit, Mark Ivanir, Dan Finnerty, Stephen Mendel

128 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport and must take up temporary residence there and finding himself intersecting with the personal lives of several employees.

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SPIELBERG (2017)

 




















Directed by: Susan Lacy
Starring: Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, Leah Adler, Bob Balaban, Christian Bale, Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Cate Blanchett, Steven Bochco, James Brolin, Bill Butler, Rick Carter, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Coyote, Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise, Daniel Day-Lewis, Brian De Palma, Laura Dern, Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Dreyfuss, David Edelstein, Roger Ernest, Sally Field, Ralph Fiennes, Harrison Ford, David Geffen, Jeff Goldblum, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Tom Hanks, J. Hoberman, Dustin Hoffman, Norman Howell, Holly Hunter, Annette Insdorf, Joanna Johnston, Michael Kahn, Janusz Kaminski, Lawrence Kasdan, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ben Kingsley, Kathleen Kennedy, David Koepp, Tony Kushner, George Lucas, Laurie MacDonald, Frank Marshall, Janet Maslin, Melissa Mathison, Todd McCarthy, Ronald Meyer, Dennis Muren, Liam Neeson, Walter Parkes, Michael Phillips, Martin Scorsese, A.O. Scott, Sid Sheinberg, Adam Somner, Anne Spielberg, Arnold Spielberg, Nancy Spielberg, Sue Spielberg, Tom Stoppard, John Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Zemeckis, Vilmos Zsigmond

146 minutes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
A documentary on legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Includes interviews with relatives, film critics, Peters and people who have worked with him.

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THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX (2018)

 

Directed by: Julius Onah
Produced by: J.J. Abrams, Lindsey Weber
Starring: Daniel Bruhl, Elizabeth Debicki, Aksel Hennie, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O'Dowd, John Ortiz, David Oyelowo, Zhang Ziyi, Roger Davies, Clover Nee, Donal Logue

102 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, scenes of terror)

PLOT:
As the Earth keeps depleting its limited resources and a dreadful energy crisis threatens to plunge the globe into a new dark era of destruction and turmoil, a gleam of hope lies in a small crew of scientists at the Cloverfield Station in space. Believed to produce unrestrained amounts of energy, the highly experimental Sherpard particle accelerator is a machine that could either save humanity or it could rip holes in the fabric of reality--and soon--strange occurrences due to unexplained malfunctions will give birth to shocking discoveries. Who can harness the unfathomable powers that have been unwisely released?

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10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (2016)

 

Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg
Screenplay by: Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken, Damien Chazelle
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr, Douglas M. Griffin, Suzanne Cryer

104 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, scenes of terror)

PLOT:
After getting in a car accident, Michelle awakens to find herself in a mysterious bunker with two men named Howard and Emmett. Howard offers her a pair of crutches to help her remain mobile with her leg injury sustained from the car crash and tells her to "get good on those" before leaving the bunker. She has been given the information that there has been an alien attack and the outside world is poisoned. However, Howard and Emmett's intentions soon become questionable, and Michelle is faced with a question: Is it better in here or out there?

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