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1637 – Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

timespace coordinates: South West England in the Middle Ages

Jack the Giant Slayer is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by Bryan Singer. The film, based on the British fairy tales “Jack the Giant Killer” and “Jack and the Beanstalk“, stars Nicholas HoultEleanor TomlinsonStanley TucciIan McShaneBill Nighy, and Ewan McGregor.  (wiki)

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1636 – Love and Monsters (2020)

timespace coordinates: California, 7 years after the Monsterpocalypse

“A daffily lightweight throwback to the teen action-adventures of the ’80s and ’90s.” (variety)

“There’s a kicky spirit to the whole production and the effects are first-rate.” (Mercury News)

Love and Monsters is a 2020 American post-apocalyptic adventure comedy directed by Michael Matthews, with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen serving as producers. The film stars Dylan O’BrienMichael Rooker, Ariana Greenblatt and Jessica Henwick. It was released by Paramount Pictures under its Paramount Players and MTV Films labels via video on demand on October 16, 2020. (wiki)

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1635 – Escape from Pretoria (2020)

timespace coordinates: Pretoria Central Prison in 1979 (the apartheid era in South Africa)

Escape from Pretoria is a 2020 thriller film co-written and directed by Francis Annan, based on the real-life prison escape by three political prisoners in South Africa in 1979, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Daniel Webber. It is based on the 2003 book Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison by Tim Jenkin, one of the escapees. (wiki)

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1634 – The Glorias (2020)

timespace coordinates: 40’s >70’s America, late 50’s India

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The Glorias is a 2020 American biographical film directed and produced by Julie Taymor. It is based upon My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem. It stars Julianne Moore as Steinem, with Alicia Vikander portraying a younger Steinem, from ages 20 to 40. Timothy HuttonLorraine ToussaintJanelle Monáe, and Bette Midler complete the cast. (wiki)

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1633 – Target Number One (2020)

timespace coordinates: 1989 Canada /  Thailand, Bang Kwang – เรือนจำกลางบางขวาง

Target Number One (released as Most Wanted in the United States, Suspect numéro un in Québec) is a 2020 Canadian crime film directed by Daniel Roby. Based on the true story of Alain Olivier, a Canadian drug addict from Quebec who spent eight years in prison in Thailand in the 1980s after having been set up as an unwitting pawn in an espionage plot by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, (wiki)

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1632 – The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

timespace coordinates: 2010’s  small mountain town

The Wolf of Snow Hollow is a 2020 American horror comedy film written, directed by and starring Jim Cummings, as well as Robert Forster in his final film role. (wiki)

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