movies

0377 – Their Finest (2016)

spacetime coordinates:  1940  London

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Their Finest is a 2016 British war comedy-drama film directed by Lone Scherfig and written by Gaby Chiappe, based on the 2009 novel Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans. The film stars Gemma ArtertonSam Claflin and  Bill Nighy and tells the story of a British Ministry of Information film team making a morale-boosting film about the Dunkirk evacuation during the Battle of Britain and the London Blitz.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1661275/

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0376 – Railroad Tigers (2016)

spacetime coordinates: East China,  December 1941

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Railroad Tigers is a 2016 Chinese action comedy film directed by Ding Sheng and starring Jackie Chan.  It is about a railroad worker who leads a team of freedom fighters to oppose the Japanese during Second Sino-Japanese War.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4687848/

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0375 – The Foreigner (2017)

spacetime coordinates:  2010’s UK

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The Foreigner is a 2017 British-Chinese action thriller film directed by Martin Campbell and written by David Marconi, based on the 1992 novel The Chinaman by Stephen Leather. The British-Chinese co-production stars Jackie ChanPierce BrosnanMichael McElhattonLiu TaoCharlie MurphyOrla Brady and Katie Leung, and follows a humble businessman with a buried past who seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615160/

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373 – Land of the Dead (2005)

deadLand of the Dead (also known as George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead) is a 2005 post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by George A. Romero; the fourth of Romero’s six Living Dead movies, it is preceded by Night of the Living DeadDawn of the Deadand Day of the Dead, and succeeded by Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead.

The story of Land of the Dead deals with a zombie assault on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a feudal-like government exists. The survivors in the film have fled to the Golden Triangle area of downtown Pittsburgh. The region is protected on two sides by rivers and on the third by an electric barricade that survivors term “the Throat”.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418819/

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Dawn of the Dead is a 2004 American horror film directed by Zack Snyder in his feature film directorial debut. A remake of George A. Romero’s 1978 film of the same name, it was written by James Gunn and stars Sarah PolleyVing RhamesJake Weber, and Mekhi Phifer. James Gunn labeled it a “re-imagining” of the original film’s concept.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363547/

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372 – Kyaputen Hârokku (2013)

Space Pirate Captain Harlock (宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック Uchū Kaizoku Kyaputen Hārokku) is a 2013 Japanese 3D CG anime science fiction film directed by Shinji Aramaki.

In 2010, Toei Animation announced that it had developed a pilot for a computer-graphics remake of the earlier manga-inspired TV series, and presented it at Tokyo International Anime Fair that year. In the next year they presented a preview of Space Pirate Captain Harlock at Annecy International Animated Film Festival. This is Toei’s second highest production budget ever at the equivalent of over US$30 million. The story was reconstructed by the writer Harutoshi Fukui to reflect the themes of modern society and Toei provided the latest filmmaking technology for the film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2668134/

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0371 – The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

spacetime coordinates:  future London

The Girl with All the Gifts is a 2016 British post-apocalyptic zombie horror drama film directed by Colm McCarthy and written by M.R. Carey adapted from his novel of the same name. Starring Gemma ArtertonPaddy ConsidineGlenn Close, and Sennia Nanua, the film depicts a dystopian future following a breakdown of society after most of humanity is wiped out by a fungal infection. The plot focuses on the struggle of a scientist, a teacher, and two soldiers who embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4547056/

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