2485 – Night Sky (2022 TV series)

Night Sky is an American science fiction drama television series created by Holden Miller for Amazon Studios and Legendary Television. It stars Sissy Spacek and J. K. Simmons as a couple who possess a chamber leading to another planet. Chai Hansen, Adam Bartley, Julieta Zylberberg, Rocío Hernández, Kiah McKirnan, Beth Lacke, Stephen Louis Grush, and Cass Buggé co-star. The series was shot in Illinois, United States, and Jujuy Province, Argentina. 

Night Sky was released on May 20, 2022, on Amazon Prime Video. In July 2022, the series was cancelled after one season. (wiki)

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2484 – i’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

I’m Thinking of Ending Things (stylized as i’m thinking of ending things) is a 2020 American surrealist psychological thriller film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. It is an adaptation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Iain Reid. The plot follows a young woman (Jessie Buckley) who goes on a trip with her boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to meet his parents (Toni Collette and David Thewlis). Throughout the film, the main narrative is intercut with footage of a school janitor (Guy Boyd) going to work, with both stories intersecting by the third act. (wiki)

“Kaufman often crafts Möbius strip narratives that turn in on themselves, and his characters are typically unhappy, insecure, and stuck in their own heads. I’m Thinking of Ending Things is no exception.”  (Paul Kanieski)

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2483 – Das Signal (TV Mini Series 2024)

A missing astronaut’s family frantically searches for answers, but the more they uncover, the more the threat grows to them, and the world. (rottentomatoes)

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2482 – From (TV Series 2022– )

timespace coordinates: In a nightmarish town in Middle America that traps those who enter, unwilling residents strive to stay alive and search for a way out, plagued by terrifying nocturnal creatures from the surrounding forest and secrets hidden in the town.

From (stylized as FROM) is an American science fiction horror television series created by John Griffin. The first season premiered on February 20, 2022, on Epix. In April 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on April 23, 2023, on the rebranded MGM+. In June 2023, the series was renewed for a third season that is set to premiere on September 22, 2024. (wiki)

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2481 – Babel (2006)

timespace coordinates: 2000’s Morocco / United States/Mexico / Japan

Babel is a 2006 psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. The multi-narrative drama features an ensemble cast and portrays interwoven stories taking place in Morocco, Japan, Mexico, and the United States. An international co-production among companies based in the United States, Mexico and France, the film completes Arriaga and Iñárritu’s Death Trilogy, following Amores perros (2000) and 21 Grams (2003). (wiki)

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2480 – Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

timespace coordinates: In the film, Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) and fellow-Austrian Peter Aufschnaiter (Thewlis) are mountaineering in 1930s British India. When World War II begins in 1939, their German citizenship results in their imprisonment in a prisoner-of-war camp in Dehradun in the Himalayas. In 1944, Harrer and Aufschnaiter escape the prison and cross the border into Tibet, traversing the treacherous high plateau. There, after initially being ordered to return to India, they are welcomed at the holy city of Lhasa and become absorbed into an unfamiliar way of life. Harrer is introduced to the 14th Dalai Lama, who is still a boy, and becomes one of his tutors. During their time together, Heinrich becomes a close friend to the young spiritual leader. Harrer and Aufschnaiter stay in the country until the Battle of Chamdo in 1950.

Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 American biographical war drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. It is based on Austrian mountaineer and Schutzstaffel (SS) sergeant Heinrich Harrer’s 1952 memoir of the same name, about his experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951. (wiki)

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2479 – The Abandon (2022)

A wounded soldier awakens in a strange cube that tests his physical and mental limits as he attempts to find a way to escape against a ticking clock. (imdb)

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