1208 – Little Boy (2015)

timespace coordinates: 1945 seaside town of O’Hare, California

Little Boy is a 2015 (Mexico | USA) World War II war-drama film directed by Alejandro Gómez Monteverde. The film stars Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, David Henrie, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Michael Rapaport, Ben Chaplin, Eduardo Verástegui, Ted Levine, Abraham Benrubi, and Tom Wilkinson. The title is a reference to Little Boy, the code name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, as well as a reference to the main character Pepper’s height. (wiki)

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1200 – Life of Pi (2012)

timespace coordinates: 1970s  India / the Pacific Ocean / Mexico – 2000’s Montreal

Life of Pi is a 2012 survival drama film based on Yann Martel‘s 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Ang Lee, the film’s adapted screenplay was written by David Magee, and it stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Tabu Hashmi, Adil Hussain, and Gérard Depardieu. The storyline revolves around an Indian man named “Pi” Patel, telling a novelist about his life story, and how at 16 he survives a shipwreck and is adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. (wiki)

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1142 – Planet Terror (2007)

timespace coordinates: 2000’s rural Texas / Mexico

! extreme violence and gore !

Planet Terror is a 2007 American independent zombie film directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Naveen Andrews, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Stacy Ferguson, and Bruce Willis. It follows a group of people attempting to survive an onslaught of zombie-like creatures as they feud with a military unit. It was released theatrically in North America as part of a double feature with Quentin Tarantino‘s Death Proof under the title Grindhouse, to emulate the experience of viewing exploitation films in a “grindhouse” theater. In addition to directing the film, Rodriguez wrote the script, directed the cinematography, wrote the musical score, co-edited, and produced it. (wiki)

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Bad Boys for Life (2020)

timespace coordinates: 2020 Miami

Bad Boys for Life is a 2020 American action comedy film directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. The sequel to Bad Boys II (2003), it is the third installment in the Bad Boys franchise.

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The Other Guys (2010)

timespace coordinates: late 2000’s New York City

The Other Guys is a 2010 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Adam McKay. It stars Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samuel L. Jackson, and Dwayne Johnson.

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War on Everyone (2016)

timespace coordinates: 1990’s (?) Albuquerque, New Mexico / Iceland

War on Everyone is a 2016 British black comedy buddy cop film written and directed by John Michael McDonagh. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Peña, and Theo James. (wiki)

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The philosopher Thomas Hobbes foretold a future “war of all against all” in his book “Leviathan“.

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0965 – The Arrival (1996)

timespace coordinates: 1990’s California, Mexico, the Arctic

The Arrival is a 1996 American-Mexican science fiction horror film directed by David Twohy and starring Charlie Sheen, and co-starring Lindsay Crouse, Ron Silver, Teri Polo, and Richard Schiff. Sheen stars as radio astronomer Zane Zaminsky who discovers evidence of intelligent alien life and quickly gets thrown into the middle of a conspiracy that turns his life upside down. (wiki)

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878 – Life in the Shadow of the Wall (2017 Documentary | TV Mini-Series)

Life in the Shadow of the Wall Two-part documentary looking at the Trump administration’s plans to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, and examining whether it will bring about the desired outcome.

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479 – Human Flow (2017)

870 – Botany: A Blooming History (Documentary | TV Mini-Series 2014)

BBC Botany A Blooming History – A Confusion of Names

BBC Botany A Blooming History – Photosynthesis

BBC Botany: A Blooming History – Hidden World

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