2441 – Eye in the Sky (2015)

timespace coodinates: 2010’s  NairobiKenya / Northwood Headquarters /  Creech Air Force Base in NevadaPearl Harbor in Hawaii / the Cabinet Office in London

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Eye in the Sky is a 2015 British thriller film starring Helen MirrenAaron PaulAlan Rickman, and Barkhad Abdi. Directed by Gavin Hood and written by Guy Hibbert, the film explores the ethical challenges of drone warfare. (wiki)

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2385 – Weathering with You (2019)

timespace coordinates: summer of 2021 in Tokyo

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Weathering with You (Japanese: 天気の子, Hepburn: Tenki no Kolit. ’Child of Weather’) is a 2019 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, produced by CoMix Wave Films and distributed by Toho.

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It follows a 16-year-old high school boy, Hodaka Morishima, who runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo, and later befriends Hina Amano, an orphaned girl who has the ability to control the weather. (wiki)

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2313 – The Pod Generation (2023)

timespace coordinates: 22nd century New York

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The Pod Generation is a 2023 English-language Belgian/French science fiction romantic comedy film written and directed by Sophie Barthes starring Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Rosalie Craig. (wiki)

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2270 – Severance (TV Series 2022– )

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Severance is an American science fiction psychological thriller television series created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle. It stars Adam ScottZach CherryBritt LowerTramell TillmanJen TullockDichen LachmanMichael ChernusJohn TurturroChristopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette.

The plot follows Mark (Scott), an employee of Lumon Industries who agrees to a “severance” program in which his non-work memories are separated from his work memories.

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The series premiered on Apple TV+ on February 18, 2022. It received acclaim from critics and audiences, who praised its cinematography, direction, production design, musical score, story, and performances.  In April 2022, the series was renewed for a second season. (wiki)

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2250 – Death’s Door (2021 video game)

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Death’s Door is a 2021 3Disometric action-adventure game developed by Acid Nerve and published by Devolver Digital. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on July 20, 2021, and for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on November 23, 2021. It received positive reviews upon release, with several publications praising its mechanics, simplicity, and difficulty level.

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The developers wanted to use ideas and themes from their previous game, Titan Souls, and create a more advanced, polished game. They drew inspiration from The Legend of ZeldaDark Souls, and the work of Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli.. (wiki)

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM): OS: Windows 10 x64 / Processor: Intel Core i5-8250U (4 * 1800) or equivalent; AMD Phenom II X4 965 (4 * 3400) or equivalent / Memory: 8 GB RAM / Graphics: GeForce MX 150 ( 2048 MB); Radeon R7 260X (2048 MB) / Storage: 5 GB available space

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2235 – Living (2022)

spacetime coordinates: 1953 London

Living is a 2022 British drama film directed by Oliver Hermanus from a screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro, adapted from the 1952 Japanese film Ikiru directed by Akira Kurosawa, which in turn was inspired by the 1886 Russian novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy. Starring Bill Nighy. (wiki)

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2160 – Breaking (2022)

spacetime coordinates:  July 7, 2017, Wells Fargo Bank, Marietta, Georgia

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Breaking (original title 892) is a 2022 American thriller drama film starring John Boyega as a Marine Corps veteran, Brian Brown-Easley. It is written and directed by Abi Damaris Corbin and co-written by Kwame Kwei-Armah, based on the 2018 Task & Purpose article “They Didn’t Have to Kill Him” by Aaron Gell. The film also stars Nicole BeharieSelenis LeyvaConnie BrittonJeffrey Donovan, and Michael Kenneth Williams. (wiki)

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