Posts Tagged ‘parallel-universe’

Webs (2003)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Genres: Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Anthony Ashbee | Craig Blair | Jeffrey Douglas | Fox, Colin | Dylan Bierk | Greenhouse, Kate
Directors: David Wu
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“Webs” stars Richard Grieco as an Everyman electrician who stumbles onto a doohickey that can open a gateway to a parallel Earth. After members of Grieco’s crew accidentally activates the doohickey, the 4-men team find themselves in a Chicago that looks familiar, but has been overrun by mutant spiders from another parallel universe…

Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The (2005)

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Henley, Georgie | Keynes, Skandar | Moseley, William | Popplewell, Anna | Swinton, Tilda | McAvoy, James | Broadbent, Jim | Shah, Kiran | Cosmo, James | McIntosh, Judy | Hawthorne, Elizabeth | Kake, Patrick | Rangi, Shane | Cook, Brandon | Cook, Cassie
Directors: Adamson, Andrew
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Based on the classic novel by ‘CS Lewis’ (qv). Four London children are sent to a professor’s country home in order for protection during World War II. There they find a magic wardrobe which leads to a mystical land called Narnia, which is being ruled by an evil witch. To defeat the witch, they must join forces with Aslan, the lion God of Narnia.

Golden Compass, The (2007)

Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Countries: UK, USA
Actors: Kidman, Nicole | Craig, Daniel | Richards, Dakota Blue | Walker, Ben | Highmore, Freddie | McKellen, Ian | Green, Eva | Carter, Jim | Courtenay, Tom | McShane, Ian | Elliott, Sam | Lee, Christopher | Scott Thomas, Kristin | de Souza, Edward | Bates, Kathy
Directors: Weitz, Chris
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Lyra Belaqua, living in Oxford’s Jordan College, is not but a young girl living among scholars. Her world may seem diverse, from physical embodiments of souls that take the shape of an animal, but similar with people around you to become friends and enemies. She is thrown into a perilous adventure when she overhears a conversation of an extraordinary microscopic particle, Dust. This particle is said to unite different worlds, and is feared by many who want to destroy it forever. As Lyra is flung into the middle of this horrible struggle, she meets wondrous creatures both big and small, and villains who are not what they seem. Gobblers, that kidnap children, will turn out in the most unexpected places. And a magical compass of gold that will answer any question if one is skilled enough to read it. Lyra’s adventure continues throughout these three books, and the first is about to be told.

Family Man, The (2000)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Cheadle, Don | Cage, Nicolas | Piven, Jeremy | Leoni, Téa | Sommer, Josef | Rubinek, Saul
Directors: Ratner, Brett
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A modern-day Frank Capra story. Jack Campbell, a successful and talented businessman, is happily living his single life. He has everything, or so he thinks. One day he wakes up in a new life where he didn’t leave his college girlfriend for a London trip. He’s married to Kate, lives in Jersey and has two kids. He, of course, desperately wants his life back for which he has worked 13 years for. He’s president of P. K. Lassiter Investment House and not a tire salesman at Big Ed’s. He drives a Ferrari and not a mini-van that never starts. And most importantly he doesn’t wake up in the morning with kids jumping on the bed. After a bad start, day by day he’s more confident in his new life and starts to see what he’s been missing. Turns out money’s good to have but that’s not everything.

One, The (2001)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Li, Jet | Gugino, Carla | Lindo, Delroy | Statham, Jason | Morrison, James | Bruno, Dylan | Steinmetz, Richard | Rankin, Steve | Smallwood, Tucker | Harris, Harriet Sansom | Keats, David | Norris, Dean | Zimmerman, Ron | Morgan, Darin | Mark Borchardt
Directors: Wong, James
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This movie postulates what if there is more than one universe. And that all of these universes are held together by one single stream of energy and that energy is equally distributed to every living in each universe and if one of these beings die, that energy is reallocated equally to each other surviving member. And with each allocation, a person becomes stronger. Now one universe has master the ability of crossing into another universe, and a man named Shulaw who believes that if he can kill all of his counterparts, he will become invincible, but there are those who believe that it might have detrimental effects, so try and stop him. Unfortunately, he just has one more person to kill, Gabe Law, but the officers follow Shulaw but Shulaw has committed some crimes and Gabe is accused and is wanted. But Gabe discovers that he has changed and only wants to kill Shulaw not realizing what could happen.

Donnie Darko (2001)

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Barrymore, Drew | Malone, Jena | Gyllenhaal, Jake | Osborne, Holmes | Gyllenhaal, Maggie | Chase, Daveigh | McDonnell, Mary | Duval, James | Taxier, Arthur | Swayze, Patrick | Hoffman, Mark | St. James, David | Tangen, Tom | Mahannah, Jazzie | Purdy, Jolene | Stone, Stuart | Lundy, Gary
Directors: Kelly, Richard
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Donnie Darko gets along badly with his family, with his teachers and with his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him; and he has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank, who is either a large purple bunny, or man in a large purple bunny costume. Either way, Donnie is the only one who can see him. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his room, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie’s escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie’s mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure.

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