sci - fi you should be watching

sci - fi (not 'syfy') you should be watching ..
  ..and may have missed ..




solaris (2002. soderbergh)


source code.


in time.


monsters.


a sound of thunder (ray bradbury)


moon









optional (for those who will watch anything, as long as it's sci-fi):

outlander

outcasts (bbc tv. but be warned, the show was cancelled after 8  60minute episodes, and yes, you are left hanging)

the time traveller's wife







.. more later ..

recent zombies

just to get us started on the zombie list ..





i am legend.

fido     (leave it to beaver with zombies)

28 days.......later......weeks later......or whatever else later.

walking dead (tv)


.

movies about making movies

hollywood about hollywood



'the amateurs'

'the deal'

'what just happened?'

'for your consideration'

best movie apps

flixster


tweevies   


imdb





trailers   (from apple, although limited.)


moviequest  (could be a lot more)




dvd / instant viewing:

netflix

crackle

redbox

so it's 2012. and almost half over ..

you know what that means.

we only have half a year left to watch end of the world movies.

we could watch '2012' again, just kidding. once was more than enough.

so how will the world end?

zombie apocalypse of course!
well MAYAN zombie apocalypse.

yes, the mayans will rise from their graves, eat people and infect the rest.
it says so on the mayan calendar don't cha know. it does! have you ever read the mayan calendar? see!

(source: the internet.
it must be true if i read it on the internet, right?)



sooooooooooooooooooooooo ....


what are your favorite zombie movies?

write, email, fb, comment, you know the drill ..

.. i'll post the results next week.

2012. movie titles

abraham lincoln vampire slayer.





do i need to write a something here ?  really??
i think it speaks for itself.

movies we should all see, but wish we could avoid

movies we should all see, but wish we could avoid

health/ toxins among us:

homotoxicus

the story of cosmetics .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfq000AF1i8&feature=relmfu

the beautiful truth

food:

vanishing of the bees

(cause: fungus-virus combination)

food, inc

food matters

black gold

king corn

future of food

the end of the line

water:

blue gold

flow

the story of bottled water . (youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se12y9hSOM0&feature=relmfu

tapped

energy / fuel / alt energy/ green building:

300 years of fossil fuels .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w&feature=related

e2 .(the pbs series. every episode is important to see)

solar energy

coal: burning the future

fuel

gasland

crude

the green builders

environment:

an inconvenient truth

kilowatt ours

home

the human footprint

the 11th hour

the unforeseen

resources:

dirt

capitalism/ consumerism:

the story of stuff .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM&feature=related

the corporation

the story of electronics .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW_7i6T_H78&feature=related

walmart, the high cost of low prices

buy, use, toss .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrbwhrc5gq0

capitalism. a love story

no end in sight

commanding heights

politics/ economics:

inside job

21st century enlightenment .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7ANGMy0yo

starve the beast by thom hartmann . (youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MhoCzYN0yk

the story of cap and trade .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA6FSy6EKrM&feature=relmfu

economic warning .(frontline)

the coming collapse of the middle class .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A

economics. a brief history of the current situation .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQItB5uoiHI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQItB5uoiHI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWRvo&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7ANGMy0yo&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0&feature=related

the crisis of capitalism .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0

invisible empire

enron. the smartest guys in the room

truth about the economy/ total collapse .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cziN3gt-hic

why societies collapse by jared diamond .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IESYMFtLIis

collapse

fdr "fala" speech .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gztvtSyTdY

war:

the fog of war

why we fight

education:

waiting for superman

the secret powers of time .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg

changing education paradigms .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

media:

freakonomics

outfoxed

the great shlep .(youtube)

the yes men

religion:

religulous

the evolution of religions by jared diamond .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOsOb0QRaQs

other:

why good ideas are never heard .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU

hope:

the empathic civilization .(rsa animate) .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g

smile or die .(rsa animate) .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWRvo

in case you missed it ..

2011.


apollo 18

the blair witch project on the moon

2011 movie titles

2011, the year of bad movie titles

cowboys and aliens


bonnie and clyde vs dracula


hobo with a shotgun




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movies you should be watching ..

movies that i've liked ..
.. in the last few years or so ..


 (for my fans ...)
some independent, some otherwise, most, not all that well known ..
.. in no particular order
&
mostly the ones that you may not have seen already ..

.. so get-to-watching ..




the limits of control  (james jarmusch)

away we go

 little children  (some content may be objectionable, but it is a great movie in all senses)

 the king of california

charlie bartlet


all the days before tomorrow

my last five girlfriends

the big bad swim

jack goes boating

skateland

dan in real life

spin

submarine

ira & abby

friends (with benefits) 2009.  (independent, not the one with mila kunis/justin timberlake, although that one was funny too)


drool

shades of ray

timer 


answer man

the adjustment bureau  


troll hunter (norwegian independent. 'blair witch' style, but not boring)

monsters (independent sci-fi)


women in trouble

youth in revolt

the royal tenembaums

the life aquatic

gigantic

catch .44

win win  (not the german movie 'win/win')

the rage in placid lake  (austrailian)

the four-faced liar  (pretty ok)

the oh in ohio   (pretty ok)

i'm reed fish

p.s.

eagle vs shark

the go-getter

for your consideration

a mighty wind

best in show

2 days in paris

repo chick (not a sequel, & not as cool as 'repo man,' but worth watching)







more main stream stream:

american beauty

drive

stranger than fiction 

solaris (2002 sci-fi. the george clooney remake of the '70's russian film. it's a soderbergh film completely, screen writter, dp, directing, produced, etc. an amazing film.)

in time   (sci-fi)

source code   (sci-fi)


crazy, stupid love

meet bill


going the distance

 easy a

(500) days of summer

love and other drugs

midnight in paris

burn after reading

traitor



thank you for smoking

feast of love

please give

pandorum  (sci-fi)

the rum diary

true grit (2010)

the romantics

leaves of grass

the hottest state

vantage point

boogie woogie

diggers

city island

factotum (depressing)

purple violets


maybes:
love and other disasters

catch and release

i could never be your woman

wedding daze (2006)

easy virtue (fun.)





animation:

the secret of kells  (kids. incredible)

TO  (amazing anime, with great story. two episodes, although not related in plot.)

9   (although you shortly forget that it's animated)

renaissance  (entirely in black and white, no grey).

the fantastic mr fox   (still motion)






tv.

game of thrones  (hbo television. incredible. character development is amazing)

coupling  (like 'friends,' but british, sexier and funnier)

eureka  (syfy channel series, 4 seasons, light hearted)





art.


rivers and tides


between the folds

art school confidential  (about art school)



foreign.

the spanish apartment

cult movies

so what defines a cult movie?

is it one you watch over and over with friends and repeat lines at school or at work? is it one that epitomizes an era, a movement or a group of people? or is it just a popular independent film? or an unpopular mainstream movie that eventually finds it's niche. maybe one that catches your attention early in the film and lets you enjoy the very unique ride? cult movies definitely don't follow the typical hollywood formula, or spend millions on sets or famous actors. cult movies used to be defined as low-budget '50's horror movies, or B movies that, later, became popular. the best i can describe them is interesting films that present an unexpected story in a unique way that somehow finds their way into our hearts and minds.

some of these movies are classic, some are retro (baby boomers and the late baby boomer generation, also referred to as "toddler boomers"), many are from generationX, some are from generation dot com (also referred to as "generation question mark") and a few are from the echo generation.

they are in no particular order.

• repo man

• memento

• tank girl

• blade (the first one)

• trainspotting

• wild at heart

• swingers

• the big lebowsky

• the big night (trust me, you'll be eating italian food afterwards)

• the royal tenenbaums

• baseketball (1/2 south park, 1/2 airplane)

• better off dead

• say anything ...

• garden state (awesome! unexpected. a great movie about life, even though it was in jersey.)

• the adventures of buckaroo bonzai across the 8th dimension

• the breakfast club

• the princess bride

• bill and ted's excellent adventure

• there's something about mary

• office space

• the crow

• heat (yes... the bank scene)

•pulp fiction

• true romance

• stigmata

• the matrix

• so close (matrix-style action with a sexy side. japanese)

• the outsiders

• casablanca

• rebel without a cause

• breakfast at tiffany's

• harold and maude

• raising arizona

• o brother where art thou?

• the rocky horror picture show

• the adventures of priscilla, queen of the desert

• slacker

• eurotrip

• being there

• animal house

• airplane!

• top secret

• history of the world, part1

• blazing saddles

• spaceballs

• ferris bueller's day off

• the gods must be crazy

• this is spinal tap

• monty python and the holy grail (just don't repeat every line, it's against most city ordinances)

• a fish called wanda

• best in show

• death to smoochie

• the big hit (mark wahlberg. action-comedy)

• tommy boy

• american pie

• clerks

• mallrats

• dazed and confused

• reality bites

• singles

• high fidelity

• sideways

• napoleon dynamite

• road trip

• dodgeball

• the 40 year-old virgin

• highlander (the first one)

• brain donors (if you like the marx brothers humor, you'll love this)

• heathers

• fight club

• kill bill, vol 1&2

• blade runner

• a bronx tale

• the hudsucker proxy

• the butcher's wife (a fate-oriented, random-circumstance, love story. demi moore.1991)

• ready to wear (about the fashion industry)

• thelma & louise

• the sweetest thing (a chick flick with a few 'guy' elements)

• when harry met sally ...

• the fifth element

• the adventures of jake speed (from the '80's)

• pee-wee's big adventure

• yellow beard

• big trouble

• van wilder

• harold and kumar go to white castle

• fast times at ridgemont high

• austin powers, international man of mystery (1&2, not 3)

• buffy the vampire slayer (the original movie, not the series)

• flirting with disaster

• the day trippers

• groundhog day

• krull (and i don't mean 'kull' with kevin sorbo)

• dragon slayer

• galaxy quest (mostly just for trekkies)

• time bandits

• the big chill

• half-baked

• UHF

• amazon women on the moon

• attack of the killer tomatoes (a slow movie, but very cheesy)

• the adventures of baron von munchausen (kids)

• mystery science theatre 3000 (the movie or tv show)

• idle hands

• be kind, rewind

• juno

• scot pilgrim

• little britain (uk. tv.)

• coupling (uk. tv.)

• renaissance (black and white animation)

• the secret of kells (incredible animation)

• 9

• stunt man

• j men

others ?