cult-favorite movies

First Wave (1998)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi
Countries: Canada
Available seasons: 1, 2, 3

Reformed thief Cade Foster discovers that aliens are among us in the form of genetic clones, intent on enslaving the population. To assess the human potential to fight back, they gather data from 117 test subjects. When Foster remembers the tests conducted on him, the aliens frame him for his wife’s murder. Pursued by the police and a mysterious government agent, Foster discovers the quatrains of Nostradamus, which tells of three waves which will destroy the planet, unless a “twice blessed man” can stop them. Aided by a quirky cyber-journalist, Foster investigates strange occurrences which have ties to Nostradamus’ quatrains, hoping to find what he needs to forestall the aliens’ plans.

Simpsons, The (1989)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Animation | Comedy
Countries: USA
Available seasons: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

The Simpsons are a dysfunctional family living in Springfield. Homer, the man of the house, is a safety inspector at the Nuclear Power Plant. Homer constantly spends most of his time at Moe’s Tavern getting drunk. Marge is a hard-working housewife of three children. Bart is a clever 10 year old who loves pranking others. Lisa is the genius of the Simpson family. She recieves very excellent grades in school. She is the most trusted person in school and a “principal’s pet”. Maggie is the youngest. Maggie has not spoken yet. The Simpsons get themselves in some crazy adventures. In fact, they are getting in maybe about 10,000 adventures by the time the show ends in 2010.

Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Available seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Malcolm in the Middle follows a dysfunctional family in an anonymous location. The family is headed by super-stressed supermom Lois, and eccentric child-at-heart Hal. The eldest son, Francis, once a wild youth, now lives on a ranch with his wife, Piama. Next in line is dimwitted ne’r-do-well Reece. Second youngest emerging genius and evil mind in the making Dewey, and baby Jamie, already a troublemaker, is the youngest. Smack in the middle is Malcolm, a moody certified genius who seems to be the only hope his family has. Since his discovery at the age of eleven, Malcolm has been his own worst enemy - though he’ll tell you that his family is his worst enemy.

Fawlty Towers (1975)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Comedy
Countries: UK
Available seasons: 1, 2

A hotel by the sea is run by a stressed and moronic lunatic who can’t seem to please his guest, has a shaky marriage with a cruel and self-centered woman, and a Spanish porter who can barely speak English. Fortunately he has an intelligent and attractive maid to help him out of the various situations he gets into.

Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: UK | USA
Available seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4

The second war against the Cylons is over and The Twelve Colonies have been destroyed. Now Commander Adama of the Battlestar Galatica and President Laura Roslin lead a ragtag fleet of refugees in a supposed search for the fabled lost thirteenth colony, Earth. However, the dangers they face are many which compound an already difficult situation. In addition to the Cylons hunting and attacking the fleet in space, their infiltrator units carry out a more subtle plot even as their former unwitting pawn, Gaius Baltar, helps in the hunt for them while hiding both his own guilt and the strange presence that haunts his every thought. If that wasn’t enough, the fleet also faces internal political conflict in which the rabble-rousing figure, Tom Zarek, is merely the loudest dissenting voice. In the midst of these trials however, clues begin to appear that suggest that Adama’s simple bluff about Earth may be more truthful than anyone could have guessed.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Shatner, William | Nimoy, Leonard | Kelley, DeForest | Doohan, James | Takei, George | Barrett, Majel | Koenig, Walter | Nichols, Nichelle | Khambatta, Persis | Collins, Stephen | Whitney, Grace Lee | Lenard, Mark | Van Zandt, Billy | Brown, Roger Aaron | Faga, Gary
Directors: Wise, Robert
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A strange cloud descends upon Klingon vessels and eradicates them with an energy bolt. The Epsilon IX space station alerts the Federation, but they too are wiped out by the entity. The starship assigned to the case is, what else, the NCC-1701. That would be the registration number for the U.S.S. Enterprise, which has been rebuilt. Thus, the entire original crew you knew from the TV show returns. Although they are prepared to face the entity, nothing will prepare them for the ride to come. The film asks the question Paul Gauguin asks in a painting bearing this name: “Where do [I] come from? What [am I]? Where [am I] going?” Trekkers, note the appearance of Will Decker, the son of Matt Decker, who killed himself in the TV episode, “The Doomsday Machine”. The film can be summed up in a single word: beautiful.

Dog Soldiers (2002)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Action | Horror
Countries: Luxembourg | UK
Actors: Pertwee, Sean | McKidd, Kevin | Cleasby, Emma | Cunningham, Liam | Lockyer, Thomas | Morfitt, Darren | Robson, Chris | Simpson, Leslie | Landini, Tina | Conway, Craig | Vilrikke's Acer | Walters, Bryn | Claxton Payne, Brian | Wright, Ben
Directors: Marshall, Neil
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Imagine you’re leading a six man squad on a routine army exercise. You’re behind enemy lines. Your radio doesn’t work. You’re cut off and on foot in a vast, hostile wilderness. You hear somthing howling in the distance. Something’s out there.. and it’s hungry. Very hungry. And hairy.. very hairy. The sun is going down. And there’s a full moon. You’re missing the most important football match of the decade. And there’s every chance that you’re about to be eaten alive by a pack of vicious, snarling, blood-lusting, seven-foot tall werewolves. What do you do?

Star Trek (2009)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Pine, Chris | Quinto, Zachary | Bana, Eric | Pegg, Simon | Ryder, Winona | Saldana, Zoe | Urban, Karl | Cho, John | Greenwood, Bruce | Cross, Ben | Yelchin, Anton | Leonard Nimoy | Hemsworth, Chris | Anderson, Rico E. | Bartlebaugh, John
Directors: Abrams, J.J.
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A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.

Truman Show, The (1998)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Carrey, Jim | Linney, Laura | Emmerich, Noah | McElhone, Natascha | Taylor, Holland | Delate, Brian | Slater, Blair | Krause, Peter | Schanz, Heidi | Taylor, Ron | Taylor, Don | Raymond, Ted | Clayton, Judy
Directors: Weir, Peter
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He’s the star of the show—but he doesn’t know. Truman Burbank is a man whose life is a nonstop TV show. Truman doesn’t realize that his quaint hometown is a giant studio set run by a visionary producer/director/creator, that folks living and working there are Hollywood actors, that even his incessantly bubbly wife is a contract player. Gradually, Truman gets wise. And what he does about his discovery will have you laughing, crying and cheering.

Time Machine, The (1960)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Taylor, Rod | Young, Alan | Mimieux, Yvette | Cabot, Sebastian | Helmore, Tom | Bissell, Whit | Lloyd, Doris | Barran, Bob | Frees, Paul | Skelly, James | Powell, Josephine
Directors: Pal, George
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From the book by H.G. Wells, a scientist and tinkerer builds a time machine and uses it to explore the distant future where there are two races, a mild gentle race, and a cannibalistic one living underground. His machine is stolen by the underground race and he must risk being captured (and eaten) to return to his own time.