Released Date:
2007-01-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
88 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (1234 Reviews)
Director:
Sean MeredithPaul Zaloom (screenplay)
Sandow Birk (screenplay)
Sean Meredith (screenplay)
Sandow Birk (adaptation)
Marcus Sanders (adaptation)
Melding the seemingly disparate traditions of apocalyptic live-action graphic novel and charming Victoria-era toy theater, Dante's Inferno is a subversive, darkly satirical update of the original 14th century literary classic. Retold with the use of intricately hand-drawn paper puppets and miniature sets, and without the use of CGI effects, this unusual travelogue takes viewers on a tour of hell. And what we find there, looks a lot like the modern world. Sporting a hoodie and a hang-over from the previous night's debauchery, Dante wakes to find he is lost - physically and metaphorically - in a strange part of town. He asks the first guy he sees for some help: The ancient Roman poet Virgil, wearing a mullet and what looks like a brown bathrobe. Having no one else to turn to, Dante's quickly convinced that his only means for survival is to follow Virgil voyage down, down through the depths of Hell. The pair cross into the underworld and there Virgil shows Dante the underbelly of the Inferno, which closely resembles the decayed landscape of modern urban life. Dante and Virgil's chronicles are set against a familiar backdrop of used car lots, strip malls, gated communities, airport security checks, and the U.S. Capitol. Here, hot tubs simmer with sinners, and the river Styx is engorged with sewage swimmers. Also familiar is the contemporary cast of presidents, politicians, popes and pop-culture icons sentenced to eternal suffering of the most cruel and unusual kind: Heads sewn on backwards, bodies wrenched in half, never-ending blow jobs, dancing to techno for eternity, and last, but certainly not least, an inside look at Lucifer himself, from the point of view of a fondue-dunked human appetizer. Each creatively horrific penance suits the crime, and the soul who perpetrated it. As Dante spirals through the nine circles of hell, he comes to understand the underworld's merciless machinery of punishment, emerging a new man destined to change the course of his life. But not, of course, the brand of his beer.
Released Date:
2011-10-27
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
105 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (5278 Reviews)
Director:
Jim KohlbergGenres:
DramaGwyn Lurie (screenplay)
Gary Marks (screenplay)
Oliver Sacks (essay "The Last Hippie")
Tale of a father who struggles to bond with his estranged son Gabriel, after Gabriel suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and emotional distance, Henry must learn to embrace his son's choices and try to connect with him through music.
Released Date:
2014-11-07
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.9 (210576 Reviews)
Jordan Roberts (screenplay)
Robert L. Baird (screenplay)
Daniel Gerson (screenplay)
Duncan Rouleau (Big Hero 6 team and characters created by)
Steven T. Seagle (Big Hero 6 team and characters created by)
Joseph Mateo (head of story)
Paul Briggs (head of story)
From Walt Disney Animation Studios, the team behind "Frozen" and "Wreck-It Ralph," comes "Big Hero 6," an action-packed comedy-adventure about the special bond that develops between Baymax, a plus-sized inflatable robot, and prodigy Hiro Hamada. When a devastating event befalls the city of San Fransokyo and catapults Hiro into the midst of danger, he turns to Baymax and his close friends adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. Determined to uncover the mystery, Hiro transforms his friends into a band of high-tech heroes called "Big Hero 6."
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