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Carmen (2011) #639 Remove Directed by Gary Halvorson. With Trevor Scheunemann, Barbara Frittoli, Roberto Alagna, Keith Miller. It's a familiar story: Act 1, boy meets girl, goes to jail for her. Act 2, boy is out of jail, girl rewards him with special favors. Act 3, girl is bored already, moving on. Act 4, boy kills girl for ruining his life. We've all been there. Metropolitan Opera, New York. |
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Furry Vengeance (2010) #22 Remove Directed by Roger Kumble. With Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields, Ricky Garcia, Eugene Cordero. In the Oregon wilderness, a real-estate developer's new housing subdivision faces a unique group of protestors: local woodland creatures who don't want their homes disturbed. |
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The Tempest (2010) #349 Remove Directed by Julie Taymor. With Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand. Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female. |
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Dance Flick (2009) #220 Remove Directed by Damien Dante Wayans. With Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Shoshana Bush, Damon Wayans Jr.. Street dancer Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles. |
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The Gruffalo (2009) #196 Remove Directed by Max Lang, Jakob Schuh. With Helena Bonham Carter, James Corden, Tom Wilkinson, John Hurt. A cunning mouse goes for a walk in the forest and outwits a succession of predators. |
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Puccini: Turandot (2009) #602 Remove Directed by Gary Halvorson. With Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, Marina Poplavskaya, Samuel Ramey. To win the hand of Princess Turandot, suitors must first answer her three riddles, but an incorrect answer sends the suitor to the executioner. A stranger with no name, who no-one knows, tries. Will he win her hand, or lose his head? Opera. The Metropolitan Opera, New York. |
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Humans S2 (2016) #985 Remove With Katherine Parkinson, Lucy Carless, Gemma Chan, Tom Goodman-Hill. In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live. 8x50 min episodes. C4. |
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Panda Makers (2010) #809 Remove Directed by Andrew Graham-Brown. With David Attenborough. Giant Pandas were on the brink of extinction but now they are coming back, thanks to an extraordinary conservation project. The Chengdu Research Base in central China is at the heart of a project to breed 300 pandas, and then start introducing them back into the wild. It is the most ambitious and controversial conservation effort ever mounted. Shot over two years, this film follows the pandas and... |
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Sorry We Missed You (2019) #1398 Remove Sorry We Missed You: Directed by Ken Loach. With Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Mcgowan, Katie Proctor. Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation |
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Bee Movie (2007) #304 Remove Directed by Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith. With Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton. Barry B. Benson, a bee just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue them. |