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1.1984 starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher directed by: Michael Radford February 11, 1997
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Michael Radford's adaptation of the well-known novel by Orwell is very faithful to its source material and very impressive. The cast is perfect in its leading trio: John Hurt as Winston Smith, Suzanna Hamilton as Julia and last but certainly not least in his last movie performance Richard Burton as O'Brien. Orwell's dystopian vision of the future will be well known to most of us. Winston Smith, the central character, lives in a totalitarian world, in which all pay homage to the ominous ever present "Big Brother" and, To sort of keep birth rates at an acceptable level, war is continually waged against some kind of enemy, that seems to change as much as wind direction whatever the fear mongers deem appropriate. Inhabitants of this world are continually bombarded ... Read More

2.Postman starring: Todd Allen, Scott Bairstow, Annie Costner, Charles Esten, Shawn Hatosy October 13, 1998
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This is one of the most underrated movies of all time. The Postman is not just your average post-apocalyptic scenario. It is a deeply emotional and philosophical film about the power of hope. What I love about this movie is that it shows how something very simple-- mail-- can become a symbol for everything that makes us human and for everything that makes us American. Yes, its a little long, and yes, the ending requires a slight suspension of disbelief. But the movie is good enough that you wont notice the length, and moving enough that disbelief hardly even enters the mind. I love this film, and recommend it highly.

3.Soylent Green starring: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten directed by: Richard Fleischer May 04, 1999
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We all know by now about climate change and waste heat in cities, but Soylent Green was the first to show it. The alarm about population growth had been sounded by Dr. Paul Ehrlich, and during the eco-conscious seventies, people were taking it seriously. Several films (and many books) featured overpopulation themes, but few did it better than SG. The gap between rich and poor also seems more prescient now, with the rich living in fortresses and the poor scrambling as best they can. Given those conditions, it is not surprising that New York looks like Calcutta, or that the local constabulary is corrupt as a matter of course. The film barrels along with Charlton Heston playing his other stalwart (the Hero-Heel) and Edward G. Robinson stealing every scene he's in. The McGuffin is the murder of Joseph Cotten ... Read More

4.Fahrenheit 451 starring: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser directed by: François Truffaut January 01, 1998
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"Fahrenheit 451" would be an ok movie if it was not based on such a good book. The movie, based on a book by Ray Bradbury with the same name, is about a world in which reading is not permitted, books are all banned, people are engulfed by their TVs (not that far-fetched anymore huh?!) and firemen start fires. Montag is a fireman and has been living the life he is expected to life, carrying out the job he is expected to perform and conforming nicely to a society that controls, bans and censors. His life is turned upside down when he meets Clarisse and he is compelled to read a book. The book deals with conformity, television and the complete absorption into technology. The movie also shows, although not as well as the book, the damage this has done to human relationships. The movie ... Read More

5.Brazil starring: Jim Broadbent, Ray Cooper (II), Robert De Niro, John Flanagan, Kim Greist March 01, 1992
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Terry Gilliam's unique satire is as funny as it is absurd and dark. With the character of Sam Lowry he created the perfect anti-hero, not in the least thanks to the brilliant performance by Jonathan Pryce. Equally well known is the conflict that Gilliam had to enter into to get his movie released as he wanted it, because the studio heads suddenly got not only cold feet but also the crazy notion to have a happy ending and drastically make cuts in the movie to make it shorter. Gilliam took the right approach, organized a film critics screening who raved about it and thus embarrassed the studio execs. The result was two versions of the movie, the studio version without dream sequences but with happy ending to be shown in the US and a European version of the movie Gilliam had actually made. It's true ... Read More

6.Harrison Bergeron starring: Sean Astin, Miranda de Pencier, Eugene Levy, Howie Mandel, Andrea Martin directed by: Bruce Pittman January 01, 1998
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with the continued dumbing down of the population and we just might be past the point of no return.

7.Starship Troopers starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris directed by: Paul Verhoeven October 06, 1998
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I bought the DVD of Starship Troopers for my wife (believe it or not). She had a video tape of Starship Troopers but the VCR ate it and I am surprising her with the DVD for Christmas. I am very satisfied with the price and the shipping time was ok.

8.Thx1138 (Thx) starring: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie, Ian Wolfe directed by: George Lucas October 15, 1991
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THX 1138 was a very interesting film made by George Lukas back in 1970. It was visually exciting, a bit cerebral and required some real effort to follow. I saw this film one Saturday night in 1970 and it failed to interest my date as well as most of the other people in the audience. It struck a note with my own interests and managed to score about 3 stars in my book. In fact a large percent of the Connecticut audience walked out on this movie which described a future in which drug use was state supported and evasion was a felony. A bleak future was projected by this movie as all citizens wore the same white colored clothes and mindless consumerism was a state sponsored virtue. Robots were included in this nightmarish vision of the future working as public servants in the form of police officers. Though quite humane in their police ... Read More

9.Gattaca starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal, Xander Berkeley directed by: Andrew Niccol May 04, 1999
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To understand Gattaca, it helps to know a little history. About a century ago, progressives took up what the New York Times in 1912 called the "wonderful new science" of eugenics. Because of improvements in medicine and public health, eugenists said, the "unfit" were having more children than the "fit." Their solution included both positive eugenics--encouraging the "fit" to have more children, and negative eugenics--preventing the "unfit" from having children. Forced sterilization laws in some 37 states were their greatest achievement, with California being the most zealous in applying its law. But legislation in more conservative states, particularly in the South, was blocked by claims that forced sterilization was unconstitutional. That barrier was shoved aside in a 1927 Supreme Court decision, Buck v. Bell, which regarded ... Read More

10.Born in Flames starring: Honey, Adele Bertei, Jean Satterfield, Florynce Kennedy, Becky Johnston directed by: Lizzie Borden November 16, 1999
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I will totally cop to buying this movie soley because it was highly recommended by Kathleen Hanna (love). Needless to say once I had this dvd in my dirty little hands I was pretty stoked to give it a shot. Now, I wasn't really sure what to expect from this film so I guess I shouldn't have been suprised that by the time the credits started rolling I was in a state of utter confusion. What had just taken place? I mean sure I guess that I understood the general concept of the movie but why did I feel like I was missing something? Now, 4 months later I am still scratching my head. Sure, I appreciate the idea of a feminist force with the power to exact real social change(though I fear that this concept is merely a pipe dream) but I think I may be missing the point. Did this women make any real progress? What am I supposed to make of the ending, which felt so unfinished? ... Read More

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