Sleep Dealer part 1

Film: Sleep Dealer

Directed by Alex Rivera

Mexico (2008)

Science Fiction/Psychological Drama

6 parts/ 85 mins

In Spanish with English subtitles (default)

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Synopsis:

"Sleep Dealer" takes place in a near future where Mexico has been walled off from the United States. Hired hands no longer need to physically cross the border to the U.S., they are able to "jack in" to a network of machines via "nodes". Workers plug in and go through the motions in sterile factories while the robotic arms they control are many thousands of miles away. It's the ultimate in off-shoring. The film follows Memo (Luis Fernando Peña), a dreamer yearning to leave the little village of Santa Ana del Rio where he works on a milpa with his father. Memo isn't interested in hearing his father's tales of the old days, when they didn't need to pay for their water at electrified barricades. He just wants to go to the big city -- the one he monitors via an audio hacking device that allows him to crawl frequencies (basically a sci-fi ham radio). One day, Memo's hacking equipment attracts the wrong kind of attention and tragedy strikes, forcing him to leave his village and go to Tijuana, following in the footsteps of so many others.

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Genres: Comedy

Release Date: June 06, 2008 (wide)

MPAA Rating: TBD

Starring: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Rob Schneider

Directed By: Dennis Dugan

Produced By: Jack Giarraputo, Adam Sandler

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Genre: Fantasy-Thriller

Cast: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common and Angelina Jolie

Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov

Screenplay by: Michael Brandt & Derek Haas and Chris Morgan

Story by: Michael Brandt & Derek Haas

Based on the

Series of Comic Book by: Mark Millar and J.G. Jones

Produced by: Marc E. Platt, Jim Lemley, Jason Netter, Iain Smith

Executive Producers: Marc Silvestri, Adam Siegel, Roger Birnbaum,

Gary Barber

Based upon Mark Millar's explosive graphic novel series and helmed by stunning visualist director Timur Bekmambetov—creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history, the Night Watch series—Wanted tells the tale of one apathetic nobody's transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, the world will be introduced to a hero for a new generation: Wesley Gibson.

25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut.

Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie).

After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad's death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself.

With wickedly brilliant tutors—including the Fraternity's enigmatic leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman)—Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But, slowly, he begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one could ever teach him: he alone controls his destiny.

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Bruce Lee Tribute | Way to Fall 2010

Bruce Lee (Chinese: 李小龍; pinyin: Lǐ Xiăolóng, born Lee Jun-fan (Chinese: 李振藩; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfān); 27 November 1940 -- 20 July 1973) was a martial artist, philosopher, actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement. He is considered one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century, and a cultural icon.[2]

Lee was born in San Francisco, California, to parents of Hong Kong heritage but raised in Hong Kong until his late teens. Upon reaching the age of 18, Lee emigrated to the United States to claim his U.S. Citizenship[3] and receive his higher education. It was during this time he began teaching martial arts, which soon led to film and television roles.

His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked a major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West in the 1970s. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world as well. He is noted for his roles in five feature-length films, Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Lee; Warner Brothers' Enter the Dragon (1973), directed by Robert Clouse, and The Game of Death (1978).

Lee became an iconic figure known throughout the world and remains very popular among Asian people and in particular among the Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese nationalism through his films.[4] While Lee initially trained in Wing Chun, he later rejected well-defined martial art styles, favoring instead to utilize useful techniques from various sources in the spirit of his personal martial arts philosophy he dubbed Jeet Kune Do (The Way of the Intercepting Fist).[5]