Blindness 2008  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal, Yusuke Iseya, Jason Bermingham, Cica Meirelles, Don McKellar, Eduardo Semerjian, Joe Pingue, Susan Coyne, Mitchell Nye, Fabiana Guglielmetti, Antonio Fragoso
An epidemic of blindness hits a city, and those afflicted are forced into an abandoned hospital by the authoritarian government. Among those quarantined are an ophthalmologist (Mark Ruffalo) and his wife (Julianne Moore) who has not been affected but pretends to be blind so that she can help her husband and the others. As time passes, a bartender (Gael Garcia Bernal) appoints himself "King of Ward Three" and assumes the role of a dictator. Now, primal instincts take over the blind residents of the hospital as their world spirals downward. Will their only seeing person be able to lead them to safety?
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A Lobster Tale 2006  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Adam Massey
Cast: Colm Meaney, Alberta Watson, Graham Greene, Jack Knight, Dale Ewing, Joe Pingue, Bruce McFee, Keir Gilchrist, Erik Knudsen, Deborah Grover, Chris Benson, Gerry Quigley, Jonathan Whittaker, Kevin Jubinville, Ken James
Cody Brewer (Colm Meaney) is a Maine lobster fisherman who is struggling to make ends meet, and his wife Martha (Alberta Watson) and young son Jake (Jack Knight) also have problems. Everything changes when a strange moss is caught in Cody's net, and Cody discovers that the moss has magical powers, which allow it to perform miracles. Cody is relieved when he sees that the powers affect not only the Brewer family but bring good things for the whole community as well.
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 Pushing Tin 1999  R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Jake Weber, Kurt Fuller, Vicki Lewis, Matt Ross, Jerry Grayson, Michael Willis, Philip Akin, Matt Gordon, Neil Crone, Mick O'Malley, Joe Pingue
Pressures in the world of air traffic control intensify when reckless Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton) is transferred into New York's Terminal Radar Approach Control, and the move develops into a competition with the top air traffic controller Nick Falzone (John Cusack). Their rivalry even affects their personal lives when Nick becomes involved with Russell's wife Mary (Angelina Jolie), and Nick's wife Connie (Cate Blanchett) becomes intrigued by Russell. This film is guaranteed not to be shown on your commercial flight!
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| 1. Blindness (2008)
2. A Lobster Tale (2006)
3. Pushing Tin (1999)
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