In the very near future, Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) gets a telemarketing job. Once a coworker (Danny Glover) shows him how to use his White voice, he becomes a “power caller.” His radical artist girl friend (Tessa Thompson) isn’t happy about the change in him, nor is his old friends and new union leader (Steven
The German’s defeated England in 1940. In 1944, a majority of the German troops were removed to bulk up the Russian front, leaving SS members and British collaborators in control of the country at a time when the resistance movement was becoming more active. Paulina (Pauline Murray), an Irish war-widowed nurse, is evacuated from her
K (Ryan Gosling), a replicant blade runner, lives in a future where new replicants are constructed to obey due to the peculiar, corporate overlord, Niander Wallace (Jared Leto). So the job of the blade runner is now running down old-style replicants who were made before the great blackout. In “retiring” one of these (Dave Bautista),
In a dystopian future, Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) is a simple-minded, selfish, undeveloped, pop-culture fanatic who we are supposed to like. He, like most people, spends all his time inside the OASIS, a virtual universe where people can be anything, sorta, but tend to go for things that were popular in the 1980s. The OASIS
400 years after most of the human race was wiped out by a virus, the last people on earth live in Bregna, an utopian city ruled by scientist Trevor Goodchild (Marton Csokas). Although everything is beautiful, people are depressed for unknown reasons, and citizens disappear without explanation, so rebels (known as Monicans) send their finest agent,
It’s 2027, and the last baby was born over eighteen years ago. The infertility of the human race has caused most societies to crumble, with violent anarchy the rule. Britain survives under a fascist government that cruelly carries out its no-immigration policy. Theo (Clive Owen), an apathetic, alcoholic, office worker, is brought into the fray
In the far future year 2000, twenty-one years after the crash of ’79, the annual cross-country race is about to begin. The competitors include fan favorite, Frankenstein (David Carradine), gangster, “Machine Gun” Joe (Sylvester Stallone), Matilda the Hun (Roberta Collins), and Calamity Jane (Mary Woronov). To win, all they have to do is cross the
In a dystopian future where books are illegal and everything is fireproof, Montag (Oskar Werner) is a fireman, part of a force that burns books. He is well respected and his chief (Cyril Cusack) tells him he is soon to be promoted. His wife, Linda (Julie Christie) is a normal member of society, taking drugs
It’s 2019, and Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) and Jordan Two Delta (Scarlett Johansson) live in an enclosed, sterile, controlled, post-apocalyptic society where the only goal is to win the lottery and be sent to The Island, the last uncontaminated spot on Earth. But Lincoln is discontented and having nightmares, so he sneaks out, and
Winston Smith (John Hurt) is a clerk at the Ministry of Truth in the totalitarian state of Oceania. His job is to “correct” old newspapers to bring them into line with current reality. His every move is watched and controlled by Big Brother, the absolute leader. But Winston knows nothing of reality. He doesn’t know
In the near future, where corporations rule, the populous is kept docile with comfortable surroundings and the diversion of the brutal sport, rollerball. Jonathan E. (James Caan) is the greatest player the game has ever had, but before the playoffs, Bartholomew (John Houseman) of the Energy Corporation, tells him to retire. Not understanding why and bitter over