Movie Suggestions

Brief (not very good) synopsis:

Thinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators.

Longer, a bit spoilery synopsis:

Somewhat cheesy trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmSsXoPxi0M

One of my all time favorite science fiction films, and a surprisingly prescient one. It's a film that assumes its viewers are intelligent people and doesn't feel like it needs to spoon-feed them everything. It's very much about letting the story unfold through realistic dialogue.

It's also beautifully shot in the super wide 2.35 : 1 Cinemascope format.

The cast was mostly unknown at the time, although National Treasure James Hong (always use his full title) has a small role, as does Marion Ross, later to be the mom on Happy Days. The lead, German actor Eric Braeden, went on to have an extremely long career on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

The director is Joseph Sargent, who I always think of as the director of the Star Trek TOS episode The Corbomite Maneuver, but he's probably more known as the director of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. It's based on the first of three novels by D. F. Jones and the screenplay, written by James Bridges (The Paper Chase, The China Syndrome) is surprisingly faithful to it.

Also, a cool bit of trivia: Every piece of computer equipment in the film was functional and they had to have a huge AC to cool it all.

It is watchable on the Internet Archive. I'm guessing linking to it is not okay, but you can find it there.

Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes.

And now, I'm off to rewatch it!

Saw this last night, and it was fantastic. Over the top combination of seriousness and humor, great practical effects, puppetry, and costumes.

"Based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events, THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE is an action-comedy that tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly "ungentlemanly" fighting techniques. Ultimately their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British SAS and modern Black Ops warfare."

Thelma Post is a 93-year-old grandmother who loses $10,000 to a con artist on the phone. With help from a friend and his motorized scooter, she soon embarks on a treacherous journey across Los Angeles to reclaim what was taken from her.

A low budget film from Joel Haver.

I kind of ignored his feature length uploads after not liking one I saw before but I was surprised by how much I liked this. The premise is very unique and the characters are well-written. Worth a watch!

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I like the actresses and actors, especially John Cusack (who is just a fantastic actor in general) and Jack Black, who stands out in another role that just feels like it's made for him (the other being School of Rock).

The film also makes good use of its soundtrack and music in general and has some funny scenes, along with a simple but well paced main plot.