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Tangential Lives (2013)

Actors: Devon Ogden (actress), Andrew Pierno (actor), Andrew Pierno (director), Andrew Pierno (composer), Andrew Pierno (writer), Andrew Pierno (writer), Andrew Pierno (producer), Andrew Pierno (producer), Emilia Zoryan (actress), Stasya Knight (actor), Alex Towhidian (editor), Jon Spinola (actor), Marc Batte (director), Ron Henderson (actor),

Plot: Have you ever wondered what your life may have been like if you took that other path or chose another career? Tangential Lives explores two lives the same man could have led. One as a former hedge fund manager living in a San Diego high-rise, and the other as a writer finding his way to Tahoe to finish a novel. Playing with elements of science fiction and live theater the film is a character study of the resulting decisions, and the relationships that grow out of them.

Genres: Drama,

Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (2012)

Actors: Laura Bailey (actress), Monica Rial (actress), Eric Vale (actor), Jason Douglas (actor), Freddie Prinze Jr. (actor), Vic Mignogna (actor), Travis Willingham (actor), Todd Haberkorn (actor), Justin Cook (actor), Patrick Seitz (actor), Gen Fukunaga (producer), Justin Cook (producer), John Burgmeier (actor), Jamie Marchi (actress), Jerry Jewell (actor),

Plot: An untold chapter in the Mass Effect saga, following the early career of Alliance Marine, James Vega, as he leads a squad of elite special forces into battle against a mysterious alien threat known as The Collectors. Stationed at a colony in a remote star system, Vega and his troops must protect the inhabitants from an invasion of the deadly insectoid warriors determined to collect the population for unknown purposes. Soon after the attack, Vega's commanding officer falls in battle, forcing the young officer to embrace the responsibility of leadership for the colony's survival. Having idolized Earth's greatest hero and warrior, Commander Shepard (the central character in the Mass Effect video games), the young and idealistic Vega must now make life and the death decisions that will effect not only the lives of his squad, but the lives of every person in the colony - all of whom he has sworn to protect. Fighting valiantly for every life in his hands, Vega soon discovers the path of heroism is not as glamorous as he envisioned, and that victory in war always comes with a heavy price; the end of innocence, the sacrifice of one's ideals and ultimately, the loss of those closest to him.

Keywords: alien, anime, battle, prequel
Genres: Action, Animation, Sci-Fi,

To Hell We Ride (2009)

Actors: Brian Skiba (director), Brian Skiba (writer), Brian Skiba (producer), Brian Skiba (editor), Dominic Ross (actor), Dominic Ross (miscellaneous crew), Dominic Ross (producer), Richard Anderson (actor), Laurie Love (actress), Rick Dyer (actor), Laurie Love (producer), Laurie Love (miscellaneous crew), Kevin Tye (actor), Aaron Neal Trout (actor), Aaron Neal Trout (producer),

Genres: Action, Short,

Marines (2003)

Actors: Valentin Ganev (actor), Hristo Shopov (actor), Stephen Edwards (composer), Avi Lerner (producer), Danny Lerner (producer), Donald Bruce (miscellaneous crew), Atanas Srebrev (actor), Danny Dimbort (producer), David Varod (producer), Trevor Short (producer), Boaz Davidson (producer), Blake Busby (miscellaneous crew), Mark Ivanir (actor), Mark Roper (director), Vladimir Vladimirov (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Action, War,
Taglines: Courage has no limits.

Elisabeth von England (1983)

Actors: Katharina Brauren (actress), Erik Frey (actor), Maria Schell (actress), Birger Heymann (composer), Rudolf Noelte (director), Christian Quadflieg (actor), Ferdinand Bruckner (writer), Sebastian Baur (actor), Fred Kretzer (actor), Matthias Schuppli (actor),

Genres: ,

Quintet (1979)

Actors: Paul Newman (actor), Robert Altman (director), Ed Horwitz (miscellaneous crew), Robert Altman (writer), Lionel Chetwynd (writer), Vittorio Gassman (actor), Robert Altman (producer), Bibi Andersson (actress), Robert Altman (writer), Brigitte Fossey (actress), Fernando Rey (actor), Monique Mercure (actress), Allan F. Nicholls (producer), Ralph M. Leo (miscellaneous crew), Monique Champagne (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: In the distant future the world is in the grip of another ice age. A city originally built to house five million people is now in its death throes as the relentlessly advancing glacier is slowly crushing the metropolis's steel infrastructure. The relatively few surviving fur-clad inhabitants, perhaps thousands, perhaps only hundreds, drift aimlessly in their grim, drab world, awaiting their inevitable fate as they try to survive from day to day with scavenged firewood and minimal diet. Their only solaces are booza, an alcoholic drink distilled from moss, and Quintet, a seemingly innocuous board game for six players. The only other surviving mammals are roving packs of hungry mastiffs which roam the city's corridors and quickly dispose of the remains of the dead. Newly arrived from the south is Essex with his pregnant wife Vivia, seeking shelter in the doomed city only to find it populated by people middle-aged or older. They had supported themselves by hunting seals, but now that the last of the aquatic mammals has been killed off, they seek shelter in the apartment of Essex's brother, a renowned Quintet player. The new arrivals quickly learn that the game has a more sinister side.

Keywords: alcohol, armageddon, assumed-identity, avalanche, betrayal, board-game, canada-goose, casino, climate-change, dead-woman-with-eyes-open
Genres: Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: One man against the world.

Quotes:

Essex: Tell me, is Saint Christopher as good a player as they say he is?::Grigor: He is good, but too serious::Essex: and not very talkative.::Grigor: Talk? Oh, if it is talk you want, come with me Redstone [Essex is passing as Redstone] ; I know a place. We can have drinks, and talk...

Grigor: ...and talk about life.::Essex: The only thing I've seen is death, or the prospect of it.::Grigor: But that's what makes life worthwhile; every time you cheat death, you feel the pure thrill of life

Grigor: And that is what my job is; that is why I'm so content in this frozen world.::Essex: Tell me, exactly what is your job?::Grigor: to keep the game alive. The game is all that's important. The only intelligent expression left is the game of Quintet. All the elements of life are contained in it; our art, our philosophy, all things of value fit the game. The game is the only thing of value

Saint Christopher: You'll never understand the scheme until you're part of the scheme.::Essex: Are you telling me I will be?::Saint Christopher: Yes, at the exact moment it will be too late.

Goldstar: I find you despicable. I despise your arrogance.::Grigor: It is as planned.

Essex: It's not common for people to smile.

Saint Christopher: Hope is an obsolete word.

Vivia, Essex's Wife: [Passing a motionless body] Shouldn't we help him? He's going to freeze to death.::Essex: [Examining the body] He already has.

Ambrosia: Trying to find a meaning where there is none? Death is arbitrary.

Elisabeth von England (1961)

Actors: Bernhard Goetzke (actor), Carl Lange (actor), Monika Peitsch (actress), Otto Graf (actor), Else Ehser (actress), Peter Mosbacher (actor), Walter Ladengast (actor), Elisabeth Flickenschildt (actress), Kurt Jaggberg (actor), Jochen Schröder (actor), Hermann Schomberg (actor), Helmut Heyne (actor), Hans Bergmann (actor), Axel Monjé (actor), Carlo Kluge (actor),

Genres: ,

Perfect Strangers (1945)

Actors: Roland Culver (actor), Bill Shine (actor), Leslie Dwyer (actor), Alf Goddard (actor), Ivor Barnard (actor), Johnnie Schofield (actor), Peter Lawford (actor), Henry B. Longhurst (actor), Eliot Makeham (actor), Roger Moore (actor), Vincent Holman (actor), Bill Owen (actor), Edward Rigby (actor), Allan Jeayes (actor), Jack Vyvian (actor),

Plot: Robert and Catherine have a quiet little marriage until WWII separates them for three years. Serving in the navy dramatically transforms both of them and they realize how much they resented their old mundane life together. Both dread their inevitable reunion and separately decide to ask for a divorce, but is the marriage really over?

Keywords: 50th-anniversary, husband-wife-relationship, marriage, nurse, world-war-two
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Mr. Chips Is Back In A New Thrilling Romance!