Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. As complete a list of everything watched in 2018 as possible. This is just another independent mock documentary film in the same vein as blair witch. Best feature audience award, 2010 big easy film fest. Note that the content of my original note is now in the plot outline above. During a late night radio conspiracy show, a frantic caller claims human beings from the future are living on the moon, controlling our every action. But mathew avant accomplishes this feat with his instant science fiction documentary classic, lunopolis. Lunopolis is a 2010 american directtovideo science fiction film directed by matthew avant. The 10th annual scififantasy challenge list thread dvd. Master haroldand the boys 2010this version of athol fugards play stars ving rhames and freddie highmore. We also cover the latest adventure of vash the stampede when we look at the trigun movie.
Lunopolis is an independent movie written, produced and directed by matthew avant. Hilliard, born 1947 and one of the original astronauts on ae, discovers immortality and tries to expose lunopolis to the earth, but it doesnt work. Ive often mentioned that i enjoy mature animation that doesnt wallow in mature subject matter, which is rare outside of anime, and wrinkles fit that. Lunopolis fuses scifi with conspiracy, relaunching mockumentary style with an original twist of institutional authenticity. Lunopolis and of course, just until a couple of days ago, lunopolis was out of my reach. Found footage is a film subgenre in which all or a substantial part of the work is presented as if it were discovered film or video recordings.
Film buffs who double as conspiracy theorists may take a particular liking to the straighttodvd release lunopolis, which makes its debut this coming tuesday, october 11. Wrinkles 2011 this animated spanish film was a pleasant surprise, tackling sensitive topics like aging and mental illness with a deft hand and compassionate attention to its characters. Lunopolis 2010 found footage movie trailer found footage critic. In short order, we get friends with a certain amount of tension between them, a situation we really wouldnt want to be in, and things getting worse. I loved the scifi premise, i thought it was fairly unique. May 30, 2019 aliensufo alien and ufo found footage films database welcome to the most complete catalog of found footage films and found footage horror. Released 2009, lunopolis stars dave potter, jed himel, nathan avant, arte richard the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Two documentary filmmakers accidentally uncover the greatest moon secret the world has never known, and the powerful organization determined to keep it that way. Ambitious but too often amateurish, this had the potential to be a really good film. I even loved the brief sections of the film that broke down into flashbacks told in an almost comic book style way, with illustrations and animated drawings. Oct 31, 2015 netflix is adding a long list of movies and shows this november. Directed by matthew avant, the film features a cast that includes dave potter, jed himel, nathan avant and arte richard.
Two documentary filmmakers discover a mysterious device and begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the moon, time travel, and a very powerful organization who will stop at. With dave potter, jed himel, matthew avant, hal maynor. Lunopolis 2009 two filmmakers accidentally uncover a secret about the moon and anger the powerful corporation responsible for keeping the secret from getting out. Then suddenly i found it in a store in stockholm and i saw whats probably one of the finest mockumentaries made in a very long time. The film is presented in found footage style and takes place in the weeks preceding the rumored events of the 2012 prophecies. Lunopolis is a 2009 directtovideo science fiction film directed by matthew avant. Future vision award, 2010 glen rose neorelix film festival. Now numerous special interest discs are becoming available. Three mistreated employees hatch a plot to eliminate their bad bosses. A filmmaker, his girlfriend, his female colleague, and their rich producer are to spend a weekend making a documentary within an isolated haunted cottage in wales. The essentials collection five established classics from the master of suspense in one handy boxed set. Sep 10, 2011 lunopolis has won numerous awards including. Lunopolis 2010 found footage movie trailer youtube. Hilliard, born 1947 and one of the original astronauts on ae, discovers immortality and tries to.
Matthew avants looney lunopolis takes conspiracy to the nth. No recommendations found we dont have any recommendations for lunopolis right now. When two documentary filmmakers find evidence of a hidden base on the moon, they quickly become entangled in uncovering a secret history of earth that was meant to be long forgotten. The news spreads in all his body and his organs and he thinks with humor about the best way to reply. Aliensufo alien and ufo found footage films database welcome to the most complete catalog of found footage films and found footage horror.
After years of research, the atlantis endeavor mission is launched, establishing the twin cities of lunopolis and atlantis in the year 350 bc. After playing at what seems like countless festivals nashville, orlando, boston scifi, buffalo niagara, roswell ufo, shockerfest, acadiana, scifilondon and fantaspoa international porto alegre and even winning a. On december 9, 2012, twelve days before the date of the supposed mayanprophecized doomsday on december 21, a conspiracythemed radio show takes a call from a man who claims to work at area 51. Maincriticalresearchfailure related pages tv tropes. The enron scandal of the early 2000s was one of the largest and most notorious cases of corporate greed and corruption in history. Two documentary filmmakers discover news about the moon. The events on screen are typically seen through the camera of one or more of the characters involved, often accompanied by their realtime, offcamera commentary. There are currently 1628 films in the database since 1996.
I rather love moies than hate them and can find something good in almost everything ever produced. Lunopolis 2011 the mockumentary is a genre that expects us to believe in the impossible in the disguise of the possible. If there are people like this, i hope david cronenbergs film is as close as i ever get to them. Best director, 2010 fantastic planet film festival, sydney. This adaptation of a kotaro isaka novel is a different sort of puzzle film. Genre grandeur as above, see below 2014 past present. Dusk june 30dawn august 1st moviestv shows should be labeled scifi or fantasy from either or. Two documentary filmmakers discover a mysterious device and begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the moon, time travel, and. Recapits always sunny in philadelphia s 11 e 04 dee made a smut film recapits always sunny in philadelphia s 11 e 08 charlie catches a leprechaun recaplittlest pet shop. August 2, 2011 utterly drenched in the convoluted lore that exists within the world of ufocultists, fringescience theorists and antiestablishment. Movie criticism mostly foreign films, documentaries and independents.
May 24, 2016 i might add the newest star trek film by j. Full match wwe championship elimination chamber match. For added realism, the cinematography may be done by the actors themselves as they perform. Its characters are bloodless, their speech monotone. Dvds have grown to include more content than just films and television shows. Film enron the smartest guys in the room into film. Netflix is adding a long list of movies and shows this november.
Two documentary filmmakers discover news about the moon, which leads them down a dangerous path with a potentially real conspiracy theory. Dave potter, jed himel, nathan avant, arte richard, sarah. Other labels dont matter as long as there is at least a scifi or fantasy label from one of those sites. By that, im not suggesting that it needs hollywood any more than by amateurish im suggesting that i dont understand the context of the footage. Oct 04, 2011 movie criticism mostly foreign films, documentaries and independents. Fry is perfectly cast as wilde, a complicated man who loved his wife and children at the same time as he was scandalising london with lord alfred. That does seem like an appropriate greeting following the release of a brand new trigun anime film. The actors were all decent, the film quality good, and the few special effects.
Avant, shown at right, gives us a crew of documentary filmmakers, including himself, suddenly turned on by and to a possible coverup conspiracy involving everything from time travel and the spacetime continuum to a race of people an awfully lot like us living on the moon but periodically visiting earth, to. Lunopolis is a 2010 american science fiction film directed by matthew avant. He covers new movies, video releases, and occasional streaming choices. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for lunopolis 2010. Heres whats coming to, leaving netflix in november. During the recreation, nico offends luis who is surprised and shocked. Trust full movie suzan marie ghaleb, danny elacci, chelsea bennett duration. Dicks early 60s novels, magnolia, or babel, but the intersecting threads are happening at different. Matthew avants looney lunopolis takes conspiracy to the. Dec 31, 2011 lunopolis and of course, just until a couple of days ago, lunopolis was out of my reach. The flood of comic book hero movies continues with this weeks new dvd releases.
Good millennium 1989 not the best movie around due to some bad actingspecial effects, but definitely worth watching. For films that are made from genuine found footage and other sources, see category. There are very few films that redefine a genre, or redesign one at least. The first avenger one of the better origin stories out there for a comic book hero. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards. The following 194 pages are in this category, out of 194 total. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Oct 01, 2011 in what now seems like standard mocdoc fashion since blair witch, at least, mr. Posted on october 12, 2011 june 19, 2016 by kenneth george godwin.
Oct 31, 20 a filmmaker, his girlfriend, his female colleague, and their rich producer are to spend a weekend making a documentary within an isolated haunted cottage in wales. It has an interesting time travel element in which the future spock comes back to help a young james kirk defeat a romulan baddie by the name of nero. Lunopolis is a trashy, madeforconspiracytheorists mockumentary about people who have been secretly living on the moon for years. Usa 12 february 2010 boston science fiction film festival usa 11 october 2011. Two documentary filmmakers discover a mysterious device and begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the moon, time travel, and a very powerful organization who will stop at nothing to. This insightful documentary uses interviews and video footage to show how the american energy company grew hugely successful through dubious practices and creative accounting and how those responsible tried to get away with their crimes. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. The 10th annual scififantasy challenge list thread discussion thread rules.
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