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Super 8
2011 • 111 minutes • Colour • Paramount Pictures
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard, Gabriel Basso, Noah Emmerich, Zach Mills, Joel Courtney, Riley
Griffiths
In 1979, after the Air Force closes a section of Area 51, all materials are transported to a secure facility. A train carrying some of the
materials derails and something escapes from one of the cargo cars. A group of kids making movies with their super 8 cameras
accidentally capture what escapes on film.
Super Size Me
2004 • 99 minutes • Colour • Alliance Films Inc
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Cast: Morgan Spurlock, Daryl Isaacs, Lisa Ganjhu, Stephen Siegel, Bridget Bennett, Eric Rowley, Mark Fenton
In 2002, director Morgan Spurlock subjected himself to a diet based only in McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days and
without working out. His objective was to prove why most of the Americans are so fat, with many cases of obesity. He began the shootings
submitting himself to a complete check-up with three doctors, and along the weeks, he compared his weight and results of exams, coming
through a scary conclusion.
Supercross
2005 • 92 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox
Director: Steve Boyum
Cast: Steve Howey, Mike Vogel, Sophia Bush, Robert Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Robert Patrick, Aaron Carter, Jesse James
Set in the high-octane world of Supercross competition, the film tells the story of two brothers who overcome emotional and physical
obstacles to achieve success as racers. The brothers’ conflicts are magnified by their different life choices and their decision to become
competitors and rivals.
Superman
1978 • 143 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Margot Kidder
When the young boy from Krypton is rescued by the Kents, they adopt him and raise him as their son. The boy, Clark Kent, grows up to
become Superman. A confrontation between criminal genius Lex Luthor and the man of steel ensues when Luther attempts to send
California into the Pacific.
Superman Returns
2006 • 154 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Brandon Routh, Stephan Bender, Kate Bosworth, Marlon Brando, Sam Huntington, James Karen, Frank Langella, James Marsden
After a long visit to the lost remains of the planet Krypton, the Man of Steel returns to Earth to become the people's savior once again and
reclaim the love of Lois Lane.
Superstar
1999 • 81 minutes • Colour • Paramount Pictures
Director: Bruce McCulloch
Cast: Molly Shannon, Wil Ferrell, Elaine Hendrix, Glunis Johns
Yet another SNL skit-turned movie. In this one, Molly Shannon plays nerdy Catholic schoolgirl, Mary Katherine Gallagher, who's dreaming
of superstardom.
Surviving Christmas
2004 • 90 minutes • Colour • DreamWorks
Director: Mike Mitchell
Cast: Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Josh Zuckerman, Bill Macy, Danielle Panabaker
Drew Latham is an executive leading an empty, shallow life with only wealth on his side. Facing another lonely Christmas ahead, Drew
wants to revisit his old childhood home and possibly relive some old holiday memories. But when he arrives, he finds that the house he
was razed in is no longer the home he grew up in. Inhabited by another family, Drew offers a nice financial reward that has the family
ringing. But is Drew's generous cash offer only the beginning of an annoying visitor who's a little too overeager to celebrate Christmas
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