2011, the year of bad movie titles
cowboys and aliens
bonnie and clyde vs dracula
hobo with a shotgun
.
cowboys and aliens
health/ toxins among us:
homotoxicus
the story of cosmetics .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfq000AF1i8&feature=relmfu
the beautiful truth
food:
vanishing of the bees
(cause: fungus-virus combination)
food, inc
food matters
black gold
king corn
future of food
the end of the line
water:
blue gold
flow
the story of bottled water . (youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se12y9hSOM0&feature=relmfu
tapped
energy / fuel / alt energy/ green building:
300 years of fossil fuels .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w&feature=related
e2 .(the pbs series. every episode is important to see)
solar energy
coal: burning the future
fuel
gasland
crude
the green builders
environment:
an inconvenient truth
kilowatt ours
home
the human footprint
the 11th hour
the unforeseen
resources:
dirt
capitalism/ consumerism:
the story of stuff .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM&feature=related
the corporation
the story of electronics .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW_7i6T_H78&feature=related
walmart, the high cost of low prices
buy, use, toss .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrbwhrc5gq0
capitalism. a love story
no end in sight
commanding heights
politics/ economics:
inside job
21st century enlightenment .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7ANGMy0yo
starve the beast by thom hartmann . (youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MhoCzYN0yk
the story of cap and trade .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA6FSy6EKrM&feature=relmfu
economic warning .(frontline)
the coming collapse of the middle class .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A
economics. a brief history of the current situation .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQItB5uoiHI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQItB5uoiHI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWRvo&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7ANGMy0yo&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0&feature=related
the crisis of capitalism .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0
invisible empire
enron. the smartest guys in the room
truth about the economy/ total collapse .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cziN3gt-hic
why societies collapse by jared diamond .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IESYMFtLIis
collapse
fdr "fala" speech .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gztvtSyTdY
war:
the fog of war
why we fight
education:
waiting for superman
the secret powers of time .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg
changing education paradigms .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
media:
freakonomics
outfoxed
the great shlep .(youtube)
the yes men
religion:
religulous
the evolution of religions by jared diamond .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOsOb0QRaQs
other:
why good ideas are never heard .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU
hope:
the empathic civilization .(rsa animate) .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g
smile or die .(rsa animate) .(youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWRvo
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so what defines a cult movie?
is it one you watch over and over with friends and repeat lines at school or at work? is it one that epitomizes an era, a movement or a group of people? or is it just a popular independent film? or an unpopular mainstream movie that eventually finds it's niche. maybe one that catches your attention early in the film and lets you enjoy the very unique ride? cult movies definitely don't follow the typical hollywood formula, or spend millions on sets or famous actors. cult movies used to be defined as low-budget '50's horror movies, or B movies that, later, became popular. the best i can describe them is interesting films that present an unexpected story in a unique way that somehow finds their way into our hearts and minds.
some of these movies are classic, some are retro (baby boomers and the late baby boomer generation, also referred to as "toddler boomers"), many are from generationX, some are from generation dot com (also referred to as "generation question mark") and a few are from the echo generation.
they are in no particular order.
• repo man
• memento
• tank girl
• blade (the first one)
• trainspotting
• wild at heart
• swingers
• the big lebowsky
• the big night (trust me, you'll be eating italian food afterwards)
• the royal tenenbaums
• baseketball (1/2 south path, 1/2 airplane)
• better off dead
• say anything ...
• garden state (awesome! unexpected. a great movie about life, even though it was in jersey.)
• the adventures of buckaroo bonzai across the 8th dimension
• the breakfast club
• the princess bride
• bill and ted's excellent adventure
• there's something about mary
• office space
• the crow
• heat (yes... the bank scene)
•pulp fiction
• true romance
• stigmata
• the matrix
• so close (matrix-style action with a sexy side. japanese)
• the outsiders
• casablanca
• rebel without a cause
• breakfast at tiffany's
• harold and maude
• raising arizona
• o brother where art thou?
• the rocky horror picture show
• the adventures of priscilla, queen of the desert
• slacker
• eurotrip
• being there
• animal house
• airplane!
• top secret
• history of the world, part1
• blazing saddles
• spaceballs
• ferris bueller's day off
• the gods must be crazy
• this is spinal tap
• monty python and the holy grail (just don't repeat every line, it's against most city ordinances)
• a fish called wanda
• best in show
• death to smoochie
• the big hit (mark wahlberg. action-comedy)
• tommy boy
• american pie
• clerks
• mallrats
• dazed and confused
• reality bites
• singles
• high fidelity
• sideways
• napoleon dynamite
• road trip
• dodgeball
• the 40 year-old virgin
• highlander (the first one)
• brain donors (if you like the marx brothers humor, you'll love this)
• heathers
• fight club
• kill bill, vol 1&2
• blade runner
• a bronx tale
• the hudsucker proxy
• the butcher's wife (a fate-oriented, random-circumstance, love story. demi moore.1991)
• ready to wear (about the fashion industry)
• thelma & louise
• the sweetest thing (a chick flick with a few 'guy' elements)
• when harry met sally ...
• the fifth element
• the adventures of jake speed (from the '80's)
• pee-wee's big adventure
• yellow beard
• big trouble
• van wilder
• harold and kumar go to white castle
• fast times at ridgemont high
• austin powers, international man of mystery (1&2, not 3)
• buffy the vampire slayer (the original movie, not the series)
• flirting with disaster
• the day trippers
• groundhog day
• krull (and i don't mean 'kull' with kevin sorbo)
• dragon slayer
• galaxy quest (mostly just for trekkies)
• time bandits
• the big chill
• half-baked
• UHF
• amazon women on the moon
• attack of the killer tomatoes (a slow movie, but very cheesy)
• the adventures of baron von munchausen (kids)
• mystery science theatre 3000 (the movie or tv show)
• idle hands
• be kind, rewind
• juno
• scot pilgrim
• little britain (uk. tv.)
• coupling (uk. tv.)
• renaissance (black and white animation)
• the secret of kells (incredible animation)
others ?
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