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ALF (TV series)

***ALF*** is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986, to March 24, 1990.

The title character is ALF (an acronym for "**A**lien **L**ife **F**orm" whose real name is Gordon Shumway) who crash-lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family. The series stars Max Wright as father Willie Tanner, Anne Schedeen as mother Kate Tanner and Andrea Elson and Benji Gregory as their children, Lynn and Brian Tanner. ALF was performed by puppeteer Paul Fusco, who co-created the show with Tom Patchett.

Produced by Alien Productions, *ALF* originally ran for four seasons and produced 99 episodes, including three one-hour episodes ("Try to Remember", "ALF's Special Christmas" and "Tonight, Tonight") that were divided into two parts for syndication, totaling 102 episodes. The series proper concluded with an unresolved cliffhanger, but the later TV movie, *Project: ALF*, provided a series finale for the franchise.

In August 2018, Warner Bros. Television announced development of an *ALF* reboot. These plans were cancelled in November 2018.
A Very Brady Sequel

***A Very Brady Sequel*** is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Arlene Sanford (in her feature film directorial debut), with a screenplay by Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, James Berg and Stan Zimmerman, and starring Shelley Long, Gary Cole and Tim Matheson. It also features cameos from RuPaul, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rosie O'Donnell, Barbara Eden, David Spade, and Richard Belzer. Sequel to *The Brady Bunch Movie* (1995), it followed its predecessor by placing the 1970s Brady Bunch family in a contemporary 1990s setting, where much of the humor is derived from the resulting culture clash and the utter lack of awareness they show toward their relatively unusual lifestyle.

*A Very Brady Sequel* was released on August 23, 1996. The film received mixed reviews and earned less than half of what *The Brady Bunch Movie* did at the box office. A second sequel, the made-for-television feature *The Brady Bunch in the White House*, aired in November 2002.
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones Cover

## Lyrics

I can't get no satisfaction

I can't get no satisfaction

'Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try

I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm driving in my car

When a man come on the radio

He's telling me more and more

About some useless information

Supposed to fire my imagination

I can't get no, oh, no, no, no, hey, hey, hey

That's what I say

I can't get no satisfaction

I can't get no satisfaction

'Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try

I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm watchin' my TV

And a man comes on and tells me

How white my shirts can be

But, he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke

The same cigarettes as me

I can't get no, oh, no, no, no, hey, hey, hey

That's what I say

I can't get no satisfaction

I can't get no girl reaction

'Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try

I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm ridin' 'round the world

And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that

And I'm tryin' to make some girl, who tells me

Baby, better come back maybe next week

Can't you see I'm on a losing streak?

I can't get no, oh, no, no, no, hey, hey, hey

That's what I say

I can't get no, I can't get no

I can't get no satisfaction, no satisfaction

No satisfaction, no satisfaction

I can't get no
7th Heaven (TV series)

***7th Heaven*** is an American family drama television series created and produced by Brenda Hampton that centers on the Camden family and their lives in the fictional town of Glenoak, California. The series debuted on August 26, 1996, on The WB, where it aired for ten seasons, making it the longest running series in the history of the network. Following the shutdown of The WB and its merger with UPN to form The CW, the series aired on the new network on September 25, 2006, for its eleventh and final season, airing its final episode on May 13, 2007. *7th Heaven* was the last series to be produced by Spelling Television (later produced by CBS Paramount Network Television for the eleventh and final season) before it was shut down and became an in-name-only unit of CBS Television Studios.
102 Dalmatians

***102 Dalmatians*** is a 2000 American crime comedy film directed by Kevin Lima in his live-action directorial debut and produced by Edward S. Feldman and Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to the 1996 film *101 Dalmatians*, a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated film of the same name, it stars Glenn Close reprising her role as Cruella de Vil as she attempts to steal puppies for her "grandest" fur coat yet. Close and Tim McInnerny were the only two actors from the first film to return for the sequel. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, but was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

A reboot film, *Cruella*, was released on May 28, 2021 with Emma Stone in the title role and Close acting as an executive producer.
A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)

***A Tale of Two Cities*** is a 1935 film based upon Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel, *A Tale of Two Cities*, set in London and Paris. The film stars Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton and Elizabeth Allan as Lucie Manette. The supporting players include Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Lucille La Verne, Blanche Yurka, Henry B. Walthall and Donald Woods. It was directed by Jack Conway from a screenplay by W. P. Lipscomb and S. N. Behrman. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Film Editing.

The story is set in France and England and spans several years before and during the French Revolution. It deals with the evils that precipitated the Revolution and with an innocent family and their friends caught up in the horrors of the Terror. Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat who has rejected his rank and moved to England, and Sidney Carton, an alcoholic English advocate, both fall in love with Lucie Manette. Lucie has brought her father to England to recover from 18 years of unjust imprisonment in the Bastille. Lucie befriends Carton and later marries Darnay. In the end, Carton saves Darnay's life by taking his place at the guillotine. The film is generally regarded as the best cinematic version of Dickens' novel and one of the best performances of Colman's career.
A Mighty Wind

***A Mighty Wind*** is a 2003 American mockumentary comedy film about a folk music reunion concert in which three folk bands reunite for a television performance for the first time in decades. The film was co-written (with Eugene Levy), directed, and composed by Christopher Guest. The film is widely acknowledged to reference folk music producer Harold Leventhal as the inspiration for the character of Irving Steinbloom. More broadly, the film parodies the American folk music revival of the early 1960s and its personalities.

Guest co-stars and reunites many of his company of actors from *This Is Spinal Tap*, *Waiting for Guffman*, and *Best in Show* for this film. They include Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Jane Lynch and Parker Posey.
10 Things I Hate About You

***10 Things I Hate About You*** is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger and starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik. The screenplay, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, is a modernization of William Shakespeare's late-16th-century comedy *The Taming of the Shrew*, retold in a late-1990s American high school setting. In the story, new student Cameron (Gordon-Levitt) is smitten with Bianca (Oleynik) and, in order to get around her father's strict rules on dating, attempts to get bad boy Patrick (Ledger) to date Bianca's ill-tempered sister, Kat (Stiles). The film is titled after a poem written by Kat about her bittersweet romance with Patrick. Much of the filming took place in the Seattle metropolitan area, with many scenes shot at Stadium High School in Tacoma.

Released March 31, 1999, *10 Things I Hate About You* grossed $60 million and received generally positive reviews from critics. It was a breakthrough role for Stiles, Ledger, and Gordon-Levitt, all of whom were nominated for various teen-oriented awards. Ten years later, the film was adapted into a television series of the same title, which ran for twenty episodes and featured Larry Miller reprising his role as Walter Stratford from the film.
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation

***Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation*** is a 2007 arcade-style combat flight simulation video game developed by Project Aces and published by Namco Bandai Games exclusively for the Xbox 360 (it was made backwards compatible with the Xbox One in 2019 and the Xbox Series X/S in 2020). It is the seventh installment of the *Ace Combat* franchise, the first game in the franchise to not see a release on a PlayStation platform as had been done with previous titles, and the first game in the franchise to include downloadable content. Like other titles in Namco's *Ace Combat* series, *Ace Combat 6* features standard gameplay from the series that mixes arcade flight with authentic flight simulation.

While the game encompasses a variety of licensed, real-world fighter jets and aircraft, the game's story takes place within Strangereal, the fictional world setting of the series. The game's main campaign focuses on the sudden invasion of a nation by its neighbours, and the subsequent efforts by its armed forces to retake back their country and its capitol, with players taking command of the pilot of a two-plane squadron that assists in this effort. Unlike other games in the series in which the events are narrated from a single perceptive, the story's events are interlaced with a series of side-stories told by various figures, describing their personal struggles and opinions regarding the ongoing conflict as it progresses.

While gameplay elements from previous titles persist in *Ace Combat 6*, the game's main campaign features more extensively detailed missions. New elements include the majority of single-player missions featuring a multitude of objectives to complete, in which players need only achieve a certain quota of these to progress to the later stages of a mission, and the ability to call in support from allied units during a mission. The game received generally favourable reviews upon release.
A Fistful of Dollars

***A Fistful of Dollars*** (Italian: *Per un pugno di dollari*, lit. 'For a Fistful of Dollars' titled on-screen as ***Fistful of Dollars***) is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside John Wells, Marianne Koch, W. Lukschy, S. Rupp, Jose Calvo, Antonio Prieto, and Joe Edger. The film, an international co-production between Italy, West Germany, and Spain, was filmed on a low budget (reported to be $200,000), and Eastwood was paid $15,000 for his role.

Released in Italy in 1964 and then in the United States in 1967, it initiated the popularity of the Spaghetti Western genre. It was followed by *For a Few Dollars More* and *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*, also starring Eastwood. Collectively, the films are known as the "*Dollars Trilogy*", or the "*Man with No Name Trilogy*" after the United Artists publicity campaign referred to Eastwood's character in all three films as the "Man with No Name". All three films were later released in sequence in the United States in 1967, catapulting Eastwood into stardom. The film has been identified as an unofficial remake of the Akira Kurosawa film *Yojimbo* (1961), which resulted in a successful lawsuit by Toho, *Yojimbo*'s production company.[*citation needed*]

As few Spaghetti Westerns had yet been released in the United States, many of the European cast and crew took on American-sounding stage names. These included Leone himself ("Bob Robertson"), Gian Maria Volonté ("Johnny Wels"), and composer Ennio Morricone ("Dan Savio"). *A Fistful of Dollars* was shot in Spain, mostly near Hoyo de Manzanares close to Madrid, but also (like its two sequels) in the Tabernas Desert and in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, both in the province of Almería.
Absence of Malice

***Absence of Malice*** is a 1981 American drama neo noir thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, Wilford Brimley, Melinda Dillon and Bob Balaban.

The title refers to one of the defenses against libel defamation, and is used in journalism classes to illustrate the conflict between disclosing damaging personal information and the public's right to know.
1989 (Taylor Swift album)

***1989*** is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 27, 2014, by Big Machine Records. After music critics questioned her status as a country musician following her pop and electronic-influenced fourth studio album *Red* (2012), Swift was inspired by 1980s synth-pop to recalibrate her artistry from country to pop music. On *1989*, titled after her birth year to signify her symbolic artistic rebirth, Swift enlisted Max Martin as co-executive producer.

The album's synth-pop sound is characterized by heavy synthesizers, programmed drums, and processed backing vocals. The songs, expanding on Swift's songwriting practice taking inspiration from her personal life, express lighthearted perspectives towards failed relationships, departing from her previous hostile attitude. Swift and Big Machine promoted the album extensively through product endorsements, television, radio appearances and social media. They pulled *1989* from free streaming services such as Spotify, prompting an industry discourse on the impact of streaming on music sales.

After the album's release, Swift embarked on the 1989 World Tour, which was the highest-grossing tour of 2015. The album was supported by seven singles, including three US *Billboard* Hot 100 number ones: "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". Critics praised *1989* for its emotion and melodies but a few were concerned over the synth-pop production, as they felt it eroded Swift's authenticity as a songwriter due to pop music's capitalist nature. The album appeared on several publications' lists of the best albums of the 2010s and featured in *Rolling Stone*'s 2020 revision of their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

At the 58th Grammy Awards in 2016, *1989* won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, making Swift the first female solo artist to win Album of the Year twice. In the US, *1989* spent 11 weeks atop the *Billboard* 200 and was certified ninefold platinum the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It also earned multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, and the UK, and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Retrospective commentaries regard *1989* as a key success in transforming Swift's image to that of a pop icon, but also highlighted how her artistic integrity and public image suffered from increasing media scrutiny. Various publications listed *1989* as one of the best albums of the 2010s decade, with *Rolling Stone* and *Consequence* ranking it amongst the best of all time.
A Clockwork Orange (film)

***A Clockwork Orange*** is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian near-future Britain.

Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the central character, is a charismatic, antisocial delinquent whose interests include classical music (especially Beethoven), committing rape, theft and what is termed "ultra-violence". He leads a small gang of thugs, Pete (Michael Tarn), Georgie (James Marcus), and Dim (Warren Clarke), whom he calls his *droogs* (from the Russian word друг, "friend", "buddy"). The film chronicles the horrific crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted rehabilitation via an experimental psychological conditioning technique (the "Ludovico Technique") promoted by the Minister of the Interior (Anthony Sharp). Alex narrates most of the film in Nadsat, a fractured adolescent slang composed of Slavic languages (especially Russian), English, and Cockney rhyming slang.

The film premiered in New York City on 19 December 1971 and was released in the United Kingdom on 13 January 1972. The film was met with polarised reviews from critics and was controversial due to its depictions of graphic violence. After it was cited as having inspired copycat acts of violence, the film was later withdrawn from British cinemas at Kubrick's behest, and it was also banned in several other countries. In the years following, the film underwent a critical re-evaluation and gained a cult following. It received several awards and nominations, including four nominations at the 44th Academy Awards.

In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley Cover

## Lyrics

A little less conversation, a little more action, please

All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me

A little more bite and a little less bark

A little less fight and a little more spark

Close your mouth and open up your heart and, baby, satisfy me

Satisfy me, baby

Baby, close your eyes and listen to the music

Drifting through a summer breeze

It's a groovy night and I can show you how to use it

Come along with me and put your mind at ease

A little less conversation, a little more action, please

All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me

A little more bite and a little less bark

A little less fight and a little more spark

Close your mouth and open up your heart and, baby, satisfy me

(Satisfy me) Satisfy me, baby (satisfy me)

Come on, baby, I'm tired of talking

Grab your coat and let's start walking

Come on, come on (come on, come on)

Come on, come on (come on, come on)

Come on, come on (come on, come on)

Don't procrastinate, don't articulate

Girl, it's getting late, gettin' upset waitin' around

A little less conversation, a little more action, please

All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me

A little more bite and a little less bark

A little less fight and a little more spark

Close your mouth and open up your heart and, baby, satisfy me

(Satisfy me) Satisfy me, baby (satisfy me)

Come on, baby, I'm tired of talking

Grab your coat and let's start walking

Come on, come on (come on, come on)

Come on, come on (come on, come on)

Come on, come on (come on, come on)

Don't procrastinate, don't articulate

Girl, it's getting late, gettin' upset waitin' around

A little less conversation, a little more action, please

All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me

A little more bite and a little less bark

A little less fight and a little more spark

Close your mouth and open up your heart and, baby, satisfy me

(Satisfy me) Satisfy me (satisfy me)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (video game)

***Aaahh!!! Real Monsters*** is an action-adventure platform game developed by Realtime Associates and published by Viacom New Media in 1995 for the Sega Genesis and SNES based on the American animated series of the same name on Nickelodeon. In order to graduate from Monster Academy, three young monsters, Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm, need to pass their Monster Midterm Exam. This test has them scaring a number of people that their headmaster, the Gromble, orders them to scare in order to pass the exam.
A Long-Time Love Song - Bruce Cockburn Cover

## Lyrics

Can't trace this conversation

Words fragment and fall

Into blue shadows by a white-baked wall

Through shimmering spaces a single thrush calls

A song when it's over is no song at all

And you know I long to feel that sail

Leaping in the wind

And I long to see what lies beyond that rim

Oh, ever-new lover and friend

Sing me that love song again

Time measured in summersaults

And flickering kids' play

Cross-world and southward it's a fine summer day

Translucent life-span evaporates away

To bead on the cool grass in a cyclic ballet
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

***Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown*** is an arcade-style combat flight simulation video game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. An entry in the *Ace Combat* series, it was released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in January 2019, and for Microsoft Windows the following month. The game features support for virtual reality, offering a set of missions developed for the PlayStation VR headset, as well as several downloadable content packs offering new missions.
ABBA: You Can Dance

***ABBA: You Can Dance*** is a dance rhythm game for the Wii, developed and published by the French gaming company Ubisoft. It was released on November 15, 2011, in North America, November 24, 2011 in Australia and November 25, 2011, in Europe. The game is a spin-off of the *Just Dance* series, and features 26 songs by the Swedish pop group ABBA and includes a "Karaoke Mode" which allows 2 players to sing via USB microphones.
3 Godfathers (1948 film)

***3 Godfathers*** is a 1948 American Western film directed by John Ford and filmed (although not set) primarily in Death Valley, California. The screenplay, written by Frank S. Nugent and Laurence Stallings, is based on the 1913 novelette *The Three Godfathers* by Peter B. Kyne. The story is something of a retelling of the story of the Three Wise Men in an American Western context.

Ford had already adapted the novelette once before in *Marked Men* (1919)—a silent film thought to be lost today. He decided to remake the story in Technicolor and dedicate the film to the memory of long-time friend Harry Carey, who starred in the previous movie. Carey's son, Harry Carey, Jr., plays one of the title roles in this 1948 film.
300 (film)

***300*** is a 2007 American epic historical action film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. Both are fictionalized retellings of the Battle of Thermopylae in the Persian Wars. The film was co-written and directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant. It was filmed mostly with a superimposition chroma key technique to replicate the imagery of the original comic book.

The plot revolves around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), who leads 300 Spartans into battle against the Persian "God-King" Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his invading army of more than 300,000 soldiers. As the battle rages, Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) attempts to rally support in Sparta for her husband. The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the Spartan soldier Dilios (David Wenham). Through this narrative technique, various fantastical creatures are introduced, placing *300* within the genre of historical fantasy.

*300* premiered at the Austin Butt-Numb-A-Thon on December 9, 2006, and was released at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2007, before being released in both conventional and IMAX 8 in the United States on March 9, 2007, and on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and HD DVD on July 31, 2007. The film received mixed reviews, with critics praising its visuals and style but criticizing its depiction of the Persians, which some characterized as bigoted or Iranophobic. Grossing over $456 million, the film's opening was the 24th-largest in box office history at the time. A sequel, titled *Rise of an Empire*, based on Miller's previously unpublished graphic novel prequel *Xerxes*, was released on March 7, 2014.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

***A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors*** is a 1987 American fantasy slasher film directed by Chuck Russell. The story was developed by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner and is the third installment in the *Nightmare on Elm Street* franchise and stars Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Larry Fishburne, Priscilla Pointer, Craig Wasson, and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger.

*Dream Warriors* was theatrically released on February 27, 1987, and grossed $44.8 million domestically on a budget of over $4 million. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and is considered by many to be one of the best films in the *Elm Street* series.

The film was preceded by *A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge* (1985) and followed by *A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master* (1988).
A Simple Wish

***A Simple Wish*** (also known as ***The Fairy Godmother***) is a 1997 American children's-fantasy-comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, and starring Martin Short, Mara Wilson, and Kathleen Turner. The film is about a bumbling male fairy godmother named Murray (Short), who tries to help Annabel (Wilson) fulfill her wish that her father, a carriage driver, wins the leading role in a Broadway musical.

It was the last film from director Michael Ritchie before his death in 2001.
Aaron's Party (Come Get It)

***Aaron's Party (Come Get It)*** is the second studio album by American pop singer Aaron Carter. It serves as the follow-up to his international debut album. *Aaron's Party* was released in the fall of 2000 becoming his first album under Jive Records. The album was also certified 3× platinum by the RIAA for selling over 3 million copies in the United States, making it Carter's most successful album.
Ad Astra (film)

***Ad Astra*** (Latin for 'To the Stars') is a 2019 American science fiction film produced, co-written, and directed by James Gray. Starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland, it follows an astronaut who ventures into space in search of his lost father, whose obsession at all costs to find intelligent alien life threatens the solar system and all life on Earth. The project was announced in early 2016, with Gray saying he wanted to feature "the most realistic depiction of space travel that's been put in a movie". Pitt signed on to star in April 2017 and the rest of the cast joined later that year. Filming began around Los Angeles that August, lasting through October.

*Ad Astra* premiered at the Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 20, 2019, by 20th Century Fox. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Pitt's performance. At the 92nd Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Sound Mixing. The film grossed $135 million worldwide against an $80–100 million budget.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)

***20,000 Leagues Under the Sea*** is a 1954 American Technicolor science fiction-adventure film and one of the first features shot in CinemaScope. It was personally produced by Walt Disney through Walt Disney Productions, directed by Richard Fleischer, and stars Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre. It was also the first feature-length Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. The film is adapted from Jules Verne's 1870 novel *Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*.

The film was a critical and commercial success, being especially remembered for the fight with a giant squid, and Mason's definitive performance as the charismatic anti-hero Captain Nemo. It won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects. It is considered an early precursor of the steampunk genre.
A Squirrel in the Park

A Squirrel in the Park is the debut video in Impressionist Thomas Bonilla's Voice Acting YouTube Channel. It begins with at the time 11 year old Thomas Bonilla making his first appearance on YouTube in the park.

'Thus, A Legend is Born

## Starring

* Thomas Bonilla
* Emily Boyd
* Shawn Kent
* Rachel Rudd
* Cory Barnes

## Filming Location

Northeast Creek Park in Jacksonville, North Carolina
1941 (film)

***1941*** is a 1979 American period war comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It features an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Stack and Mickey Rourke in his film debut. The story involves a panic in the Los Angeles area after the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

Although not as financially or critically successful as many of Spielberg's other films, it received belated popularity after an expanded version aired on ABC and its subsequent broadcasts on cable television and home video reissues, raising it to cult status.

Co-writer Gale stated the plot is loosely based on what has come to be known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1941 as well as the bombardment of the Ellwood oil refinery, near Santa Barbara, by a Japanese submarine. Many other events in the film were based on real incidents, including the Zoot Suit Riots and an incident in which the U.S. Army placed an anti-aircraft gun in a homeowner's yard on the Maine coast.
101 Dalmatians (1996 film)

***101 Dalmatians*** is a 1996 American adventure comedy film. The film is a live-action adaptation of Walt Disney’s 1961 animated film of almost the same name, itself an adaptation of Dodie Smith's 1956 novel *The Hundred and One Dalmatians.* Directed by Stephen Herek and co-produced by John Hughes and Ricardo Mestres, it stars Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie, Mark Williams, and Tim McInnerny. Unlike the 1961 film, none of the animals have speaking voices in this version.

*101 Dalmatians* was released on November 27, 1996. It grossed $320 million in theaters against a $67 million budget, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of 1996. Close was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, while the film was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair. A sequel, *102 Dalmatians*, was released on November 22, 2000, with Close and McInnerny reprising their roles while a reboot, *Cruella*, directed by Craig Gillespie was released on May 28, 2021.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)

***A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*** is a 1966 period musical comedy film, directed by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford reprising their stage roles. It also features Buster Keaton in his final screen role; Phil Silvers, for whom the stage musical was originally intended; and regular Lester collaborators Michael Crawford, Michael Hordern, and Roy Kinnear.

The film was adapted for the screen by Melvin Frank and Michael Pertwee from the stage musical of the same name with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, which was inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (251–183 BC) – specifically *Pseudolus*, *Miles Gloriosus*, and *Mostellaria* – and tells the bawdy story of a slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door.
A Dog's Journey (film)

***A Dog's Journey*** is a 2019 American adventure comedy-drama film directed by Gail Mancuso in her feature film directorial debut and written by W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Maya Forbes, and Wally Wolodarsky. The film is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Cameron and is the sequel to the 2017 film *A Dog's Purpose*. The film stars Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, Marg Helgenberger, Betty Gilpin, Kathryn Prescott, and Henry Lau.

The film is a co-production between Amblin Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment, Walden Media, and Alibaba Pictures and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on May 17, 2019.
A Day at the Races (film)

***A Day at the Races*** is a 1937 American comedy film, and the seventh film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx and Chico Marx), with Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan and Margaret Dumont. Like their previous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature *A Night at the Opera*, this film was a major hit.
8 Seconds

***8 Seconds*** is a 1994 American contemporary Western biographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen. Its title refers to the length of time a bull rider is required to stay on for a ride to be scored. It stars Luke Perry as American rodeo legend Lane Frost and focuses on his life and career as a bull riding champion. It also features Stephen Baldwin as Tuff Hedeman, and Red Mitchell as Cody Lambert.

The film was completed and premiered shortly after what would have been Frost's 30th birthday, in late 1993.
12 Years a Slave (film)

***12 Years a Slave*** is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir *Twelve Years a Slave* by David Wilson, about a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly edition of Wilsons version of Northup's story co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon, carefully retraced and attempted to validate the account and concluded it to be somewhat inaccurate.

Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup. Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong'o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Alfre Woodard feature in supporting roles. Principal photography took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 27 to August 13, 2012. The locations used were four historic antebellum plantations: Felicity, Bocage, Destrehan, and Magnolia. Of the four, Magnolia is nearest to the actual plantation where Northup was held.

*12 Years a Slave* received widespread critical acclaim and was named the best film of 2013 by several media outlets and critics, and it earned over $187 million on a production budget of $22 million. The film received nine Academy Award nominations, winning for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay for Ridley, and Best Supporting Actress for Nyong'o. The Best Picture win made McQueen the first black British producer to ever receive the award and the first black British director of a Best Picture winner. The film was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts recognized it with the BAFTA Awards for Best Film and Best Actor for Ejiofor. The film was later named the 44th greatest film since 2000 in a BBC poll of 177 critics in 2016.
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)

***A Streetcar Named Desire*** is a 1951 American Southern Gothic drama film, adapted from Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. It is directed by Elia Kazan, and stars Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. The film tells the story of a southern belle, Blanche DuBois, who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her aristocratic background seeking refuge with her sister and brother-in-law in a dilapidated New Orleans apartment building. The original Broadway production and cast was converted to film, albeit with several changes.

Tennessee Williams collaborated with Oscar Saul and Elia Kazan on the screenplay. Kazan, who directed the Broadway stage production, also directed the black and white film. Brando, Hunter, and Malden all reprised their original Broadway roles. Although Jessica Tandy originated the role of Blanche DuBois on Broadway, Vivien Leigh, who had appeared in the London theatre production, was cast in the film adaptation for her star power. Upon release of the film, Marlon Brando, virtually unknown at the time of the play's casting, rose to prominence as a major Hollywood film star, and received the first of four consecutive Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, while Leigh won her second Academy Award for Best Actress for playing DuBois.

The film earned an estimated $4,250,000 at the US and Canadian box office in 1951, making it the fifth biggest hit of the year. It received Oscar nominations in 10 other categories (including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay), and won Best Supporting Actor (Malden), Best Supporting Actress (Hunter), and Best Art Direction (Richard Day, George James Hopkins), making it the first film in three of the acting categories. In 1999, *A Streetcar Named Desire* was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Appetite for Destruction

***Appetite for Destruction*** is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records.

The album was released to little mainstream attention in 1987. It was not until the following year that it became a massive commercial success, after the band had toured and received airplay with the singles "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child o' Mine". It topped the *Billboard* 200 and became the best-selling debut album of all time, as well as the seventh best-selling album of all time in the United States. With over 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the best-selling records of all time.

Although critics were originally ambivalent toward the album, *Appetite for Destruction* has since received retrospective acclaim and has been viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2018, it was re-released as a remastered box set to similar acclaim.
13 Ghosts

***13 Ghosts*** is a 1960 American supernatural horror film produced and directed by William Castle, written by Robb White and starring Jo Morrow, Rosemary DeCamp, Martin Milner, Donald Woods, Charles Herbert and character actress Margaret Hamilton. *13 Ghosts* was released in 1960 as a double bill with *12 to the Moon*, *The Electronic Monster* or *Battle in Outer Space*, depending on the film market.
A Madea Christmas (film)

***A Madea Christmas*** is a 2013 American Christmas comedy film directed, written, produced by and starring Tyler Perry with the rest of the cast consisting of Kathy Najimy, Chad Michael Murray, Anna Maria Horsford, Tika Sumpter, Eric Lively, JR Lemon, Alicia Witt, Lisa Whelchel, and Larry the Cable Guy. This is the first Christmas-themed film from the writer-director. This is the seventeenth film by Perry, and the eighth film in the *Madea* cinematic universe. It was released in theaters on December 13, 2013.
127 Hours

***127 Hours*** is a 2010 biographical survival drama film co-written, produced and directed by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn and Clémence Poésy. In the film, canyoneer Aron Ralston must find a way to escape after he gets trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in Bluejohn Canyon, southeastern Utah, in April 2003. It is a British and American venture produced by Pathé, Everest Entertainment, Film4 Productions, HandMade Films and Cloud Eight Films.

The film, based on Ralston's memoir *Between a Rock and a Hard Place* (2004), was written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, co-produced by Christian Colson and John Smithson, and scored by A. R. Rahman. Beaufoy, Colson, and Rahman had all previously worked with Boyle on *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008). *127 Hours* was well received by critics and audiences and grossed $60 million worldwide. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Franco and Best Picture.

The film's title refers to the period of non-stop activity from when Ralston awoke on the day of his accident to when he was put under anesthesia during his rescue.
Adventures in Babysitting (2016 film)

***Adventures in Babysitting*** is a 2016 American adventure comedy television film directed by John Schultz and starring Sabrina Carpenter and Sofia Carson. It is a remake of the 1987 film of the same name. The film premiered on Disney Channel in the United States and Canada on June 24, 2016, and is the 100th Disney Channel Original Movie.
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

***Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising*** is a turn-based strategy video game for the Game Boy Advance. It was developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo in 2003. It is the second game in the *Advance Wars* sub-series of *Nintendo Wars*. It is preceded by *Advance Wars* and followed by *Advance Wars: Dual Strike*. Despite being developed in the region, the original Japanese release was canceled, and the game was later released in the region as part of a compilation cartridge called *Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2* in 2004. At E3 2021, Nintendo announced that *Black Hole Rising*, alongside the original *Advance Wars*, will be remade and released together for the Nintendo Switch in another compilation titled *Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp*.

*Black Hole Rising* is nearly identical to the previous game in terms of core gameplay; there was only a small change in overall graphical style and some small content additions. The storyline of this game continues from the previous game, *Advance Wars*. Black Hole has quickly recovered from its defeat in Cosmo Land, and has gathered forces to invade Macro Land under the command of Sturm, the same commander who led the invasion of Cosmo Land. The protagonists, the Allied Nations, cooperate once again to drive the Black Hole forces out of Macro Land once and for all.

The game was well-received, and won the European Computer Trade Show's Best Handheld Game of the Year award in 2003.
A Wrinkle in Time (2003 film)

***A Wrinkle in Time*** is a 2003 television fantasy film directed by John Kent Harrison from a teleplay by Susan Shilliday. The film, a Canadian and U.S. production, is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Madeleine L'Engle. It is produced by Walt Disney Television, Dimension Television, Fireworks Entertainment, and The Kerner Entertainment Company. The film stars Katie Stuart, Gregory Smith, David Dorfman, Chris Potter, Kyle Secor, Seán Cullen, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Kate Nelligan, Alison Elliot, and Alfre Woodard.

*A Wrinkle in Time* premiered at the Toronto Children's film Festival on April 24, 2003, where it won the Best Feature Film Award.
Advance Wars: Dual Strike

***Advance Wars: Dual Strike***, known as ***Famicom Wars DS*** in Japan, is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is the third installment in the *Advance Wars* series (first on DS media) and was released in 2005 for Japan on June 23, in North America on August 22, in Europe on September 30 and in Australia on March 22, 2006. The game is preceded by *Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising* and *Advance Wars* and succeeded by *Advance Wars: Days of Ruin*. *Advance Wars* is the international title of the *Wars* video game series, which dates back to the Family Computer game *Famicom Wars* in 1988.

The storyline is a continuation of the previous two games and is set in the new location of Omega Land. Black Hole has returned under the leadership of a new commander who seeks to give himself eternal life by draining the energy of Omega Land. The Allied Nations struggle to overcome this threat and are eventually joined by several former Black Hole commanding officers in an effort to save the land.

*Advance Wars: Dual Strike* received "universal acclaim" and also won several awards, including "Best Strategy Game for the DS" from IGN in 2005. It sold more than 35,000 copies in its first ten weeks in Japan.
47 Ronin (2013 film)

***47 Ronin*** is a 2013 American fantasy action film directed by Carl Rinsch in his directorial debut. Written by Chris Morgan and Hossein Amini from a story conceived by Morgan and Walter Hamada, the film is a work of *Chūshingura* ("The Treasury of Loyal Retainers"): a fictionalized account of the forty-seven rōnin, a real-life group of masterless samurai under daimyō Asano Naganori in 18th-century Japan who avenged Naganori's death by confronting his rival Kira Yoshinaka. Starring Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi and Ko Shibasaki, the film bears little resemblance to its historical basis compared to previous adaptations, and instead serves as a stylized interpretation set "in a world of witches and giants."

Produced by H2F Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films, Moving Picture Company, Stuber Productions and Relativity Media, *47 Ronin* premiered in Japan on December 6, 2013 before being released by Universal Pictures on December 25, 2013 in the United States in both 3D and 2D. While the action sequences and visuals were praised, *47 Ronin* received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed just $151 million against its production budget of $175–225 million, making it a costly box office bomb that left Universal in the red for 2013. *Variety* magazine listed *47 Ronin* as one of "Hollywood's biggest box office bombs of 2013". Despite its critical and commercial failure, the sequel *Blade of the 47 Ronin* will be released in 2022.
A Bridge Too Far (film)

***A Bridge Too Far*** is a 1977 epic war film based on the 1974 book of the same name, directed by Richard Attenborough and with a screenplay by William Goldman. Produced by Joseph E. Levine and Richard P. Levine, it was the second film based on a book by historian Cornelius Ryan to be adapted for the screen (after 1962's *The Longest Day*). It was the second film based on the events of World War II's failed Operation Market Garden (after 1946's *Theirs Is the Glory*).

The ensemble cast includes Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell and Liv Ullmann. Though it received a tepid critical response, the film received several awards: at the 31st BAFTA Awards, it won four out of eight categories, including Fox for Best Supporting Actor and John Addison—who himself had served in the British XXX Corps during Market Garden—for Best Score.
A Christmas Story

***A Christmas Story*** is a 1983 American Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd's semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book *In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash*, with some elements from his 1971 book *Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters*. It stars Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, and Peter Billingsley and is a seasonal classic in North America. It is shown numerous times on television, usually on the networks owned by WarnerMedia, and a marathon of the film has aired annually on TNT or TBS since 1997 titled "24 Hours of *A Christmas Story*", consisting of 12 consecutive airings of the film from the evening of Christmas Eve to the evening of Christmas Day. It is often ranked as one of the best Christmas films.

The film was released on November 18, 1983. Filmed partly in Canada, it earned two Canadian Genie Awards in 1984. In 2012, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
A Flintstone Family Christmas

***A Flintstone Family Christmas*** is a 1993 animated Christmas television special featuring characters from *The Flintstones* franchise. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and aired on ABC on December 18, 1993. The special was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1994 for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour). This is the only appearance of Stoney and the final appearance of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm in their adult forms as well as their children, Chip and Roxy. Hanna-Barbera continued doing the series but with the original timeline.
90 Minutes in Heaven (film)

***90 Minutes in Heaven*** is a 2015 Christian drama film directed by Michael Polish and starring Hayden Christensen, Kate Bosworth, Dwight Yoakam, Michael W. Smith, and Michael Harding. It is based on the bestselling novel by the same name. It is the first film by Giving Films, a sister company to retail chain Family Christian Stores, and though the company announced plans to donate all profits from the film to charitable organizations, the poorly reviewed film showed a loss at the box office.