The Matrix

The Matrix (1999):

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantaliano

Co-Directors: Andy and Larry Wachowski

Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 35 nominations

What this movie is all about?
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.

Summary: Computer hacker Thomas Anderson has lived a relatively ordinary life--in what he thinks is the year 1999--until he is contacted by the enigmatic Morpheus who leads him into the real world. In reality, it is 200 years later, and the world has been laid waste and taken over by advanced artificial intelligence machines. The computers have created a false version of 20th-century life--the "Matrix"--to keep the human slaves satisfied, while the AI machines draw power from the humans. Anderson, pursued constantly by "Agents" (computers who take on human form and infiltrate the Matrix), is hailed as "The One" who will lead the humans to overthrow the machines and reclaim the Earth.

Official Website: http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/

The Matrix Online: http://thematrixonline.station.sony.com/
The Matrix online is the Future os Matrix, picking up right there where the Trilogy left off. The revolution is over, but within the Matrix a secret war still rages - a war of control between the machines, the Exiles, and the people of Zion.

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The King of Comedy

The King of Comedy (1983):

Starring: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard, Shelley Hack

Director: Martin Scorsese

Awards: Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations


What this movie is all about?
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin wants to achieve success in showbiz, by resorting to stalking his idol, a late night talk show host who craves his own privacy.

Glory

Glory (1989):

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi Kennedy, Andre Braugher

Director: Edward Zwick

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 10 nominations


What this movie is all about?
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966):

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach

Director: Sergio Leone

Awards: 1 win

What this movie is all about?
Three gunmen set out to find a hidden fortune. Who will walk away with the cash?

Freaks

Freaks (1932):

Starring: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Harry and Daisy Earles, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor

Directors: Tod Browning

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

What this movie is all about?
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Enter the Dragon

Enter the Dragon (1973):

Starring: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Shih Kien, Jim Kelly, Robert Wall, Angela Mao

Director: Robert Clouse

Awards:

1 win

What this movie is all about?

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

Summary: Hong Kong circa 1973. Lee, a member of a Shaolin Temple, is a master of the physical and spiritual disciplines of the martial arts, and is being visited by Braithwaite, a British law officer. Lee has been invited to a tri-annual martial arts tournament held on an island owned by Han, a reclusive billionaire who was once a member of the Temple but has now become a renegade. Braithwaite believes Han uses his tournaments as cover for narcotic and prostitution activities. Lee reluctantly agrees to enter the tournament, but his reluctance to confront Han disappears when a Shaolin monk reveals that during the previous staging of this tournament, he and Lee's sister were accosted by several toughs led by Han's personal bodyguard, an American named O'Hara. In the ensuing confrontation the monk cut a deep scar on O'Hara's face but Lee's sister ultimately perished, and at her gravesite Lee vowes revenge for her death. Also attending the tournament are two American martial arts experts, John Roper and Kelly Williams, who served together in Vietnam and took differing paths toward martial arts upon their discharge - Roper is on the run from Mafia gambling debt collectors, while Williams was accosted by two racist cops whom he'd dispatched before stealing their car to escape. All three will soon find themselves at the mercy of Han and his army of martial arts fighters as he protects his underground factory of narcotics and prostitution.

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The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad (1924):

Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Julanne Johnston, Brandon Hurst

Director: Raoul Walsh

Rocky

Rocky(1976)

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith

Director: John G. Avildsen

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 19 nominations

What this movie is all about?
A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Summary: Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time. Working in a meat factory in Philadelphia for a pittance, he also earns extra cash as a debt collector. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time.

ROCKY The Game: http://rocky.ubi.com/
Prepare for the fight of your life. Jump into the ring as Rocky Balboa and go head-to-head against 29 tough opponents, including Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago, and Tommy Gunn!
Train with Mickey and company to pound your way from the streets of Philadelphia to become the Heavyweight Champion of the world!
Rocky delivers big-time punch combos and flurries with thunderous power and heart-stopping speed.

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