Year Million (TV Mini-Series 2017-)

This series talks about how humanity will evolved and we will inhabit other worlds. Some of it seems possible and some far fetched.

I give this series a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix movies, Contagion, Mystic River, Crimson Blues) as Narrator [6 episodes, 2017], Miklos Banyai (Dracula, Porthole, Spectral, Emerald City) as Newscaster [5 episodes, 2017], Joe Corrigall (Extinction, The Looming Tower, American Odyssey, Homeland) as Damon [5 episodes, 2017], Siobhan Dillon (I made this for you, Pointless Celebrities) as Mother [5 episodes, 2017], Judit Fekete (Genie, 100 Degrees Below Zero, The Witcher, 8 Graves) as Skating Mother [5 episodes, 2017], Karen Gagnon (Red Sparrow, Terminator: Dark Fate, The Martian, Outside the Wire) as Domenica [5 episodes, 2017], Dinita Gohil (The Snowman, The Infiltrator, Greed, Clink) as Sajani [5 episodes, 2017], Olive Gray (Half Moon Investigations, Home from Home, Halo, Pure) as Jess [5 episodes, 2017], introducing Tara Kollarszky (Banality) as Skating Child [5 episodes, 2017], Reece Ritchie (Hercules, The Lovely Bones, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time; 10,000 BC) as Oscar [5 episodes, 2017], Vinette Robinson (Sherlock, The A Word, Vera Drake, Ilkley) as Eva [5 episodes, 2017] and introducing Abel Ratkay (Szurkehalyog) as Young Boy [5 episodes, 2017].

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6945708/

Special Forces (2011)

A journalist from France who was on assignment in Afghanistan, is abducted by the Taliban. A team of special forces soldiers are deployed to extract her before it is too late.........

I give this movie s 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Diane Kruger (Inglorius Bastards, National Treasure movies, Unknown, In the Fade) as Elsa, Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, Guardians of the Galaxy, In America, Amistad) as Kovax, Benoit Magimel (The Piano Teacher, Thieves, Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse, A Girl Cut in Two) as Tic-Tac, Denis Menochet (Inglorious Bastards, In the House, Hannibal Rising, Spotless) as Lucas, Raphael Personnaz (Anna Karenina, Marius, The French Minister, The Princess of Montpensier) as Elias, Alain Figlarz (The Bourne Identity, Taken 2, The Fable, Anna) as Victor, introducing Alain Alivon (No Limit, Custody) as Marius, Mehdi Nebbou (Body of Lies, Munich, Homeland, Baby) as Amen, Raz Degan (Alexander, The Last Shaman, Titus, The Green Prince) as Ahmed Zaief, Tcheky Karyo (Le Femme Nikita, The Core, The Patriot, GolenEye) as Amiral Guezennec, Korjana Alaoui (Martyrs, Broken, Marock, Haters) as Maina, Didier Flamand (The Screw, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, Wings of Desire) as Jacques Beauregard, Jacques Gallo (Bon voyage, INK, Roll Shaker, Free Land) as La Pacha, Bernard Allouf (Seconde B, Madame Bovary, Candice Renour, Pirate TV) as Le Presidente de La Repulique and introducing Marine Faure as La Premier Minstre.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1656192/

The Aeronauts (2019)

A young scientist convinces a female balloon pilot to take him high in the sky during the late 1800's. But they fight to survive the frigged temperatures and make it back on the ground safely.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Theory of Everything, Like Crazy, Inferno) as Amelia Wren, Vincent Perez (Queen of the Damned, The Crow: City of Angels, On Guard, 15 Minutes of War) as Pierre Rennes, Phoebe Fox (Eye in the Sky, The Women in Black 2: Angel of Death, One Day, The Great) as Antonia, Lewin Lloyd (Judy, Taboo, Fortitude, His Dark Materials) as Charlie, Himesh Patel (Yesterday, EastEanders series, Is This Life?, Station Eleven) as John Trew, Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables, The Theory of Everything, The Danish Girl, Jupiter Ascending) as James Glaisher, Robert Glenister (Live by Night, Just Visiting, Spooks, Creation) as Airy, Thomas Arnold (The Golden Compass, Robin Hood, One Day, Broken) as Charles Green, Tom Courtenay (45 Years, Doctor Zhivago, Nicholas Nickelby, Summerland) as Arthur Glaisher, Anne Reid (Hot Fuzz, The Mother, The Snowman, The Nest) as Ethel Glaisher, Lisa Jackson (Dirk Gently, Mr Selfridge, End-O, Quacks) as Poppy, Rebecca Front (The Thick of It, The Day Today, Transformers: The Last Knight, The Brothers Grimsby) as Aunt Frances, introducing Elsa Alili (There Was a Man, a Girl, and a Rocket) as Antonia's Daughter and introducing Connie Price as Antonia's Daughter.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6141246/

Siberia (2018)

An Americans business partner goes missing in Russia, so he has to go and find him. As he is looking for his lost partner, he meets a woman and begins an unexpected love affair. Things get complicated.

I give this movie a 2 out of 5.

Starring Kean Reeves (The Matrix movies, Speed, Point Break, Rain) as Lucas Hill, Boris Gulyarin (Nobody, Stand!) as Pyotr, Ashley St. George (Swedish Dicks, Rosewood; Liars, Fires and Bears; Rumors) as Christa, introducing Elliot Lazar as Sergei - Bellboy, Veronica Ferres (Salt and Fire, Pay the Ghost, Hector and the Search for Happiness, Schtonk) as Raisa, Pasha D. Lychnikoff (Deadwood, Shameless, A Good Daty to Die Young, The Big Bang Theory) as Boris Volkov, introducing Vladimir Shklyar as Boris Bodyguard #1, Mikhail Bogdanov (Stalingrad, Kak proyeti v biblioteku?, Shpilki 2) as Mercedes driver, Rafael Petardi (Carmen Sandiago, Taken, Angels & Demons, Mafia Inc.) as Pavel, Darren Ross (X-Men, Goon, The Lookout, Flag Day) as Range Rover Driver, Taran Vitt (Six, Brother, Sterling Road, Status Update) as Leo, James Gracie (Madiba, Roots, The Gamechangers, Trackers) as Vincent, Ana Ularu (Outbound, Inferno, Serena, Ivy) as Katya, Dmitry Chepovetsky (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, RED, Man of the Year, Dead Silence) as Ivan and Kis Yurji (TRON: Legacy, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Stargate shows, Arrow) as Vasily.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6494418/

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

In this animated movie, a bell ringer is confined to his tower because he would scare people. But he is determined to help is friend down in the town.

I give this movie a 3 out of 5.

Starring Jason Alexander (Seinfeld, Pretty Woman, Coneheads, Faith Based) as Hugo (voice), the late Mary Kay Bergman [1961-1999] (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; Hercules, Beauty and the Beast, Balto: Wolf Quest) as Quasimodo's Mother/Additional Voices (voice), Corey Burton (Atlantis: The Last Empire, Batman: Arkham City, Hercules, The Transformers: The Movie) as Brutish Guard/Additional Voices (voice), Jim Cummings (Christopher Robin, The Princess and the Frog, Winnie the Pooh, Aladdin) as Guards/Gypsies (voice), Bill Fagerbakke (SpongeBob movies, How I Met Your Mother, Unbelievable, Young Justice) as Oafish Guard (voice), Tom Hulce (Amadeus, National Lampoon's Animal House, Parenthood, Jumper) as Quasimodo (voice), the late Tony Jay [1933-2006] (Time Bandits, Beauty and the Beast, Twins, X-Men Legends) as Frollo (voice), Paul Kandel (Law & Order, The Client, Fool's Fire, Full Moon High) as Clopin (voice), Charles Kimbrough (Murphy Brown, The Wedding Planner, Marci X, Ally McBeal) as Victor (voice), Kevin Kline (Wild Wild West, A Fish Called Wanda, Dave, In & Out) as Phoebus (voice), introducing Heidi Mollenhauer as Esmeralda (singing voice), Demi Moore (G.I. Jane, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Indecent Proposal, Striptease) as Esmeralda (voice), Patrick Pinney (Hercules, SpongeBob Square Pants, The Terminator, The Karate Kid) as Guards/Gypsies/Additional Voices (voice), Gary Trousdale (Beauty and the Beast, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Lion King, Thriller Night) as The Old Heretic (voice) and the late David Ogden Stiers [1942-2018] (M*A*S*H, Beauty and the Beast, Lilo & Stich, Pocahontas) as Archdeacon (voice).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116583/

The Widow (Amazon Prive TV Series 2019-)

A widow looses her husband on a plane crash in the Congo, and she goes to try and find out what really happen to him.

I give this series a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Kate Beckinsale (Underworld movies, Vacancy, The Aviator, El Tonto) as Georgia Wells [8 episodes, 2019], Charles Dance (Gosford Park, The Imitation Game, Game of Thrones, A Patriot) as Martin Benson [8 episodes, 2019], Olafur Darri Olafsson (True Detective, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The BFG, Cursed) as Ariel Helgason [8episodes, 2019], Alex Kingston (ER, Doctor Who, Alpha Dog, Lost in Austen) as Judith Gray [7 episodes, 2019], Bart Fouche (Invictus, Escape Room, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Cape Town) as Peter Bello [7 episodes, 2019], Matthew Le Nevez (Man-Thing, Offspring, The Kettering Incident, Legend of the Seeker) as Will Mason [7 episodes, 2019], introducing Shalom Nyandiko (Deep State, Commandos: The Mission) as Adidja [7 episodes, 2019], Babs Olusanmokum (Black Mirror, Too Old to Die Young, The Night Of, Roots) as General Azikiwe [6 episodes, 2019], Reginal Kudiwu (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Anna, The Transporter Refueled, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan) as Djamba [6 episodes, 2019], Luiana Bonfim (Self Made, Oya: Rise of the Suporisa, Lillemand, Time) as Gaelle Kazadi [6 episodes, 2019], Matthew Gravelle (Broadchurch, 35 Diwrnod, Son of God, Baker Boys) as Joshua Peake [6 episodes, 2019], Louise Brealey (Containment, Victor Frankenstein, Sherlock, Gomorra) as Beatrix [5 episodes, 2019], introducing Balindile ka Ngcobo as Gloria [5 episodes, 2019] and Yoli Fuller (Merrick, Une chance de trop, Silent Witness, Head Above Water) as Sidney [4 episodes, 2019].

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7459986/

101 Dalmations (1996)

This is a movie version.

This movie is about a fashion designer who sets out to steal a litter of puppies from a dear friend. She creates a big mess instead.

I give this movie 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Glenn Close (Fatal Attractions, Sunset Boulevard, Hillybilly Elegy, Four Good Days) as Cruella DeVil, Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Dumb and Dumber, Steve Jobs) as Roger, Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuk, Event Horizon, The Patriot, Maggie) as Anita, Joan Plowright (Dennis the Menace, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Enchanted April, Dinosaur) as Nanny, Hugh Laurie (House, Tomorrowland, Flight of the Pheonix, Avenue 5) as Jasper, Mark Williams (Harry Potter movies, Chocolate Cake, Father Brown, Early Man) as Horace, John Shrapnel (Notting Hill, Troy, Mirrors, Gladiator) as Skinner, Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill, MI-5, Eddie the Eagle, Peterloo) as Alonzo, Hugh Fraser (Poirot, Patriot Games, Jack the Ripper, The Third Date) as Frederick, Zohren Weiss (Vanity Fair, Screen Two, Jack & Diane, Hellaware) as Herbert, Mark Haddigan (The Bill, The Manageress, Rules of Engagement, Heartbeat) as Alan, Michael Percival (A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures, Murder Call, Boon) as Police Inspector, Neville Phillips (Absolutely Anything, First Knight, Johnny English, Doc Martin) as Minister, John Evans (Goodnight Sweetheart, The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, Them Nice Americans, Cover) as Pensioner with Bulldog and the late Hilda Braid [1929-2007] (EastEnders, Citizen Smith, Doctor Knock, Ultimate Force) as Woman on the Park Bench.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115433/

One Hundred and One Dalmations (1961)

This is the animated movie version.

A litter of puppies are taken from a young couple who's dogs are the parents. It is suspected that an old school mate of the women's is to blame.......

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring the late Rod Taylor [1930-2015] (Inglorious Bastards, The Birds, The Time Machine, Kaw) as Pongo (voice), the late J. Pat O'Malley [1904-1985] (The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, Taxi, Fantasy Island) as Colonel/Jasper (voice), the late Betty Lou Gerson [1914-1999] (Cinderelal, Cat's Don't Dance, Checkmate, Morning Star) as Cruella De Vil/Miss Birdwell (voice), the late Martha Wentworth [1889-1974] (The Sword in the Stone, The Stranger, Stagecoach to Denver, The Beatniks) as Nanny/Queenie/Lucy (voice), the late Ben Wright [1915-1989] (The Sound of Music, The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book, Mathnet) as Roger (voice), introducing Cate Bauer (The Third Man) as Perdita (voice), David Frankham (Star Trek: The Original Series, Master of the World, Matinee Theatre, Heat Lightning) as Sgt. Tibs (voice), the late Frederick Worlock [1886-1973] (Spartacus, Dressed to Kill, Terror by Knight, Airport) as Horace/Inspector Craven (voice), Lisa Davis (Queen of Outer Space, The Dalton Girls, Baby Face Nelson, Star!) as Anita (voice), the late Tom Conway [1904-1967] (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, The Falcon Strikes Back, The Seventh Victim) as Quizmaster/Collie (voice), the late Tudor Owen [1898-1979] (My Cousin Rachel, Shirley Temple's Storybook, Against All Flags, Perry Mason) as Towser (voice), the late George Pelling [1914-2008] (The Outer Limits, Bedelia, Thriller, King Rat) as Danny (voice), the late Ramsay Hill [1890-1976] (The Ten Commandments, Old Louisiana, Everybody's Old Man, Do Not Disturb) as Television Announcer/Labrador (voice), the late Sylvia Marriott [1917-1995] (Never Say Never Again, Empire of the Sun, Crimes at the Dark House, The Bourne Identity) as (voice) and the late Queenie Leonard [1905-2002] (Alice in Wonderland, And Then There Were None, Hazel, Star!) as Princess (voice).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055254/