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2) Sunshine
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
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Language
English
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In the remote desert of New Mexico, “The Manhattan Project” is materializing – the World War II effort to build the atomic bomb. **Oscar**-winner Paul Newman (*Hud*, *Nobody’s Fool*) stars as General Leslie Groves, the military man in charge of a massive project that will produce two weapons: “Fat Man” and “Little Boy.” Nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"A singular, powerful experience."...
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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
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Description
In a deserted newsroom Peter Stenning writes the biggest news story the world has ever known: 'Within the next few hours the world will know whether this is the end or another beginning'. The combined jolt of nuclear test explosions carried out by the Americans and the Russians has shifted the Earth's orbit and it is now racing towards the sun. Chaos mounts. But four super bombs exploded simultaneously might halt the catastrophic progress. Will the...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A steel-worker is elected prime minister of Great Britain on a very radical socialist platform. When he calls for the dismantling of all nuclear weapons on British soil, a group composed of spies, diplomats and businessmen attempts to bring him down.
6) Sunshine
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The year is 2057 and the sun is dying. Mankind now faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
John McClane, the heroic New York cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time, is back, and his latest predicament takes him all the way to Russia to track down his estranged son, Jack, who has been imprisoned in Moscow. But the mission takes a deadly turn as father and son must join forces to thwart a nuclear weapons heist that could trigger World War III.
Series
Criterion collection volume 821
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of paranoia-inspired, war-happy generals manage to initiate an "accidential" nuclear apocalypse. Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson and Air Force Strategic Commander Jack Ripper, order a bomber squadron to attack the USSR. This triggers a Soviet secret weapon called the 'Doomsday Machine.' The weapon is a diabolical retaliatory missile system. In an attempt to advert this catastrophe, British Captain Lionel Mandrake becomes the only person...
9) Fail_safe
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The retelling of the classic Cold War doomsday thriller. A computer malfunction triggers the transmission of nuclear-attack codes to a U.S. bomber squadron. The orders are irreversible, the primary target is Moscow, and the President, his advisors and military leaders race time to head off global catastrophe. Recalling the adrenaline-rush of early TV drama, this movie was staged and telecast live in black-and-white, establishing an immediate sense...
10) Crimson tide
Language
English
Description
On board an American nuclear submarine headed for a Russia which is descending into civil war that threatens to start World War III, Captain Ramsey and First Officer Hunter clash over the validity of an unverified message to launch their missiles. With nuclear holocaust close at hand, mutiny erupts, pitting the entire crew against each other in a showdown that will decide the fate of the world.
11) The peacemaker
Language
English
Formats
Description
An Army officer and a White House nuclear weapons expert work together to ward off a renegade Russian colonel who places some nuclear missiles into the hands of a Bosnian diplomat who has a grudge against the West.
12) MacGruber
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Only one operative has been awarded 16 purple hearts, and only one guy is man enough to still sport a mullet. In the 10 years since his fiancee was killed, special op MacGruber has sworn off a life of fighting crime with his bare hands. When he learns his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that's been stolen by his sworn enemy, MacGruber teams up with his trusty sidekick and an uptight lieutenant to get the job done.
14) Fail safe
Series
Criterion collection volume 1011
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The unnerving procedural thriller painstakingly details an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario in which a mechanical failure jams the United States military's chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
John McClane, the heroic New York cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time, is back, and his latest predicament takes him all the way to Russia to track down his estranged son, Jack, who has been imprisoned in Moscow. But the mission takes a deadly turn as father and son must join forces to thwart a nuclear weapons heist that could trigger World War III.
Language
English
Description
An English scientist runs away from a research center with an atomic bomb. In a letter sent to the British Prime Minister he threatens to blow up the center of London if the Government don't announce the end of any research in this field within a week. Special agents from Scotland Yard try to stop him, with help from the scientist's assistant future son-in-law to find and stop the mad man.
18) Big trouble
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From Barry Sonnenfeld, the director of The Addams Family and the Men in Black trilogy comes this action-comedy with an all-star cast that includes Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Patrick Warburton, and Sofia Vergara. It follows the fast and furious comedic chaos created when a mysterious suitcase that threatens the security of Miami changes the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love-struck...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
John McClane, the heroic New York cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time, is back, and his latest predicament takes him all the way to Russia to track down his estranged son, Jack, who has been imprisoned in Moscow. But the mission takes a deadly turn as father and son must join forces to thwart a nuclear weapons heist that could trigger World War III.
20) Miracle mile
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
What would you do if you knew you only had an hour to live? After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unforunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news. WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour! Not sure if this is a joke or an omen, Harry races through L.A. in desperate search for Julie.
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