“2001” is an evolutionary novel. Sometime in the far past, by putting a monolith on Earth, someone or something nudged evolution (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then made it possible for humanity to enter the surface of the moon, where another monolith is located, one that shows the monolith placers that have … Read more
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a veteran of three wars, now travels from city to city as a non-fiction storyteller five years after the end of the Civil War, sharing the news of presidents and queens, glorious feuds, catastrophic disasters, and gripping adventures from the far reaches of the globe. He crosses paths on the plains … Read more
The aging silent movie queen Norma Desmond refuses to believe that her time in the limelight has ended in this dark film-noir tale-she lives as a recluse with the deranged conviction that her stardom is as high as ever. She hires him to write a screenplay starring her in an attempt to set up her … Read more
Two young soldiers, Blake and Schofield, are summoned to the general on another quiet day when nothing happens, who instructs them to send an important message to Colonel MacKenzie of the Second Devonshire Battalion, whose telephone connection had been cut off by the enemy. Two young soldiers, Blake and Schofield, are summoned to the general … Read more
Newspaper baron Charles Foster Kane, one of America’s, if not the world’s, wealthiest and most influential men, dies. A newspaperman searches into his history in search of the significance of his last cryptic word: “Rosebud.” He finds signs of a child ripped apart to serve Mammon from his family. Grown into manhood, to indulge his … Read more
William Wallace is a Scottish rebel leading a rebellion against Edward the Longshanks, the ruthless English king, who wants to inherit Scotland’s crown for himself. When he was a young child, the father and brother of William Wallace, along with several others, lost their lives attempting to free Scotland. William Wallace begins his long journey … Read more
Brazil, 1960s, God’s Capital. Motels and gas trucks are being robbed by the Tender Trio. Younger children are watching and learning well—too well. 1970s: Li’l Zé thrived very well and owns the town. As he wipes out rival gangs without mercy, he causes abuse and terror. Bené, his best friend, is the only one who … Read more
Police investigating an exploded boat at the San Pedro pier discovered 27 bodies and drug money worth $91 million. A badly burned and very terrified Hungarian terrorist and Verbal Kint, a crippled con-man, are the only survivors. Kint is reluctantly forced to clarify specifically what happened on the voyage. Six weeks ago, his story starts … Read more
A little tramp is finding it hard to balance the new mechanized world with his own sensibilities. He gets into a series of adventures and misadventures as a worker on a factory production line, which leads him to encounter a young newly orphaned gamine who ran away instead of ending up in an orphanage. They … Read more
Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer who has struggled to make it big. Despite his true talent and his refusal to admit defeat, he was never given the time of day by his friends and his mentor, Micky. When Rocky’s home town meets Apollo Creed, the Heavyweight World Champion, calling for a lesser man to … Read more