todo – When re-watching, look out for that cat picture to confirm it.
 |
Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117333/
A man experiences an event and becomes smarter until he doesn’t.
A really well-paced and loving movie.
 |
Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099785/
When a family goes on Christmas vacation, their eight year old discovers he is both left behind and being burgled.
It’s adequate at best; I guess I can recommend it.
 |
Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/
https://movies.disney.com/tron
A corporation which has been taken over by nefarious entities is hacked from an unlikely direction.
A classic. Some of the graphics hold up, but it’s mostly dated. It’s still fun.
 |
Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319343/
An orphan, raised as an elf at the north pole, ventures to New York City to find his father.
Wholesome, and the lead actor’s idiocy is tolerable.
 |
Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170016/
A rejected child, who had grown up into a Christmas-hating sociopath, works to sabotage it as vengeance against the town that fears him.
Pretty not bad.
aka:
 |
Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/
https://movies.disney.com/the-nightmare-before-christmas
Halloween town converts to Christianity and tries to take over the world.
A simple, short, bubblegum movie. It’s quaint and adorable.
 |
Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/
For the first time, a child is adopted by a corporation, who uses him to create the reality TV show of reality TV shows.
A fantastic movie that resolves like a hot shower after a good day’s work building a deck; refreshing and wholesome.
See also:
Maybe also The Signal – (2014 movie)
 |
Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/
An enforcer for the survivors of a ruined world learns that he lives in a utopia that stagnates population.
Although it got slow later on, it’s quite nice even with its age.
Inspired by Logan’s Run – (1967 book), by William F. Nolan
 |
Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/
A hacker screws around with a game company’s server, causing an artificial intelligence to stir up the military.
Both quaint and awesome. It doesn’t hold up over time, so it does have to be understood in the context of it’s era. Still recommended if you’re old enough to do so.
was mgm.com/#/our-titles/2117/WarGames ( apparently abandoned by mgm )
 |
Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086856/
New technology allows a vehicle to pass through solid matter, but something else is brought through.
This is a must-watch movie, not for its story and plot as-such, but for its feel. It has ideas which really stick. I think Buckaroo Banzai might be particularly cool for young boys.
Properly titled The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
