Summary: In 1684 France, Louis XIV, the Sun King, is the most powerful and influential monarch on the planet. But his birthday is approaching along with a rare solar eclipse and he's worried about the future of France. His spiritual advisor, Pr̈e La Chaise, comforts him, while his physician, Dr. Labarthe informs him that scientists believe mermaids contain a life force that grants immortality. Louis...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures 2022

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Summary: In 2092, Nemo Nobody, the last mortal at 118 years old, faces death with a mysterious past and conflicting memories. Dr. Feldheim employs hypnosis to unravel Nemo's life, while a journalist interviews him about his recollections from ages 9, 15, and 34. Nemo's narrative explores the consequences of a childhood choice between his parents, revealing varied outcomes and proposing the intriguing...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Summary: A tale about the seductiveness of the idea of immortality. Kindly antiques dealer Jesus Gris happens upon an ancient golden device, and soon finds himself possessor and victim of its sinister, addictive powers, as well as the target of a mysterious, crude American named Angel.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2010

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Summary: Whilst wandering war torn country during the Sengoku period, a nameless ronin stumbles upon a young boy by the name of Kotaro, his dog and the many Chinese assassins dispatched to claim the boy in some strange ritual for immortality. Seeing something of his own past within the child, the nameless swordsman chooses to act his bodyguard, but can he truly keep Kotaro from the clutches of the Ming...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Funimation 2016

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Summary: Five (1951) Black and White 93 minutes Not Rated Starring: William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin, Earl Lee When a nuclear bomb destroys the world, only five survivors remain. A pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a banker and an explorer seek shelter in an abandoned house. As the last living human beings, they must work together. However, their clashing visions...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Summary: Saw: Would you kill someone to save your own life or the lives of your loved ones? For the victims of the psychopath known as the Jigsaw Killer, this isn't just a hypothetical question, and two men abducted and held in chains by the madman are faced with playing his gruesome game for their own survival. Gripping, spine-chilling shocker stars Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, and Leigh...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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