Lesser Known Movies you must watch - 10

The Man from Earth

Cast: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley (lot of star war supporting actors

We are into our 10^th Movie guys and we would like to thank you all for your support and viewership in making this blog a success and letting it run this long. We will keep on giving you the best unseen movies that would entertain you, surprise you, make you emotional, make you laugh insanely, drive your mind crazy.

This movie is very close to my heart only because of its share elegance in story telling with a bunch of characters in a small room and the sequence in which it runs. It’s a 90 minutes science fiction dram film with a mere budget of 200,000 USD (1/5 of a million) and was shot with 2 camcorders because the director never thought it to be release on a grand platform.

This movie is about a character named Professor John Oldman who is leaving for his new home after spending 10 years at his current place (although none of this is explicitly mentioned but you would know instantly once the story begins). His colleagues and friends show up for a sort of a farewell party to his surprise. Amongst his colleagues we have a history professor, a biologist, an anthropologist, a historian, a psychiatrist and an archaeologist. When his colleagues request him to tell them reason for his sudden departure, he reluctantly reveals that he is a caveman who is been living on this earth for around 14000 years and now he relocates after every 10 years to hide his identity and let people not identify that he is not aging.

Now there are two ways, either you guys can directly jump to a movie if you have already gained interest in the plot because believe me it will be interesting afterwards, or there might be some spoilers below as our protagonist would be revealing and discussing about some identities from pre-historic era which will make you believe in him. So, will leave it up to you.

Moving on, when his colleagues doesn’t believe in his story, he starts revealing how he belonged to the Mesopotamian civilization and then traveled to east instead of south and became disciple of Gautama Buddha. He how he befriended Van Gogh who gifted him one of his original paintings. His colleagues still struggle believing him bringing in their field expertise to prove him wrong. The biology professor doesn’t believe that a human body can survive for this long. The Archaeology professor doesn’t believe in the events that John is trying to explain. The Psychiatrist threatens him with a gun asking him if he ever felt guilty of outliving someone he loves and left the scene due to his wife being dead on the very previous day after diagnosed with Cancer (Later revealed). The discussion turns to religion and where he tells them reluctantly that he has been a famous character in Christianity (We are not revealing that for you). The story goes on and on where he is making his colleagues realize that he might be someone who he claims.

Will they finally agree to him or is the entire story a faux / prank and if yes, it must have been a good prank.  To know about the same, we would recommend this movie for you for this weekend.

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Lesser Known Movies you must watch - 9

Kubo and the two strings

Cast (Voice)- Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara, Art Parkinson

 The ninth movie that we would recommend is actually an Action Animated movie which was released along with the big Sharks like Zootopia and Moana and was nominated for an Academy Award as well but in terms of viewers it has very less viewership which is why we are writing about this movie.

This movie is about a young boy named Kubo whose left eye was stolen when he was an infant yields a magical guitar and defeats his mother corrupted sister and his grandfather (The moon king). The movie visual effects are truly enthralling and have been critically acclaimed.

The movie begins with a 12-year-old Kubo who has patch over his left eye taking care of his ill mother Sariatu in a cave. He is a very good story teller and earns living out of it by telling stories of a samurai warrior (his missing father) using his magical guitar Shamisen to the villagers nearby. He is never able to finish the story as he himself is not aware of the end , what happened to his father. His mother doesn’t let him live outside in the dark due to her estrange evil sisters and grandfather (The moon) who will find him and take his remaining eye.

One day Kubo finds out that there is a Bon festival where he might be able to speak to the departed souls. When he is not able to speak to his father, he becomes angry and forgot to return before midnight. His mother sisters finds him and attacks him , but his mother saves him using magic and send him to estrange land telling him to find his father armor and sacrifices her life.

When Kubo wakes up , he finds that his monkey (Wooden snow toy) has come to life along with the little action figure of his father. With their help, he went on the journey to find the armor. In their journey they found a beetle who has been cursed to take the current form and is suffering from amnesia but considers himself to be Kubo’s father apprentice in the past. Now Kubo, beetle and Monkey went on expedition to the “Hall of Bones” to find the Sword (part of Armor), Long Lake to find “Breast plate – impenetrable” and abandoned fortress to find “Helmet Invulnerable”. There are lot of deaths and reveals in between which will keep the story going at a good pace and towards the exciting climax.

Will Kubo be able to defeat his Aunts and his grandfather the Moon King? Who is the moon king and why does he took Kubo’s eye at the very first place? What is the relationship between Hanzo and Sariatu (Kubo Parents) when Sariatu entire family is evil. All this will be revealed during the final action packed half n hour with compelling visual sequences. This movie has a very good hidden message that memories is a strongest magic of all and can never be destroyed by any other powerful dark magic. Hence our recommendation for this weekend is this 100 minutes of adventure.

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Lesser Known Movies you must watch - 8

Buried

Cast: Ryan Renolds (one Man Army)

The Eight movie that we are going to applaud and suggest is a Thriller where Ryan Renolds has played a role of his life time… yes its not Deadpool, its this movie. Whosoever things that Ryan Renolds is only suitable for R rated comedy like DP we would request you to watch this movie. It will change your opinion about his acting skills and you would like place him amongst the likes of top Hollywood actors. The entire budget of this movie is USD 2 million as the entire movie is shot in a wooden box i.e. a Coffin and only one actor with 95 minutes of absolute nerve wrecking excitement.

This movie is about a Iraq based American truck driver , who finds himself buried alive in a coffin, with only a lighter, a flask, flashlight , mobile phone and few other accessories. Paul Conroy , when wakes up has no idea what happened to him and how he ended up in this coffin. After putting things together he realizes that his truck was ambushed by some terrorists, and his colleagues were killed and he passed out. He receives a call from the kidnapper, who tells him to pay USD 5 Million by 9PM or he will die in the coffin.

Conroy calls the state department where the government refused to negotiate with the terrorist but assures him of his rescue. The kidnapper negotiates with Conroy and brings the ransom amount to 1 million but ask him to make a video or they will execute his colleague if he doesn’t so he complies but they still kill his colleague. There are some explosions which lead to coffin being damaged and sand started filling the coffin which leaves him very less time to live (other than claustrophobia and less Oxygen). The team trying to rescue Conroy tells him that they have rescued another man Mark white from similar situation 3 weeks back and he is safe and fine to lift his spirits. The Kidnapper again calls him asking him to make a video of himself cutting his finger, threatening him that his family will suffer if he doesn’t. Having lost his job and benefits (receiving a call from his employer), Conroy again complies and shares the video with kidnapper cutting off his finger.

Conroy becomes disillusioned and starts imagining that he is being rescued (The sequences are amazing to watch). After losing all the hope, and sand continues to fill the coffin, giving Conroy minutes to live he receives call again from rescuing team that they have found his location and will soon be reaching out to save him from dying in Coffin. He receives call from his wife as well, who tells him that everything is going to be fine and he will be with his family soon.

Will he be rescued by the team? We leave it to you to watch and enjoy. One thing is for sure that you will not be disappointed.

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Lesser Known Movies you must watch - 7

The CORE

Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Hillary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Richard Jenkins, Delroy Lindo

The seventh movie that we are going to recommend is a Science Fiction that came in early 2000 when the technology of CGI was not in full force but visionary directors like Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson or James Cameroon were making the movies which were mind boggling considering the evolution of technology was still in progress. This movie came during the same time and is one of those visionary movies regarding Apocalypse that’s going to destroy the earth and entire species living on it.

Then comes a team of high profile scientist who plan to drill a hole in the earth to reach down its very core and perform a series of nuclear explosions to restart its rotations and save humanity. Sounds weird right? But this is what happens where these guys build a shuttle that can reach earth’s very inner core where they can bring their plan to action.

The movie begins with series of incidents happens across globe which let the team of Dr. Josh (Aaron Eckhart) , Dr. Serge (Tcheky Karyo) and Dr. Conrad (Stanley Tucci) realize that Earth’s Magnetic field is becoming instable due to its molten core rotation being halted due to reasons unknown. Due to this , within the year the entire field will collapse and earth will become vulnerable to solar radiation. Team with the help of other scientists create a vessel made of “Unobtanium” a rare element that can withstand earth’s crust. They also built a boring system using laser which will allow them to pass through crust.

These scientists are joined by space shuttle pilots Major Rebecca (Hillary Swank) and Commander Robert (Bruce Iverson) on the expedition. The Army also appoints a high profile hacker Donald “Rat” (DJ Qualis – Who has been brilliant with his acting) to ensure that all the traces of any news of disaster are erased from the internet.

Now comes the expedition where the team of Six people goes down the earth via the deepest trench (Marianas Trench) into the earth crust down to its very core. In comes the series of sacrifices from these scientists / pilots in order to progress in their journey. Meanwhile, no-one is aware that there is also a PLAN B in place called Project “DESTINI” (Deep Earth Seismic Trigger INItiative) which will be deployed if Conrad (Who is aware of it) mission fails in performing nuclear explosions. Project DESTINI will allow to initiate a series of earth quakes in Earth’s core but to restart its rotation.

Will they be able to carry out their plan of nuclear explosions or the PLAN B has to be initiated and if there was another plan, why was not it carried out at the very first place? If they are able to carry out their plan, how will they get out if there ship is destroyed? There is too much excitement that you can expect out of this 135 Minutes full of Masala movie. So grab your popcorn and enjoy this roller coaster.

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Lesser Known Movies you must watch - 6

Idiocracy

Cast: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, Justin Long

The sixth movie is again a comedy but a science fiction which is funny in its own way where it tells about a story of a top secret military program where two human beings are selected for hibernation experiment, which was sort of illegal and when no one realizes about the same those two human’s ends up in hibernation mode for around 500 years and once they are awaken, they realized that they are in a sort of dystopian society where human beings have become dumber with zero IQ and more virile.

The story starts in the year 2005, where a Corporal Joe Bauers (an Average person) is selected for the suspended animation experiment (Person is induced to a sleep to a hypometabolic state to try to preserve its mental and physiological capabilities). This experiment is forgotten when the officer who is conducting the experiment is caught for some prostitution racket.

Now starts the prime humor of the movie, as Joe is in hibernation mode along with another women (a prostitute), human population has become more stupid as the intelligent humans are becoming less and less fertile while the lesser intelligent race are becoming more and more reproductive which results in a chain reaction and people become more and more dumber.

Joe and Rita awoke in the year 2505 and Joe’s suspension chamber crashes into the apartment of Frito (Dax Shepard) who tells him that there is a time machine which can help him go back in time. In a funny events of ups and downs Joe gets caught by the police and escapes gets a name “Not Sure” by faulty Tattooed machine, takes IQ test and connects with Rita again. He is finally apprehended and taken to the white house where due to the his IQ test results which makes him the most intelligent person alive on planet earth he is appointed as Secretary of Interior.

In an attempt to fix the word Joe realizes that the crops in this century are irrigated with a sports drink and not water which is treated as a wasted commodity. When Joe tries to replace drink with water, it resulted in the Brawndo (sport drink) losing it stocks and most of the population losing their jobs. This results is riots and Joe being sentenced to death by a unique way of combating in demolition derby.

Will Joe be able to survive this ideocracy (a form of government in which a country or territory is run by fools)? Will he able to get back to his own time with the help of time machine Frito has suggested? You would have to see it for yourself!!!

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