the Mind’s Chew Toy

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Plot: It’s 1999, and Thomas Anderson (Reeves) is a computer programmer by day - and a hacker named Neo by night. When he is contacted by the elusive Morpheus (Fishburne), Neo is told that the year is closer to 2199 - and the world he thinks of as “real” is nothing more than a computer simulation named “The Matrix,” used to distract his brain while his body is used like a battery to power the corrupt machines of the future. Morpheus is convinced Neo is The One, a human who is prophesied to bring about the destruction of The Matrix.

Plot: Sam Witwicky (LaBoeuf) is caught up in a war between two sects of a highly advanced alien race - The Autobots and The Decepticons - when they discover that the location of a powerful cube that could shift the balance of power in their war is etched on a pair of glasses Sam received from his grandfather. Based on the characters in the Hasbro toy line.

Plot: Mumbles (Wood) is different from the other Emperor penguins in Antarctica. While they sing their heartsong to each other, he tap dances. When he is forced out of his home for being different, he sets out to find the reason behind why more and more fish are disappearing each year. Animated.

Plot: In a future totalitarian Britain, Evey (Portman) is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as “V” (Weaving), who ignites a revolution. As Evey uncovers the truth about V’s mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself – and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plan to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption. Based on the Vertigo/DC comic book.

Plot: With the machines on their way to Zion, an epic battle is about to begin for Zion’s very survival. Meanwhile, Neo (Reeves) must journey into the heart of Machine City to a final confrontation with the renegade Agent Smith (Weaving) if he has any chance to fulfill his destiny and end the War against the Machines.

Plot: As Frodo (Wood) and Samwise (Astin) reach the conclusion of their journey, Aragorn (Mortensen) must finally accept his destiny as the true King. With Mordor’s forces beginning to march on Gondor, the great battle for mankind’s very survival on Middle Earth begins anew, and The Fellowship of the Ring must stand strong…or all is lost. Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkein.

Plot: Neo (Reeves) is The One, the man prophecised to destroy the Matrix, a virtual reality construct designed by intelligent machines to occupy humans’ minds while they cultivate them for their energy. While visions of a dying Trinity (Moss) haunt his dreams, Neo, Trinity and Morpheus (Fishburne) search for the Keymaker, who will be able to open the door to Neo’s future.

Plot: While Frodo (Wood) and Samwise (Astin) continue onward towards Mordor, they encounter Gollum, one of the previous owners of the ring of power. Meanwhile, Aragorn (Mortenson), Legolas (Bloom) and Gimli (Rhys-Davies) search for the two missing hobbits leads them to Gandalf (McKellen), who has been reborn as Gandalf the White. He leads them to the kingdom of Rohan, where the king is besieged by dark forces. So begins the second film of the trilogy based on the novels by J.R.R. Tolkein.

Plot: Frodo Baggins (Wood), a Hobbit of Middle-Earth, is visited by Gandalf (McKellen), a powerful wizard. Gandalf tells Frodo he must protect the One Ring: a ring of evil, searched for by the Dark Lord, an evil creature long thought dead. Frodo, with the help of his friend Sam (Astin), must throw the ring into the fires at Mt. Doom, the center of the evil territory…at any cost. Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien.