During the Victorian era, John Merrick (John Hurt) is rescued from his life as a sideshow freak by a doctor named Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins). After years of being treated poorly because of his severe deformities, Merrick begins to regain his dignity as his intelligence and sensitivity are revealed to London society.
The year is 2027, and infertility threatens mankind with extinction as no birth has taken place for 18 years. The film begins with news surrounding the death of the world’s youngest citizen, causing further distress in a desperately hopeless world. Enter Theo Faron (Clive Owen), a former activist turned bureaucrat who finds himself mixed up…
In this post, I’ll be going over some statistics on how my movie-viewing went this past year. I managed to get in a great number of films this year, though I watched 50 fewer new-to-me films in 2014 compared to 2013. Also included in this post is a little announcement on some of my movie-viewing…