dont-be-a-fred's - Rented List

Countdown to Zero traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident.

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1959. Friday nights. We time-travelled. Witnessed surprising twists. Entertained aliens. Experienced fear. And first journeyed to 'The Twilight Zone' of Rod Serling's memorable TV series. And guided by four imaginative moviemakers, we travelled there again in 1983.

Directors John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller fashion stories based on, or inspired by, classic episodes. Landis weaves the tale of a bigot who gets a walloping dose of his own hatred. Spielberg takes over with a fable of senior citizens offered a magical rejuvenation. Dante serves up a terror trip with a child who uses his cartoon-inspired powers to enslave his family. Then fright goes aloft with Miller's finale about a neurotic passenger who sees a monster on the jetliner's wing. Or does he?

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Divine stars as mean teen Dawn Davenport, who turns to a life of crime when her parents fail to give her the cha-cha heels she wants for Christmas.

With her illegitimate daughter (Mink Stole) and delinquent girlfriends beside her, she becomes a bizarre canvas for the fascist Lipstick Beauty Salon owners (David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce). A media star obsessed with the idea that "crime is beauty", her story comes to a shocking conclusion!

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For years, Willard Stiles (Crispin Glover) has been trapped in a dead end job with no friends and no future. Willard's life seems hopeless until he makes an eerie discovery: He shares a powerful bond with the rats that dwell in his basement.

Now a guy who has been trampled in the rat race his entire life is suddenly ready to tear up the competition... beginning with his boss.

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In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.

Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli-the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising-and often shocking truths-about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

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After 25 years of hard work and precious restoration, Hollywood A-lister Eric Bana and his three closest childhood friends decided to enter his beloved first car, a Ford GT Falcon Coupe - The Beast, into one of the most gruelling and dangerous motor races that exists: The Targa Tasmania Rally.

This would be a personal Everest for both man and machine... With help and guidance along the way from Jeremy Clarkson the stage is set for Bana and his 'Beast' to face their ultimate challenge.