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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery(1997)

PG-13
| 1h 34min | Science Fiction, Comedy, Crime
3.3/5 (with 1,559 votes)

As a swingin' fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy, baby! But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine(2023)

1h 4min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 23 votes)

A unique behind-the-scenes access to NASA’s ambitious mission to launch the James Webb Space Telescope, following a team of engineers and scientists as they take the next giant leap in our quest to understand the universe.

Slacker(1991)

R
| 1h 37min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 118 votes)

Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their esoteric obsessions. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna's Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.

Directed by Richard Linklater - With Kim Krizan, Teresa Taylor, Mark James, Richard Linklater, Tommy Pallotta

The Invisible Ray(1936)

3.1/5 (with 20 votes)

Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.

Windows(1980)

R
| 1h 36min | Horror, Drama, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 11 votes)

Emily Hollander becomes the subject of a lesbian obsession at the hands of Andrea Glassen, her next-door neighbour.

Why Wild Girls(1994)

Three female room-mates fall in and out of love and chase the wrong men. Through their relationships they learn a lot about life, love and their own personalities.

Telescope(2013)

2.4/5 (with 2 votes)

A cosmic archaeologist journeys through space and time to capture evidence of a forgotten Earth.

Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege(2005)

57min | Documentary

Although the mountain volcano Mauna Kea last erupted around 4,000 years ago, it is still hot today, the center of a burning controversy over whether its summit should be used for astronomical observatories or preserved as a cultural landscape sacred to the Hawaiian people. For five years the documentary production team Nā Maka o ka 'Āina ("the eyes of the land") captured on video the seasonal moods of Mauna Kea's unique 14,000-foot summit, the richly varied ecosystems that extend from sea level to alpine zone, the legends and stories that reveal the mountain's geologic and cultural history, and the political turbulence surrounding the efforts to protect the most significant temple in the islands: the mountain itself.

Stargazing Challenges(2012)

29min | Documentary

Blue Peter presenters Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood want to learn more about the solar system so they challenge scientists Helen Czerski and Jem Stansfield to find out more. They look at how to make telescopes and rockets, and use a toilet roll to measure the distances between planets.

Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe(2019)

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Man has always sought to seek further afield. After the seafaring explorers of the 16th century, 21st century cosmologists today navigate more celestial oceans, with each mission providing an ever-broader and more impressive cartography of our surroundings. At the avant garde of modern technology, these strange travellers are actually immobile, and their vessels are powerful and spectacular telescopes, on the Earth or in space, constantly widening the limits of our knowledge and giving form to our dreams of infinity. From Hawaii to Australia, via South Africa and China, we set out on an incredible scientific and human adventure to visit the planet's greatest cosmic exploration centres to discover the new challenges involved in understanding the universe. A journey on Earth and in the heavens that will take your breath away!

Telescope(2016)

4.1/5 (with 2 votes)

A history of the telescope and a look at the James Webb telescope, and at the universe through the eyes of scientists and telescopes since the beginning.

Directed by Nathaniel Kahn

Black Hole Hunters(2019)

G
| 1h | Documentary
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A team of international scientists attempt to document the first-ever image of a black hole.

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From the Atoms to the Stars(2017)

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An incredible travel through space and time between the walls of the Paris Observatory, which is celebrating its 350th birthday. Place of discoveries such as speed of light or Neptune’s existence, it is still today one of the oldest operating observatories and the greatest hub in the world for astronomy and astrophysics researches, second only to Harvard.

Searching for Planet 9(2022)

55min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

At the edge of our solar system supposedly lies an immense planet. Five to ten times the size of the Earth. Several international teams of scientists have been competing in a frantic race to detect it, in uncharted territories, far beyond Neptune. The recent discovery of several dwarf planets, with intriguing trajectories, have put astronomers on the trail of this mysterious planet. Why is this enigmatic planet so difficult to detect? What would a ninth planet teach us about our corner of the universe? Could it help us unlock some of the mysteries of our solar system?

L'odyssée d'Hubble, un œil dans les étoiles(2022)

1h 30min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

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The Space Between(2011)

1h 25min | Romance / Love, Drama

A couple recovering from break ups meet.

The Astronomer's Sun(2010)

A young man, accompanied by his mysterious mechanical bear, visits an abandoned observatory to confront memories of his past and follow his Father on a journey into the unknown.

The Sky Commodified(2023)

50min | Documentary

An exploration of the territorial complexities of the emerging astro-industry in the Chilean Desert.

A New View of the Moon(2018)

3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Wylie carries a telescope through the streets of Los Angeles to offer passersby a new and closer look at a familiar object: the moon. Because everyone needs to keep looking up. Because it is a beautiful and wondrous sight to behold the body of the moon.