Tag: financial crisis

  • Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam

    Evil baddie Dr. Otto Von-Schnick-ick-ick tries to take over the planet by first destroying all of our financial systems, collapsing the world’s economy and sending populations across the globe into mass panic! Only one goody-goody can stop him.. or can he? The oblivious Lance Sterling is on the case! With the aid of his underappreciated assistant Doris, will Lance manage to save the day and defeat Doctor Otto before the mad scientist’s megalomaniacal plan is fulfilled? Or will the villain succeed in distracting them to their doom with his many convincing costumes, courtesy of his own convenient Changing Coffin? Tune in to find out!

  • Another Era

    The 2008 financial crisis swept the whole world. Ambitious businessman Leo Ho Tin-sang seizes the opportunity to take over the corporation of Hong Kong’s wealthiest man, Fong Chung-yam, but is blocked by businessman Cheuk Kai-tong. Leo holds a grudge and looks for an opportunity to get revenge.

    Ten years later, Kai-tong has become the richest person in Hong Kong, yet encounters unfortunate circumstances. When his son is killed in an accident, Kai-tong suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. To manage the family business, his inexperienced daughter Ella Cheuk Ding-yiu, with the help of private equity fund manager Duncan Ko Chit, engages in a corporate war with Leo. When Kai-tong awakens, he, along with Leo’s wife, Chung-yam’s grandson, and a young entrepreneur all join the battle. Everyone’s fate become entangled as they stir up another battle of the century…

  • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

    A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.

  • Mountainhead

    A group of billionaire friends get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis.

  • Collapse

    From the acclaimed director of American Movie, the documentary follows former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter Michael Ruppert. He recounts his career as a radical thinker and spells out his apocalyptic vision of the future, spanning the crises in economics, energy, environment and more.

  • Too Big to Fail

    An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world’s economy in a matter of a few weeks.

  • Margin Call

    A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.

  • 42nd Street

    A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

  • End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless

    Wall Street is being occupied. Europe is collapsing in on itself. Around the world, people are consumed by fear and anger, and one question is on everyone’s lips: Is the financial crisis over, or are we headed towards economic disaster? documentary that chronicles the global financial collapse. Told in an entertaining and easy to follow style, the film tells the story of how the world came to be in such a state, from the seeds sown after WW2, to the current troubles facing us today, and to the possible future that may await us all. Also asks influential members of the finance and investment communities for their predictions on the world’s financial future.

  • Ilo Ilo

    During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.