City of Ember
City of Ember is a subterranean village which was engineered as a place for human salvation by a previous and obviously advanced civilization that met some unexplained cataclysm. Their planned means to recolonize the world got lost over the decades and the city is falling into disrepair. Most people are blithely going about their lifelong jobs assigned at puberty and hoping for the best. Doon Harrow (Harry Treadaway) is a young man assigned to work with Sul (a rarely seen Martin Landau) his perfect trade unionist attitude pipe fitter boss but the non conformist Doon is determined to right the decaying generator that is the lifeblood of the community. Another curious soul is Lina Mayfleet (Saoirse Ronan) who as a descendant of a previous town mayor stumbles upon the plan for re-gentrification but can not immediately decipher the damaged instructions. Bill Murray plays the current unsavoury town father Mayor Cole whose pot belly belies the current food shortage. Lina’s connection to Doon goes back further than their current friendship as her late father has a connection with Doon’s father Loris (Tim Robbins) who has a talent for building contraptions with no apparent use. This cute family film takes us on a wholesome adventure as Doon and Lina join forces to try to save their fellow citizens before their neighbourhood truly is a city of embers.