Actor Harry Shearer (1943)

The American animated comedy film The Simpsons Movie (2007) is based on Matt Groening’s popular Fox animated sitcom. Following a concert at Lake Springfield, Green Day attempts to raise awareness about the environment, but are met with a disrespectful audience who pelts them with trash. This pollution leads to the band’s barge sinking and their eventual drowning. At their memorial service, Grampa Simpson has a spiritual awakening and forewarns of a disaster that will strike Springfield. Despite his cryptic message, only Marge takes it seriously. In light of the dire state of the environment, Lisa and her new ...

Godzilla (1998), an American monster film directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich, follows the aftermath of a military nuclear test in French Polynesia. A giant creature attacks a Japanese cannery vessel in the South Pacific Ocean, leaving only one fisherman alive. NRC scientist Dr. Niko ‘Nick’ Tatopoulos is conducting research on the effects of radiation on wildlife in the Chernobyl exclusion zone when he is approached by an official from the U.S. State Department with a special mission. In Tahiti, a mysterious Frenchman interrogates the survivor about his experience, to which he keeps responding with ...

The Simpsons (1989–2024), an American animated sitcom by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company, is a satirical portrayal of life in America. It follows the Simpson family – consisting of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie – in the fictional town of Springfield as they humorously exaggerate society, Western culture, television, and the human condition. The idea for the family came to Groening while working on animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. He based them on his own relatives, ...