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Victor R Gibson

Author of this site three technical books and two novels
Victor R Gibson has written 2035 posts for A MOTION PICTURE LIST

Welcome to Marwen (2018)

Duration 1h 56m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story Real events, which resulted in a documentary Director Robert Zemeckis Writers/Script Robert Zemeckis, Caroline Thompson Starring Steve Carell, Eliza González, Leslie Zemeckis, Gwendoline Christie, Stefanie von Pfetten, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 25,000 people .  Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading

The Little Hours

Duration 1h 30m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Netherlands: 12 Source of story Apparently a couple of the 100 tales in the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. Director Jeff Baena Writers/Script Jeff Baena Starring Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Jemima Kirke, Ratings IMDb: 5.8/10 by 24k people.  Rotten … Continue reading

Thick as Thieves (2009)

Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 7 Source of story An original screenpplay Director Mimi Leder Writers/Script Ted Humphrey Starring Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hardy, Robert Forster, Radha Mitchell, Rade Serbedzija Ratings IMDb: 6.0/10 by 35,000 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 20% by 5 reviewers Review2view: 5/10. Summary: Keith Ripley is a skilled … Continue reading

The Lost King (2023 in Spain)

Duration 1h 48m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 7 Source of story A book by Philippa Langley and Michael Jones, The Search for Richard III. Director Stephen Frears Writers/Script Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope Starring Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd, James Fleet, Mark Addy, Lee Ingleby, Ratings IMDb: 6.6/10 by 4,100 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading

The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: A, USA: PG, Sweden: 11 Source of story An original screenplay, loosely based on real WWI flying events and personalities, and early barnstorming air circuses. Director George Roy Hill Writers/Script George Roy Hill, William Goldman Starring Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Susan Sarondon, Geoffrey Lewis, Phillip Bruns, Margot Kidder, Bo Brundin … Continue reading

Home Invasion (2016)

Duration 1h 25m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, France: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director David Tennant Writers/Script Peter Sullivan Starring Jason Patric, Scott Adkins, Natasha Henstridge, Kyra Zagorsky, Ratings IMDb: 5.1/10 by 3,700 reviewers.  Rotten Tomatoes: No reviewers. Review2view: 6/10. Summary: A gang of four criminals, three men and a woman have … Continue reading

Shade (2003)

Duration 1h 41m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 13 Source of story An original screenplay Director Damian Nieman Writers/Script Damian Nieman Starring Thandi Newton, Gabriel Byrne, Jamie Foxx, Stuart Townsend, Sylvester Stallone, Melanie Griffith, Hal Holbrook, Ratings IMDb: 6.3/10 by 13,000 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 67% by 15 reviewers. Review2view: 4/10. Summary: This is a … Continue reading

Reign of Fire (2002)

Duration 1h 41m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Rob Bowman Writers/Script Gregg Chabot, Kevin Petrka, Matt Greenberg Starring Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Alice Krige Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 140,000 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 42% by 173 reviewers. Review2view: 5.5/10. Summary: A tunnelling job … Continue reading

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (2023)

Duration 2h 30m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A continuing tale about the characters, who have also appeared in other Marvel films since the last GOTG outing. Director James Gunn Writers/Script James Gunn Starring Chukwudi Iwuji, Bradley Cooper, Pm Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Chris Pratt, Will Poulter, … Continue reading

Repeaters (2010)

Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 18, Canada: 14A: Netherlands:12 Source of story A sort of riff on other time loop stories, such as Groundhog Day and Retroactive. Director Carl Bessai Writers/Script Arne Olsen Starring Dustin Milligan, Amanda Crew, Richard de Klerk Ratings IMDb: 5.7/10 by 6,900 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 20% by 5 reviewers. Review2view: 6/10. … Continue reading

Blood Alley (1955)

Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: U, USA: Approved, Netherlands: 6 Source of story A book of the same name by A. S. Fleischman Director William A. Wellman Writers/Script A. S. Fleischman Starring John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim and lots of Chinese actors. Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 3,400 people .  Rotten Tomatoes: 40% … Continue reading

Air (2023)

Duration 1h 51m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 7 Source of story The real events which resulted in Michael Jordan signing with Nike. Director Ben Affleck Writers/Script Alex Convery, with uncredited changes by Affleck and Damon. Starring Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Viola Davis, Chris Tucker, Marlon Wayans, Ratings IMDb: 7.7/10 … Continue reading

Precious Cargo (2016)

Duration 1h 30m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Max Adams Writers/Script Max Adams, Paul V. Seetachitt Starring Bruce Willis, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Claire Forlani, Jemma B. Kelly, Lydia Hull, Ratings IMDb: 4.6/10 by 9700 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by 32 reviewers. Review2view: 2/10. Summary: Jack is a … Continue reading

Mulholland Falls (1996)

Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Sweden: 15 Source of story A script apparently based on a real detective squad in the 1950s known as “The Hat Squad”. Director Lee Tamahori Writers/Script Peter Dexter Starring Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Michael Madsen, treat Williams, Jennifer Connelly, John Malkovich, Kyle Chandler, Bruce Dern, Rob Lowe, … Continue reading

A Star is Born (2018)

Duration 2h 16m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story Any of the previous three interations of the story all apparently based on a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson Director Bradley Cooper Writers/Script Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters Starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliot, Dave Chappelle, Alec … Continue reading

Hellraiser 10: Judgement (2018)

Duration 1h 21m Ratings UK: 18, USA: Not Rated, Norway 15 Source of story The hellish monsters from the previous films with added characters, blood and gore. Director Gary J. Tunnicliffe Writers/Script Gary J. Tunnicliffe Starring Damon Carney, Randy Wayne, Alexandra Harris, Gary J. Tunnicliffe, Helena Grace Donald, Ratings IMDb: 4.3/10 by 7k people.  Rotten … Continue reading

On Chesil Beach (2017)

Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 7 Source of story A book of the same name by Ian McEwan Director Dominic Cooke Writers/Script Ian McEwan Starring Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan, Anne-Marie Duff, Emily Watson, Samuel West, Ratings IMDb: 6.3/10 by 12,000 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 68% by 170 reviewers. Review2view: 5.5/10. Summary: A … Continue reading

How the West Was Won (1962)

Duration 2h 44m Ratings UK: U, USA: G, Denmark: 15 Source of story Apparently inspired by a series of articles with photos in Life magazine. Director John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe Writers/Script James R. Webb Starring Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie … Continue reading

Renfield (2023)

Duration 1h 33m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG, Denmark Source of story Derived, in its own way from the early Dracula films, they in turn derived from the book by Bram Stoker Director Chris McKay Writers/Script Ryan Ridley, Robert Kirkman Starring Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ratings IMDb: 6.8/10 by 3,600 people.  Rotten … Continue reading

Dough (2015)

Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 15,  Source of story An original screenplay Director John Goldschmidt Writers/Script Jonathan Benson, Jez Freedman Starring Jonathan Pryce, Jerome Holder, Phil Davis, Ian Hart, Pauline Collins, Natasha Gordon, Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 2,000 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 47% by 59 reviewers. Review2view: 8/10. Summary: Nat Dayan is a kosher baker with … Continue reading

Quicksand (2003)

Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story A screenplay derived from a book Boudapesti 3, by Desmond Lowden Director John Mackenzie Writers/Script Timothy Prager Starring Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Judith Godrèche, Xander Berkeley, Hermione Norris, Ratings IMDb: 5.2/10 by 2,600 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by two critics. Review2view: 3/10.. … Continue reading

North West Frontier (1959 in UK)

Duration 2h 09m Ratings UK: U, USA: Not Rates, Sweden 15 Source of story An original screenplay taking advantage of the antipathy between Muslims and Hindus in the Northwest at the time. Director J. Lee Thompson Writers Frank S. Nugent, Robin Estridge Starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfred Hyde-White, I.S. Johar, Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading

Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023)

Duration 2h 14m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story The table top game Dungeons and Dragons. Director John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Writers/Script John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Michael Gilio Starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Rege-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Daisy Head, Ratings IMDb: 7.6/10 by 9,300 people. … Continue reading

The Great Wall (2016)

Duration 1h 43m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay Director Yimou Zhang Writers/Script Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Tony Gilroy Starring Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Pedro Pascal, and a load of Chinese actors, probably well known in their own country. Ratings IMDb: 5.9/10 by 139,00 … Continue reading

Road to Perdition (2002)

Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner Director Sam Mendes Writers/Script David Self Starring Tyler Hoechlin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Daniel Craig, Cierán Hinds, Stanley Tucci, Jude Law, Ratings IMDb: 7.7/10 … Continue reading

Get Carter (1971)

Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A 1970 novel “Jack’s Return Home” by Ted Lewis Director Mike Hodges Writers/Script Mike Hodges Starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne, George Sewell, Geraldine Moffat, Petre Markham, Alun Armstrong, Bernard Hepton, Terence Rigby, Ratings IMDb: 7.3/10 by 34,861 people.  … Continue reading

Bedazzled (2000)

Duration 1h 33m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 7 Source of story A remake of the 1967 film of the same name by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, that a riff on the Faust story. Director Harold Ramis Writers/Script Larry Gelbart, Harold Ramis, Peter Tolan Starring Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O’Connor, Orlando Jones. … Continue reading

Taken 3 (2014)

Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG13, Denmark: 15, Source of story A screenplay using characters from the previous Taken films in a slightly different situation. Director Oliver Megaton Writers/Script Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Starring Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Famke Janssen, Magge Grace, Dougray Scott, Sam Spruell, Ratings IMDb: 6.0/10 by 196,325 people.  … Continue reading

Allied (2016)

Duration 2h 04m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay, based apparently on a story the screenwriter was told in America. Director Robert Zemeckis Writers/Script Steven Knight Starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Lizzy Caplan, Simon McBurney, Anton Lesser, Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 160,873 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 60% … Continue reading

TÁR (2022)

Duration 2h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay Director Todd Field Writers/Script Todd Field Starring Cate Blanchett, Noemie Merlant, Sylvia Flote, Mark Strong, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Ratings IMDb: 7.5/10 by 56,771 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 91% by 326 reviewers. Summary: Lydia Tár is a feted … Continue reading

Scream (1996)

Duration 1h 51m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark; 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Wes Craven Writers/Script Kevin Williamson Starring Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Courtney Cox, Rose McGowan, David Arquette, Liev Schreiber, Linda Blair, Wes Craven, Henry Winkler Ratings IMDb: 7.4/10 by 351,944 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 80% by 84 reviewers. … Continue reading

Splendour in the Grass (1961)

Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: X, USA: Not Rated, Norway: 12 Source of story An original screenplay, but possibly related to a stage play written by the author. Director Elia Kazan Writers/Script William Inge Starring Natalie Wood, Pat Hingle, Barbara Loden, Warren Beatty, Sandy Dennis, Ratings IMDb:7.7/10 by 21,561 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 72% by 25 … Continue reading

To Leslie (2023)

Duration 1h 59m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay, apparently based on real events. Director Michael Morris Writers/Script Ryan Binaco Starring Andrea Riseborough, Owen Teague, Alison Janney, Marc Maron, Andre Royo, Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 7,034 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 95% by 81 reviewers. Review2view: 6.5/10. Summary: Leslie is … Continue reading

Death Race 4: Beyond Anarchy (2018)

Duration 1h 51m Ratings UK: PG, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A screenplay piggybacked on the previous Death Race environment and characters. Director Don Michael Paul Writers/Script Tony Giglio, Don Michaerl Paul – story Paul W.S. Anderson Starring Lucy Aarden, Danny Glover, Fred Koehler, Christine Marzano, Zach McGowan, Danny Trejo, Ratings IMDb: 5.2/10 … Continue reading

Wild Wild West (1999)

Duration 1h 46m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG13, Norway:15  Source of story A TV series of the same name, with the same themes. Director Barry Sonnenfeld Writers/Script S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman Starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, M. Emmet Walsh, Ted Levine, Bai Ling, Ratings IMDb: 4.9/10 … Continue reading

Giant (1956)

Duration 3h 21m Ratings UK: A, USA: G, Denmark: 15 Source of story A novel of the same name by Edna Ferber Director George Stevens Writers/Script Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Sheb Wooley, Ratings IMDb: 7.6/10 by 40,065 people.  … Continue reading

Women Talking (2022)

Duration 1h 44m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Spain: 7 Source of story A book by Miriam Toews, itself based on real events in a Mennonite community in Bolivia. Director Sarah Polley Writers/Script Sarah Polley Starring Rooney Mara, Judith Ivey, Emily Mitchell, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, Ben Whishaw, Ratings IMDb: 7.2/10 by 8,249 … Continue reading

Gemini Man (2019)

Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Ang Lee Writers/Script David Benioff, Billy Ray, Darren Lemke Starring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong, Ratings IMDb: 5.7/10 by 115,498 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 26% by 319 reviewers. Review2view: 6.8/10. Summary: Militarily trained assassin Henry … Continue reading

Triangle of Sadness (2022)

Duration 2h 27m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay Director Ruben Östlund Writers/Script Ruben Östlund Starring Charibi Dean, Harris Dickinson, Woody Harrelson, Ziatko Buric, Dolly De Leon, Ratings IMDb: 7.4/10 by 83,744 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 72% by 245 reviewers. Review2view: 6/10. Summary: The film is presented in three … Continue reading

The Courier (2019)

Duration 1h 39m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Zackary Adler Writers/Script Zackary Adler, James Edward Barker, Andy Conway, Nicky Tate, Andrew Prendergast Starring Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson, William Mosely, Dermot Mulroney, Ratings IMDb: 4.8/10 by 10,586 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 5% by 19 … Continue reading

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