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Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R Source of story A not very original screenplay Director Todd Phillips Writers/Script Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Adam Sztykeil, Todd Phillips Starring Robert Downey Jr, Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx, Julietter Lewis, Danny McBride, Ratings IMDb: 6.5 by 328,137 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 39% by 195 reviewers. Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 2h 35m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Source of story An original screenplay developed from a short by the director Director Paul Thomas Anderson Writers/Script Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Luis Guzmän, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, Mark Wahlberg, William H. Macey, Nina Hartley, Joanna Gleason, Robert Ridgely, Ricky … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R Source of story An original screenplay, apparently originally written as an X-Files episode. Director James Wong Writers/Script James Wong, Glen Morgan, Jeffrey Reddick Starring Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke, Chad Donella, Seann William Scott, Tony Todd, Amanda Detmer Ratings IMDb: 6.7 by 234,098 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Brazil: 16 Source of story An original screenplay, but based loosely on real events. Director Doug Liman Writers/Script Gary Spinelli Starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Ratings IMDb: 7.2 by 163,660 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 86% by 262 reviewers.. Elevator Pitch: Barry Seal is a … Continue reading
Duration 2h 2m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15, Source of story The characters and story loosely based on real events. Director Andrew Niccol Writers/Script Andrew Niccol Starring Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Ian Holm, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ratings IMDb: 7.6 by 298,045 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 61% by 147 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Yuri … Continue reading
Duration 2h 15m Ratings UK: 18, USA: PG, Source of story A book by “Forest Carter” a pen name for Asa Earl Carter. Director Clint Eastwood Writers/Script Phil Kaufman, Sonia Chernus Starring Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Sam Bottoms, Sheb Wooley, Ratings IMDb: 7.8 by 66,823 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 90% … Continue reading
Duration 2h 31m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Source of story An original screenplay – or is it an artwork? Director Ruben Östlund Writers/Script Ruben Östlund Starring Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Ratings IMDb: 7.2 by 57,744 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 85% by 215 reviewers.. Elevator Pitch: Christian, the curator of a Swedish … Continue reading
Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Not Rated, Spain: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Charles Martin Writers/Script Kevin Bernhardt (story Terence M. O’Keefe, Robby Henson) Starring Orlando Bloom, Lei wu, Simon Yam, Hannah Quinlivan Ratings IMDb: 4.7 by 2,648 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by 2 reviewers.. Elevator Pitch: Danny Stratton is a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 36m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Adrian Grunberg Writers/Script Mel Gibson, Stacy Perskie, Adrian Grunberg Starring Mel Gibson, Kevin Balmore, Dolores Heredia, Peter Gerety, Peter Stomare, Dean Norris, and a lot of Mexican actors Ratings IMDb: 7.0 by 104,368 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 82% by 52 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Spain: 13 Source of story A novel by Donald E. Westlake Director Sam Weisman Writers/Script Matthew Chapman Starring Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo, Glenne Headly, Carmen Ejogo, Nora Dunn, William Fichtner Ratings IMDb: 5.5 by 15250 people. Rotten Tomatoes:10% by 98 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Kevin Caffery is … Continue reading
Duration 2h 1m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Sweden: 15 Source of story A real event fictionalised in a novel by James Elroy Director Brian De Palma Writers/Script Josh Friedman Starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Fiona Shaw, John Kavanagh, Rose McGowan, Ian McNeice, Ratings IMDb: 5.6 by 71,852 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story Based on a series of novels by Duncan Falconer Director Simon West Writers/Script Warren Davis II, Duncan Falconer Starring Dominic Cooper, Austin Stowell, Gemma Chan, Connie Nielsen, Tom Felton, Thomas Kretchmann, Derek Jacobi, Ratings IMDb: 4.8 by 4,673 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 37m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay Director Bruce Hunt Writers/Script Michael Steinberg, Tegan West, Starring Cole Hauser, Eddie Cibrian, Morris Chestnut, Lena Headey, Piper Perabo, Kieran Darcy-Smith Ratings IMDb: 5.1 by 35,957 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 12% by 111 reviewers.. Elevator Pitch: A bunch of scientists and … Continue reading
Duration 2h 17m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, France: 12 Source of story An original screenplay – continuing from Kill Bill Vol 1 (Intended originally to be all one film) Director Quentin Tarantino Writers/Script Quentin Tarantino with contributions from Uma Thurman Starring Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, David Caradine, Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Vivica … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Finland K-11, Source of story An original screenplay Director Mort Nathan Writers/Script Mort Nathan, William Bigelow Starring Cuba Gooding Jr, Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sanchez, Vivica A. Fox, Roger Moore, Lin Shaye, Victoria Silvstedt, Richard Roundtree, Will Ferrell, Ratings IMDb: 4.9 by 30,500 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 7% by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 41m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Canada: 13+ Source of story A sort of follow up to the original xXx film with at least one of the same characters. Director Lee Tamahori Writers/Script Simon Kinberg Starring Willem Dafoe, Samuel L. Jackson, Ice Cube, Scott Speedman, Sunny Mabrey, Nona Gaye, Peter Strauss Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 41m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG, Denmark Source of story An original screenplay Director Jon Avnet Writers/Script Russell Gewirtz Starring Robert De Nero, Al Pacino, Carla Gugino, 50 Cent, John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, Ratings IMDb: 6.0 by 85,384 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 18% by 147 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: A couple of veteran detectives … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Germany: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Kevin Macdonald Writers/Script Dennis Kelly Starring Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, David Threlfall, Ben Mendelsohn and a crew of Russians. Ratings IMDb: 6.4 by 35,136 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 80% by 130 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Captain Robinson is an ex-submariner and … Continue reading
Duration 1h 36m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Source of story A riff on the Cinderella story updated in a book by Gail Carson Levine. Director Tommy O’Haver Writers/Script Laurie Craig, Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith, Jennifer Heath, Michele J. Wolff Starring Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Aiden McArdle, Joanna Lumley, Lucy Punch, Minnie Driver, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Not Rated, Spain: 12, Source of story An original screenplay Director Mateo Gil Writers/Script Mateo Gil Starring Tom Hughes, Charlotte Le Bon, Oona Chaplin, Ratings IMDb: 5.9 by 4955 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 77% by 31 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Marc Jarvis and Naomi are on/off lovers, but when Marc is … Continue reading
Duration 1h 27m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Norway 12 Source of story The characters from the first film, created by Neal Israel and Pat Profit.. Director Jerry Paris, Writers/Script Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield Starring Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Micael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey, Colleen Camp, George Gaines, Bobcat Goldthwait, Ratings … Continue reading
Duration 1h 40m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Spain: 18 Source of story The video game “Max Payne”, now in three series. Director John Moore Writers/Script Beau Thorne Starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Chris O’Donnell, Olga Kurylenko, Ratings IMDb: 5.4 by 122,719 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 16% by 135 reviewers.. Elevator Pitch: Max Payne … Continue reading
Duration 1h 29m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15, Source of story An original screenplay – based on a short by the writer. Director Joe Dante Writers/Script Alan Trezza Starring Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene, Alexandra Daddario Ratings IMDb: 5.4 by 10,054 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 28% by 39 reviewers.. Elevator Pitch: Max is a bit … Continue reading
Duration 1h 41m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain 12, Source of story A very unlikely riff on the Frankenstein universe but apparently based on a Kevin Grevious graphic novel. Director Stuart Beattie Writers/Script Stuart Beattie, Kevin Grevioux Mary Shelley (characters) Starring Aaron Eckhart, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto, Bill Nighy Ratings IMDb: 5.1 by 78,640 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: X, USA: R, Spain: 18, Source of story Said to be based on the director’s youth in Little Italy, New York Director Martin Scorsese Writers/Script Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin, Starring Harvey Keitel, Robert De Nero, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, David Caradine, Ratings IMDb: 7.2 by 101,702 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 40m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Italy: 7 Source of story The film was based on an article by Elizabeth Gilbert “The Muse of the Coyote Ugly saloon. Director David McNally Writers/Script Gina Wendkos with unacknowledged contributions from Kevin Smith, Carrie Fisher and others. Starring Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Maria Bello, Izabella … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story A novelist character developed by John Shirley Director Luis Llose Writers/Script Alexandra Seros Starring Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger, Eric Roberts, Ratings IMDb: 5.6 by 62,918 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 7% by 29 critics. Elevator Pitch: Ray Quick is an ex … Continue reading
Duration 2h 32m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG, Denmark Source of story An attempt by DC comics to emulate Marvel stuff, using their best known characters Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman Director Zack Snyder Writers/Script David S. Goyer, Chris Terrio Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Lawrence Fishburne,Jeremy Irons, Holly … Continue reading
Duration 1h 46m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG, Source of story Loosely based on the life of Richrd Kuklinski, a documentary by Jim Thebaut and a book by Anthony Bruno Director Ariel Vromen Writers/Script Morgan Land, Ariel Vromen Starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans, Ray Liotta, David Schwimmer, James Franco, Stephen Dorff, Ratings IMDb: 6.8 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 39m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Switzerland: 10 Source of story An original screenplay, the title based on the saying “What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas”. Director Tom Vaughan Writers/Script Dana Fox Starring Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Jason Sudeikis, Treat Williams, Dennis Farina, Zach Galifianakis, Queen Latifah, Ratings … Continue reading
Duration 1h 32m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Germany 12, Source of story A sort of riff on the original Bad Neighbours Director Nicholas Stoller Writers/Script Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O’Brien, Nichols Stoller, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogan Starring Seth Rogan, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dave Franco, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Awkwafina, Selena Gomez, Lisa … Continue reading
Duration 1h 43m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Denmark: 15 Source of story A screenplay using characters from Star Trek Next Generation. Director Jonathan Frakes Writers/Script Michael Piller Starring Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVart Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marine Sirtis, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy, Ratings IMDb: 6.4 by 71,238 people . Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R: Spain: 18. Source of story It is a sequel, virtually a continuation of the original “Decoys”. Director Jeffery Lando Writers/Script Miguel Tejada-Flores Starring Corey Sevier, Dina Meyer, Tobin Bell Ratings IMDb: 4.6 by 2246 people. Rotten Tomatoes: No professional review. Elevator Pitch: We know from the get-go, due … Continue reading
Duration 2h 1m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain:18 Source of story Bases on the first film which is turn developed from a TV series starring Edward Woodward Director Antoine Fuqua Writers/Script Richard Wenk Starring Denzil Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo, Ratings IMDb: 6.7 by 136,427 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 51% by 199 reviewers. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 40m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Finland: 16, Source of story An original screenplay Director Michael Lehmann Writers/Script Steven E. de Souza, Daniel Waters, (story Bruce Willis, Robert Kraft) Starring Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Richard E. Grant, Sandra Bernhard, Donald Burton, David Caruso, Frank Stallone, Ratings IMDb: 5.8 by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 37m Ratings UK: 13, USA: PG-13, Spain: 13, Source of story This film apparently derived from a 1960s US TV series of the same name with the same constituents. Director Betty Thomas Writers/Script Marianne Wibberley, Cormac Wibberley, Jay Scherick, David Ronn Starring Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell, Gary Cole, Sugar Ray … Continue reading
Duration 1h 42m Ratings UK: A, USA: Source of story A 1901 book of the same name by L. Frank Baum Director Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mevyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe, King Vidor Writers/Script Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allen Woolf, plus 15 other contributors. Starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack … Continue reading
Duration 1h 36m Ratings USA: PG-13 Source of story A not very original screenplay Director Paul Ziller Writers/Script Miguel Tejada-Flores Starring Michel Shanks, Carol Alt, Tim Thomerson Ratings IMDb: 3.7 by 1160 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 35% by. Elevator Pitch: The small Canadian town of Dundas is plagued by a swarm of genetically altered wasps, causing … Continue reading
Duration 1h 31m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Source of story A DuPont advertising phrase from the 1930s “Better Things for Better Living through Chemistry”. Director Geoff Moore, David Posamentier Writers/Script Geoff Moore, David Posamentier Starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Jane Fonda, Ray Liotta, Norbert Leo Butz, Ken Howard, Ratings IMDb: 6.3 by 14,294 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Source of story The content relates to a song with sexy lyrics by the “Starland Vocal Band” in 1976. Director Jill Soloway Writers/Script Jill Soloway Starring Kathryn Hahn, Jane Lynch, Josh Radnor, Juno Temple, Ratings IMDb: 5.7 by 9720 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 66% by 83 reviewers.. Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
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