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Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Source of story A TV series of the same name which ran in the 70s. Director McG Writers/Script Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon, John August and about a dozen others uncredited. Starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Sam Rockwell, Kelly Lynch, Tim Curry, Crispin Glover, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 43m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Germany: 6 Source of story An original screenplay Director Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini Writers/Script Michelle Morgan Starring Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon, Darren Criss, Christopher Fitzgerald, June Diane Raphael, Bob Balaban, Julia Stiles, Andrea Martin, Ratings IMDb: 5.8 by 14,951 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 23% by 95 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: R, Argentina: 13 Source of story Based on a book by Jessica Bruder Director Chloé Zhao Writers/Script Chloé Zhao Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, and a lot of real people. Ratings IMDb: 7.4 by 104,885 people. Rotten Tomatoes: . Elevator Pitch: After the financial catastrophes of the early 2000s … Continue reading
Duration 2h 43m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 15 Source of story Saiod to be based on the autobiography of Puyi, the last emperor, published in 1964. Director Bernardo Bertolucci Writers/Script Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe, Starring John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Tool, Jade Go, Ying Ruocheng, and a load of Chinese actors Ratings IMDb: 7.7 by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 18, USA: Not Rated, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Gerard Johnstone Writers/Script Gerard Johnstone Starring Morgana O’Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Ryan Lampp Ratings IMDb: 6.8 by 32,508 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 95% by 42 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Kylie is a wayward young woman, who after … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A possible version of H.G. Wells’s The Invisible Man Director Paul Verhoeven Writers/Script Andrew W. Marlowe Starring Elizabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, Greg Grunberg, Joey Slotnick, Mary Randle, William Devane, Rhona Mitra, Ratings IMDb: 5.8 by 125,193 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
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
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