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Duration 2h 7m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: Source of story A novel of the same name by Ransom Riggs, Director Tim Burton Writers/Script Jane Goldman, Starring Eva Green, Asa Butterworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Allison Janney, Chris O’Dowd, Terence Stamp, Ratings IMDb: 6.7 by 154,796 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 64% by 249 critics. Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Source of story A novel of the same name by Lionel Shriver Director Lynne Ramsay Writers/Script Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear Starring Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Ratings IMDb: 7.5 by 136,953 people. Rotten Tomatoes: Elevator Pitch: We meet Eva Khatchadourian as she leaved her house … Continue reading
Duration 2h 3m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Russia: 18+, Source of story Based on real events in Boston and a book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill. Director Scott Cooper Writers/Script Mark Mallouk, Jez Butterworth Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Juno Temple … Continue reading
Duration 1h 32m Ratings UK: 15, Spain: 18, Source of story An original screenplay Director Bruce McDonald, Writers/Script Tony Burgess, Patrick Whistler Starring Stephen McHattie, Henry Rollins, Juliette Lewis, Tómas Lemarquis, Ratings IMDb:. 4.6 by 421 People. Rotten Tomatoes: 54% by 41 critics Elevator Pitch: We have to start by recognising that there is much confusion … Continue reading
Duration 2h 28m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Norway: 12, Source of story Using the characters developed by Ian Fleming and riffing off the previous Bond 23, a new screenplay unrelated to any Fleming story. Director Sam Mendes Writers/Script John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Jez Butterworth Starring Daniel Craig, Chrsitoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Saudi Arabia: PG12 Source of story An original screenplay Director John Badham Writers/Script Jim Kouf Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aiden Quinn, Forest Whitaker, Ratings IMDb: 6.6 by 23,288 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 88% by 26 critics. Elevator Pitch: Chris and Bill are a couple of … Continue reading
Duration 1h 22m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain 13. Source of story Follows the basic concept of the other films of the franchise. Director David R. Ellis Writers/Script Eric Bress, Jeffrey Reddick Starring Nick Zano, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella, Shantel VanSanten, Haley Webb, Bobby Campo, Ratings IMDb: 5.2 by 96,366 people, Rotten Tomatoes: 28% … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: X, USA: R, Many places: 18. Source of story An original screenplay Director Martin Scorsese Writers/Script Paul Schrader Starring Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks, Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd, Ratings IMDb: 8.3 by 716,228 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 96% by 92 critics. Elevator Pitch: Travis Bickle is a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12. Source of story Based on a novel of the same name by David Lagercrantz using characters developed by Stieg Larsson Director Fede Alvarez Writers/Script Jay Basu, Fede Alvarez, Steven Knight Starring Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, LaKeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Christopher Covvery, and a lot … Continue reading
Duration 1h 23m Ratings UK: 18, USA: Not rated, Spain 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Simon Rumley Writers/Script Simon Rumley Starring Leo Bill, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Kate Fahy Ratings IMDb: 5.9 by 2,251 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 91% by 11 critics. Elevator Pitch: Three people rattle about in a large semi-derelict English manor house. The father, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 23m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Nearly everywhere 12ish. Source of story An original screenplay using the characters developed by Ian Fleming and preivous Bonds. Director Sam Mendes, Writers/Script Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Mariohe, Albert Finney, Ben Whshaw, Rory Kinnear, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Source of story An original screenplay Director Woody Allen Writers/Script Woody Allen Starring Woody Allen, Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Maureen O’Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, J.T. Walsh, John Turturo, Richard Jenkins, Max von Sydow, Sam Waterston, Ratings IMDb: 7.9 by 66,646 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 40m Ratings UK: A, USA: Approved, South Korea: 12, Source of story Loosely based on the Ernest Hemingway novel of the same name. Director Howard Hawkes, Writers/Script Jules Furthman, William Faulkner Starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran, Hoagy Carmichael, Ratings IMDb: 7.8 by 30,721 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 97% by 36 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 40m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Source of story An original screenplay Director Andrew Niccol Writers/Script Andrew Niccol Starring Clive Owen, James Tam, Amanda Seyfried, Alyson Bath, Ratings IMDb: 6.1 by 36,842 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 37% by 49 critics. Elevator Pitch: In a world where there is no personal privacy since the population is … Continue reading
Duration 1h 28m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Source of story Apparently development sof urban ledgends. Director Matt Cooper, Martin Kunert, David Semel, Writers/Script Martin Kunert, Eric Manes, Matt Cooper Starring James Marsden, Amy Smart, Jennifer MacDonald, Ron Livingston, Devon Odessa, Alex McKenna, Jacinda Barrett Ratings IMDb: 5.9 by 3,688 people. Rotten Tomatoes: Not reviewed. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R – The director’s cut Unrated. Source of story Just more of the original Director Richard Donner Writers/Script Jeffrey Boam (story and characters Shane Black, Warren Murphy) Starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Patsy Kensit, Dean Norris, Ratings IMDb: 7.2 by 160,513 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 82% … Continue reading
Duration 1h 56m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Norway: 15 Source of story A sort of original screenplay Director Jonathan Liebesman, Writers/Script Christopher Bertolini Starring Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Michael Peña, Michelle Rodriguez, Ratings IMDb: 5.7 by 173,649 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 36% by 210 critics. Elevator Pitch: Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz is on the verge of … Continue reading
Duration 1h 51m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Source of story An original screenplay Director Quentin Tarntino Writers/Script Quentin Tarantino with contributions by Uma Thurman Starring Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivicia A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Ratings IMDb: 8.1 by 989,640 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 85% by 237 critics. Elevator Pitch: This is the … Continue reading
Duration 2h 3m Ratings UK: X, USA: R, Spain: 14, Argentina: 18 Source of story A semi-autoboiographical rendering of the life of the director Director Bob Fosse Writers/Script Bob Fosse, Robert Alan Aurthur Starring Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, John Lithgow, Ratings IMDb: 7.9 by 27,832 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 85% by 41 critics. Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Singapore: PG Source of story The characters from Star Trek TV, said to have been developed from an idea by Leonard Nimoy Director Nicholas Meyer Writers/Script Nicholas Meyer, Denny Martin Flinn Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelly, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Kim … Continue reading
Duration 2h 07m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R. Spain 18. Source of story Said to be based on the gospels plus some other religious sources. Director Mel Gibson Writers/Script Benedict Fitzgerald, Mel Gibson Starring Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Monica Bellucci, Hristo Shopov, Claudia Gerini, Ratings IMDb: 7.2 by 113,646 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 49% by 278 critics. Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 1h 58m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Spain: 18, Singapore: R21, Source of story A book of the same name by Hunter S. Thompson Director Terry Gilliam Writers/Script Terry Gilliam, Toni Grisoni, Tod Davies, Alex Cox Starring Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Mark Harmon, Verne Troyer, Gary Busey, Christina Ricci, Harry Dean … Continue reading
Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 18, USA: Not rated. Canada: 14A Source of story An original screenplay Director Jeff Renfroe Writers/Script Jeff Renfroe, Svet Rouskov, Patrick Tarr, Pascal Trotter Starring Kevin Zegers, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Paxton, Charlotte Sullivan, Michael Mando, Dru Viergever, Ratings IMDb: 5.3 by 42,799 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 21% by 34 critics. Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 44m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay Director Matthew Ross Writers/Script Scott B. Smith (story Stephen Hamel, Scott B. Smith) Starring Keanu Reeves, Paha D. Lychnikoff, Ana Ulana, Molly Ringwald, Ratings IMDb: 4.3 by 12,302 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 12% by 49 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Lucas Hill … Continue reading
Duration 2h 34m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 13, Canada: 14A Source of story A book “Rum Punch” by Elmore Leonard Director Quentin Tarantino Writers/Script Quentin Tarantino Starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Nero, Michael Bowen, Chris Tucker, Ratings IMDb: 7.5 by 312,660 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 42m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 18?? Source of story A riff on the original 1973 film written by Anthony Shaffer Director Neil LaBute Writers/Script Neil LaBute Starring Nicholas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Ratings IMDb: 3.7 by 63,826 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 15% by 107 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: A motor cycle patrolman … Continue reading
Photo by Scott Garfield for Twentieth Century Fox. Duration 1h 28m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16, Source of story An original screenplay Director Brad Furman Writers/Script Brian Koppelman, David Levien Starring Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck, Gemma Arterton, Anthony Mackie, John Heard, Ratings IMDb: 5.6 by 60,295 people, Rotten Tomatoes: 8% by 120 reviewers. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 22m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Singapore: R21 Source of story An original screenplay Director Toby Wilkins Writers/Script Ian Short, Kai Barry Starring Charles Baker, Jill Wagner, Paulo Costanzo, Shea Whigham, Rachel Kerbs, Laurel Whitsett Ratings IMDb: 6.1 by 33,075 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 73% by 37 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: A couple are waylaid by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 33m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Russia: 18+ Source of story An original screenplay Director Brian Smrz Writers/Script Ron Mita, Jim McClain, Zach Dean Starring Ethan Hawke, Qing Xu, Paul Anderson, Rutger Hauer, Liam Cunningham, Ratings IMDb: 5.8 by 12,272 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 52% by 21 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: A retired assassin, Travis Conrad, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 17m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story The story appears to be based on characters in the X-Men comics including X-23, Laura. Director James Mangold Writers/Script Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Richard E. Grant, Ratings IMDb: 8.1 … Continue reading
Duration 2h 5m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Spain 13 Source of story An original screenplay Director Ridley Scott Writers/Script Craig Bolotin, Warren Lewis Starring Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw, Luis Guzmán, Yusaku Matsuda, Ratings IMDb: 6.7 by 49,018 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 50% by 22 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Nick Conklin and Charlie … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 7, Source of story Despite the title, an original screenplay Director Greg Mottola Writers/Script Michael LeSieur Starring Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot, Matt Walsh, Patton Oswalt, Ming Zhao, Ratings IMDb: 5.9 by 56,838 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 20% by 122 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Jeff … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Most countries derated it in these enlightened times. Source of story An original screenplay, but like all the Terminator movies I feel that it owes something to Phillip K. Dick’s “The Second Variety”, although Harlan Ellison successfully sued the producers for plagiarizm. Director James Cameron Writers/Script Jams Cameron … Continue reading
Duration 1h 30m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Source of story An original screenplay Director Andrew Goth Writers/Script Joanne Reay, Andrew Goth, Starring Wesley Snipes, Kevin Howarth, Riley Smith, Tanit Phoenix, Ratings IMDb: 3.6 by 7113 people. Rotten Tomatoes: No grading. Elevator Pitch: In a bleak desert location a group of what appear to be … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Brazil: 10, Source of story Hold onto your hats! Based on a 1969 film “Cactus Flower”, itself based on a Broadway play of the same name, based on a French stage play “Fleur de Cactus”. Director Dennis Dugan Writers/Script Allan Loeb, Timothy Dowling, Starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18, Norway: 18, Source of story An original screenplay Director Neil Marshall, Writers/Script Neil Marshall Starring Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham, Ratings IMDb: 6.8 by 54, 943 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 79% by 38 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: A small group of British squaddies are dumped … Continue reading
Duration 1h 25m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 7 Source of story A screenplay of a book of the same name by Dave Barry. It has echoes of Carl Hiassen who also worked on the same Miami newspaper. Director Barry Sonnenfeld Writers/Script Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone Starring Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Tom … Continue reading
Duration 2h 20m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12, The is only an implcation of sex taking place, and one shot of Source of story A book “Public Enemies:…” by Bryan Burrough Director Michael Mann Writers/Script Ronan Bennett, Michael Mann, Ann Biderman Starring Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Stephen Graham, Stephen Dorff, Giovanni Ribisi, Channing … Continue reading
Duration 1h 49m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay, but said to have been a remake of “The Sons of Katie Elder”. Director John Singleton Writers/Script David Elliot, Paul Lovett Starring Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard, Sofia Vergara, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taraji P. Henson … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Most countries variations on 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Jon Turteltaub Writers/Script Dan Fogelman Starring Michael Douglas, Robert De Nero, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen, Bre Blair, Curtis Jackson, April Billingsley Ratings IMDb: 6.6 by 127,279 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 46% by 146 reviewers. Elevator … Continue reading
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