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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
Duration 1h 25m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Unrated, Sweden: 11 Source of story An original screenplay Director Chris Nelson Writers/Script June Diane Raphael, Casey Wilson Starring June Diane Raphael, Casey Wilson, Jon Cryer, Vincent D’Onofrio, Alicia Silverstone, Bob Odenkirk Ratings IMDb: 4.2 by 2147 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 27% by 22 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Kate and … Continue reading
Duration 1h 39m Ratings A TV movie without classification except for 12 in Norway. Source of story This is a film version of a true story Director Nadia Tass Writers/Script Mac Gudgeon, Teena Booth Starring Billy Miller, Amber Clayton, Gary Sweet, Harvey Keitel Ratings IMDb: 5.5 by 778 people. Rotten Tomatoes: No reviews. Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: 15, Source of story Based on novel of the same name by Rick Yancey Director J Blakeson Writers/Script Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Maggie Siff, Live Schreiber, Maria Bello, and a lot of young people Ratings IMDb: 5.2 by 98,247 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 15% by 137 reviewers. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 36m Ratings UK: 15 Source of story A book “The Long Midnight of Barney Thompson” by Douglas Lindsay Director Robert Carlyle Writers/Script Richard Cowan, Colin McLaren Starring Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Tom Courtney, Ashley Jenson, James Cosmo, Martin Compson, Ratings IMDb: 6.3 by 5,202 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 62% by 37 reviewers. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 41m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay Director Leslye Headland Writers/Script Leslye Headland Starring Alison Brie, Jason Sudeikis, Jason Mantzoukas, Amanda Peet, Andrea Savage Ratings IMDb: 6.5 by 40,083 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 63% by 13 critics. Elevator Pitch: Lainey and Jake deflower each other in a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13 Source of story The computer game of the same name, but they say with new characters and a new story Director Justin Kurzel Writers/Script Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage Starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Kenneth Williams, Ariana Labed, Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: 18, USA: PG-13, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay, loosely based on American history. Director Ted Post Writers/Script Leonard Freeman, Mel Goldberg Starring Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Ben Johnson, Bruce Dern, Arlene Golonka, Dennis Hopper, L.Q. Jones, Ratings IMDb: 7.0 by 34,561 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 28m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Most other countries: 16 Source of story Based on a novel of the same name by Peter Craig Director Jean-François Richet Writers/Script Peter Craig, Andrea Berloff Starring Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, Michael Parks, William H. Macey, Miguel Sandoval, Dale Dickey, Ratings IMDb: 6.4 by 58,661 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Saudi Arabia : R12, France :12 Source of story The concept based on the previous film, and the monsters on all the previous films. Director The Brothers Strause Writers/Script Shane Salerno (Aliens Dan O’Bannon, Ronald Shusett) (predator Jim Thomas, John Thomas) Starring Tom Woodruff Jr., Ian Whyte, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain 16. Source of story An original screenplay Director Michael Apted Writers/Script Peter O’Brien Starring Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Toni Collette, John Malkovich, Michael Douglas, Ratings IMDb: 6.3 by 28,504 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 26% by 57 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: CIA interrogator Alice Racine, a lady with a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Australia: MA15+ Source of story An original screenplay Director Julius Avery Writers/Script Julius Avery Starring Brenton Thwaites, Ewan McGregor, Matt Nable, Eddie Baroo, Alicia Vikander Ratings IMDb: 6.4 by 26,025 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 63% by 75 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: JR is a young man, incarcerated in n Australian … Continue reading
Duration 1h 58m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Source of story A play “Frankie and Johnny in Claire de Lune” by Terrence McNally Director Garry Marshall Writers/Script Terrence McNally Starring Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, Nathan Lane, Kate Nelligan, Jane Morris, Greg Lewis, Ratings IMDb: 6.8 by 28,527 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 66% by 29 reviewers. … Continue reading
Duration 2h 1m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18, France: 12 Source of story Derived from a 1954 TV movie, which was repeated in 1955 and was followed by a film “Ransom!” starring Glen Ford in 1956. Director Ron Howard Writers/Script Richard Price, Alexander Ignon (story Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum) Starring Mel Gibson, Rene … Continue reading
Duration 2h 4m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Source of story Four graphic novels by Frank Miller Director Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rogriguez Writers/Script Robert Rogriguez, Frank Miller Starring Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Powers Boothe, Rosario Dawson, Benecio Del Toro, Michael Clarke Duncan, Josh Hartnett, Rutger Hauger, Jaime King, Brittany Murphy, Clive … Continue reading
Duration 1h 37m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Malaysia: 18, Source of story Some DC Comic outings developed by Andy Diggle and Jock Director Sylvain White Writers/Script Peter Berg, James Vanderbilt Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Oscar Jaenada, Jason Patric, Holt McCallany Ratings IMDb: 6.3 by 90,035 people, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 14m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16, Denmark: 15. Source of story The history of Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators in America, and the first film. Director James Wan, Writers/Script Chan Hayes, Carey W. Hayes, James Wan, David Leslie Johnson Starring Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe, Frances O’Connor, Simon McBurney, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 43m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, most other countries: 16 Source of story An original screenplay Director Rupert Wainwright Writers/Script Tom Lazarus, Rick Ramage Starring Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long, Ratings IMDb: 6.2 by 63,739 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 22% by 91 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Frankie Paige a fun loving young woman … Continue reading
Duration 1h 56m Ratings UK: A, USA: Source of story There was a Western producer called Bronco Billy Anderson back in the 1920s in Hollywood, but only the name is a connection. Director Clint Eastwood Writers/Script Dennis Hackin Starring Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Bill McKinney, Sam Bottoms, Dan Vadis, William Prince, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 49m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12, Russia: 18+ Source of story A book, “Thinking Like a Terrorist: Insights of a Former FBI Undercover Agent”, by Michael German Director Daniel Ragussis Writers/Script Daniel Ragussis (Michael German, Joe Turner Lin story) Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts, Burn Gorman, Sam Trammell, David … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay somehow hitched onto the Purge environment Director Deon Taylor Writers/Script Nicole DeMassi, Deon Taylor Starring Mike Epps, Gary Owen, Zulay Henao, Bresha Webb, Lil Duval, Charlie Murphy, Mike Tyson, Ratings IMDb: 4.8 by 35,507 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 10% by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 29m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, elsewhere mostly 16. Source of story An original screenplay Director Kasper Barfoed Writers/Script F. Scott Frazier Starring John Cusack, Malin Ackerman, Liam Cunningham, Lucy Griffiths, Ratings IMDb: 5.6 by 19,079 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 30% by 27 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: When Emerson Kent, a CIA black ops man, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 29m Ratings No UK release. USA: R, Source of story Possibly inspired by a 1978 porno movie of the same name. Director Kate Robbins Writers/Script Jill Garson, Kate Robbins Starring Brian Lloyd, Tori White, Deanna Brooks, Nicole Rayburn plus more than 25 additional young woman as Candy Stripers. Ratings IMDb: 3.2 by 1242 people. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Canada: 14A, Source of story A not very original screenplay. Story Graham Roland, Lea Carpenter Director Peter Berg Writers/Script Lea Carpenter Starring Mark Walberg, Lauren Cohen, Iko Uwais, John Malkovitch, Ronda Rousey, Sam Medina, Ratings IMDb: 6.1 by 63,668 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 23% by 189 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 58m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Spain:13, Netherlands: 12 Source of story A novel of the same name by John Updike Director George Miller (He of Mad Max) Writers/Script Michael Cristofer Starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarondon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Jenkins, Carel Struycken, Ratings IMDb: 6.5 by 60,910 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 76% … Continue reading
Duration 1h 49m Ratings UK: X, USA: R, Banned in Italy. Source of story A book of the same name by James Dickey Director John Boorman Writers/Script James Dickey (with unattributed changes by the director) Starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Bill McKinney, Herbert ‘Cowboy’ Coward Ratings IMDb: 7.7 by 97,192 people. … Continue reading
Duration 2h 1m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: Source of story An original screenplay Director Nancy Meyers Writers/Script Nancy Meyers Starring Robert De Nero, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, Anders Holm, Adam Devine, Ratings IMDb: 7.1 by 214,335 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 60% by 194 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Ben, a retired New York businessman, living alone due to … Continue reading
Duration 1h 41m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Germany: 6, Source of story An original screenplay, apparently inspired by an Anne Rice vampire book. Director Harold Ramis Writers/Script Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis Starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliot, Stephen Tobolowsky, Marita Geraghty, Harold Ramis, Michael Shannon, Ratings IMDb: 8.0 by 570,624 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 33m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Spain: 16. Source of story An original screenplay inspired by the existence of the actual Aokigahara forest Director Jason Zada Writers/Script Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwell, Ben Ketal Starring Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Taylor Kinney, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Ratings IMDb: 4.8 by 39,464. Rotten Tomatoes: 10% by 137 reviewers. Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 2h 8m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Nearly everywhere else: 12 Source of story Inspired by a book by Michael Crichton, from which the original Jurassic Park films were deveoped and the reboot Jurassic World. Director J.A.Bayona Writers/Script Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, most countries 12 or 13 Source of story A book of the same name by Martin Sixsmith Director Stephen Frears Writers/Script Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope Starring Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Barbara Jefford, Peter Hermann, Charlie Murphy, Anna Maxwell Martin Ratings IMDb: 7.6 by 92,997 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 30m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Source of story An original screenplay Director Glenn Standring Writers/Script Glenn Standring Starring Dougray Scott, Saffron Burrows, Leo Gregory, Scott Wills, Ratings IMDb: 5.4 by 5,280. Rotten Tomatoes: No score (only three reviewers, one of whom had obviously reviewed the wrong film) Elevator Pitch: In an alternative 1960s … Continue reading
Duration 1h 24m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, South Korea: 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Sam Miller Writers/Script Aimee Lagos Starring Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Leslie Bibb, Henry Simmons, Kate del Castillo, Ratings IMDb: 5.6 by 17,869, Rotten Tomatoes: 11% by 53 reviewers Elevator Pitch: Colin is a manipulative convict, jailed for … Continue reading
Duration 1h 44m Ratings UK: 12, USA: R, Sweden: 15 Source of story An original screenplay, story by Henry Reardon Director Jonas Pate Writers/Script Thomas Moffett Starring Kevin Spacey, Keke Palmer, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Pell James, Dallas Roberts, Jesse Plemons, Robert Loggia, Laura Ramsey Ratings IMDb: 6.6 by 18,171, Rotten Tomatoes: 27% by 64 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 21m Ratings UK: X, USA: TV-PG, later mostly 12 when on video Source of story An original screenplay Director Roger Corman, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hale, Monte Hellman,. Jack Hill, Dennis Jakob, Jack Nicholson Writers/Script Leo Gordon, Jack Hill, Roger Corman Starring Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dick Miller, Dorothy Neumann, Jonathan Haze … Continue reading
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