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Duration 1h 47m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A series of books by Kyril Bonfiglioli Writer/s Script Eric Aronson Director David Koepp Starring Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn, Jeff Goldblum, Paul Whitehouse Elevator Pitch A debonair art dealer and man about town, who has a tough protective manservant and … Continue reading
Duration 2h 37m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A book of the same name by Robert Graysmith – depicting real events. Writer/s Script James Vanderbilt Director David Fincher Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr, Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch, Chloe Sevegny, Candy Clark, Dermot Mulroney Elevator Pitch In the 1970s … Continue reading
Duration 2h 12m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A book by A.E.W. Mason (1865 to 1948) and maybe one or other of the previous versions of the story. Writer/s Script Michael Schiffer, Hossein Amini Director Shekhar Kapur Starring Wes Bentley, James Cosmo, Djimon Hounsou, Kate Hudson, Alex Jennings, Heath Ledger, Kris Marshall, Rupert Penry-Jones, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 7m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script The Wachowskis Director The Wachowskis Starring Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Tuppence Middleton, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Tim Pigott-Smith, Terry Gilliam, Julie Graham Elevator Pitch A young woman who cleans toilets for a living becomes the object of … Continue reading
Duration 2h 10m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story Other F&F outings, particularly F&F 5 Writer/s Script Chris Morgan Writer/s Story Characters: Gary Scott Walker Director Justin Lin Starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Ludacris, Luke Evans, Elsa Pataky, Gina Carano, John Ortiz Elevator … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard and the previous outing – Get Shorty Writer/s Script Peter Steinfield Director F Gary Gray Starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, Cedric the Entertainer, Andre Benjamin, Christina Milian, Harvey Keitel, Dwayne Johnson, James Woods Elevator Pitch Chilli … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens Writer/s Script Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Director Mark Waters Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Robert Forster, Anne Archer, Emma Stone Elevator Pitch A celebrated fashion photographer and serial womaniser is a guest at his brother’s … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Tracey Jackson Director Daisy von Scherler Mayer Starring Jimi Mistry, Heather Graham, Marisa Tomei, Michael McKean, Christine Baranski, Sanjeev Bhaskar Elevator Pitch A young Indian dance teacher is encouraged to emigrate to New York by his brother who tells tales of penthouse … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The previous outing, Clash of the Titans which was in turn based on a 1981 film scripted by Beverley Cross Writer/s Script Dan Mazeau, David Leslie Johnson Writer/s Story Greg Berlanti, David Leslie Johnson, Dan Mazeau Director Jonathan Liebesman Starring Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Edgar … Continue reading
Released 2017 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Jordan Peele Director Jordan Peele Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Wiliams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, LilRel Howery Elevator Pitch A young black photographer is apprehensive about visiting the country house of his white girfriend, but is made welcome … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A book of the same name by Charles Baxter Writer/s Script Allison Burnett Director Robert Benton Starring Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke, Selma Blair, Alexa Davalos, Toby Hemingway, Jane Alexander, Fred Ward Elevator Pitch A college professor on sabatical spends time in the local … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Writer/s Script Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, Simon Kinberg Writer/s Story Lionel Wigram, Michael Robert Johnston Director Guy Ritchie Starring Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Geraldine James, Kelly Reilly, Miles Jupp Elevator Pitch Holmes … Continue reading
Released 2017 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Directly following Alien 5: Promethius Writer/s Script John Logan, Dante Harper Writer/s Story Jack Paglen, Michael Green. Characters: Dan O’Bannon, Ronald Shusett Director Ridley Scott Starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Elevator Pitch The Covenant, a spaceship, carrying 2000 colonists and 15 crew all … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A tenuous relationship with the Transporter franchise Writer/s Script Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Luc Besson Writer/s Story Characters: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Director Camille Delamarre Starring Ed Strein, Ray Stevenson, Loan Chabanol, Gabriella Wright, Tatiana Pajkovic Elevator Pitch Frank Martin (the second) continues to transport stuff … Continue reading
Released 1992 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Bruce Robinson Director Bruce Robinson Starring Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman, Graham Beckel, Kathy Baker, Kevin Conway, John Malkovich Elevator Pitch A big city cop gets a job in the boondocks working for an old friend and quickly identifies the possibility … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A tenuous relationship with the previous movies in the franchise Writer/s Script David Zucker, Pat Proft Director Malcolm D Lee, David Zucker Starring Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Gracie Whitton, Snoop Dogg, Shad Moss, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Jerry O’Connell Elevator Pitch The franchise continues to spoof current … Continue reading
Released 1991 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Don Michael Paul Director Simon Wincer Starring Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Chelsea Field, Daniel Baldwin, Giancarlo Esposito, Elevator Pitch When two old friends learn that the bar they grew up in is to be reposssessed they determine to rob a bank to … Continue reading
Released 1997 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Philip Eisner Director Paul W S Anderson Starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee Elevator Pitch The revolutionary spacecraft Event Horizon fitted with a faster than light drive, disappeared on its maiden flight but … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating (UK) 15 (R in America) Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Tom Gormican Director Tom Gormican Starring Zac Efron, Michael B Jordan, Miles Teller, Imogen Poots, Mackenzie Davis, Elevator Pitch Three young men, two of them book cover designers and one a doctor, get together just to have fun and … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Derek Kolstad Director Chad Stahelski, David Leitch Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willen Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Toby Leonard Moore, Bridget Moynahan, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane Elevator Pitch A man has his house trashed, his dog killed and his car stolen … Continue reading
Released 1998 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A book of the same name by Jonahthan Harr which describes real events. Writer/s Script Steven Zaillian Director Steven Zaillian Starring John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H Macy, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan, James Gandolfini, Stephen Fry Elevator Pitch A group of personal injury lawyers take … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A book of the same name by Bernhard Schlink (1995) Writer/s Script David Hare Director Stephen Daldry Starring Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Kate Winslet, Bruno Ganz Elevator Pitch A middle aged lawyer in Germany of 1995 looks back over his life, particularly at a teenage love affair … Continue reading
Released 2017 Rating (UK) Source of story A novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov written in 1865 (with modifications) Writer/s Script Alice Birch Director William Oldroyd Starring Florence Pugh, Christopher Fairbank, Cosmo Jarvis, Naomi Ackle Elevator Pitch A colliery owner in 1860s Northern England buys a young woman as a wife … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating (UK) PG Source of story A riff on the previous outings of the gang Writer/s Script Brian Koppelman, David Levien Director Steven Soderbergh Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elliot Gould, Al Pacino, Don Cheadle, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Eddie Izzard, Ellen Barkin, Julian Sands, Andy Garcia … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The remade Ocean’s Eleven Writer/s Script George Nolfi Director Steven Soderbergh Starring Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Bernie Mac, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Carl Reiner, Elliot Gould, Robbie Coltrain, Vincent Cassel, Eddie Izzard Elevator Pitch Terry Benedict, the … Continue reading
Released 2001 Rating (UK) 12 Source of story The 1960 film of the same name starring Frank Sinatra Writer/s Script Ted Griffin Writer/s Story George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell (1960) Director Steven Soderbergh Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Elliot Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner … Continue reading
Released 2001 Rating (UK) 12 Source of story Apparently “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World” from 1963 Writer/s Script Andy Breckman Director Jerry Zucker Starring Nick Schaffer, Cuba Gooding Jr, Seth Green, Vince Vieluf, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Lovitz, Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Amy Smart Elevator Pitch An eccentric casino owner encourages his high rollers … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story The first Underworld film Writer/s Script Danny McBride Writer/s Story Len Wiseman, Danny McBride, Kevin Grevioux Director Len Wiseman Starring Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy, Steven Mackintosh, Michael Sheen Elevator Pitch Selene, the super vampire, and Michael the Lycan/vampire hybrid are trying … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story A 1972 Wes Craven film and earlier Swedish stuff Writer/s Script Adam Alleca, Carl Ellsworth Director Dennis Iliadis Starring Garret Dillahunt, Michael Bowen, Josh Coxx, Riki Lindhome, Aaron Paul, Sara Paxton, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn Elevator Pitch A couple staying in their isolated holiday home think their … Continue reading
Released 1990 Rating (UK) PG Source of story The second of the trilogy Writer/s Script Bob Gale Writer/s Story Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis Director Robert Zemeckis Starring Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F Wilson, Lea Thompson, Elisabeth Shue, Richard Dysart Elevator Pitch At the end of BTTF II Doc in the Delorean … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A not very original screenplay (in my view and that of a couple of authors) Writer/s Script Judd Apatow Director Judd Apatow Starring Seth Rogan, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Harold Ramis, Alan Tudyk, Kristen Wiig and some celebrities Elevator … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A continuation of the Miss Congeniality story Writer/s Script Marc Lawrence Writer/s Story Characters – Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, Caryn Lucas Director John Pasquin Starring Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, Heather Burns, Treat Williams Elevator Pitch Gracie has written a book and … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor Director Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor Starring Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam Elevator Pitch An English hit-man in Los Angeles is injected with a poison by a rival which will kill him unless he can keep … Continue reading
Released 1989 Rating (UK) PG Source of story The first Back to the Future film. Writer/s Script Bob Gale Writer/s Story Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis Director Robert Zemeckis Starring Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F Wilson, Elisabeth Shue Elevator Pitch Doc and Marty go forward in time to 2015, but while there … Continue reading
Released 2017 Rating (UK) PG Source of story This work has a lot of history starting off with an 18th century fairy tale intended, believe it or not, to prepare young women for arranged marriages. Also the 1994 Disney animated picture and the Broadway stage musical. Writer/s Script Evan Spiliotopoulos, Stephen Chbosky Director Bill Condon … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script James Gray Director James Gray Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall Elevator Pitch In crime ridden 1980s New York two brothers are on opposite sides of the law, one is a police officer, the other is a nightclub operator … Continue reading
Released 1999 Rating (UK) Source of story Short stories and novels by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg Writer/s Script Nicholas Kazan Director Chris Columbus Starring Robin Williams, Embeth Davidz, Sam Neill, Oliver Platt Elevator Pitch A domestic robot, purchased to carry out menial tasks, proves to have intelligence and to be capable of advanced … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Steven Knight Director Steven Knight Starring Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong Elevator Pitch A former soldier, suffering from PTSD and living on the street accidentally finds himself given the opportunity of taking on another man’s identity and luxurious lifestyle. … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story Well, the title indicates as reationship with the others of similar name, but it is tenuous. Writer/s Script Chris Morgan Director Justin Lin Starring Lucas Black, Nathalie Kelly, Shad Moss, Brian Tee, Sung Kang Elevator Pitch A young street racer has to go to live with his … Continue reading
Released 1985 Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale Director Robert Zemeckis Starring Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F wilson, Claudia Wells Elevator Pitch Marty a 17 year old skateboarder is accidentally sent back to 1955 in his friend Doc’s DeLorean time … Continue reading
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