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Released 2012 Rating 12A Director Peter Berg Writer/s Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber Starring Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard, Source of story Amazingly – the Hasbro game of the same name Elevator Pitch Alien invaders in five space craft attack earth when their planet is contacted by Hawaian scientists. Their sophisticated sea craft battle … Continue reading
Released 1994 Rating 15 in UK Director John Badham Writer/s Tony Griffin, Guy Manos, Peter Barsocchini, John Bishop Starring Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancey Butler Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A gang rescue a prisoner from a Boeing 747 at 40,000 ft, blowing a hole in the side and jumping out. He … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Ben Wheatley Writer/s Amy Jump Starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes, Sienna Guillory, Reese Shearsmith Source of story J.G.Ballard novel of the same name. Elevator Pitch An architect has designed a high rise building where as you get nearer the top the residents … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating PG Director Robert Stromberg Writer/s Linda Woolverton Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Kenneth Cranham, Source of story A variation on the Sleeping Beauty story. With more changes than one can enumerate. Elevator Pitch A good witch turned bad, curses the king’s new born daughter, saying that … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating 12A in UK Director Jonathan Mostow Writer/s John Brancato, Michael Ferris Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken Source of story Earlier Terminators, James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd credited with having invented the characters. Elevator Pitch John Connor has survived into young adulthood by living “off the grid” but … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating U Director Andy Fickman Writer/s Moe Jelline Starring Kristen Bell, Odette Annable, Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A young woman, who is a successful executive arrives home for her brother’s wedding, to find that he is to marry her greatest enemy in college. She … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating 12A in UK Director Dennis Dugan Writer/s Jay Scherick, David Ronn Starring Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A police officer is jailed for attacking a black man, and after his release he joins a security firm, only to find that he must join his former … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Julien Magnet Writer/s Julien Magnet Starring Milla Jovovich, Julian McMahon, David Atrakchi, Marianne Faithful Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A young woman returning home from a night out with friends witnesses a murder taking place, and is chased by the killer. In the resulting struggle … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 12A in UK Director Stephen Sommers Writer/s Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett Starring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Jonathan Pryce Source of story An action figure!! Elevator Pitch An arms manufacturer develops a weapon which can deploy nanobots which eat whatever they touch, and with the help of some dastardly … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 15 in UK Director David Twohy Writer/s David Twohy, Jim and Ken Wheat Starring Vin Diesel, Jordi Mollà, Karl Urban Source of story A reappearance of the character, now a franchise, but who first was seen in “Pitch Black”. Elevator Pitch The super warrior Riddick is left for dead on an alien … Continue reading
Released 2000 Rating 15 in UK Director Dominic Sena Writer/s H.B.Halicki, Scott Rosenberg Starring Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovani Ribisi, Robert Duvall, Timothy Olyphant, Christopher Ecclestone, Vinnie Jones Source of story A remake of a 1974 film (I had never heard of it) Elevator Pitch A seasoned car thief is drawn out of retirement to … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 12A in UK Director Gore Verbinski Writer/s Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin McNally, Mackenzie Crook, Tom Hollander, Naomie Harris Source of story A Disneyworld ride! And previous episodes Elevator Pitch Jack Sparrow, condemned in the previous film to Davy … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 12A in UK Director Steven Brill Writer/s Fred Wolf, Harris Goldberg, Tom Nursall, Jay Leggett, Mitch Rouse Starring Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Dax Shepard Source of story An original screenplay, but involving D.B.Cooper a man who exhorted $200,000 from an airline owner and parachuted out of one never to be seen again. … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 12A in UK Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Writer/s Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie, Julian Fellows Starring Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A woman who is under surveilance, selects a man at random on a train to be a decoy, … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 15 in UK Director Paul W.S. Anderson Writer/s Paul W.S. Anderson Starring Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Sienna Guillory, Source of story Originally a video game, and previous movies. Elevator Pitch Alice searches for other survivors of the T-Virus piloting an aircraft, finally landing on the roof of a prison in … Continue reading
Released 1997 Rating 15 in UK Director James L Brooks Writer/s Mark Andrus, James L Brooks Starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr, Skeet Ulrich, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A rich author who compulsively must follow precise patterns in his life finds everything changes when his gay neighbour … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating PG in UK Director Jon Favreau Writer/s Justin Marks Starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson Source of story The Book by Rudyard Kipling – and the 1967 cartoon. Elevator Pitch A young boy is left alone in the jungle and becomes a cub in a pack of … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 15 in UK Director Shawn Levy Writer/s Josh Klausner Starring Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, Taraji P.Henson, Kristen Wiig, Mark Ruffalo, James Franco, Mila Kunis Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A couple whose lives have become a bit boring initiate “date night” where they go out and dine … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating R in USA Director Joon-ho Bong Writer/s Joon-ho Bong, Kelly Masterson Starring Chris Evans, Kang-ho Song, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton Source of story A graphic story Le Transperceneige by Jaques Lob, Bejamin Legrand, Jean Marc Rochette Elevator Pitch A ragged bunch of men women and children are crammed into the … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 15 in UK Director Matt Reeves Writer/s Drew Goddard Starring Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Stahl-David Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch During a party to celebrate the departure from New York of one of them, there is upheaval in the city, and they see buildings falling. They … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Jay Roach Writer/s John McNamara Starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Elle Fanning Source of story Real events and book by Bruce Cook Elevator Pitch Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and nine others are called before Congress to answer allegations that they are members of the communist party. They … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 12A in UK Director Lee Daniels Writer/s Danny Strong Starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, Vanessa Redgrave, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr, Lenny Kravitz, Robin Williams, John Cusack, Liev Schreiber, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda. Source of story Inspired by real events and an article by Wil Haygood in the Washington Post … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 12A in UK Director Greg Berlanti Writer/s Ian Deitchman, Kristin Rusk Robinson Starring Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Sarah Burns, Melissa McCarthy Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch When a married couple are killed in a road accident, two of their friends, one male one female, are named as … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 12A Director Rob Marshall Writer/s Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio and others. Starring Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin McNally, Richard Griffiths, Judy Dench, Sam Claflin, Astrid Berges-Frisbey Source of story This episode loosley based on a novel by Tim Powers, the franchise based on a ride at Disneyland. Elevator … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 12A in UK Director Marc Forster Writer/s Paul Haggis, Neil Purvis, Robert Wade Starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, Rory Kinnear, Tim Pigott-Smith, Source of story A continuation of Casino Royal, title apparently an Ian Fleming short story. Elevator Pitch The secret organisation Quantum has penetrated the … Continue reading
Released 1983 Rating 15 in UK Director John Landis Writer/s Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod Starring Dan Akroyd, Eddie Murphy, Don Ameche, Jamie Lee Curtis, Denholm Elliott, Ralph Bellamy, Frank Oz, James Belushi Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch At the whim of a couple of financiers a homeless man and a young businessman … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 13 in UK Director Woody Allen Writer/s Woody Allen Starring Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A dead investigative reporter, on the boat across the Styx gets a whiff of a dramatic story, and manages to communicate with an American journalism student … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 in UK Director Billy Ray Writer/s Billy Ray Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris Source of story A 2009 Argentinian film of the same name. Elevator Pitch A former FBI officer returns to Los Angeles to tell his former colleagues that he has found the identity of a … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director John Michael McDonagh Writer/s John Michael McDonagh Starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A country policeman on the west coast of Ireland has his own sense of right and wrong. This involves paying prostitutes and returning a … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 15 in UK Director Vondie Curtis-Hall Writer/s Vondie Curtis-Hall, Darin Scott Starring Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A former criminal recently released on probation when his car, with the son in it, is hijacked. The cost of getting the boy back from a fearsome gang … Continue reading
Released 1981 Rating 15 in UK Director George Miller Writer/s George Miller Starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Source of story Mad Max 1 Elevator Pitch In post nuclear war Australia Max comes across a fortified community in the desert that has an oil well and a primitive refinery, but it is being besieged by a … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 12A in UK Director Stephen Herek Writer/s John Scott Shepherd Starring Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Stockard Channing, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A TV news reporter who apparently has everything, has her death predicted by a street prophet, and as his other preditions come true so it … Continue reading
Released 1986 Rating PG Director Leonard Nimoy Writer/s Leonard Nemoy, Harve Bennet, Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelly, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Catherine Hicks Source of story Startrek TV, and actually this is a continuation of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Elevator … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 12A in UK Director Nicholas Hytner Writer/s Alan Bennet Starring Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent, Richard Griffiths, Francis de la Tour, James Corden Source of story Real events, recorded by Alan Bennet as a book and a play Elevator Pitch Shortly after Alan Bennet moves into a substantial house in Camden … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 12A in UK Director Simon West Writer/s David Guggenheim Starring Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Malin Akerman, Danny Huston Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Eight years after a failed bank robbery a criminal gets out of jail, only to find himself having to pursue his former partner, who had has … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 12A Director Mathieu Kassovitz Writer/s Mathieu Kassovitz Starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry, Mark Strong, Charlotte Rampling, Gerard Depardieu, David Belle, Source of story A novel by Maurice G Dantec Elevator Pitch In a future where law and order has broken down a former mercenary is hired to take a young … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating PG in UK Director Mark Osborne, John Stevenson Writer/s Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger Starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogan, Lucy Lui Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch An obese panda with a dream of becoming a kung fu master is accidentally chosen to … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 15 in UK Director Mikael Hafstrom Writer/s Miles Chapman, Jason Keller Starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Jim Caveizel, Sam Neill, Vinnie Jones Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch An expert in prison security, who usually determines the weaknesses in such facilities by escaping from them, is incarcerated in … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 15 in UK Director Danny Boyle Writer/s Alex Garland Starring Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh, Mark Strong Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A space craft is sent from earth to revive the dying sun with a large atomic bomb. They are the second mission, the first … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 12A in UK Director Guillermo del Toro Writer/s Guillermo del Toro, Travis Beacham Starring Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman Source of story An original screenplay – but sort of based on Japanese Anime. Elevator Pitch The world is threatened by monsters which rise from the sea to … Continue reading
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