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Duration 1h 27m Source of story A book by “Fair Game” by Paula Gosling Director George P. Cosmatos Writers/Script Sylvester Stallone Starring Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Brian Thompson, Lee Garlington, Elevator Pitch: A killer in Los Angeles, known as the “Night Slasher” leaves the mutilated bodies of young women for the police to … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Rating (UK) 12 Source of story A book of the same name written in 1949 by Agatha Christie Director Gilles Paquet-Brenner Writers/Script Julian Fellows, Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Tim Rose Price, Starring Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Honor Kneafsey, Christina Hendricks, Terence Stamp, Julian Sands, Gillian Anderson, Elevator Pitch: A bunch of toffs … Continue reading
Duration 2h 5m Rating (UK) X Source of story A Life Magazine article “The Boys in the Bank” by P.F. Kluge, about a real bank robbery which took place in 1972. Director Sidney Lumet Writers/Script Frank Pierson Starring John Cazale, Al Pacino, Charles Durning, Lance Henriksen, Dominic Chianese, Chris Sarandon, Penelope Allen, Elevator Pitch: Three … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Guy Richie Writers/Script Guy Richie Starring Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones, P.H.Moriarty, Sting, Rob Brydon, Danny John-Jules, Matthew Vaughn Elevator Pitch: A bunch of young geezers in the East End elect one of their number to engage … Continue reading
Duration 1h 29m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A novella of the same name by Jonathan Ames Director Lynne Ramsay Writers/Script Lynne Ramsay Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov Elevator Pitch: Joe, played by Phoenix, is a veteran and possible ex-FBI man whose job is to recover children and young people sold into … Continue reading
Duration 1h 56m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A New York Times magazine article “The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year Old Drug Mule” by Sam Dolnick Director Clint Eastwood Writers/Script Nick Schenk Starring Clint Eastwood, Alison Eastwood, Dianne Wiest, Taissa Farmiga, Laurence Fishburne, Bradley Cooper, Michael Peña, Andy Garcia, Elevator Pitch: An elderly flower farmer, Earl … Continue reading
Duration 1h 25m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay Director Stefan Ruzowitzky Writers/Script Zach Dean Starring Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Kris Kristofferson, Sissy Spacek, Kate Mara, Treat Williams, Elevator Pitch: Lisa, a young woman in a mini-dress is freezing to death in a snowstorm on the road to Canada when … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A magazine article about real events by Jessica Pressler Director Lorene Scafaria Writers/Script Lorene Scafaria Starring Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Mercedes Ruehl and a number of people who do not have real names. Elevator Pitch: A group of women who dance and provide other … Continue reading
Duration 2h 2m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Claimed to be a back story of the Joker of the Batman universe. Director Todd Phillips Writers/Script Todd Phillips, Scott Silver (And the creators of the Gotham character are credited) Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Frances Conroy Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 3m Rating (UK) X Source of story A book of the same name by Jim Thompson who was employed initially to develop the screenplay Director Sam Peckinpah Writers/Script Walter Hill Starring Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Sally Struthers, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens, Richard Bright, Dub Taylor Elevator Pitch: Doc McCoy, is a … Continue reading
Duration 2h 13m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Apparently the director followed a news story about the disabling of parts of Iran’s nuclear research by malware. Director Michael Mann Writers/Script Morgan Davis Foehl Starring Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wein Tang, Leehom Wang Elevator Pitch: When an explosion occurs in a Chinese nuclear power plant … Continue reading
Duration 1h 42m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Rowdy Herrington Writers/Script Rowdy Herrington, Marty Kaplan Starring Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, John Mahoney Elevator Pttch: Someone in Pittsburgh is assassinating young women and dumping the bodies in the river. When detective Tom Hardy suggests that the … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Writers/Script Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Adrian Martinez, Gerald McRaney, Rodrigo Santoro, BD Wong Elevator Pitch: Nicky Spurgeon, the leader of a group of con men, meets and becomes involved with a female swindler, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 5m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story A novel of the same name by Michael Crichton Director Phillip Kaufman Writers/Script Phillip Kaufman, Michael Backes, Michael Crichton (The last left due to creative differences) Starring Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere, Steve Buschemi, Tatjana Patitz, Elevator Pitch: During a party … Continue reading
Duration 1h 39m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Quentin Tarantino Writers/Script Quentin Tarantino Starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Randy Brooks, Kirk Baltz, Edward Bunker, Quentin Tarantino Elevator Pitch. In the aftermath of a diamond robbery the participants gradually begin to assemble in … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch. A celebrity biographer who has fallen on hard times is harrassed by her landlord, can’t get the vet to look at her cat, and is lectured by her agent, but due to a chance discovery of a couple of letters while researching Fanny Brice, which she is able to sell, one of them … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch A bunch of criminals are in Detroit to rob a financier of his trove of uncut diamonds. They include Jack Foley and his associate Buddy, black former boxer Maurice Miller and two associates, all of them given information by the idiotic Glenn. They are being pursued by US Marshal Karen Sisco. All of … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch A disparate group of people collect at a run down hotel on the Nevada/California border.. They are a priest with a poor memory, a singer on her way to Reno, a vacuun cleaner salesman and a young woman who drags a hostage from her car into her room. There is a young man … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch. Stephanie, a single mom, vlogger and serial social volunteer, becomes friendly with Emily, a corporate high flyer, due the the friendship of their sons. The favor is that she has to collect Emily’s son from school and look after him for a day or two, but when Emily fails to collect her offspring … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script David Grovic, Paul Conway (and an original screenplay “Motel” by James Russo) Additional Info Rebecca Da Costa is an almost unfeasibly tall Brazilian model. I thought she did OK. Director David Grovic Starring John Cusack, Rebecca Da Costa, Robert De Nero, Crispin … Continue reading
Duration 1h 51m Rating (UK) X Source of story Actual events in the the real life of these two people – slightly more than “inspired by real events”. Writers/Script David Newman, Robert Benton (and Robert Towne uncredited) Additional Info The production costs are estimated at $2,500,00 and the film grossed more than $50,000,000, a result … Continue reading
Duration 1h 41m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Broderick Miller Additional Info This was a made for TV film for HBO. It was apparently reissued in 2004. Director Lewis Teague Starring Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen, James Remar, Stephen Tobolowsky Elevator Pitch The leader of a trio of bank … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Rian Johnson Additional Info The director has subsequently been employed to write and direct the latest trio of StarWars films. Director Rian Johnson Starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Robbie Coltrane, Maximilian Schell Elevator Pitch A couple of brothers … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Michael Cody, Chris Sivertson Additional Info No-one has said much about this film. By movie production standards it did not cost much, but was a financial disaster anyway. Director Steven C Miller Starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista, Adrian Grenier Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A novel, of the same name by Peter Dexter Writers/Script Peter Dexter, Lee Daniels Additional Info It is worth bearing in mind that MM’s character is gay. It is said by some that the film got a standing ovation at Cannes, but others have said that … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, George Clooney, Grant Heslov Additional Info This originally written by the Coens in 1986 shortly after “Blood Simple”, and steps taken to film it starring George Clooney in 2005. Director George Clooney Starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Glenn … Continue reading
Duration 1h 31m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Peter A Dowling Additional Info The director disowned this work, appearing on the titles as “Peter P Croudins”. Director Peter Howitt Starring Dominic Cooper, Samuel L Jackson, Gloria Reuben, Erin Karoluk Elevator Pitch A young prosecutor, on his way home after a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A book of the same name by Agatha Christie Writers/Script Michael Green Additional Info The story was filmed in 1974 and presented as a TV film in 2001 and 2010 Director Kenneth Branagh Starring Kenneth Branagh, Daisy Ridley, Penélope Cruz, Josh Gad, Johnny Depp, Derek Jacobi, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 43m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A 1927 story “The House on Turk Street” by Dashiell Hammett Writers/Script Christopher Canaan, Steve Barancik Additional Info The director made his name with the TV show “The Monkees”. Director Bob Refelson Starring Samuel L Jackson, Milla Jovovoch, Stellan Skarsgård, Doug Hutchison, Joss Ackland, Grace Zabriskie … Continue reading
Duration 2h 5m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Richard Recco, Damian Lichtenstein Additional Info Apparently Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner were each given the opportunity of editing the movie. The latter’s more violent approach was presented. Director Damian Lichtenstein Starring Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courtney Cox, Christian Slater, Kevin Pollak, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 58m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Rebecca Blunt Additional Info No-one has ever met Rebecca Blunt so those in the know think the script was written either by the director or his wife. Director Steven Soderbergh Starring Channing Tatum, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Adam Driver, Seth MacFarlane, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 59m Rating (UK) 15 (13 in Spain and R in USA?) Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Andrew Scheinman, Adam Scheinman, Tony Gilroy Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Doug Hutchison, David Paymer, Jeffrey Donovan, Megan Dodds Elevator Pitch A small time thief, imprisoned for stealing shrimp, is in … Continue reading
Duration 1h 49m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Novel “Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem” by Peter Ackroyd. Writer/s Script Jane Goldman Director Juan Carlos Medina Starring Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Eddie Marsan, Douglas Booth, Daniel Mays Elevator Pitch In Victorian London a police inspector is assigned to the case of the Limehouse Golem, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 22m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script George Gallo, Kevin Pollak Director George Gallo Starring Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Kevin Pollak, Giovanni Ribisi, Beau Bridges, Jason Lee Elevator Pitch When an old lady inhabiting a luxury apartment dies under unusual circumstances the police are on the case, and … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Randy Feldman Director Thomas Carter Starring Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, Carmen Ejogo, Michael Wincott Elevator Pitch A San Francisco policeman, who is a top negotiator, chases and captures a violent jewel thief, aided by his new partner a former military sniper. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 44m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Morgan O’Neill, Paul Leyden Director Morgan O’Neill Starring John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Katherine Waterston Elevator Pitch A detective in Buffalo is on the trail of a serial killer when his daughter is abducted, and he realises that she has been taken … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Edgar Wright Director Edgar Wright Starring Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Eiza Gonzales, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Walter Hill Elevator Pitch Baby is a talented get-away driver with tinitus, who therefore listens to an IPod all the time. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Rating (UK) PG-13 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Daniel Kunka Director Renny Harlin Starring John Cena, Aiden Gillen, Ashley Scott, Steve Harris, Taylor Cole Elevator Pitch In a fracas at the roadside a policeman captures a villain, but is accidentally involved in the death of the man’s girlfriend. The … 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 2000 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story The TV series and possibly the first film Writer/s Script Robert Towne Writer/s Story Ronald D Moore, Brannon Braga Director John Woo Starring Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, Joln Polson, Brendan Gleeson Elevator Pitch Ethan’s team is hired to recover a deadly … Continue reading
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