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Duration 1h 56m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Netherlands 16 Source of story The Homeric poem -The Odyssey Director Uberto Pasolini Writers/Script John Collee, Edward Bond, Uberto Pasolini Starring Charlie Plummer, Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Claudio Santamaria, Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 12k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 78% positive reviews (not sure what this means). Review2view: 3/10. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A 1985 book ‘The Lives of Lee Miller’ by Anthony Penrose. Director Ellen Kuras Writers/Script Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee Starring Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skasgård, Marion Cotillard, Andrea Riseborough, Ratings IMDb: 6.9/10 by 25k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 6.5/10 by … Continue reading
Duration 2h 2m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story The real early life of Trump as a property developer. Director Ali Abbasi Writers/Script Gabriel Sherman Starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Martin Donovan, Maria Bakalova, Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 47k People. Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9/10 by 242 reviewers. Review2view: 7.5/10. Plot of The … Continue reading
Duration 3h 34m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay, it is suggested, based on the lives of a number of Brutalist architects. Director Brady Corbet Writers/Script Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, Starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Ratings IMDb: 8/10 by 12k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 8.7/10 by 244 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 32m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Netherlands: 12 Source of story A stage play of the same name by C.P. Taylor. Director Vincente Amorin Writers/Script John Wrathall Starring Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Mark Strong, Gemma Jones, Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10. Rotten Tomatoes: . Review2view: 6.3/10 Plot of Good: John Halder, a professor … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 15 Source of story Loosely based on real events Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Writers/Script Michael Mitnick Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Ratings IMDb: 6.5/10 by 31k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 32% by 56 reviewers. Review2view: 5/10 . Plot of the … Continue reading
Duration 1h 40m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: probably PG, Denmark probably 11. Source of story An original screenplay based on real events. Director Guy Nattiv Writers/Script Nicholas Martin Starring Helen Mirren, Henry Goodman, Cammille Cottin, Liev Schreiber Ratings IMDb: 5.9/10 by 8k people. Rotten Tomatoes:52% by 120 reviewers. Review2view: 6.5/10. The Plot of Golda: It … Continue reading
Duration 2h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story A book of the same name by Sara Gay Forden Director Ridley Scott Writers/Script Becky Johnston, Roberto Bentivegna Starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, Jack Huston, Salma Hayek, Ratings IMDb: 6.6/10 by 154k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 61% … Continue reading
Duration 2h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story The life of the man – up to a point Director Ridley Scott Writers/Script David Scarpa Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Rupert Everett, Miles Jupp, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Ian McNeice, Ratings IMDb: 6.7/10. Rotten Tomatoes: 60% by 212 reviewers. Review2view: 7/10. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15, Source of story A book: The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal and Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager. Director Ridley Scott Writers/Script Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon Starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck, Harriet Walter, … Continue reading
Duration 3h 00m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story A 2005 book “American Promethius” by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin Director Christopher Nolan Writers/Script Christopher Nolan Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Conti, Josh Hartnett, Florence Pugh, Matthew Modine, Matt Damon, Dane DeHaan, Rami Malek, Olivia … Continue reading
Duration 2h 7m Ratings UK: A, Source of story A book of the same name by James A. Michener – but apparently a lot of liberties taken. Director James Fargo Writers/Script Nancy Voyles Crawford, Thomas A. McMahon, Lorraine Williams Starring Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Christopher Lee, Jennifer O’Neill, Joseph Cotton, Jeremy Kemp, and a whole … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: A, USA: PG, Sweden: 11 Source of story An original screenplay, loosely based on real WWI flying events and personalities, and early barnstorming air circuses. Director George Roy Hill Writers/Script George Roy Hill, William Goldman Starring Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Susan Sarondon, Geoffrey Lewis, Phillip Bruns, Margot Kidder, Bo Brundin … Continue reading
Duration 2h 09m Ratings UK: U, USA: Not Rates, Sweden 15 Source of story An original screenplay taking advantage of the antipathy between Muslims and Hindus in the Northwest at the time. Director J. Lee Thompson Writers Frank S. Nugent, Robin Estridge Starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfred Hyde-White, I.S. Johar, Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading
Duration 3h 09m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story The film apparently depicts a number of well known incidents and characters in Hollywood history. Director Damien Chazelle Writers/Script Damien Chazelle Starring Phoebe Tonkin, Jean Smart, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Olivia Wilde, Karina Fontes, Lucas Haas, Li Jun Li, Eric Roberts, Olivia … Continue reading
Duration 2h 23m Ratings UK: U, USA: Not Rated, Sweden: 15 Source of story The life of Alexander Director Robert Rossen Writers/Script Robert Rossen Starring Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing, Michael Hordern, Peter Wyngarde, Ratings IMDb: 5.8/10 by 3813 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by a few reviewers. Review2view … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: X, USA: Approved, Spain: 18 (all original ratings) Source of story A short play of the same name by Tennessee Williams Director Joseph L. Mankiewics Writers/Script Gore Vidal Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Eddie Fisher, Gore Vidal Ratings IMDb: 7.5/10 by 15,649 people . Rotten Tomatoes: ?. Review2view: 7/10. Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 1h 43m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, South Korea: 12 Source of story Real events relating to the death of Princess Diana in 1997 Director Stephen Frears Writers/Script Peter Morgan Starring Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Sylvia Syms, Michael Sheen, Helen McCrory, Mark Bazeley, Ratings IMDb: 7.3/10 by 109,488 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: U, USA: Approved, Ukraine: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director J. Lee Thompson Writers/Script Elliot Sarnold, James R. Webb Starring Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Basehart, Brad Dexter, Barry Morse, James Coburn Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 1888 people. Rotten Tomatoes: Not rated. Review2view: 3/10. Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Switzerland: 12 Source of story Loosely based on the real events of the Elizabethan age. Director Shekhar Kapur Writers/Script William Nicholson, Michael Hirst Starring Jordi Molla, Cate Balnchett, Laurence Fox, John Shrapnel, Geoffrey Rush, Samantha Morton, Abbie Cornish, Rhys Ifans, Eddie Redmayne, Clive Owen, Tom Hollander, David … Continue reading
Duration 3h 8m Ratings UK: PG, USA: Approved, Spain: A Source of story Very very loosely based on real events as chronciles in the “Decline and Fall” by Edward Gibbon. Director Anthony Mann Writers/Script Ben Barzman, Basilio Franchina, Phillip Yordan Starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guiness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Qualyle, john Ireland, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 7 Source of story A book “Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire” by Amanda Foreman Director Saul Dibb Writers/Script Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen, Saul Dibb Starring Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell, Simon McBurney, John Shrapnel, Michael Medwin, Ratings IMDb: 6.9 by 80,000 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 51m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 7 Source of story An original screenplay based on the very public life and novels of Colette Director Wash Westmoreland Writers/Script Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer, Rebecca Lenkiewicz Starring Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, Robert Pugh, Arabella Weir, Eleanor Tomlinson, Denise Gough, Ratings IMDb: 6.7 by … Continue reading
Duration 2h 43m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 15 Source of story Saiod to be based on the autobiography of Puyi, the last emperor, published in 1964. Director Bernardo Bertolucci Writers/Script Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe, Starring John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Tool, Jade Go, Ying Ruocheng, and a load of Chinese actors Ratings IMDb: 7.7 by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 42m Ratings UK: A, USA: Source of story A 1901 book of the same name by L. Frank Baum Director Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mevyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe, King Vidor Writers/Script Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allen Woolf, plus 15 other contributors. Starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack … Continue reading
Duration 2h 19m Ratings UK: 18, USA: Source of story An original screenplay Director Mel Gibson Writers/Script Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia Starring Rudy Youngblood, Morris Birdyellowhead, Dalia Hernandez, Raoul Max Trujillo, Ratings IMDb: 7.8 by 291,375 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 66% by 199 critics. Elevator Pitch: In what is now Mexico a small group of men, dressed … 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 3h 13m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG, Sweden: 11, Source of story Real events chronicled by a book of the same name by Tom Wolfe Director Phillip Kaufman Writers/Script Phillip Kaufman Starring Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Barbara Hershey, Lance Henriksen, Jeff Goldblum, Harry Shearer, Donald Moffat Ratings IMDb: 7.8 by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 40m Ratings UK: U, USA: Approved. Sweden: 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Jerry Hopper Writers/Script Ranald MacDougall, Sydney Boehm Starring Charlton Heston, Robert Young, Nicole Maurey, Thomas Mitchell, Yma Sumac, Ratings IMDb: 6.1 by 1226 people. Rotten Tomatoes: No reviews. Elevator Pitch: Out in Peru Harry Steele is an adventurer … Continue reading
Duration 2h 3m Ratings UK: 12A, USA PG-13, Source of story Real events apparently as recorded by historian Lady Antonia Fraser. Director Sofia Coppola Writers/Script Sofia Coppola Starring Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Marianne Faithful, Jamie Dornan, Steve Coogan, Elevator Pitch: As a means … Continue reading
Duration 3h 2m Rating (UK) U Source of story Loosely based on the life of Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar Director Anthony Mann Writers/Script Fredric M. Frank, Phillip Yordan, Ben Barzman, Bernard Gordon Starring Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Geneviève Page, John Fraser, Gary Raymond, Michael Hordern, Herbert Lom, Elevator Pitch: The 11th Century Spanish … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A book of the same name by Philippa Greory Director Justin Chadwick Writers/Script Peter Morgan Starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance, Kristen Scott Thomas, David Morrissey, Benedict Cumberbatch, Anna Torrent, Eddie Redmayne, Andrew Garfield, Eric Bana Elevator Pitch: In order to promote the … Continue reading
Duration 1h 28m Rating (UK) PG Source of story A novel “Paths of Glory” by Humphrey Cobb Director Stanley Kubrick Writers/Script Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willmington, Jim Thompson Starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris Elevator Pitch: Two generals meet in the luxurious surrounding of a french palace during WWI one trying … Continue reading
Duration 2h 41m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A novel by Shusaku Endo Director Martin Scorsese Writers/Script Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks, Starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Ciarán Hinds, Issei Ogata, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Yoshi Oida, Yosuke Kubozuka Elevator Pitch: In 1633 two Portuguese priests, Fathers Rodriguez and Garupe, whose mentor, Father Ferreira, had … Continue reading
Duration 2h 21m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Real events which prompted a book by US journalist David Grann Director James Gray Writers/Script James Gray Starring Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Angus Macfadyen, Ian McDairmid, Elevator Pitch: in 1905 Major Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnum) is hired by the British government to … Continue reading
Duration 2h 30m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A book written by Wladyslaw Szpilman about his experiences. Director Roman Polanski Writers/Script Ronald Harwood Starring Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Maureen Lipman, Frank Finlay, Cyril Shaps, Thomas Kretschmann Elevator Pitch: Pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew is playing for a radio broadcast in 1939 … Continue reading
Duration 2h 25m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story Real events in the life of Captain John Smith who apparently wrote a number of books. Director Terence Malick Writers/Script Terence Malick Starring Colin Farrell, Q’orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, David Thewlis, Ben Chaplin Elevator Pitch: In 1607 three ships arrive on the coast of … Continue reading
Duration 3h 13m Rating (UK) A Source of story A book of the same name by Boris Pasternak publiched in the West in 1955. Director David Lean Writers/Script Robert Bolt Starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guiness, Tyom Courtney, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Klaus Kinski, Geoffrey Keen, Ingrid Pitt Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 23m Rating (UK) 12 Source of story The life of and the autobiography of Charlie Chaplin plus a book by David Robinson Director Richard Atenborough Writers/Script William Boyd, Bryan Forbes, William Goldman Starring Robert Downey Jr, Geraldine Chaplin, John Thaw, Moira Kelly, Anthony Hopkins, Dan Aykroyd, Marisa Tomaei, Kevin Klyne, Maria Pitillo, Milla … Continue reading
Duration 3h 58m Rating (UK) PG Source of story A bok of he same name by Margaret Mitchell Director Victor Fleming and uncredited George Cukor, Sam Wood Writers/Script Sidney Howard plus a number of studio hacks Starring Vivien Leigh, Hattie McDaniel, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Haviland, Clark Gable, Ward Bond, Elevator Pitch: The film follows … Continue reading
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