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Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: U, USA: Approved, Netherlands: 6 Source of story A book of the same name by A. S. Fleischman Director William A. Wellman Writers/Script A. S. Fleischman Starring John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim and lots of Chinese actors. Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 3,400 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 40% … Continue reading
Duration 1h 51m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 7 Source of story The real events which resulted in Michael Jordan signing with Nike. Director Ben Affleck Writers/Script Alex Convery, with uncredited changes by Affleck and Damon. Starring Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Viola Davis, Chris Tucker, Marlon Wayans, Ratings IMDb: 7.7/10 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Sweden: 15 Source of story A script apparently based on a real detective squad in the 1950s known as “The Hat Squad”. Director Lee Tamahori Writers/Script Peter Dexter Starring Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Michael Madsen, treat Williams, Jennifer Connelly, John Malkovich, Kyle Chandler, Bruce Dern, Rob Lowe, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 16m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story Any of the previous three interations of the story all apparently based on a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson Director Bradley Cooper Writers/Script Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters Starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliot, Dave Chappelle, Alec … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 7 Source of story A book of the same name by Ian McEwan Director Dominic Cooke Writers/Script Ian McEwan Starring Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan, Anne-Marie Duff, Emily Watson, Samuel West, Ratings IMDb: 6.3/10 by 12,000 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 68% by 170 reviewers. Review2view: 5.5/10. Summary: A … Continue reading
Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story A screenplay derived from a book Boudapesti 3, by Desmond Lowden Director John Mackenzie Writers/Script Timothy Prager Starring Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Judith Godrèche, Xander Berkeley, Hermione Norris, Ratings IMDb: 5.2/10 by 2,600 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by two critics. Review2view: 3/10.. … 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 1h 57m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner Director Sam Mendes Writers/Script David Self Starring Tyler Hoechlin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Daniel Craig, Cierán Hinds, Stanley Tucci, Jude Law, Ratings IMDb: 7.7/10 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A 1970 novel “Jack’s Return Home” by Ted Lewis Director Mike Hodges Writers/Script Mike Hodges Starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne, George Sewell, Geraldine Moffat, Petre Markham, Alun Armstrong, Bernard Hepton, Terence Rigby, Ratings IMDb: 7.3/10 by 34,861 people. … Continue reading
Duration 2h 04m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay, based apparently on a story the screenwriter was told in America. Director Robert Zemeckis Writers/Script Steven Knight Starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Lizzy Caplan, Simon McBurney, Anton Lesser, Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 160,873 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 60% … Continue reading
Duration 2h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay Director Todd Field Writers/Script Todd Field Starring Cate Blanchett, Noemie Merlant, Sylvia Flote, Mark Strong, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Ratings IMDb: 7.5/10 by 56,771 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 91% by 326 reviewers. Summary: Lydia Tár is a feted … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: X, USA: Not Rated, Norway: 12 Source of story An original screenplay, but possibly related to a stage play written by the author. Director Elia Kazan Writers/Script William Inge Starring Natalie Wood, Pat Hingle, Barbara Loden, Warren Beatty, Sandy Dennis, Ratings IMDb:7.7/10 by 21,561 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 72% by 25 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 59m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay, apparently based on real events. Director Michael Morris Writers/Script Ryan Binaco Starring Andrea Riseborough, Owen Teague, Alison Janney, Marc Maron, Andre Royo, Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 7,034 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 95% by 81 reviewers. Review2view: 6.5/10. Summary: Leslie is … Continue reading
Duration 3h 21m Ratings UK: A, USA: G, Denmark: 15 Source of story A novel of the same name by Edna Ferber Director George Stevens Writers/Script Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Sheb Wooley, Ratings IMDb: 7.6/10 by 40,065 people. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 44m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Spain: 7 Source of story A book by Miriam Toews, itself based on real events in a Mennonite community in Bolivia. Director Sarah Polley Writers/Script Sarah Polley Starring Rooney Mara, Judith Ivey, Emily Mitchell, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, Ben Whishaw, Ratings IMDb: 7.2/10 by 8,249 … Continue reading
Duration 2h 09m Ratings UK: A, USA: PG, Denmark: 15, Source of story A book of the same name by Harper Lee. Director Robert Mulligan Writers/Script Horton Foote Starring Gregory Peck, Frank Overton, Brock Peters, Estelle Evans, Robert Duvall, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Ratings IMDb: 8.3/10 by 318,941 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 93% by 67 reviewers. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 7 Source of story A 2012 play of the same name by Samuel D. Hunter Director Darren Aronofsky Writers/Script Samuel D. Hunter Starring Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton Ratings IMDb: 8/10 by 27,272 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 66% by 301 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15, Source of story An original screenplay Director Martin McDonagh Writers/Script Martin McDonagh Starring Colin Farrell, Brendon Gleeson, Kerry Kondon, Barry Keoghan, Ratings IMDb: 7.8/10 by 120,870 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 97% by 328 reviewers. Review2view: 6/10. Summary: It is 1923 during the closing stages of the … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Denmark Source of story The 1952 Japanese film Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, in turn imspired by The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy. Director Oliver Hermanus Writers/Script Kazuo Ishiguro Starring Alex Sharp, Bill Nighy, Michael Cochrane, Aimee Lou Wood, Lia Williams, Tom Burke, Ratings IMDb: 7.5/10 by … 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 6m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A book “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman and a Swedish film of that name. Director Marc Foster Writers/Script David Magee Starring Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Ratings IMDb: 6.8/10 by 647 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 67% by 45 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 21m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 7 Source of story An original screenplay which seems like something written by John Grisham. Director David Dobkin Writers/Script Nick Schenk, Bill Dubuque Starring Robert Downey Jr, Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, Vincent D’Onofrio, Dax Shepard, Ratings IMDb: 7.4/10 by 192,360 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 46m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A book of the same name by Joseph Finder Director Robert Luketic Writers/Script Jason Hall, Barry L. Levy Starring Liam Helmsworth, Gary Oldman, Amber Heard, Harrison Ford, Embeth Davidtz, Julian McMahon, Richard Dreyfuss, Angela Sarafyan, Ratings IMDb: 5.6/10 by 38,034 people. Rotten … 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 2h 18m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Clint Eastwood Writers/Script John Lee Hancock Starring Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J.Lowther, Ratings IMDb: 7.5/10 by 81,648 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 79% by 33 reviewers. Review2view 7/10. Summary: Butch Haynes and Terry Pugh escape from a Texas … Continue reading
Duration 1h 30m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Michael Cristofer Writers/Script Michael Cristofer Starring Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas, Helen Hunt, John Leguizamo, Ratings IMDb: 5.6/10 by 16,247 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 36% by 45 reviewers. Review2view: 4/10. Summary: Bart Bromley is a young man in the … Continue reading
Duration 2h 20m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 12 Source of story An original screenplay in the way of Knives Out, the director’s previous outing. Director Rian Johnson Writers/Script Rian Johnson Starring Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kathryn Hahn, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Ethan Hawke, Hugh Grant, Janelle Monae, Lesley Odom Jr. Madelyn Cline, some … Continue reading
Duration 1h 53m Ratings UK: 12, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story A book of the same name by John Grisham Director James Foley Writers/Script William Goldman, Phil Alden Robinson Starring Chris O’Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Ratings IMDb: 6.0/10 by 15,477 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 15% by 26 reviewers. Review2view: Unfortunately yet another … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 15, Source of story A book of the same name by Joseph Finder Director Carl Franklin Writers/Script Yuri Zeltser, Grace Cary Bickley Starring Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel, Adam Scott, Amanda Peet, Michael Shannon, Ratings IMDb: 6.3/10 by 43,848 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 31% by 133 … Continue reading
Duration 2h 14m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story Based on a 1933 US big business conspiracy to replace the president with an army general in a Nazi related coupe. Director David O. Russell Writers/Script David O. Russell Starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Andrea Riseborough, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain 16, Source of story An original screenplay Director John Huddles Writers/Script John Huddles Starring James D’Arcy, Sophie Lowe, Freddie Stroma and 18 other young people I had never heard of. Ratings IMDb: 5.6/10 by 22,555 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 71% by 14 reviewers. Review2view: 3/10. Summary: It is … Continue reading
Duration 2h 50m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story Based on a real detective/bank robber relationship in the 1960s, which resulted in a terminal shoot-out. Director Michael Mann Writers/Script Michael Mann Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Nero, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Ashley Judd, Ted Levine, Dennis Haysbert, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story Based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Delia Owens Director Olivia Newman Writers/Script Lucy Alibar Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, David Strathairn, Michael Hyatt, Sterling Macer Jr, Garret Dillahunt, Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 36,586 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 9m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story A book of the same name by Leo Tolstoy Director Joe Wright Writers/Script Tom Stoppard Starring Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Olivia Williams, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Holliday Grainger, Ruth Wilson, Emily Watson, Michelle Dockery, Bill Skarsgård, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 2m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story This film continues the story of the leading characters from the first film of the name. Director Stefano Sollima Writers/Script Taylor Sheridan Starring Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Merced, Catherine Keener, Matthew Modine, Shea Wigham, Elijah Rodriguuez, Jeffrey Donovan Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15, Source of story An original screenplay Director Gore Verbinski Writers/Script Steve Conrad Starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Gemmemme de la Pena, Nicholas Hoult, Ratings IMDb: 6.6/10 by 80,517 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 59% by 136 reviewers. Review2view: 5.5/10. Elevator Pitch: David Spritz is a weatherman … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: Not released, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story A 2012 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne Director John Michael McDonagh Writers/Script John Michael McDonagh Starring Jessica Chastain, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Caleb Landry Jones, Alex Jennings, Said Taghmaoul, Ratings IMDb: 5.8/10 by 2110 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 66% bby … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay Director Deon Taylor Writers/Script Peter A. Dowling Starring Naomi Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Frank Grillo, Mike Colter, James Moses Black, Ratings IMDb: 6.4/10 by 23,061 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 52% by 95 reviewers. Review2view: 6/10 Elevator Pitch: Alicia West is a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 42m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, France: 13 Source of story An original screenplay, possibly related to “Strangers on a Train”. Director Deon Taylor Writers/Script David Loughery Starring Hilary Swank, Michael Ealy, Mike Colter, Damaris Lewis, Tyrin Turner Ratings IMDb: 5.4/10 by 9,976 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 45% by 67 reviewers. Review2view: 6/10. Elevator Pitch: … 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
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