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Duration 2h 04m Ratings UK: AA, USA: R, Spain: 13 Source of story A book of the same name by John Fowles. Director Karel Reisz Writers/Script Harold Pinter Starring Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Lynsey Baxter, Peter Vaughan, Colin Jeavons, Liz Smith, Leo McKern, Arabella Weir, Richard Griffiths, David Warner, Alun Armstrong, Penelope Wilton, Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 10m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 12 Source of story A novel of the same name by Cassandra Clare Director Harald Zwart Writers/Script Jessica Postigo Starring Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Lena Headey, Jared Harris, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ratings IMDb: 5.9/10 by 131,821 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 14% by 125 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 33m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Spain: 13 Source of story An original screenplay Director Rodrigo Garcia Writers/Script Ronnie Christensen Starring Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, David Morse, Ratings IMDb: 5.8/10 by 36,857 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 19% by 31 reviewers. Review2view: 3/10. Elevator Pitch: After a major plane crash on American soil Claire Summers has … Continue reading
Duration 2h 55m Ratings UK: 18 USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A novel of the same name by Mario Puzo Director Francis Ford Coppola Writers/Script Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Richard Conti, Al; Lettieri, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Al Martino, Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: PG-13, USA: PG-13, Denmark:11 Source of story An original screenplay based on the author’s childhood in Belfast. Director Kenneth Branagh Writers/Script Kenneth Branagh Starring Jude Hill, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench, Cairian Hinds, Lara McDonnell, Ratings IMDb: 7.3/10 by 41,094 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 87% by 292 reviewers. Review2view: 8/10 Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 15, USA: TV-MA, Spain: 12 Source of story Apparently inspired by the life of the close protection officer (hence the title) Jaquie Davis. Director Vicky Jewson Writers/Script Vicky Jewson, Rupert Whitaker Starring Noomi Rapace, Olivia Jewson, Indira Varma, Ratings IMDb: 5.7/10 by 23,948 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 37% by 35 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 31m Ratings UK: 15, USA: TV-MA, France: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Jason Bourque Writers/Script Paul A. Birkett, Jason Bourque Starring Sean Bean, Patrick Sabongui, Mary McCormack, Joel David Moore, Ratings IMDb: 5.4/10 by 6359 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 27% by 11 reviewers. Review2view: 4/10. Elevator Pitch: Neil (Sean Bean) and Gary … Continue reading
Duration 1h 59m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15, Source of story An original screenplay Director Tony Scott Writers/Script Quentin Tarantino Starring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Bronson Pinchot, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rapaport, Saul Rubinek, James Gandolfini, Tom Sizemore, Ratings IMDb: 7.9/10 by 221,287 … Continue reading
Duration 2h 02m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Kathryn Bigelow Writers/Script W. Peter Iliff, Rick King Starring Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, Tom Sizemore Ratings IMDb: 7.3 by 175,167 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 69% by 67 reviewers. Review2view: 7.3/10 . Elevator Pitch: A bunch of … Continue reading
Duration 1h 30m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, France: 10 Source of story An original screenplay Director Jalmari Helander Writers/Script Jalmari Helander Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Victor Garber, Felicity Huffman, Jim Broadbent, Ray Stevenson, Ratings IMDb: 5.4 by 32,651 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 78% by 90 reviewers . Review2view: 7/10 Elevator Pitch: The presidential plane Air … 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 2h 7m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 12 Source of story A 1937 novel by Agatha Christie Director Kenneth Branagh Writers/Script Michael Green Starring Kenneth Branagh, Letitia Wright, Sophie Okenedo, Gal Gadot, Tom Bateman, Emma Mackey, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening, Rose Leslie, Jeniffer Saunders, Dawn French, Russell Brand, Ratings IMDb: 6.6/10 by 14,662 … Continue reading
Duration 2h 6m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 7 Source of story A 2000 documentary by Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey Director Michael Showalter Writers/Script Abe Sylvia Starring Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ratings IMDb: 6.7 by 12,052 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 66% by 187 reviewers. Review2view: 7/10. Elevator Pitch: Tammy Faye meets Jim … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Germany: 12 Source of story Apparently a similarity to some episodes of “The Twilight Zone”. Director David Koepp Writers/Script David Koepp Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Elizabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, Ratings IMDb: 5.7 by 7729 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 75% by 24 reviewers. Review2view: 4/10. Elevator Pitch: Annie and Matthew are … Continue reading
Duration 2h 5m Ratings UK: 18, USA: PG, Denmark Source of story An original screenplay Director Oliver Stone Writers/Script John Ridley Starring Sean Penn, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, Powers Boothe, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Laurie Metcalf, Liv Tyler Ratings IMDb: 6.7/10 by 51,439 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 61% by 51 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 18m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11, Source of story A play for the same name by Aaron Sorkin Director Rob Reiner Writers/Script Aaron Sorkin Starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, J.T.Walsh, Cuba Gooding Jr, Ratings IMDb: 7.7/10 by 252,165 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 83% by 65 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 30m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story A 1940s novel by William Lindsay Gresham Director Guillermo del Toro Writers/Script Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn, Ratings IMDb: 7.4 by 10,758 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 49m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Spain: 13 Source of story A novel by Richard Ben Sapir Director Jonas McCord Writers/Script Jonas McCord Starring Antonio Banderas, Olivia Williams, John Shrapnel, Derek Jacobi, Jason Flemyng, Ian McNeice, Mohammad Bakri, Ratings IMDb: 5.4/10 by 8936 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 13% by 15 reviewers. Review2view: 5/10 Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 42m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Netherlands: 18 Source of story A book of the same name by Arthur J. Harris Director Jodi Scurfield Writers/Script David Aaron Cohen, John Luessenhop, Starring John Travolta, Katheryn Winnick, Jennifer Esposito, Matthew Modine, Tom Sizemore, Ratings IMDb: 4.3/10 by 3071 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by 17 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 51m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay Director Paul Schrader Writers/Script Paul Schrader Starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, William Dafoe, Alexander Babara Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 17,179 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 86% by 188 reviewers. Review2view: 3/10. Elevator Pitch: William Tell (not his real name) is … Continue reading
Duration 2h 00m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Norway: 10 Source of story An original screenplay Director Jonathan Lynn Writers/Script Dale Launer Starring Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marina Tomei, Fred Gwynne, Bruce McGill, Ratings IMDb: 7.6/10 by 117,429 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 86% by 56 reviewers. Review2view: 9/10. Elevator Pitch: Two young New Yorkers, Bill Gambini and … Continue reading
Duration 1h 58m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Brazil: 18 Source of story Apparely inspired by a rampage carried out by two teenagers in America. Director Oliver Stone Writers/Script David Veloz, Richard Rutowski, Oliver Stone. (Story: Quentin Tarantino) Starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Lee Jones Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 03m Ratings UK: AA, USA: PG, Norway: 16 Source of story An original screenplay Director John Cassavetes Writers/Script John Cassavetes Starring Julie Carmen, Buck Henry, John Adams, Gena Rowlands, Ratings IMDb: 7.2/10 by 9537 people. Rotten Tomatoes: . Revie2view: 6/10. Elevator Pitch: Gloria, the ex girlfriend of mob boss Tony Tanzini, lives in an … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story Based on the real life of John Gotti, the Teflon Don. There has been a TV film and a couple of books. Director Kevin Connolly Writers/Script Leo Rossi, Lem Dobbs Starring John Travolta, Spencer Rosso Lofranco, Kelly Preston, Stacy Keach, Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay which had apparently been knocking around in Hollywood for years. Director Peter Weir Writers/Script Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley + Pamela Wallace. Starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Alexander Godunov, Danny Glover, Angus MacInnes, Viggo Mortensen, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 07m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 16 Source of story An original screenplay Director David Fincher Writers/Script Andrew Kevin Walker Starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee Emery, Richard Roundtree, Kevin Spacey, Ratings IMDb: 8.6/10 by 1,531,428 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 82% by 82 reviewers. Review2view: 8/10 Elevator Pitch: Veteran detective William … Continue reading
Duration 3h 47m (yes, really) Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A novel “The Hoods” by former gangster Harry Grey Director Sergio Leone Writers/Script Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arrcalli, Franco Ferrini, Sergio Leone, Stuart Kaminsky, Ernesto Gastaldi, Starring Robert De Nero, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Norway: 16 Source of story Loosely based on events recorded in a book of the same name by Michael Crichton Director Michael Crichton Writers/Script Michael Crichton Starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Michael Elphick, Wayne Sleep, Brian Glover, Ratings IMDb: 6.9/10 by 17k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 74% … Continue reading
Duration 2h 11m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, France: 12 Source of story A book of the same name by Don Winslow Director Oliver Stone Writers/Script Shane Salerno, Don Winslow, Oliver Stone Starring Blake Lively, Taylor Litsch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Benicio Del Toro, Shea Whigham, John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Ratings IMDb: 6.5/10 by 128k people. Rotten Tomatoes: … 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 2h 20m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A book of the same name by Jason Matthews, apparently using his experience as a real CIA man. Director Francis Lawrence Writers/Script Justin Haythe Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, Ciarán Hinds, Joely Richardson, Bill Camp, Jeremy … Continue reading
R2V Summary A bikini clad outing in the blue seas of the Bahamas. Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director John Stockwell Writers/Script Matt Johnson, Starring Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Scott Caan, Ashley Scott, Josh Brolin Ratings IMDb: 5.9 by 75k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 21% by … Continue reading
R2V Summary I loved the idea of the dilema but the execution was poor. Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12 Source of story Based on the 2003 novel by Alan Judd, “The Kaiser’s Last Kiss”. Director David Leveaux Writers/Script Simon Burke Starring Jai Courtney, Anton Lesser, Janet McTeer, Lily James, Christopher … Continue reading
Duration 1h 42m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Brazil: 12 R2V: VERY BORING Source of story An original screenplay Director Mike White Writers/Script Mike White Starring Ben Stiller, Austin Abrams, Jenna Fischer, Michael Sheen, Jemaine Clement, Luke Wilson, Shazi Raja, Mike White, Ratings IMDb: 6.5 by 17k people . Rotten Tomatoes: 80% by 172 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 3h 08m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Paul Thomas Anderson Writers/Script Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Tom Cruise, Melora Walters, Phillip Baker Hall, Thomas Jane, Melinda Dillon, William H. Macey, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Alfred Molina, Henry Gibson, Clark Gregg, Ricky Jay, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 42m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story A novel by John Katzenbach Director Arne Glimcher Writers/Script Jeb Stuart, Peter Stone Starring Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ed Harris, Scarlett Johansson, Ned Beatty, George Plimpton, Ratings IMDb: 6.4 by 26K people. Rotten Tomatoes:26% by 31 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG, Denmark Source of story An original screenplay Director Mike Newell Writers/Script Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal Starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson, Terence Rigby, Topher Grace, Ratings IMDb: 6.5 by 80,000 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 34% by 152 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Katherine Ann … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Malaysia: Banned! Source of story An original screenplay Director Marcos Siega Writers/Script Skander Halim Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Adi Schnall, Elisabeth Harnois, Jane Krakowski, Ron Livingston, James Woods, Selma Blair Ratings IMDb: 6.5 by 10,000 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 33% by 79 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Kimberly Joyce is a … 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 33m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12 Source of story A 2008 French film “Papillon Noir” by Hervé Korian Director Brian Goodman Writers/Script Justin Stanley, Marc Frydman Starring Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Ratings IMDb: 6.2 by 13,000 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 40% by 20 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Paul, a reclusive screenwriter … Continue reading
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