-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Duration 2h 19m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12 Source of story Said to be loosely based on the Amanda Knox story. Director Tom McCarthy Writers/Script Tom McCarthy, Marcus Hinchey, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré Starring Matt Damon, Camille Cottim, Abigail Breslin, Lilou Siauvaud, Deanna Dunagan, Ratings IMDb: 6.9 by 3600 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 75% by … Continue reading
Duration 2h 11m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG, Denmark Source of story Based on an idea by Bob Balaban and Robert Altman Director Robert Altman Writers/Script Julian Fellowes Starring Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Kristen Scott-Thomas, Camilla Rutherford, Charlea Dance, Geraldine Somerville, Jeremy Northam, Tom Hollander, Bob Balaban, James Wilby, Lawrence Fox, Ryan Phillipe, Stephen Fry, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 22m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R Source of story An original screenplay Director Kevin Goetz, Michael Goetz Writers/Script Kyle Killen Starring Josh Duhamel, Dan Fogler, Christie Burson, Miracle Laurie Ratings IMDb: 6.5 by 11,000 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 62% by 21 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: When a road trip organised by Carter goes wrong he and … 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 26m Ratings Spain: Yet to be released nearly everywhere Source of story An original screenplay Director Gillies MacKinnon Writers/Script Joe Ainsworth Starring Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan and a load of British actors you will recognise but be unable to name. Ratings IMDb:7.6 by 22 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 100% by 2 reviewers . Elevator Pitch: … 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 2m Ratings UK: 18, USA: PG, Denmark Source of story An original screenplay Director Sam Mendes Writers/Script Alan Ball Starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Allison Janney, Chris Cooper, Scott Bakula, John Cho, Ratings IMDb: 8.3 by . Rotten Tomatoes: 87% by 190 reviewers . Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: R, Argentina: 13 Source of story Based on a book by Jessica Bruder Director Chloé Zhao Writers/Script Chloé Zhao Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, and a lot of real people. Ratings IMDb: 7.4 by 104,885 people. Rotten Tomatoes: . Elevator Pitch: After the financial catastrophes of the early 2000s … 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 2h 35m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Source of story An original screenplay developed from a short by the director Director Paul Thomas Anderson Writers/Script Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Luis Guzmän, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, Mark Wahlberg, William H. Macey, Nina Hartley, Joanna Gleason, Robert Ridgely, Ricky … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Brazil: 16 Source of story An original screenplay, but based loosely on real events. Director Doug Liman Writers/Script Gary Spinelli Starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Ratings IMDb: 7.2 by 163,660 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 86% by 262 reviewers.. Elevator Pitch: Barry Seal is a … Continue reading
Duration 2h 2m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15, Source of story The characters and story loosely based on real events. Director Andrew Niccol Writers/Script Andrew Niccol Starring Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Ian Holm, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ratings IMDb: 7.6 by 298,045 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 61% by 147 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Yuri … Continue reading
Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Not Rated, Spain: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Charles Martin Writers/Script Kevin Bernhardt (story Terence M. O’Keefe, Robby Henson) Starring Orlando Bloom, Lei wu, Simon Yam, Hannah Quinlivan Ratings IMDb: 4.7 by 2,648 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by 2 reviewers.. Elevator Pitch: Danny Stratton is a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 36m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Adrian Grunberg Writers/Script Mel Gibson, Stacy Perskie, Adrian Grunberg Starring Mel Gibson, Kevin Balmore, Dolores Heredia, Peter Gerety, Peter Stomare, Dean Norris, and a lot of Mexican actors Ratings IMDb: 7.0 by 104,368 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 82% by 52 … Continue reading
Duration 2h 1m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Sweden: 15 Source of story A real event fictionalised in a novel by James Elroy Director Brian De Palma Writers/Script Josh Friedman Starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Fiona Shaw, John Kavanagh, Rose McGowan, Ian McNeice, Ratings IMDb: 5.6 by 71,852 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 2h 17m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, France: 12 Source of story An original screenplay – continuing from Kill Bill Vol 1 (Intended originally to be all one film) Director Quentin Tarantino Writers/Script Quentin Tarantino with contributions from Uma Thurman Starring Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, David Caradine, Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Vivica … Continue reading
Duration 1h 41m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG, Denmark Source of story An original screenplay Director Jon Avnet Writers/Script Russell Gewirtz Starring Robert De Nero, Al Pacino, Carla Gugino, 50 Cent, John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, Ratings IMDb: 6.0 by 85,384 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 18% by 147 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: A couple of veteran detectives … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Germany: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Kevin Macdonald Writers/Script Dennis Kelly Starring Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, David Threlfall, Ben Mendelsohn and a crew of Russians. Ratings IMDb: 6.4 by 35,136 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 80% by 130 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Captain Robinson is an ex-submariner and … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: X, USA: R, Spain: 18, Source of story Said to be based on the director’s youth in Little Italy, New York Director Martin Scorsese Writers/Script Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin, Starring Harvey Keitel, Robert De Nero, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, David Caradine, Ratings IMDb: 7.2 by 101,702 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 40m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Italy: 7 Source of story The film was based on an article by Elizabeth Gilbert “The Muse of the Coyote Ugly saloon. Director David McNally Writers/Script Gina Wendkos with unacknowledged contributions from Kevin Smith, Carrie Fisher and others. Starring Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Maria Bello, Izabella … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story A novelist character developed by John Shirley Director Luis Llose Writers/Script Alexandra Seros Starring Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger, Eric Roberts, Ratings IMDb: 5.6 by 62,918 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 7% by 29 critics. Elevator Pitch: Ray Quick is an ex … Continue reading
Duration 1h 46m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG, Source of story Loosely based on the life of Richrd Kuklinski, a documentary by Jim Thebaut and a book by Anthony Bruno Director Ariel Vromen Writers/Script Morgan Land, Ariel Vromen Starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans, Ray Liotta, David Schwimmer, James Franco, Stephen Dorff, Ratings IMDb: 6.8 … 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 1h 36m Ratings USA: PG-13 Source of story A not very original screenplay Director Paul Ziller Writers/Script Miguel Tejada-Flores Starring Michel Shanks, Carol Alt, Tim Thomerson Ratings IMDb: 3.7 by 1160 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 35% by. Elevator Pitch: The small Canadian town of Dundas is plagued by a swarm of genetically altered wasps, causing … Continue reading
Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, France: 12, Source of story An American remake of a French film “Nuit Blanche”. Director Baran bo Odar Writers/Script Andrea Berloff Starring Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Scoot McNairy, Dermot Mulroney, David Harbour, Gabrielle Union, Ratings IMDb: 5.6 by 30,098 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 25% by 61 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Source of story Apparently a script written in the 1990s originally called “Venom” by an achademic David Dalessandro. Director David R. Ellis Writers/Script John Heffernan, Sebastian Gutierrez, Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Sunny Mabrey, Elsa Pataky, Bobby Cannavale, Ratings IMDb: 5.4by 132,941 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 26m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Source of story An original screenplay Director York Alec Shackleton Writers/Script York Alec Shackleton, John Rebus, Starring Nicolas Cage, Sohie Skelton, Manal El Feutiry, Ratings IMDb: 4.4 by 6,958 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 4% from 21 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Somewhere in the Middle East a villainous man is arranging … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Ratings UK: 12, USA: Source of story An original screenplay Director Woody Allen Writers/Script Woody Allen Starring Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Hayley Atwell, Sally Hawkins, Tom Wilkinson, Phil Davis Ratings IMDb: 6.7 by 50,129 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 46% by 116 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Two brothers Terry and Ian buy a small sailing … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Source of story The first film, itself based on a book by Mickey Rapkin Director Elizabeth Banks Writers/Script Kay Cannon Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Skylar Asrin, Adm Devine, Katey Sagal, Anna Camp, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Flula Borg, Elizabeth Banks, Snoop Dogg, Jimmy … Continue reading
Duration 1h 46m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Source of story An original screenplay Director Steven Soderbergh Writers/Script Scott Z. Burns Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Lawrence Fishburne, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Ehle, Elliot Gould, Bryan Cranston, Ratings IMDb: 6.7 by 284,025 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 85% by 272 critics. Elevator Pitch: It is … Continue reading
Duration 2h 6m in 3D Ratings UK: U, USA: PG India: U. Source of story A book “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Seiznick Director Martin Scorsese Writers/Script John Logan Starring Ben Kingsley, Sasha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee, Helen McCrory, Michael Stuhlbarg, Frances de la … Continue reading
Duration 1h 44m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18. Source of story An original screenplay Director John Frankenheimer Writers/Script Ehren Kruger Starring Ben Affleck, James Frain, Asaac Hayes, Charlize Theron, Danny Trejo, Gary Sinise, Dennis Farina, Ashton Kutcher, Ratings IMDb: 5.8 by 37,676 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 25% by 88 critics. Elevator Pitch: Rudy’s cell mate … Continue reading
Duration 2h 17m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Source of story An original screenplay Director Kenneth Lonergan Writers/Script Kenneth Lonergan Starring Casey Affleck, Kyle Chandler, Michelle Williams, Lucas Hedges, Ratings IMDb: 7.8 by 248,220 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 96% by 350 critics. Elevator Pitch: Lee is working as a janitor and maintenance man in a block of … 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 1h 48m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12, Source of story Based or inspired by real events Director Angela Robinson Writers/Script Angela Robinson Starring Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, JJ Field, Oliver Platt, Ratings IMDb: 7.1 by 23,304 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 86% by 176 critics. Elevator Pitch: Professor Marston is an academic and … Continue reading
Duration 2h 13m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Source of story Said to have been inspired by a “novel” by Slavomir Rawicz Director Peter Weir Writers/Script Peter Weir, Keith R. Clarke Starring Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong, Jim Sturgess, Ratings IMDb: 7.3 by 110,473. Rotten Tomatoes: 74% by 139 critics. Elevator Pitch: In … Continue reading
Duration 1h 30m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R Source of story A not very original screenplay Director Joseph Ruben Writers/Script David Loughery Starring Michelle Monaghan, Michael Keaton, Barry Sloane, Ratings IMDb: 5.6 by 5076 people. Rotten Tomatoes: No critique. Elevator Pitch: Sara is a blind former war photographer, disabled by a suicide bomb in the Middle … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18, Source of story A novel of the same name by Tom Clancy Director Phillip Noyce Writers/Script W. Peter Iliff, Donald E. Stewart Starring Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean, James Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Alun Arnstrong, Ratings IMDb: 6.9 by 102,849 … Continue reading
Duration 2h 7m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R and the Director’s Cut unrated., Source of story An original screenplay Director Paul Verhoeven Writers/Script Joe Eszterhas Starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leilani Sarelie, Dorothy Malone, Wayne Knight, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ratings IMDb: 7.0 by 176,651 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 55% by 66 critics. Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 23m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Source of story Based on a novel “Death Curse” by James Dashner Director Wes Ball Writers/Script T.S.Nowlin Starring Dylan O’Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Will Poulter, Giancarlo Esposito, Patricia Clarkson, Aiden Gillen, Barry Pepper, Walton Goggins Ratings IMDb: 6.2 by 111,709 people. Rotten … Continue reading
A MOTION PICTURE LIST 