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Duration 2h 28m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story Essentially a riff on the original film Director Ridley Scott Writers/Script David Scarpa Starring Connie Nielsen, Paul Mescal, Denzil Washington, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Derek Jacobi, Rory McCann, Matt Lucas, Tim McInnerny, Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 28k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9/10 by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 43m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay Director Yimou Zhang Writers/Script Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Tony Gilroy Starring Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Pedro Pascal, and a load of Chinese actors, probably well known in their own country. Ratings IMDb: 5.9/10 by 139,00 … Continue reading
Duration 2h 16m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story Nordic myths in the way of Hamlet. Director Robert Eggers Writers/Script Robert Eggers, Sjón Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe, Björk Ratings IMDb: 7.9/10 by 21,606 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 89% by 240 reviewers. Review2view: 2/10. Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 2h 35m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A riff on the Marcus Aurelius and Commodus story, inspired by a 1958 book ‘Those About to Die” by Daniel P. Mannix. Director Ridley Scott Writers/Script David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson apparently with off the cuff contributions from the actors. Starring … Continue reading
R2V Summary. A tiresome CGI outing which is not really worth your time. Duration 2h 07m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A sort of original screenplay based on an Egyptian myth Director Alex Proyas Writers/Script Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless Starring Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Bryan Brown, Chadwick Boseman, Gerard Butler, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 58m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Saudi Arabia: G Source of story A novel by Rick Riordan Director Chris Columbus Writers/Script Craig Titley Starring Logan Lerman, Brabdon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosasio Dawson, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Joe Pantoliano, Uma Thurman, Ratings IMDb: 5.9 by 176,754 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 37m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay loosely based on the almost legendary disappearance of the Nineth Legion north of Hadrian’s Wall. Director Neil Marshall Writers/Script Neil Marshall Starring Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, David Morrissey, Olga Kurylenko, Liam Cunningham, Noel Clarke, Riz Ahmed, Imogen Poots, Elevator Pitch: The Picts fighting … Continue reading
Duration 2h 30m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The book of the same name (of the Bible) Writers/Script Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Jeffrey Caine, Steven Zaillian Additional Info This movie is better known for the accusation that it engaged in “whitewashing” than for anything else, but actually according to some historians the Egyptians of … Continue reading
Duration 1h 31m Rating (UK) PG Source of story A comic character, apparently started in 1934 written by Hal Foster, and previous film from 1954. Writers/Script Michael Frost Beckner, Anthony Hickox, Carsten Lorenz Additional Info The finished work was apparently recut by the producers while the director was away on his Christmas holidays, removing both … Continue reading
Duration 2h 20m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The legend – up to a point Writer/s Script Brian Helgeland Additional Info Based on a script “Nottingham” by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris who sold it to the studio for a lot of money. Also worked on by the British playwrights Paul Webb and Tom … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The previous outing, Clash of the Titans which was in turn based on a 1981 film scripted by Beverley Cross Writer/s Script Dan Mazeau, David Leslie Johnson Writer/s Story Greg Berlanti, David Leslie Johnson, Dan Mazeau Director Jonathan Liebesman Starring Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Edgar … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay, based on the Japanese legend of the 47 ronin Writer/s script Michael Konyves, Dave Sussman Director Kazuaki Kiriya Starring Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Cliff Curtis, Dave Legeno, Michael Lombardi and an international cast. Elevator Pitch When the leader of a warrior clan crosses the … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 12A in UK Director Paul W.S.Anderson Writer/s Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler, Michael Robert Johnson Starring Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Source of story Apparently an unused script for Roman Polanski by B.L.Jurgens Elevator Pitch A gladiator in Pompeii forms an unlikely relationship with the daughter of … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 12A in UK Director Mike Newell Writer/s Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Richard Coyle, Ronald Pickup Source of story A video game scripted by Jordan Mechner Elevator Pitch The king of Persia with his two natural sons and one adopted son invade a sacred … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 18 in UK Director Zack Snyder Writer/s Zak Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Michael Gordon Starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, Michael Fassbender Source of story Graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, it inspired by real events. Elevator Pitch 300 Spartan warriors confront the massed Persian army at Thermopylae and hold them … Continue reading
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