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Duration 1h 58m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A 2003 South Korean film, Save the Green Planet, written by Jang Joon-hwan Director Yorgos Lanthimos Writers/Script Will Tracey Starring Jesse Plemons, Aiden Delbis, Emmas Stone, Alicia Silverstone, Stavros Halkias Ratings IMDb: 7.7/10 by 19k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 87% by 261 reviewers. … Continue reading
Duration 2h 14m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A Stephen King novel of the same name Director Lawrence Kasdan Writers/Script William Goldman, Lawrence Kasdan Starring Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Sizemore, Andrew Robb Ratings IMDb: 5.5/10 by 100k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 4.73/10 by 180 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Sweden: 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director William Eubank Writers/Script Brian Duffield, Adam Cozad Starring Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr. Ratings IMDb: 5.93/10 by 103k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 5.3/10 by 222 reviewers. Review2view: 4/10 . Plot of Underwater: There is a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 40m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story A fairly original screenplay featuring an earlier Predator on the Great Plains in 1719. Director Dan Trachtenberg Writers/Script Patrick Aison Starring Amber Midthunder, Dane DiLiegro, Julian Black Antelope Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 239k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 7.7/10 by 286 reviewers. Review2view: 7.5/10. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 44m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Robert Rodriguez Writers/Script David Wechter, Bruce Kimmel, Kevin Williamson Starring Jordana Brewster, Laura Harris, Famke Janssen, Robert Patrick, Jon Stewart, Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Salma Hayek, Piper Laurie, Bebe Neuwirth, Ratings IMDb: 6.6/10 by 138k people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A script based on the predator characters, Director Shane Black Writers/Script Fred Dekker, Shane Black Starring Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Olivia Munn, Thomas Jane, Jake Busey, Ratings IMDb: 5.3/10 by 146k people . Rotten Tomatoes: 34% by 299 reviewers. Review2view: 5/10 . … Continue reading
Duration 1h 59m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A riff on the original film Director Fede Alavarez Writers/Script Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues Starring Cailee Spaaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabel Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu Ratings IMDb: 7.4/10 by 95k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 80% by 362 reviewers. Review2view: 6.8/10. Plot … Continue reading
Duration 1h 49m Ratings UK: X, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A 1938 novella by John W. Campbell “Who Goes There”. Director John Carpenter Writers/Script Bill Lancaster Starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart, Ratings IMDb: 8.2/10 by 466k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 34%, Review2view 7.5/10. Plot of The Thing: A Norwegian helicopter chases … Continue reading
Duration 2h 9m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story A book of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein Director Paul Verhoeven Writers/Script Edward Neumeier Starring Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Ironside, Dean Norris, Amy Smart Ratings IMDb: 7.3/10 by 312k people . … Continue reading
Duration 1h 59m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark:11 Source of story An original screenplay, using a character first seen in Pitch Black. Director David Twohy Writers/Script David Twohy Starring Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandiwe Newton, Judi Dench, Karl Urban, Alexa Davalos, Ratings IMDb: 6.6/10 by 239k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 29% by 167 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 04m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A prequel inspired by – but not too closely related to – Alien. Director Ridley Scott Writers/Script Jon Spaihts, Damon Lindeiof Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pierce, Rafe Spall, Benedict Wong, Ratings IMDb: 7.0/10 by 630k people. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 42m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay, satirising, apparently, Star Trek and possibly Buck Rogers in the 25th century Director Dean Parisot Writers/Script David Howard, Robert Gordon Starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Enrico Colantoni, Robin Sachs, Missi Pyle, Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 30m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A continuing tale about the characters, who have also appeared in other Marvel films since the last GOTG outing. Director James Gunn Writers/Script James Gunn Starring Chukwudi Iwuji, Bradley Cooper, Pm Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Chris Pratt, Will Poulter, … 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 3h 12m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story The first Avatar, plus further characters. Director James Cameraon Writers/Script James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Giovani Rebisi, Sigourney Weaver, Ratings IMDb: 8.1/10 by 77,369 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 2h 10m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Jordan Peele Writers/Script Jordan Peele Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott, Steven Yeun, Terry Notary, Ratings IMDb: 7.4/10 by 41,919 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 82% by 373 reviewers. Review2view: 6.5/10. Elevator Pitch: Otis Heyward, his son OJ and … Continue reading
Duration 1h 49m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story The previous “Alien” outings, particularly the creatures and Ripley Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writers/Script Joss Whedon Starring Sigourney Weaver, Winnona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Michael Wincott, Dan Hedaya, Raymond Cruz Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 242,352 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 54% by 81 reviewer. Review2view: 7.5/10. Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story Used the theme of the other three MIB films eith new main characters.Themselves based on a Maibu comic by Lowell Cunningham Director F. Gary Gray Writers/Script Matt Holloway, Art Marcum Starring Chris Helmsworth, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson, Rafe Spall, Emman Thompson, Liam … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12 Source of story A short story, The Animators, by Sydney J. Bounds Director Ruairi Robinson Writers/Script Clive Dawson Starring Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai, Olivia Williams, Ratings IMDb: 5.5/10 by 36k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 18% by 62 reviewers. Review2view: 3/10. Elevator Pitch: In the future an … Continue reading
Duration 1h 39m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Not Rared, Spain: 16 Source of story An original Screenplay Director Shane Abbess, Writers/Script Shane Abbess, Brian Cachia, Starring Kellan Lutz, Isabel Lucas, Rachel Griffiths, Daniel MacPherson, Temuera Morrison Ratings IMDb: 5.6 by 8.1k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 63% by 19 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: In the far future a military … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Peru: Apt Source of story This film follows directly from “The Wrath of Khan” Director Leonard Nimoy Writers/Script Gene Roddenberry, Harve Bennett Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelly, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Christopher Lloyd, James B. Sikking, Ratings IMDb: 6.7 by 10700 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Spain: 7 Source of story A novel in 1968 by Alexander Key, followed by four or five films incorporating the words “Witch Mountain” having the theme of a couple of alien children in trouble. Director Andy Fickman Writers/Script Matt Lopez, Mark Bomback Starring Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Saudi Arabia : R12, France :12 Source of story The concept based on the previous film, and the monsters on all the previous films. Director The Brothers Strause Writers/Script Shane Salerno (Aliens Dan O’Bannon, Ronald Shusett) (predator Jim Thomas, John Thomas) Starring Tom Woodruff Jr., Ian Whyte, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 29m Rating 15 UK Source of story Apparently derived from a collection of Arthur C. Clarke stories starting with “The Sentinel”. Director Stanley Kubrick Writers/Script Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tysack, Robert Beatty Elevator Pitch: In a future 2001 travel within the solar … Continue reading
Duration 1h 37m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Scott Stewart Writers/Script Scott Stewart Starring Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, J.K. Simmons Elevator Pitch: A husband and wife with two young sons face some fimancial difficulties as the husband tries to find work, but soon their problems become unimportant as strange things … Continue reading
Duration 1h 51m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Roughly based on the previous films Director Brad Turner Writers/Script Ben Ripley (Dennis Feldman characters) Starring Robin Dunne, Robert Knepper, Amelia Cooke, Natasha Henstridge Elevator Pitch: While Eve (you need to have seen the previous film) and her offspring are being transported in a ambulance she … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story A more or less original screenplay Director Roger Donaldson Writers/Script Dennis Feldman Starring Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge, Michelle Williams, Elevator Pitch: A scientist gets a group of specialists together whose job will be to track down and kill … Continue reading
Duration 1h 29m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story Loosely based on the first film of the franchise Director Peter Medak Writers/Script Chris Brancato (characters by Dennis Feldman) Starring Michael Madsen, Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger, James Cromwell, Nancy La Scala, Raquel Gardner Elevator Pitch: A Mars mission results in the crew of three being infected … Continue reading
Duration 2h 6m Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay developed by Luc Besson over 20 years. Director Luc Besson Writers/Script Luc Besson, Mark Kamen Starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Homn, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry, Brion James, Lee Evans, Elevator Pitch: The world is protected from an intergalactic evil, which … Continue reading
Duration 1h 41m Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay Director Ivan Reitman Writers/Script David Diamond, David Weissman, Don Jakoby Starring David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Ted Levine, Dan Aykroyd, Sarah Silverman, John Cho, Elevator Pitch: A meteor strike close to an American desert town results in an extraordinay … Continue reading
Duration 1h 44m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay, but said by many to have its origins in Alien. Director Daniel Espinosa Writers/Script Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick Starring Hiroyuki Sanada, Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ariyon Bakare Elevator Pitch: After soil samples from Mars have been recovered from a probe at … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch Is it possible to produce an elevator pitch for this movie? Well I’ll try. During the Separatist wars Jedi knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker rescue the Chancellor Palpatine from the cyborg General Grievous, but the chancellor is not what he seems and is able to set in motion the destruction of the … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch Roy is the father of Alton a boy who appears to have special powers, and he and a friend, Lucas, have spirited him away from an American cult where the boy had been abandoned by his mother. Their action is broadcast as an abduction, requiring them to keep out of sight as they … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch In a future 1997 the detectives of the LAPD are engaged in firefights with the street gangs of the city, but when one gang retires to their fortress and does not come out again the detectives enter the building and find bodies and blood. What has happened? Another gang is attacked in their … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch A bunch of ex-special forces mercenaries are hired to go into the Central American jungle, together with a CIA spook in order to rescue a couple of hostages from some bandits. As they make their way through the jungle they become aware that everything is not quite as it should be and their … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch In the far future, after earth has long been abandoned and the inhabitants moved to Nova Prime, the humans have faced and beaten creatures called “ursa” who sense their prey due to fear. A Ranger general, known for his success in defeating the ursa is on a trip with his son in a … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch. The alien Boris the Animal escapes from confinement on the moon where Agent K put him forty years ago and travels back in time to change events. When Agent J finds that his partner is not who he thought he was, and there is no sign of K, he realises what has … Continue reading
Duration 1h 30m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, John Krasinski (Story by Bryan Woods, Scott Beck) Additional Info I was amused by the fact that critic Mark Kermode said on the radio that he had sent a tweet to the cast and to Michael Bay congratulating … Continue reading
Duration 1h 43m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Originally a short story “Who Goes There” by John W Campbell Jr published in 1938 and the 1982 film of the same name. This is in fact a prequel to the earlier film Writers/Script Eric Heisserer Additional Info The 1982 film shows the ruins of a … Continue reading
Duration 2h 1m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A Marvel Comics series Writer/s Script James Gunn, Nicole Perlman Writer/s Story Many people with characters attributions: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Bill Mantio, Keith Giffen, Jim Starlin, Steve Englehart, Steve Gan, Steve Gerber, Val Mayerik, Gene Colan, Arnold Drake, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and seven others. … Continue reading
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