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Jamie Foxx

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Robin Hood (2018)

Duration 1h 56m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 12  Source of story A riff on the Robin Hood story, with additional Saracen, first seen in a British TV show apparently. Director Otto Bathurst Writers/Script Ben Chandler, David James Kelly Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Jamie Dornan, Tim Minchin, Paul Anderson, … Continue reading

White House Down (2013)

Duration 2h 11m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 16  Source of story An original screenplay Director Roland Emmerich Writers/Script James Vanderbilt Starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Joey King, James Woods, Lance Reddick, Jake Weber,  Ratings IMDb: 6.3 by 213,000 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: .52% by 199 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: John … Continue reading

Due Date (2010)

Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R  Source of story A not very original screenplay Director Todd Phillips Writers/Script Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Adam Sztykeil, Todd Phillips Starring Robert Downey Jr, Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx, Julietter Lewis, Danny McBride,  Ratings IMDb: 6.5 by 328,137 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 39% by 195 reviewers. Elevator … Continue reading

Sleepless (2017)

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

Any Given Sunday (1999)

Duration 2h 42m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Said to be “partly based on” a novel “On Any Given Sunday” written in 1984 by Pat Toomay (A NFL player) Director Oliver Stone Writers/Script John Logan, Oliver Stone (story Daniel Pyne, John Logan and others) Starring Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Jamie … Continue reading

Miami Vice (2006)

Duration 2h 12m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Loosely based on the 1980s TV series of the same name, characters Crockett and Tubbs by writer Anthony Yerkovich Director Michael Mann Writers/Script Michael Mann Starring Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomi Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Justin Theroux, Luis Tosar, John Ortiz, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Eddie Marsan, … Continue reading

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Duration 2h 22m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The characters and stories in the Marvel comics, and the first of these two reboots of the franchise. Writers/Script Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner (story by the scriptwriters plus James Vanderbilt. And not forgetting the Marvel men Stan Lee and Steve Ditko) Additional Info This … Continue reading

Django Unchained (2012)

Duration 2h 45m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story Said to relate to the 1966 film Django Writer/s Script Quentin Tarantino Director Quentin Tarantino Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L Jackson, Walton Goggins, Don Johnson, Bruce Dern, Jonah Hill Elevator Pitch Two years before the civil war a dentist turned … Continue reading

Bait (2000)

Duration 1h 59m Rating (UK) 15 (13 in Spain and R in USA?) Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Andrew Scheinman, Adam Scheinman, Tony Gilroy Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Doug Hutchison, David Paymer, Jeffrey Donovan, Megan Dodds Elevator Pitch A small time thief, imprisoned for stealing shrimp, is in … Continue reading

Baby Driver (2017)

Duration 1h 52m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Edgar Wright Director Edgar Wright Starring Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Eiza Gonzales, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Walter Hill Elevator Pitch Baby is a talented get-away driver with tinitus, who therefore listens to an IPod all the time. … Continue reading

Jarhead

Released 2005 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A book of the same name by Anthony Swofford Writer/s script William Broyles Jr Director Sam Mendes Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Brian Geraghty, Chris Cooper Elevator Pitch A young man goes through the hardship of marine training , and then extended selection to become … Continue reading

The Kingdom

Released 2007 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script Matthew Michael Carnahan Director Peter Berg Starring Jamie Foxx. Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom, Jeremy Piven, Richard Jenkins, Kyle Chandler Elevator Pitch An American compound in Riyadh is attacked by terrorists disguised as police, and so an FBI team … Continue reading

Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)

Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Sean Anders Writer/s Sean Anders, John Morris, Jonathan Goldstein, John F Daley Starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz, Jonathan Banks Source of story Horrible Bosses 1 Elevator Pitch The three guys from the first film have now … Continue reading

Horrible Bosses

Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Seth Gordon Writer/s Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley Starring Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Jason Bateman Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Three friends have trouble with their superiors at work, one is a despot, one is an idiot and one is a sexual predator. … Continue reading

Stealth

Released 2005 Rating 12A in UK Director Rob Cohen Writer/s W.D.Richter Starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In the near future three pilots in secret warplanes are dispatched on a mission, from an aircraft carrier in the China Sea, with a superdrone which is … Continue reading

Collateral

Released 2004 Rating 15 in UK Director Michael Mann Writer/s Stuart Beattie Starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A hitman, with a list of victims, forces a cab driver to take him from place to place as he extinguishes his targets, but the … Continue reading

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