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Duration 1h 28m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Tess Morris Additional Info Lake Bell is an American actress well known for a number of sitcoms. Director Ben Palmer Starring Lake Bell, Ophelia Lovibond, Simon Pegg, Ken Stott, Harriet Walter, Rory Kinnear, Olivia Williams Elevator Pitch A thirty something year … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Randy Feldman Director Thomas Carter Starring Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, Carmen Ejogo, Michael Wincott Elevator Pitch A San Francisco policeman, who is a top negotiator, chases and captures a violent jewel thief, aided by his new partner a former military sniper. … Continue reading
Duration 2h Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay – but said by some to be an update of True Lies Writer/s Script Simon Kinberg Director Doug Liman Starring Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington, Michelle Monaghan Elevator Pitch Mr and Mrs Smith live in a luxury suburban house … Continue reading
Duration 1h 30m Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay developed by some guys who usually contribute to an American SF channel. Writer/s Script Rob Greenberg, Bill Corbett Director Brian Robbins Starring Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Scott Caan, Ed Helms, Kevin Hart Elevator Pitch An alien planet sends a probe to earth to … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story “Inspired by” real events, although there has been a book and a stage play about the woman. Writer/s Script Sherry White Director Aisling Walsh Starring Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Kari Matchett, Gabrielle Rose, Zachary Bennett Elevator Pitch An itinerant fisherman who lives in a shack miles … Continue reading
Duration 2h 12m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Jonathan Perera Director John Madden Starring Jessica Chastain, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, Christine Baranski, John Lithgow, Mark Strong, Sam Waterston Elevator Pitch An influencial DC lobbyist joins a company promoting a bill to restrict the purchase of automatic weapons, while her … Continue reading
Duration 2h 31m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The original TV series by Bruce Geller and the previous movies Writer/s Script Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec Director Brad Bird Starring Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Michael Nyqvist, Lea Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson Elevator Pitch A villain obtains the launch codes for the Russian … Continue reading
Duration 2h 18m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The books of Patrick O’Brien Writer/s Script Peter Weir, John Collee Director Peter Weir Starring Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Lee Ingleby, David Threlfall, Billy Boyd Elevator Pitch HMS Surprise has the task of tracking and capturing the French privateer Acheron, which is on its way to … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A series of books by Kyril Bonfiglioli Writer/s Script Eric Aronson Director David Koepp Starring Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn, Jeff Goldblum, Paul Whitehouse Elevator Pitch A debonair art dealer and man about town, who has a tough protective manservant and … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A continuation of the Miss Congeniality story Writer/s Script Marc Lawrence Writer/s Story Characters – Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, Caryn Lucas Director John Pasquin Starring Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, Heather Burns, Treat Williams Elevator Pitch Gracie has written a book and … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story The first film, and although not acknowledged a number of early SF stories. Writer/s Script The Wachowskis Writer/s Story The Wachowskis Director The Wachowskis Starring Monica Bellucci, Lawrence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Plinkett-Smith, Keanu Reeves, Hugo Weaving Elevator Pitch In the far future machines are using humans … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan Director Stephen S Campanelli Starring Olga Kurylenko, James Purfoy, Morgan Freeman, Jenna Saras, Lee-Anne Summers Elevator Pitch A high tech safe deposit box robbery of a trove of diamonds also includes an incriminating flash drive, forcing the robbers, … Continue reading
Released 2000 Rating (UK) 12 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, Caryn Lucas Director Donald Petrie Starring Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Candice Bergen, William Shatner, Heather Burns, Benjamin Bratt Elevator Pitch When a beauty contest is threatened by an anonymous killer, a bad tempered and agresssive female FBI agent … Continue reading
Released 2000 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story The TV series and possibly the first film Writer/s Script Robert Towne Writer/s Story Ronald D Moore, Brannon Braga Director John Woo Starring Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, Joln Polson, Brendan Gleeson Elevator Pitch Ethan’s team is hired to recover a deadly … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Jeff Nicholls Director Jeff Nicholls Starring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, Joe Don Baker Elevator Pitch Two boys with a small boat at their disposal, find a cabin cruiser stranded in the branches of a … Continue reading
Released 1996 Rating (UK) PG Source of story The TV series scripted by Bruce Geller. Writer/s Script David Koepp, Robert Towne Writer/s Story David Koepp, Steven Zaillian Director Brian De Palma Starring Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristen Scott Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave Elevator Pitch Ethan Hunt is the … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A novel of the same name by James Dashner Writer/s script Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, T.S.Nowlin Director Wes Ball Starring Dylan O’Brien, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Patricia Clarkson Elevator Pitch A young man finds himself in community, living in … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The previous two films, amd the original TV series written by Bruce Geller Writer/s script Alex Kurtzman, Robert Orci, J.J.Abrams Director J.J.Abrams Starring Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Eddie Marsan, Laurence Fishburne … Continue reading
Released 1999 Rating 15 in UK Director The Wachowskis Writer/s The Wachowskis Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano Source of story An original screenplay, but in my view following a legacy of SF stories over many years. Elevator Pitch Far in the future machines have taken over the world, and … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating 15 in UK Director The Wachowskis Writer/s The Wachowskis Starring Monica Bellucci, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Plinkett-Smith, Keanu Reeves, Bruce Spence, Hugo Weaving Source of story The earlier Matrix offerings and actually some legendary SF. Elevator Pitch The earth is dark and desolate and somewhere machines are using humans to produce … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 Director Rebecca Miller Writer/s Rebecca Miller Starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore Source of story A short story by Karen Rinaldi Elevator Pitch A young woman, whose job is to bring young enterpeneurs to notice of industry, decides to become a single mother, but at the moment she is putting … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 15 in UK Director Jonathan Demme Writer/s Daniel Pyne, Dean Georgaris Starring Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep Source of story A novel by Richard Condon, the 1962 screenplay by George Axelrod Elevator Pitch Raymond Shaw, a former soldier, is nominated to become vice-president of the USA with the assistance of his … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 12A Director Antoine Fuqua Writer/s Richard Wenk, Nic Pizzolatto Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke Source of story The original western and, it is claimed, the Seven Samurai Elevator Pitch When the inhabitants of a small western town are threatened by a violent mine owner, determined to steal their land, they … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Simon West Writer/s Richard Wenk, Lewis John Carlino Starring Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland Source of story A 1972 film of the same name Elevator Pitch A sophisticated assassin whose hits are programmed by a shadowy organisation, is required to carry out the termination of his mentor, … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 in UK Director Luke Scott Writer/s Seth W Owen Starring Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch When a scientifically created humanoid injures a scientist a young woman is sent in by “corporate” to the remote location of the experiment to sort … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 Director Jodie Foster Writer/s Jamie Linden, Alan DiFiore, Jim Kouf Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Caitriona Balfe Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Money Monster is a financial TV show and, just as the presenter is getting into his stride, a disgruntled investor with pistol and explosive … Continue reading
Released 1990 Rating 18 in UK Director Coen Brothers Writer/s Coen Brothers Starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In prohibition era America two rival gang bosses vie for control of the city. The advisor to one forms an ill advised association with his boss’s … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 12A Director Matt Brown Writer/s Matt Brown Starring Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Toby Jones, Jeremy Northam Source of story A book by Robert Kanigel Elevator Pitch An Indian mathemetician, who appears to be a genius is invited to Cambridge to collaborate with Professor Hardy, but despite his groundbreaking work, the university is … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating PG Director Robert Stromberg Writer/s Linda Woolverton Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Kenneth Cranham, Source of story A variation on the Sleeping Beauty story. With more changes than one can enumerate. Elevator Pitch A good witch turned bad, curses the king’s new born daughter, saying that … Continue reading
Released 1981 Rating 15 in UK Director George Miller Writer/s George Miller Starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Source of story Mad Max 1 Elevator Pitch In post nuclear war Australia Max comes across a fortified community in the desert that has an oil well and a primitive refinery, but it is being besieged by a … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 12A in UK Director Asger Leth Writer/s Pablo F Fenjves Starring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns, Kyra Sedgwick Source of story Original Screenplay Elevator Pitch A man stands on a ledge at the top of a hotel, apparently intending to commit suicide, and … Continue reading
Released 1975 Rating PG in UK Director John Huston Writer/s John Huston, Gladys King Starring Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Shakira Caine, Source of story A Rudyard Kipling short story Elevator Pitch Two British warrant officers from the Indian Army hike over the Himalayas to countries where they can use their military … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 12A in UK Director Ridley Scott Writer/s Drew Goddard Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pena, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Source of story A book by Andy Weir Elevator Pitch During an expedition to Mars a storm causes the explorers to depart, leaving one member of … Continue reading
Released 1988 Rating 15 in UK Director Martin Brest Writer/s George Gallo Starring Robert de Nero, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch A bounty hunter has to return a mafia accountant who has jumped bail, from New York to LA, using a variety of forms of transport while being chased … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating Director Bill Condon Writer/s Jeffrey Hatcher Starring Ian McKellan, Laura Linney, Roger Allam, Frances de la Tour, John Sessions, Source of story A book by Mitch Cullin Elevator Pitch A long retired Sherlock Holmes keeps bees in the grounds of his cliff top house, assisted by the son of his housekeeper, and … Continue reading
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