Speed is a 1994
American action-thriller film directed by Jan de Bont, and set in Los Angeles.
LAPD officer Jack Traven becomes the focus of a bomber and extortionist,
retired Atlanta bomb squad sergeant Howard Payne. After Payne escapes his first
entanglement with Traven, he sets up a bomb on a city bus that Traven boards
and must keep moving above 50 miles per hour or the bomb will explode. The film
stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock and Jeff Daniels. It won two
Academy Awards, for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects at the 67th Academy
Awards in 1995
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Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The
Sands of Time is a 2010 American sword-and-sorcery action film written by
Jordan Mechner, Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, and Carlo Bernard; directed by Mike
Newell; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer; and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.
The film is a retelling of the 2003 video game of the same name, developed and
released by Ubisoft Montreal.
Source Code
Source Code is a 2011 American science fiction techno-thriller film
directed by Duncan Jones, written by Ben Ripley, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal,
Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Russell Peters and Jeffrey Wright. The film
had its world premiere on March 11, 2011 at South by Southwest (SXSW), and was
released by Summit Entertainment on April 1, in North America and Europe.
Monday, 26 March 2012
Law Abiding Citizen
Law Abiding Citizen
is a 2009 American thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay
written by Kurt Wimmer, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. The film takes
place in Philadelphia and tells the story of a man whose developed sociopathic
tendencies drove him into killing while targeting not only his family's killer
but also the criminal justice system. Law Abiding Citizen was released
theatrically in North America on October 16, 2009
Sunday, 25 March 2012
Independence Day
Independence Day
is a 1996 American disaster science fiction action film about an alien invasion
of Earth. The narrative focuses on a disparate group of individuals and
families as they converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the
human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4 – the
same date as the Independence Day holiday in the United States. It was directed
by German director Roland Emmerich, who co-wrote the script with producer Dean
Devlin.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
DON
Story Line: A simple man (Vijay) from the city of mumbai is
recruited by a police officer to masquerade as the Don, the leader of an
international gang of smugglers. But things go wrong, the officer is killed and
now vijay is on his own, with only his lover (Roma) and a lame ex con artist to
help him to prove his innocence.
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
is a 1996 action thriller directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise.
Following on from the television series of the same name, the plot follows a
new agent, Ethan Hunt and his mission to uncover the mole within the CIA who
has framed him for the murders of his entire IMF team. Work on the script had
begun early with filmmaker Sydney Pollack on board, before De Palma, Steven
Zaillian, David Koepp, and Robert Towne were brought in. In fact, the film went
into pre-production without a shooting script. De Palma came up with some
action sequences, but neither Koepp nor Towne were satisfied with the story
that leads up to these events. The film is part of the Mission: Impossible
(film series).
Friday, 9 March 2012
The Illusionist
The Illusionist
is a 2006 English-language period drama film written and directed by Neil Burger
and starring Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, and Paul Giamatti. It is based
loosely on Steven Millhauser's short story, "Eisenheim the
Illusionist". The Illusionist tells the story of Eisenheim, a magician in
turn-of-the-20th-century Vienna who uses his abilities to secure the love of a
woman far above his social standing.
Race
Race is a 2008
Bollywood suspense thriller film directed by Abbas-Mustan and produced under
the Tips Films banner. Released on 21 March 2008 worldwide, the film stars Saif
Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, and Katrina Kaif in
pivotal roles. The film also stars Dilip Tahil and Johnny Lever for thriller
and comedy sketches.
Batman Begins
Batman Begins is
a 2005 superhero action film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman,
directed by Christopher Nolan. It stars Christian Bale as Batman, along with
Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Morgan
Freeman, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson, and Rutger Hauer. The film reboots the
Batman film series, telling the origin story of the character and begins with
Bruce Wayne's initial fear of bats, the death of his parents, and his journey
to becoming Batman. It draws inspiration from classic comic book storylines
such as The Man Who Falls, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Long Halloween.
Friday, 2 March 2012
Tears of the Sun
Tears of the Sun
is a 2003 American war film depicting a United States Navy SEAL team rescue
mission amidst a civil war in the West African country of Nigeria. Lt. A.K.
Waters (Bruce Willis) commands the team sent to rescue U.S. citizen Dr. Lena
Fiore Kendricks (Monica Bellucci) from the civil war en route to her jungle
hospital. The film was directed by Antoine Fuqua.
Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan
is a 1998 American epic war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World
War II. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Noted
for its graphic and realistic portrayal of war, the film is especially notable
for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which depicts the Omaha Beach
assault of June 6, 1944. Afterwards, it follows Tom Hanks as U.S. Army Captain
John H. Miller and seven other men (Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper,
Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies) as they search
for a paratrooper, Private First Class James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), who is
the last-surviving brother of four servicemen.
Thursday, 1 March 2012
The Lord of the Rings (Series)
The Lord of the Rings
Part 1
The Lord of the
Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 fantasy film[2] directed by
Peter Jackson based on the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the
Rings (1954–1955). It was followed by The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of
the King (2003), based on the second and third volumes of The Lord of the Rings
Part 2
The Lord of the
Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson
based on the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. It is
the second film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, preceded by The Fellowship of
the Ring (2001) and concluding with The Return of the King (2003).
Part 3
The Lord of the
Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy-drama film directed by
Peter Jackson that is based on the second and third volumes of J. R. R.
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. It is the concluding film in The Lord of the
Rings film trilogy, following The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Two
Towers (2002).
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 science fiction action film, the second instalment of the Terminator franchise and the sequel to The Terminator (1984). Directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron and William Wisher, Jr., it stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong. Terminator 2 follows Sarah Connor (Hamilton) and her son John (Furlong) as they are pursued by a new, more advanced Terminator, the liquid metal, shape shifting T-1000 (Patrick), sent back in time to kill John to stop him from becoming leader of the human Resistance. An older, less advanced Terminator (Schwarzenegger) is also sent back in time to protect John.
Monday, 27 February 2012
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
is a 2008 American superhero film directed, produced and co-written by
Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of
Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins. Christian Bale
reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, with a returning cast of Michael
Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as James Gordon and Morgan Freeman as
Lucius Fox. The film introduces the character of Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart),
Gotham's newly elected District Attorney and the cohort of Bruce Wayne's
childhood friend Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who joins Batman and the
police in combating the new rising threat of a criminal calling himself the
"Joker" (Heath Ledger).
Part 1
Part 2
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Tower Heist
Tower Heist is a
2011 crime comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Griffin and
Jeff Nathanson, based on a story by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, and Griffin. It
was released on November 2, 2011 in the United Kingdom, with a United States
release following two days later. Tower Heist follows Josh (Ben Stiller),
Charlie (Casey Affleck), and Dev'reaux (Michael Peña), employees of an
exclusive apartment building who lose their pensions in the Ponzi scheme of
Wall Street businessman Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda). The group enlist the aid of
criminal Slide (Eddie Murphy), bankrupt businessman Mr. Fitzhugh (Matthew
Broderick), and another employee of the apartment building, Odessa (Gabourey
Sidibe), to break into Shaw's apartment and steal back their money while
avoiding the FBI agent in charge of his case, Claire Denham (Téa Leoni).
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of
the Apes is a 2011 American science fiction drama film directed by Rupert
Wyatt, starring James Franco and Andy Serkis. It is 20th Century Fox's reboot of
the Planet of the Apes series, intended to act as an origin story for a new
series of films.[3] Its premise is similar to the fourth film in the original
series, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), but it is not a direct
remake in that it does not fit into that series' continuity. Following its
release on August 5, 2011, the film became a critical and box office success.
In January 2012 the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual
Effects.
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