Directed by David Fincher. With Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård. Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.
Month: February 2017
The Doors (1991)
Directed by Oliver Stone. With Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley. The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.
Source: The Doors (1991) – IMDb
The Artist (2011)
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius. With Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell. A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions.
Source: The Artist (2011) – IMDb
The Watch (2012)
Directed by Akiva Schaffer. With Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Billy Crudup. Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.
Source: The Watch (2012) – IMDb
The Grey (2011)
Directed by Joe Carnahan. With Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts. After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.
Source: The Grey (2011) – IMDb
The Descendants (2011)
Directed by Alexander Payne. With George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause. A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
Source: The Descendants (2011) – IMDb
The Company Men (2010)
Directed by John Wells. With Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzanne Rico. The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company – and how that affects them, their families, and their communities.
Source: The Company Men (2010) – IMDb
The Art of Getting By (2011)
Directed by Gavin Wiesen. With Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Sasha Spielberg. George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who has made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009)
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
Directed by George Lucas. With Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd. Two Jedi Knights escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to reclaim their old glory.
Source: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) – IMDb
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
Directed by Richard Marquand. With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams. After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to make Vader return from the dark side of the Force.
Source: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) – IMDb
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Directed by Irvin Kershner. With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams. After the rebels have been brutally overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker takes advanced Jedi training with Master Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.
Source: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – IMDb