Actor Angus Macfadyen (1963)

In the American epic biographical adventure drama film The Lost City of Z (2016), written and directed by James Gray, we follow the story of Percy Fawcett. In Ireland in 1905, Fawcett is a young British officer taking part in a stag hunt for Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on an Irish baronial estate. Despite his skill as a horseman and marksman, he is ignored at the post-hunt celebration. The following year, Fawcett travels to London to meet with officials from the Royal Geographical Society (RGS). Due to tensions between Bolivia and Brazil over their shared border and its impact on the valuable rubber trade in the ...

We Bought a Zoo (2011) is a biographical family comedy-drama film loosely based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee, directed and co-written by Cameron Crowe. Following the loss of his wife Katherine seven months prior, Benjamin is struggling to cope with grief alongside his children, 14-year-old Dylan and 7-year-old Rosie. As Dylan is expelled from school, Benjamin realizes that their current living situation only serves as a constant reminder of Katherine’s absence and decides it’s time for a fresh start. After touring numerous homes with ...

Saw III (2006), a horror film by director Darren Lynn Bousman, features a screenplay by Leigh Whannell and a story written by Whannell and James Wan. In the movie, Detective Eric Matthews breaks his foot with a toilet lid to escape after being imprisoned in a bathroom. Six months later, Officer Rigg’s SWAT team discovers another Jigsaw game, where victim Troy had to rip chains from his body to escape a bomb. Upon closer inspection, it is revealed that Jigsaw broke his ...

The American science fiction film Equilibrium (2002), written and directed by Kurt Wimmer, follows the story of survivors of World War III in a totalitarian city-state called Libria. In this city, all forms of human emotion are blamed for causing conflicts, leading to strict bans on anything that can stimulate emotions. Those who disobey these laws are known as Sense Offenders and face a death sentence. The citizens must also take a daily injection of Prozium II, an emotion-suppressing drug. Governed by the Tetragrammaton Council, led by ‘Father’, propaganda is spread through large video screens. The police ...

Braveheart (1995) is an epic historical drama set in late-13th century Scotland. Directed and produced by Mel Gibson, the film follows Sir William Wallace, a brave Scottish warrior who leads his people in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England. After the Scots’ king dies without an heir, Edward I, also known as ‘Longshanks’, conquers Scotland in 1280. Witnessing the brutal execution of several Scottish nobles by Longshanks, young William Wallace loses both his father and brother when they resist the English. He then goes to live with his uncle, Argyll. As years pass, ...