Actor Eddie Marsan (1968)

The crime drama film, Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022), was directed and co-written by David Hollander and Liev Schreiber, respectively. Serving as a continuation of the TV series of the same name’s final season in 2020, it revolves around the main character, played by Schreiber, and his familial connections with brothers Terry, Bunchy, and Daryll. Premiering on Showtime on January 14th, the movie garnered a nomination for Outstanding Television Movie at the 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

The Contractor (2022) is a high-stakes action movie directed by Tarik Saleh for his English-language debut. SFC James Harper, a decorated Green Beret, is discharged from the army due to his use of illegal steroids to treat a debilitating knee injury. Desperate for financial stability, he reaches out to his friend Mike, who works for a private military company under fellow veteran Rusty Jennings’ leadership. Despite receiving lucrative offers from numerous military contracting firms, Harper feels a sense of duty to his country. Mike informs him that Rusty conducts undercover operations for the Department of ...

Directed by Guy Ritchie and co-written by Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, Wrath of Man (2021) is a heist action thriller film loosely based on the 2004 French film Cash Truck. Five months after the initial robbery, Patrick Hill joins Fortico Security as an armored truck guard. Terry, his manager, praises his references and the company trainer, known as ‘Bullet’, gives him the nickname ‘H’. Though Hill struggles during firearm training, he eventually starts working alongside his colleagues ...

The  biographical drama film The Professor and the Madman (2019), directed by Farhad Safinia and written by Safinia and Todd Komarnicki, is based on Simon Winchester’s 1998 book The Surgeon of Crowthorne. Set in 1872 London, the movie follows retired United States Army surgeon William Chester Minor, who suffers from hallucinations where he is persecuted by a soldier he had branded for desertion. In one of these episodes, he accidentally kills an innocent man ...

The Gentlemen (2019) is an action comedy film written, directed and produced by Guy Ritchie, who also co-developed the story with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. The editor of the Daily Print tabloid, Big Dave, feeling slighted by cannabis baron Mickey Pearson at a party, hires private detective Fletcher to look into Pearson’s connections with Lord Pressfield. Laura, Pressfield’s daughter and a heroin addict, becomes a focus of Fletcher’s investigation. In an attempt to profit from his findings (which he ...

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) is an action comedy film directed by David Leitch and written by Chris Morgan, Drew Pearce, and Morgan himself. It is the first spin-off in the Fast & Furious franchise, taking place after the events of The Fate of the Furious (2017). MI6 agent Hattie Shaw and her team are tasked with retrieving a dangerous virus known as “Snowflake” from terrorist group Eteon in London. However, their ...

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) is an adventure drama film, directed by Andy Serkis. The screenplay, written by Callie Kloves, is based on tales from All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling. In the Indian jungle, the wise Indian python seer Kaa witnesses Shere Khan, a cruel Bengal tiger, breaking ‘jungle law’ by attacking a human family. After finding a surviving infant, Bagheera takes him to an Indian wolf family led by Nisha and Vihaan. However, their presence is noticed by Tabaqui, Shere ...

Vice (2018) is an American biographical political satire comedy-drama film that follows the career of Dick Cheney. Directed, written and produced by Adam McKay, the film is narrated by Kurt, a fictional veteran of the Afghan and Iraqi wars. In 1963, after dropping out of Yale University due to his struggles with alcoholism, Cheney works as a lineman in Wyoming. However, after being pulled over for driving while intoxicated, his wife Lynne gives him an ultimatum to get his life together or she will leave him. Six years later in 1969, Cheney lands a job as a White House intern during the Nixon Administration where he ...

Atomic Blonde (2017), an American action thriller film directed by David Leitch, is adapted from the graphic novel The Coldest City by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart. Set in November 1989, just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, MI6 agent James Gascoigne is killed and his wristwatch, which contains a crucial microfilm document known as The List, is stolen by KGB agent Yuri Bakhtin. In response, top-level MI6 spy Lorraine Broughton is called in for a debriefing with MI6 executive Eric Gray and CIA agent Emmett ...

The British horror-mystery film, The Limehouse Golem (2016), directed by Juan Carlos Medina and written by Jane Goldman, tells the story of a series of murders that have shocked the docklands community of Limehouse in Victorian London. Known as the Golem, after a well-known Jewish legend, the killer has not been caught yet. However, when John Cree is accused of poisoning his wife, Elizabeth Cree on the same night as the latest Golem killing, Inspector John Kildare uncovers evidence linking him to all the murders. In order to save Elizabeth from being hanged and solve this ...

Concussion (2015), an American biographical sports drama film written and directed by Peter Landesman, is based on the exposé Game Brain by Jeanne Marie Laskas, originally published in 2009 by GQ magazine. The story follows retired Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster, who is found dead in his pickup truck in 2002. Prior to his death, fellow former football player Justin Strzelczyk confides in Webster about suffering from memory loss and exhibiting unusual behavior towards his family. During their conversation, Webster responds by reciting a line ...

The American crime drama TV series Ray Donovan (2013–2020), created by Ann Biderman, debuted on Showtime on June 30, 2013. The show follows Liev Schreiber as the lead character, who works as a ‘fixer’ for the prestigious law firm Goldman & Drexler in Los Angeles, representing wealthy and famous clients. However, his life is thrown into turmoil when his father Mickey Donovan is unexpectedly released from prison. After seven seasons, Showtime announced the cancellation of the series on February 4, 2020. However, a feature-length film to wrap up the story was ...

The World’s End (2013), an apocalyptic sci-fi comedy film, was created by director Edgar Wright and screenwriters Simon Pegg and Wright. In an effort to relive his youth, 40-year-old Gary King, who struggles with alcoholism, reconnects with childhood friends Oliver Chamberlain, Peter Page, Steven Prince, and Andrew Knightley. He convinces them to join him on the ‘Golden Mile’, a pub crawl through their hometown of Newton Haven that ends at the World’s End pub. The group had attempted this feat in ...

In the American fantasy film, Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), based on the German fairy tale Snow White by the Brothers Grimm, Queen Eleanor of Tabor pricks her finger while admiring a bright red rose blooming in a white winter. Three drops of blood fall onto the snow and she makes a wish for a daughter with specific physical attributes and a strong heart. As predicted, Snow White is born but unfortunately, the queen passes away many years later. Following her death, King Magnus and his army engage in a battle against glass soldiers from an invading army. During this time, King Magnus becomes captivated by ...

The film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) is a sequel to the 2009 movie. Set in 1891, Irene Adler pays Dr. Hoffmanstahl for a surgery while also receiving a letter from him. However, during the exchange, Holmes sets off a bomb disguised as a mummy case and takes the letter before Adler and Hoffmanstahl can escape. Unfortunately, Hoffmanstahl is killed by Professor Moriarty’s henchman Sebastian Moran and Moriarty poisons and kills Adler for being compromised. Back at 221B Baker Street, Holmes tells Watson about his discoveries linking seemingly unrelated events to Moriarty. After meeting with his brother Mycroft at Watson’s bachelor party, Holmes ...

Starring Robert Downey Jr. as the iconic detective, Sherlock Holmes (2009) is a period mystery action film based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Set in 1890 London, the story follows Holmes and his partner Dr. John Watson as they thwart a ritualistic murder committed by Lord Henry Blackwood, a notorious killer who has already claimed five victims. Thanks to the efforts of Inspector Lestrade and the police, Blackwood is apprehended and arrested. Fast forward two months later, and Watson, who is now engaged to Mary Morstan, eagerly prepares to move out of their ...

Hancock (2008), a satirical superhero film directed by Peter Berg and written by Vince Gilligan and Vy Vincent Ngo, follows the story of an alcoholic, reckless superhuman named John Hancock. Gifted with flight, invulnerability, and super-strength, Hancock operates as a haphazard and unrefined superhero in Los Angeles. However, his drunken and careless crime-fighting methods, as well as his rude and unpleasant demeanor, often lead to public ridicule and hate. One day, while causing unnecessary destruction during a rescue ...

The British television adaptation of The 39 Steps (2008) is a thrilling adventure based on the novel by John Buchan. The story begins in 1914 with Richard Hannay, a former mining engineer and intelligence officer. Dissatisfied with his return to England after serving in Africa, he finds society to be cliquey, class-bound, and dull. While trying to evade German spies, a man named Scudder shows up at Hannay’s flat and confesses to being a betrayed agent of the British Secret Service Bureau. He has been tracking a German espionage ring headquartered in Scotland and has uncovered plans to assassinate a European royal ...

The movie Miami Vice (2006) was written, directed, and co-produced by Michael Mann. Based on the hit TV show from the 1980s, for which Mann served as executive producer. While undercover at a club to arrest a pimp named Neptune, Miami-Dade detectives James ‘Sonny’ Crockett and Ricardo ‘Rico’ Tubbs receive an urgent call from their former informant Alonzo Stevens. Worried for his wife’s safety, Stevens reveals he is leaving town and asks Rico to check on her. It turns out that Stevens had been working as an FBI informant but has now been compromised. The detectives quickly contact FBI ...

21 Grams (2003) is an American psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu from a screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga, based on a story by Arriaga and Iñárritu. The narrative is presented in a non-linear format. Here is an overview of the storyline: Jack Jordan, a former convict, finds solace in his newfound faith after battling drug addiction and alcoholism. Paul Rivers, a mathematics professor, has a devoted wife named Mary and suffers from a fatal heart ...