Actress Florence Pugh (1996)

Dune: Part Two (2024) is an epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and co-written by Jon Spaihts. The second installment in the two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel Dune (1965), it follows the aftermath of Jamis’ death on Arrakis. Here, Paul Atreides grapples with his love for the Fremen people and his destiny as the Kwisatz Haderach, a prophesized messiah-like figure. As heir of House Atreides, Paul continues on his journey to fulfill family and planetary prophecies. Along the ...

Oppenheimer (2023) is an epic biographical drama film written, directed and co-produced by Christopher Nolan. The story follows 22-year-old J. Robert Oppenheimer, a doctoral student studying experimental physics at the Cavendish Laboratory in the University of Cambridge under Patrick Blackett. Struggling with homesickness and frustration towards Blackett, Oppenheimer leaves him a poisoned apple, but ultimately decides against it. Upon the advice of visiting scientist Niels Bohr, he transfers to the University of Göttingen where he meets fellow scientist Isidor Isaac Rabi and later encounters theoretical physicist Werner ...

Hawkeye (2021), an American miniseries on Disney+, is based on the popular Marvel Comics featuring Clint Barton / Hawkeye and Kate Bishop / Hawkeye. This fifth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), produced by Marvel Studios, continues in the same universe as the franchise’s films, following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019). In April 2019, it was announced that Marvel Studios was developing a limited series for Disney+, with Jeremy Renner reprising his role as Hawkeye. The series was officially revealed in July of that year and Jonathan Igla joined as creator in September. It was also ...

A film Black Widow (2021), based on Marvel Comics, follows the titular character as she navigates a complex web of espionage and betrayal. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 24th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In 1995, undercover agents Alexei Shostakov and Melina Vostokoff pose as a family in Ohio with “daughters” Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova. Their mission: to steal S.H.I.E.L.D. intel and flee to Cuba where their boss, General Dreykov, trains Romanoff and Belova to become deadly Widows. In the years that follow, Shostakov is imprisoned while Romanoff and Belova ...

Stephen Merchant’s 2019 biographical sports comedy-drama, Fighting with My Family (2019), is based on Max Fisher’s 2012 documentary, The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family. Through the lens of Paige and her brother Zak Zodiac, the film tells the story of their journey to the WWE. Raised by renowned wrestlers Rick and Julia Knight, the siblings aspire to follow in their parents’ footsteps. After applying to join the WWE as adults, they meet veteran trainer Hutch Morgan at The O2 Arena before a SmackDown taping, where they also encounter WWE ...

The film Outlaw King (2018) follows the story of Robert the Bruce, a Scottish king in the 14th century during the Scottish Wars of Independence. In 1304, while outside of Stirling Castle under siege, Robert and other Scottish nobles including John Comyn surrender to Edward I of England. Edward demands their homage as a condition for regaining their land. Robert then engages in a sparring match with Edward’s son, Prince Edward, and is later married to Elizabeth de Burgh, who happens to be Edward’s goddaughter. Lord James Douglas also arrives, seeking to reclaim his ancestral lands but is rejected due to his family’s alleged treason. As the King and ...

The British television espionage drama, The Little Drummer Girl (2018), is an adaptation of John le Carré’s novel of the same name from 1983. It debuted with six episodes on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2018 and on AMC in the United States during November of that year. Set in 1979, the series follows a young English actress who is approached by Mossad to go undercover and thwart a Palestinian terrorist group’s plans in Europe. In The Little Drummer Girl, the boundaries between love and hate, truth and fiction, and right and wrong are blurred as the ...