Actor Glen Powell (1988)

Twisters (2024), an American disaster film directed by Lee Isaac Chung and written by Mark L. Smith based on a story by Joseph Kosinski, serves as a standalone sequel to the 1996 film of the same name. Kate Carter, who works in Oklahoma with her team of storm chasers Javi, Addy, Praveen, and her boyfriend Jeb, utilizes a Dorothy V doppler and barrels of sodium polyacrylate solution to decrease the intensity of tornadoes and secure funding for further research. Tragically, during one mission, Addy, Praveen, and Jeb lose ...

The American animated film Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) follows the story of a fourth-grader who leads his classmates on a mission to the Moon, inspired by the events leading up to the Apollo 11 landing. The film is loosely based on writer, director, and producer Richard Linklater’s own childhood. Originally conceived in 2004, Linklater initially intended to film in live action but ultimately chose an animation style influenced by Saturday morning cartoons for its light-hearted feel. This movie depicts the 1969 Moon landing from two different viewpoints. One is from ...

Top Gun: Maverick (2022), an American action drama directed by Joseph Kosinski, tells the story of United States Navy Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Despite his impressive career as a test pilot and numerous accolades, Maverick’s repeated insubordination has hindered him from advancing in rank. Fortunately, his former TOPGUN rival, Admiral Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, who now commands the U.S. Pacific Fleet, often comes to his aid to prevent him from being grounded. However, Rear Admiral Chester “Hammer” Cain steps in and cancels Maverick’s “Darkstar” scramjet ...

Hidden Figures (2016) is an American biographical drama film, directed and written by Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder, respectively. The film brings to life the remarkable story of three female friends who worked in NASA’s African-American computing section at Langley during the intense American-Soviet space race of early 1961 to early 1962. Based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s non-fiction book of the same name, it sheds light on their overlooked yet monumental contributions to America’s advancements in space exploration. Despite facing obstacles due to ...

The Expendables 3 (2014) is an American action film directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt and Sylvester Stallone. Led by Barney Ross, the team of mercenaries includes Lee Christmas, Gunner Jensen, and Toll Road. They successfully extract their former member Doctor Death from a dictator’s fortress prison-camp while he is being transported on a train. Doctor Death, who specializes in medicine and knives, joins them to help ...