Actor James Earl Jones (1931)

The American musical drama film, The Lion King (2019), is directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview Entertainment. It is a computer-animated remake of the 1994 traditionally animated film of the same name. In the African Pride Lands, a pride of lions reigns over the animal kingdom from Pride Rock. King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi introduce their newborn son, Simba, to the other animals with Rafiki, the shaman and advisor of the kingdom. As Mufasa shows Simba around the Pride Lands, he also teaches him about his responsibilities as king and the concept of the “circle of life”. ...

The action thriller film Clear and Present Danger (1994), directed by Phillip Noyce, is based on Tom Clancy’s novel of the same name. The plot centers around a United States Coast Guard vessel in the Caribbean Sea, which discovers an American yacht with evidence that its owner and passengers – businessman Peter Hardin and his family – were killed by the Colombian crew on board. CIA analyst Jack Ryan uncovers that Hardin was involved in money laundering for the notorious Cali Cartel in South America. It is revealed that drug lord Ernesto Escobedo ordered ...

Patriot Games (1992), an American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy’s novel of the same name, follows Jack Ryan. He is a former CIA analyst who now teaches history at the United States Naval Academy. While in London with his physician wife, Cathy, and young daughter Sally, Ryan witnesses and intervenes in a terrorist kidnapping attempt on Lord William Holmes. He is wounded but manages to disarm one terrorist and fatally shoot two others before subduing Sean Miller. The attack was carried out by a radical IRA splinter cell led by ...

The Hunt for Red October (1990), directed by John McTierna, is an American spy thriller based on Tom Clancy’s bestselling novel of the same name. This action-packed film follows protagonist Jack Ryan in his first adventure. In November 1984, Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius takes command of Red October, a state-of-the-art Typhoon-class ballistic missile sub equipped with an undetectable ‘caterpillar drive’. As part of a training exercise, Ramius sets out to sea with former student Captain Tupolev aboard the Alfa-class attack sub V. K. Konovalov. ...

Field of Dreams (1989) is an American sports fantasy drama film written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson, based on Canadian novelist W. P. Kinsella’s novel Shoeless Joe. Ray Kinsella resides with his wife, Annie, and daughter, Karin, on their corn farm in Dyersville, Iowa. Struggling with his strained relationship with his deceased father John, a devoted baseball enthusiast, Ray is afraid of not accomplishing anything meaningful in his life. One evening while strolling through the cornfield, he hears a voice whispering, ‘If you build it, he will ...

Gardens of Stone (1987), an American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is based on Nicholas Proffitt’s novel of the same name. Sergeant First Class Clell Hazard, a hardened veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, would prefer to serve as an instructor at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, preparing soldiers for the conflict in Vietnam. However, he is instead assigned to the 1st Battalion 3d Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) at Fort Myer, Virginia. This unit serves as the ceremonial honor guard for fallen soldiers’ funerals and guards the ...

The film, Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986), was directed by Gary Nelson. Following their successful journey to King Solomon’s Mines, Allan Quatermain and Jesse have settled in colonial Africa where they plan to get married. While Jesse intends to travel to America for the wedding, Allan is feeling restless. One day, a man being chased by two masked individuals appears from the jungle. It turns out that he is a friend of Quatermain’s who has been delirious and seeking help. Despite receiving care from Jesse and Allan, the man is killed by his pursuers at night. Before passing away, he reveals ...

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), an American supernatural horror film directed by John Boorman and written by William Goodhart, is the second installment in The Exorcist franchise. It follows the events of The Exorcist (1973), as we meet Philip Lamont, a priest struggling with his faith. Lamont travels to Latin America to exorcise a woman who claims to possess miraculous healing abilities. However, things take a tragic turn when the exorcism goes awry and sets the room on fire. Amidst the chaos, the possessed woman is killed after her dress catches on ...

Jesus of Nazareth (1977) is an epic film and television drama serial. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli and co-written by Anthony Burgess and Suso Cecchi d’Amico, it tells the story of Jesus’s birth, life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection. In the screenplay writing process, additional scenes were added for a more concise and dramatic presentation. Some characters, like Zerah, were also included for the same reason. Notably, Judas Iscariot is portrayed as initially well-intentioned but later manipulated by ...