Actor John Krasinski (1979)

Coming to theaters in 2022, DC League of Super-Pets (2022) is an animated superhero comedy from Warner Animation Group, DC Entertainment, and Seven Bucks Productions. The film follows the story of Superman, who grows up with his loyal Kryptonian Labrador Retriever named Krypto. However, when Superman starts dating Lois Lane, Krypto becomes jealous and so Superman decides to find him a friend at an animal shelter. This is where they meet Ace, a Boxer trying to escape. Meanwhile, their archenemy Lex Luthor plans to use orange kryptonite to gain superpowers by reeling in a meteor with a tractor beam. Thankfully, the two are joined by their fellow members of the Justice ...

An American superhero film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), based on Marvel Comics’ character Doctor Strange, is a sequel to the 2016 film and the 28th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). As America Chavez and a version of Stephen Strange traverse through different universes in search of the Book of Vishanti, they are pursued by a demon. During their escape, Strange is fatally wounded and Chavez unknowingly opens a portal that brings them to Earth-616. In this universe, they are rescued by its version of Strange with assistance from Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme. Chavez reveals that she possesses the ability to travel through ...

A Quiet Place Part II (2020) is a post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by John Krasinski. It serves as a continuation of the first film, following the survival journey of the Abbott family as they navigate their terrifying new reality filled with blind aliens who hunt using sound. One eventful day during a Little League Baseball game in their fictional hometown of Millbrook, New York, the Abbotts and other bystanders witness a strange object plummeting from the sky. Soon after, powerful extraterrestrial creatures emerge and begin massacring the townspeople. These armored and swift beings possess ...

John Krasinski directs A Quiet Place (2018), an  American post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film written by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. The planet has been taken over by noise-sensitive aliens with invincible armor, resulting in the death of most of the humans. Survivors include the Abbott family – Evelyn, Lee, Regan (who is deaf), Marcus and Beau – who reside on their isolated farm in upstate New York. They have managed to stay alive by taking precautions such as using sand paths to avoid making noise and ...

The American political action thriller television series known as Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (2018–2023), based on characters from the fictional Ryanverse by Tom Clancy, first premiered on August 31, 2018, on Amazon Prime Video. When CIA analyst Jack Ryan discovers a series of suspicious bank transfers, his search for answers takes him away from his desk job and into a dangerous game across Europe and the Middle East. With a terrorist leader planning a major attack against the US and its allies, Ryan must stay one step ahead in this deadly cat-and-mouse pursuit. In the ...

Animal Crackers (2017) is an animated comedy-fantasy film directed by Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft, written by Sava and Dean Lorey and based on the animal-shaped cookie. In 1962, brothers ‘Buffalo’ Bob and Horatio Huntington run a successful traveling circus together, despite their contrasting personalities. After one of their shows, Esmerelda, the circus’ fortune teller introduces her beautiful niece Talia to the brothers in hopes of finding her ...

13 Hours (2016) is an American biographical action-thriller film directed and produced by Michael Bay and written by Chuck Hogan; it is based on Mitchell Zuckoff’s 2014 book of the same name. Set in Libya in 2012, following the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, it portrays Benghazi as one of the most dangerous places in the world, prompting countries to withdraw their diplomatic offices out of fear for potential attacks by militants. The United States maintains a diplomatic compound in the city, while less than a mile ...

The Prophet (2014) is an animated drama based on Kahlil Gibran’s 1923 novel of the same title. It takes place in Lebanon during the Ottoman Empire, where Kamila, a widowed mother, serves as the housekeeper for Mustafa, a foreign poet and political activist held under house arrest. Mustafa is guarded by Halim, a soldier who secretly admires Kamila. Kamila’s daughter Almitra has become withdrawn after her father’s passing and often steals from local vendors. Her only companions are seagulls, with whom she communicates through birdlike sounds. As Mustafa prepares to leave for his homeland before ...

Gus Van Sant’s drama, Promised Land (2012), follows the journey of Steve Butler as he climbs the ranks at Global Crosspower Solutions, an energy company focused on fracking for natural gas. With a proven record of efficiently and cost-effectively securing mineral rights leases from land owners, Butler catches the attention of top management. Teaming up with his partner Sue Thomason, Butler travels to a struggling farming community in Pennsylvania where residents take great pride in their long-standing family farms. Having grown up in a town similar to this one, Butler is determined to win over the locals on behalf ...

In 2009, DreamWorks Animation produced and Paramount Pictures distributed Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), an American animated sci-fi comedy film. Before her wedding to local weatherman Derek Dietl in Modesto, California, Susan Murphy is hit by a meteorite from a destroyed planet which causes her to transform into a 50-foot giantess with white hair. The incident leads to the destruction of the church where the ceremony was taking place and Susan is subsequently captured by a U.S. military group. She wakes up in a secret government facility for monsters where she meets General W.R. Monger and her fellow monster inmates: Dr. Herbert Cockroach Ph.D., B.O.B., Missing Link, ...

It’s Complicated (2009) is an American romantic comedy written and directed by Nancy Meyers. The film follows Jane, a successful bakery owner in Santa Barbara, California, and Jake Adler, an accomplished attorney who have been divorced for a decade. The former couple shares three children – two girls and a boy. With their youngest child off to college, Jane is left feeling lonely. Meanwhile, Jake has remarried Agness, the much younger woman he had an affair with during his marriage to Jane. While attending their son Luke’s graduation in New York City, Jane and Jake reconnect over drinks and share ...

The film Away We Go (2009), directed by Sam Mendes and written by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, follows the story of Verona De Tessant and Burt Farlander, a young couple living in Denver. Struggling to make ends meet and create a fulfilling life for themselves, they receive unexpected news of their upcoming parenthood. As they contemplate how and where to raise their child and build a happy family, they decide to visit Burt’s parents, Gloria and Jerry, who live nearby. However, upon arriving at their home, they ...

Leatherheads (2008), released by Universal Pictures and directed by George Clooney, is a sports comedy film set in the year 1925. Jimmy ‘Dodge’ Connelly, captain of the Duluth Bulldogs and a seasoned player, is determined to save professional football from its imminent collapse. In search of a savior, Dodge convinces Carter ‘the Bullet’ Rutherford, a decorated war hero from Princeton University, to join the struggling team. With Carter’s fame giving football a much-needed boost, things finally start looking up for the sport. However, as Chicago Tribune reporter Lexie Littleton digs into ...

The Office (2005–2013) is a US sitcom that follows the daily work lives of office employees at the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. It aired on NBC for nine seasons, from March 24, 2005 to May 16, 2013. Adapted from the British series of the same name by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, it was created for American television by Greg Daniels. While its short first season received mixed reviews, subsequent seasons, particularly Steve Carell’s ...