Actor John Ortiz (1968)

The In Between (2022), an American sci-fi romance directed by Arie Posin and written by Marc Klei, begins with a traffic accident. Two young people are injured on the road – the girl barely moving and the boy motionless. After waking up in the hospital, Tessa has a flashback to 182 days prior, when she was taking photos in a coastal town and stumbled upon a classic French film playing at a local theater. At the movie, she meets Skylar, who offers to translate. Despite their different perspectives, he is a true romantic. In another flashback, set 102 days earlier, ...

The American sci-fi flick, Ad Astra (2019), was produced, co-written, and directed by James Gray. Set in the early 22nd century, humanity faces a looming threat as unexplained power surges threaten to disrupt civilization. Roy McBride, a military major, receives word that these surges are linked to the ‘Lima Project’, a space station orbiting Neptune on a mission to discover intelligent life. Coincidentally, Roy’s father, H. Clifford McBride, leads this project. Desperate for answers, Roy agrees to journey to Mars to investigate the fate of the station’s crew. Unfortunately, his trip is derailed ...

Replicas (2018), an American sci-fi thriller directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff and written by Chad St. John from a story by Stephen Hamel, features William Foster and Ed Whittle as biomedical research scientists employed by Bionyne Corporation in Puerto Rico. Their goal is to transfer the mind of a deceased soldier, known as Subject 345, into an android with exceptional strength. While Foster specializes in synthetic biology and neural mapping, Whittle’s expertise lies in human cloning. Despite successfully transferring ...

The science fiction action film, Bumblebee (2018), is based on the popular character from Hasbro and Takara Tomy’s Transformers toy line. On Cybertron, the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are facing defeat in their battle against the Decepticons and plan to leave the planet. As they attempt to evacuate, the Decepticons, led by Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave, attack them. In a last-ditch effort to set up a new base of operations, Optimus sends scout B-127 to Earth in an escape pod while he stays behind to fight off the Decepticons. B-127 crash-lands in California in 1987 and disrupts a training exercise by Sector 7 – a top-secret government ...

The American science fiction horror film, The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), is the third installment in the Cloverfield franchise. Directed by Julius Onah and written by Oren Uziel and Doug Jung, with J. J. Abrams and Lindsey Weber as producers, the film follows a group of astronauts aboard the orbiting Cloverfield Station in 2028. Earth is facing an energy crisis and they are testing the Shepard particle accelerator to ...

Kong: Skull Island (2017), directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, is an American monster film produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It serves as a reboot of the King Kong franchise and the second installment in the MonsterVers. In 1944, two World War II fighter pilots – American Hank Marlow and Japanese Gunpei Ikari – parachute onto an island in the South Pacific after a dogfight. However, their close combat is interrupted by a giant ape. Almost three decades later, U.S. government agent Bill Randa recruits former British Special Air Service Captain James Conrad ...

The film The Finest Hours (2016), directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, follows Bernie Webber, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Chatham in Massachusetts. Bernie has fallen for local girl Miriam Pentinen and the two plan to marry on April 16. However, according to Coast Guard regulations, he must first seek permission from Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Cluff. On February 18, 1952, the tanker SS Pendleton breaks in half during a nor’easter off the Chatham coast. With most of the station’s crew already occupied with another rescue mission, Bernie is tasked with piloting motor lifeboat ...

Directed by Danny Boyle, Steve Jobs (2015) is a biographical drama based on the life of Apple Inc. co-founder, Steve Jobs. Written by Aaron Sorkin, the film is a British-American co-production that was adapted from Walter Isaacson’s 2011 biography and interviews conducted by Sorkin. It covers fourteen years in Jobs’ life, leading up to three press conferences – the unveiling of the Macintosh 128K in 1984, the NeXT Computer in 1988, and the iMac G3 in 1998. ...

Fast & Furious 6 (2013) is an action-packed film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. After their successful heist in Brazil, Dominic Toretto and his skilled team of criminals have fled around the globe and are living a peaceful life. Dom resides with Elena Neves, his sister Mia is with Brian O’Conner and their child Jack, Gisele Yashar and Han Lue are together, while Roman Pearce and Tej Parker enjoy a life of luxury. On the other hand, DSS agents Luke Hobbs and Riley Hicks are investigating the destruction of a Russian military convoy caused by ...

The action film Fast & Furious (2009), directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan, follows Dominic Toretto and his crew as they hijack fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic. When Dom suspects they are being pursued by the police, he leaves behind his girlfriend Letty to protect her. However, months later, Dom receives news from his sister Mia that Letty has been killed. He travels to Los Angeles for her funeral and discovers traces of nitromethane at the crash site. To find out who is responsible, he pressures a local mechanic into revealing the buyer’s ...

Pride and Glory (2008), directed by Gavin O’Connor, is an American crime drama that follows the Tierney family. Patriarch Francis Tierney Sr., who serves as Assistant Chief of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), is joined by his wife Maureen, son Francis Jr. and daughter-in-law Abby, along with their three kids Caitlin, Francis III, and Bailey. The family also includes daughter Megan and her husband Jimmy Egan, along with their two children Shannon and Matthew. The 31st Precinct is in good hands with Deputy Inspector Franny at the helm, while his brother Ray works in the Missing Persons Squad after ...

American Gangster (2007), a biographical crime film, was directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian. Set in 1968, it follows the story of Frank Lucas, who worked as the right-hand man for Ellsworth ‘Bumpy’ Johnson, a Harlem mob boss. After Johnson’s death from a heart attack, Frank delves into the heroin trade by sourcing it directly from Thailand and smuggling it into the United States through returning Vietnam War soldiers. He markets his product under the name ‘Blue Magic’, which quickly gains popularity due to ...

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 ...

In Take the Lead (2006), an American drama dance film directed by Liz Friedlander, Antonio Banderas portrays Pierre Dulaine, a dance instructor and the creator of Dancing Classrooms. As a group of students prepares for their school dance, Rock shows up with a damaged ticket and is turned away by Mr. Temple and Principal James. Later, he gets into trouble with some thugs who pressure him to vandalize the Principal’s car. However, when Pierre arrives and interrupts them, they scatter. The next day, Pierre visits the school to speak with the Principal about what he ...