Actor Kevin Pollak (1957)

Injustice (2021) is an American adult animated superhero film adapted from the popular 2013 video game of the same name. Developed by NetherRealm Studios and based on iconic characters from DC Comics, the film is the latest addition to the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series. On Earth-22, Joker and Harley Quinn commit a heinous act by killing Jimmy Olsen and taking Lois Lane hostage with a stolen nuclear weapon connected to her heart rate monitor. The news of Lois’ capture prompts Batman to seek aid from the Justice League. However, their search is cut short when they find Scarecrow dead and his fear toxin missing. Meanwhile, Superman’s ...

War Dogs (2016) is an American black comedy crime film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Phillips, Jason Smilovic and Stephen Chin. It is based on a 2011 Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson, as well as Efraim Diveroli’s 2016 memoir Once a Gun Runner, which was outlined in an ongoing lawsuit. Lawson later ...

The American independent film Red State (2011), written and directed by Kevin Smith, follows teenagers Travis, Jarod, and Billy Ray on their way to meet a woman named Sarah. While driving, they accidentally hit Sheriff Wynan’s parked car as Wynan is engaging in sexual activity with another man. Upon returning to the station, Wynan instructs his deputy Pete to search for the vehicle involved. Meanwhile, Sarah deceives the boys into drinking drugged beer, causing them to pass out. When Jarod wakes up, he finds himself in a covered cage inside Five Points Trinity Church – a fervently conservative church led by ...

Cop Out (2010) is an American buddy cop action comedy directed and edited by Kevin Smith, with a screenplay by Mark and Robb Cullen. The film follows the story of veteran NYPD detectives James ‘Jimmy’ Monroe and Paul Hodges. Following a failed attempt to stop a robbery at a cell phone store, which resulted in an intense shootout and the escape of the suspect, the two are suspended pending an investigation. Meanwhile, Jimmy’s daughter Ava’s wedding is causing him great stress as he tries to find ways ...

Demian Lichtenstein directed and co-produced the American action comedy film, 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001). Recently released from prison, Michael Zane makes a stop at a rundown desert motel near Las Vegas. While there, he encounters a young boy named Jesse trying to steal from his car. Michael follows Jesse back to his mother, Cybil Waingrow, and ends up seducing her. The next day, Michael is joined by four men – Murphy, Hanson, Gus, and Franklin – who are all dressed as Elvis for their planned robbery of the Riviera hotel during an Elvis convention. A shootout ensues and Franklin is killed during their ...

She’s All That (1999), an American teen romantic comedy film directed by Robert Iscove, follows the story of Zack Siler, the popular guy at his Southern California high school. He is heartbroken after finding out his girlfriend, Taylor, has cheated on him with reality TV star Brock during spring break. Zack finds comfort in the idea that Taylor can easily be replaced by any girl at their school. His friend Dean disagrees and challenges him to turn any random girl into the prom queen in six weeks. Dean chooses Laney Boggs, an unpopular art student, for this bet. ...

The crime thriller film, The Usual Suspects (1995), directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie, follows a group of criminals. One of them, Dean Keaton, is found dying on a ship in San Pedro Bay after a confrontation with a mysterious figure known as ‘Keyser’. The ship is set on fire, leaving only two survivors: Arkosh Kovash, a Hungarian mobster with severe burns, and Roger ‘Verbal’ Kint, a con artist with physical disabilities. U.S. Customs agent Dave Kujan flies from New York City to Los Angeles to interrogate Verbal while FBI ...

Casino (1995) is an epic crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on Nicholas Pileggi’s nonfiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. In the movie, sports handicapper and Mafia associate Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein is enlisted by the Chicago Outfit to run the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas alongside frontman Philip Green. With Sam at the helm, the casino sees a significant increase in profit, thanks in part to some unaccounted-for cash skimmed from the count room and delivered to the Midwest Mafia bosses. To ensure protection for Sam, the ...

The American legal drama film A Few Good Men (1992), based on Aaron Sorkin’s 1989 play, follows the story of Private William Santiago, a United States Marine who is found dead after being beaten while stationed at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Two fellow Marines, Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey, face a court-martial for his murder and are defended by inexperienced lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee of the United States Navy JAG Corps. His superior, Lieutenant Commander Joanne Galloway, becomes suspicious as evidence emaerges that Santiago may have been trying to transfer out ...

Ricochet (1991), an action crime thriller directed by Russell Mulcahy, follows the story of Nick Styles. Nick, a rookie police officer and law student in Los Angeles, meets Alice and falls out of touch with his childhood friend Odessa, who has turned to drug dealing in South Central. While patrolling a carnival, Nick and his partner Larry Doyle come across hitman Earl Talbot Blake and his accomplice Kim. A tense standoff ensues when Blake takes a hostage after killing drug dealers. Stripping off his equipment and uniform, Nick relies on a hidden gun in his athletic supporter to shoot Blake in the knee and ultimately ...