Actor Pablo Schreiber (1978)

Based on William Landay’s 2012 novel, Defending Jacob (2020) is an American crime drama miniseries produced by Apple TV+. Created and written by Mark Bomback and directed by Morten Tyldum, the series has received positive reviews from critics for its strong performances (particularly from Evans, Dockery, and Martell), emotional depth, and ambiguity. However, some have ...

Skyscraper (2018) is an American action thriller movie from 2018, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. The film follows the journey of Will Sawyer, a former Marine turned FBI Hostage Rescue Team commander. While on a mission with colleague Ben Gillespie, Sawyer suffers the loss of his left leg below the knee during an encounter with a suicidal hostage taker. Ten years later, Sawyer is now a private security consultant and is recommended by Gillespie to assess the security measures for Hong Kong’s tallest skyscraper, ‘The Pearl’. With its impressive height of 3,500 feet (1,060 meters) and ...

The American heist film, Den of Thieves (2018), was written, directed, and produced by Christian Gudegast. In Los Angeles, a group of ex-MARSOC Marines, led by Ray Merrimen, take control of an armored truck. A violent confrontation with law enforcement results in casualties, including one of Merrimen’s men. The culprits flee with the empty truck. Detective Nick ‘Big Nick’ O’Brien and his team from the Major Crimes Unit are assigned to investigate the robbery. They suspect recently released parolee, Merrimen, as the mastermind behind it. During their investigation, Nick’s team abducts Donnie ...

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 ...

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), a rom-com written and directed by Woody Allen, follows the story of two friends as they spend their summer in Barcelona. They stay with Vicky’s relatives, Judy and Mark. While Vicky and Cristina are close, they have different outlooks on love. Vicky is more traditional and practical, engaged to her dependable fiancé Doug. Cristina, on the other hand, sees herself as a free-spirited nonconformist who is unsure of what she wants from life or love. While visiting an art exhibition, Cristina is captivated by the artist Juan Antonio, whom Judy reveals had a tumultuous relationship with ...

Richard Condon’s 1959 novel, The Manchurian Candidate (2004), is a political thriller that tells the story of a prominent U.S. political family and their son’s involvement in a Communist conspiracy. The novel has been adapted into two feature films with the same title, released in 1962 and 2004 respectively. In the story, Major Bennett Marco and his infantry platoon are captured during the Korean War in 1952 by an elite Soviet commando unit. They are eventually brainwashed into believing that Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved their lives in combat, leading to him receiving the Medal of Honor. Years later, Marco, ...