Actress Rebecca Hall (1982)

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) is an American monster film directed by Adam Wingard. Produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it serves as the sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and the fifth installment in the Monsterverse franchise. Three years after triumphing over Mechagodzilla, Kong has claimed his new territory within the Hollow Earth and is searching for others of his kind. Meanwhile, on the Earth’s surface, Godzilla maintains peace between humanity and gigantic creatures, also known as ‘Titans’. Recently, he defeated Titanus Scylla in ...

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), directed by Adam Wingard, is an American monster film. It serves as a sequel to both Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and is the fourth installment in the MonsterVerse. Five years have passed since King Ghidorah, an extraterrestrial dragon-like creature, awakened the Titans worldwide, only to be defeated by Godzilla. Monarch now contains Kong within a massive dome on Skull Island, which has been exposed by a powerful storm. Jia, the last Iwi native and adopted daughter of Kong expert Ilene Andrews, communicates with Kong using sign ...

Tales from the Loop (2020) is an American science fiction drama TV series created and penned by Nathaniel Halpern, inspired by the art book of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag with the same name. The entire first season, consisting of eight episodes, premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 3, 2020. It tells the story of the intertwined lives of individuals living in Mercer, Ohio – a fictional town that hosts the Mercer Center for Experimental Physics and a subterranean facility dubbed as the Loop. Within its walls, scientists strive to achieve what was once deemed ...

An American romantic comedy film A Rainy Day in New York (2019), written and directed by Woody Allen, Gatsby Welles is a brainy and eccentric student at Yardley College. He comes from a wealthy family in New York City and is also known for his successful gambling. When Ashleigh Enright, Gatsby’s girlfriend who is majoring in journalism from Tucson, needs to interview independent director Roland Pollard for their school paper, he decides to join her on the trip to Manhattan. While hoping for a romantic weekend in the city, Gatsby must also avoid his parents who are hosting a gala that evening. Their relationship is ...

Christine (2016) is an American independent biographical psychological drama film directed by Antonio Campos and written by Craig Shilowich. Set in 1974 Sarasota, Florida, the movie follows reporter Christine Chubbuck as she navigates her career at a local news station. Constantly clashing with her boss Michael over editorial decisions, Christine is torn between pursuing human-interest pieces or catering to the desire for crime-focused news that brings in ratings. She also harbors feelings for her colleague George Peter Ryan. Amidst all of this, Christine receives some ...

The film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s popular novel The BFG (2016), directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, follows the story of Sophie, a ten-year-old girl living in a London orphanage. Sophie suffers from insomnia and often stays up reading through the nights. One night at three in the morning, she sees an elderly giant outside her window during what she calls the ‘witching hour’. The giant captures her and takes her to Giant Country where he explains that she must stay with him for life as she has seen him and must not reveal the existence of ...

Directed by Wally Pfister and written by Jack Paglen, Transcendence (2014) is an American science fiction thriller film that follows the story of Dr. Will Caster, a scientist researching artificial intelligence and sapience. His goal is to create a sentient computer capable of achieving what he calls ‘Transcendence’. Assisted by his wife Evelyn, who is also a scientist, he works tirelessly with his team to bring this vision to life. However, their progress is hindered by the anti-technology group R.I.F.T., who carry out targeted attacks on A.I. laboratories ...

Based on the Marvel Comics character, Iron Man 3 (2013) is an American superhero film, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. During a New Year’s Eve celebration in 1999, Tony Stark encounters scientist Maya Hansen and her revolutionary treatment called Extremis. However, Stark declines an offer to join scientist Aldrich Killian’s Advanced Idea Mechanics company. Thirteen years later, Stark struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder and insomnia brought on by his involvement in the invasion of New York. In an attempt to cope, he creates many new Iron Man suits but this causes tension with his girlfriend Pepper ...

The Town (2010) is an American crime thriller film co-written and directed by Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan’s 2004 novel Prince of Thieves. Four lifelong friends from the neighborhood of Charlestown, Boston, Douglas ‘Doug’ MacRay, James ‘Jem’ Coughlin, Albert ‘Gloansy’ MacGloan, and Desmond ‘Dez’ Elden, rob a bank wearing masks. Against Doug’s wishes, Jem takes bank manager Claire Keesey hostage but later releases her unharmed. After finding out that Claire lives in their neighborhood, Doug ...

The British film Dorian Gray (2009), adapted from Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, was directed by Oliver Parker and written by Toby Finlay. A young and naive Dorian Gray arrives in Victorian London to inherit an estate from his abusive grandfather. There, he is introduced to the lavish lifestyle of the city by the charming Lord Henry “Harry” Wotton. Under Henry’s influence, Gray becomes enamored with the idea of eternal youth and makes a reckless vow to keep his beauty ...

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 ...

The Prestige (2006) is a psychological thriller directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan. This film is based on a novel by Christopher Priest that was published in 1995. Set in 1890s London, it follows two shills for a magician named Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, who are both mentored by John Cutter, an engineer responsible for designing stage magic tricks. During one performance involving a water tank, Angier’s wife Julia tragically drowns while attempting to escape. In ...