Actor Richard E. Grant (1957)

Persuasion (2022) is a period romantic film adapted from Jane Austen’s novel of the same name. Directed by Carrie Cracknell and written by Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow, it features a star-studded cast including Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Mia ...

The film Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2021) is an American action comedy directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Tom O’Connor and Brandon and Phillip Murphy. The main character, Michael Bryce, takes a break from his bodyguarding career to vacation in Capri while he awaits the reinstatement of his license. However, his peace is interrupted when Sonia Kincaid finds him and convinces him to help rescue her hitman husband Darius, who has been kidnapped by ...

Loki (2021–2023), an American television series on Disney+, is the third installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and premiered on June 9, 2021. The show is based on the character of the same name from Marvel Comics and shares continuity with the MCU films. Its first season, which aired from June to July 2021, was met with positive reviews, particularly for its performances. In November 2018, a series featuring Hiddleston as Loki was confirmed and Waldron was hired as creator in February 2019.

Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019) is the highly anticipated American epic space opera film, helmed by renowned director J. J. Abrams who also serves as one of its co-writers and producers. This highly anticipated film marks the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following the successful releases of The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017). It is also the final chapter in the nine-part Skywalker saga. In his quest to gain power, Kylo Ren obtains a Sith wayfinder that leads him to Exegol, where he discovers a resurrected Emperor Palpatine ...

The action comedy film, The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017), was directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Tom O’Connor. After a devastating failed mission for a high-status client in Japan, former elite bodyguard Michael Bryce’s once impeccable reputation is now tarnished. Reduced to a lower class of protection work, Bryce is determined to redeem himself and jumps at the chance to escort notorious hitman Darius Kincaid from Manchester to the Hague as requested by Interpol. Although the job seems straightforward–transport Kincaid from one location to ...

Logan (2017) is an American superhero film featuring Hugh Jackman in the lead role. This movie is the tenth installment in the X-Men franchise and serves as the final part of the Wolverine trilogy, which also includes X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and The Wolverine (2013). Set in 2029, Logan’s healing powers are fading and no new mutants have been born in 25 years. He now works as a limousine driver in El Paso, Texas, alongside fellow mutant Caliban. Together, they take care of Charles Xavier, the founder of the X-Men, who suffers from dementia and dangerous telepathic ...

Corpse Bride (2005) is a stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson, and Pamela Pettler. It is based on characters created by Burton and Carlos Grangel. Set in an unnamed Victorian era town, the story follows the arranged marriage preparations of Victor Van Dort, son of nouveau riche fish merchants, and ...

Based on the 1881 novel by Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (1996) is a British-American film directed by Jane Campion and adapted by Laura Jones. Isabel Archer, a striking woman, has turned down multiple potential suitors including Lord Warburton and Caspar Goodwood, whom she had initially given hope to. Her close friend Henrietta arranges for Caspar’s visit, as she deeply cares for Isabel. Isabel’s fierce personality and independent nature are admired by her cousin Ralph Touchett, who convinces his father ...

Robert Altman wrote, directed and produced Ready to Wear (1994), an American satirical comedy-drama film. During Paris Fashion Week, a group of models, designers, industry insiders and journalists gather to work, argue and attempt to seduce each other. The fashion world is thrown into chaos when the head of the Fashion Council, Olivier de la Fontaine, dies from choking on a sandwich. He leaves behind a wife, mistress and a mysterious Russian companion who has since disappeared. As authorities investigate the death, Fashion Week continues. American television personality Kitty inserts herself among the designers to get ...

The Age of Innocence (1993), an American historical romantic drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, is an adaptation of Edith Wharton’s 1920 novel. Set in 1870s New York City, it follows the story of gentleman lawyer Newland Archer, who is engaged to the respectable young May Welland. May’s cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, has returned to the city after a disastrous marriage to a dissolute Polish Count. Though initially ostracized and subjected to vicious rumors, the countess is eventually embraced by New York’s elite families thanks to May’s ...

The Player (1992), an American satirical black comedy mystery film directed by Robert Altman and written by Michael Tolkin, is based on Tolkin’s own novel of the same name. It follows Griffin Mill, a Hollywood studio executive dating story editor Bonnie Sherow. In his role, Mill listens to pitches from screenwriters and decides which ones have the potential to be turned into films. However, out of 50,000 submissions yearly, he only green-lights twelve. When ambitious exec Larry Levy joins the studio, Mill’s job ...

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), an American vampire horror film, was produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by James V. Hart. It is based on Stoker’s classic 1897 novel of the same name. The story follows Vlad Dracula, who returns from a victorious battle against the Ottoman Empire in 1462 to find his beloved wife, Elisabeta, dead. He is told by a priest that her soul is condemned for committing suicide. Outraged, Vlad renounces Christianity and vows to avenge Elisabeta with the powers of ...

L.A. Story (1991), an American romantic comedy directed by Mick Jackson and starring Steve Martin, follows the life of Harris K. Telemacher, a TV weatherman in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with his stagnant relationship with social-climbing girlfriend Trudi and the perceived lack of intellectual stimulation in his job despite holding a Ph.D. in the arts and humanities, Harris longs for something more fulfilling and magical in his life. He feels disillusioned by what he views as the shallowness and superficiality of L.A., from pretentious coffee orders to strange freeway ...