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Spies in Disguise (2019) is an American animated spy comedy produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Lance Sterling, a confident agent of H.T.U.V. (Honor, Trust, Unity and Valor), is tasked with retrieving an attack drone from Japanese arms dealer Katsu Kimura in Japan. Despite orders from H.T.U.V. director Joy Jenkins to stay put, Sterling takes matters into his own hands and successfully defeats Kimura and his gang before escaping with the drone. Upon returning to headquarters, Sterling confronts Walter Beckett, a social outcast and MIT graduate who equipped nonlethal weapons into Sterling’s suit. However, after being fired by ...

The American sports drama film, Ford v Ferrari (2019), was directed by James Mangold and written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller. In an effort to increase their car sales, Ford Motor Company Vice President Lee Iacocca suggests purchasing the dominant Ferrari team participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans to Henry Ford II. However, owner Enzo Ferrari uses this offer to secure a deal with Fiat that allows him to maintain ownership of Scuderia ...

Red Sparrow (2018) is an American spy thriller directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Justin Haythe, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Jason Matthews. In modern-day Russia, Dominika Egorova is a renowned ballerina who cares for her sick mother. After sustaining a career-ending injury, she is approached by her uncle Ivan, the deputy director of the SVR. Ivan tasks her with seducing Russian gangster Dimitry Ustinov to secure her mother’s ongoing medical treatment. During this mission, Ustinov is killed by ...

War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) is an American sci-fi action film, directed by Matt Reeves and co-written with Mark Bomback. It depicts a full-on conflict between apes and humans, where Caesar embarks on a mission to seek justice for his fallen comrades. The story takes place two years after Koba, an aggressive bonobo, attacked human survivors in San Francisco. Now, Caesar and his tribe of intelligent apes are pitted against Alpha-Omega, a rebellious military group helmed by a merciless colonel. This faction also enlists other apes formerly loyal to Koba, mockingly ...

The American survival drama film, The Mountain Between Us (2017), was directed by Hany Abu-Assad and written by Chris Weitz and J. Mills Goodloe, adapted from the 2011 novel of the same name by Charles Martin. After a storm cancels their flight, neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Bass and photojournalist Alex Martin hire pilot Walter to take them to Denver for connecting flights – Alex’s for her wedding in New York and Ben’s for emergency surgery in Baltimore. ...

The film The Greatest Showman (2017) is an American musical drama that tells the story of P.T. Barnum and his circus troupe in the late 19th century. Directed by Michael Gracey, it features a screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon, with a story by Bicks. In a flashback to Barnum’s childhood, we see him and his father, Philo, working for the Hallett family. It is during this time that he meets Charity, their daughter, and becomes infatuated with her. She tells him ...

Hidden Figures (2016) is an American biographical drama film, directed and written by Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder, respectively. The film brings to life the remarkable story of three female friends who worked in NASA’s African-American computing section at Langley during the intense American-Soviet space race of early 1961 to early 1962. Based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s non-fiction book of the same name, it sheds light on their overlooked yet monumental contributions to America’s advancements in space exploration. Despite facing obstacles due to ...

In the fantasy film, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016), directed by Tim Burton and written by Jane Goldman, Jake has grown up listening to his grandfather Abe’s tales of battling monsters at ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ on the island of Cairnholm. The residents, including the headmistress Miss Peregrine, possess supernatural abilities and are known as ‘Peculiars’. When Abe passes away with no explanation other than a clue to September 3rd, 1943, Jake follows the advice of Dr. Golan and travels to ...

In the American spy action comedy film Spy (2015), directed by Paul Feig, Susan Cooper is a 40-year-old CIA employee who supports her partner Bradley Fine on a mission remotely from her desk. However, during a mission to retrieve information from arms dealer Tihomir Boyanov, Fine accidentally kills him without obtaining the location of a dangerous suitcase nuke. This leads Susan to discover that Rayna, Boyanov’s daughter, has made contact with terrorist Sergio De Luca. Seeking justice for her deceased partner, Susan offers to track down Rayna even though she has never served in the field and is unknown among other ...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) is an American sci-fi action film directed by Matt Reeves. A decade after the deadly Simian Flu pandemic, the global human population has drastically decreased and only a small fraction are genetically immune. Human society collapsed as a result. Meanwhile, a group of apes with enhanced intelligence from the virus have settled in Muir Woods National Monument near San Francisco, led by Caesar and his lieutenants Maurice, Rocket, and Koba. Unknowingly, a team of humans led by Malcolm enter the apes’ territory in search of a hydroelectric dam to restore their community’s ...

Filmmaker Ridley Scott brought the biblical story of Exodus to life through his epic film, Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014). At this time in history, Moses, a respected member of the Egyptian royal family and a skilled general, prepares for battle with the Hittites alongside his fellow prince Ramesses. A High Priestess delivers a prophecy to Ramesses’s father Seti I using animal entrails, foretelling that one of the two princes will save the other and become a great leader. During the intense battle, Moses risks his own life to save Ramesses, leaving both men unsettled. As events unfold, Moses takes on the ...

Oblivion (2013), an American post-apocalyptic film, was produced and directed by Joseph Kosinski, with a screenplay by Karl Gajdusek and Michael deBruyn. The movie is set in 2077, when repair technician Jack and communications officer Victoria seem to be the only survivors on Earth. In 2017, an alien invasion destroyed the Moon and rendered the planet uninhabitable due to nuclear warfare. Now, Jack’s job involves fixing combat drones that protect the hydrothermal platforms converting seawater into fusion energy. Their ...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), an American science fiction action film, follows pharmaceutical chemist Will Rodman in San Francisco as he tests the virus-based drug ALZ-112 on chimpanzees at biotechnology company Gen-Sys. His goal is to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Their test subject, a chimp named Bright Eyes, shows remarkable intelligence after being given the drug. Her newfound intelligence leads her to escape her cage during Will’s presentation and ultimately be killed. Will’s boss, Steven Jacobs, ends the project and orders all chimps to be euthanized. However, Robert Franklin, Will’s assistant, reveals that Bright Eyes had ...