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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 ...

Dune: Part Two (2024) is an epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and co-written by Jon Spaihts. The second installment in the two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel Dune (1965), it follows the aftermath of Jamis’ death on Arrakis. Here, Paul Atreides grapples with his love for the Fremen people and his destiny as the Kwisatz Haderach, a prophesized messiah-like figure. As heir of House Atreides, Paul continues on his journey to fulfill family and planetary prophecies. Along the ...

The mystery film Enola Holmes 2 (2022) is the sequel to the 2020 film Enola Holmes, both starring Millie Bobby Brown as the teen sister of Sherlock Holmes. Despite opening her own detective agency, Enola faces difficulty in gaining clients compared to her renowned brother, Sherlock Holmes. One day, a working-class girl named Bessie approaches Enola for help in locating her sister Sarah Chapman. Bessie takes Enola to the match factory where Sarah and her co-worker Mae are employed, but they are met with an outbreak of typhus. While there, Enola meets Mae who also worked with ...

Fresh (2022) is an American horror thriller film directed by Mimi Cave, in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Lauryn Kahn. The movie follows Noa, a disillusioned woman from Portland who has had enough of the rude men she encounters through online dating. However, while at the supermarket one day, she meets Steve, who flirts with her and they exchange numbers. Their first date goes well and they end up having sex. As their relationship progresses over several dates, Steve suggests a weekend getaway for just the two of them. Despite her friend Mollie’s ...

A slasher flick, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022), is directed by David Blue Garcia and features a screenplay by Chris Thomas Devlin. Fede Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues contribute to the story. Serving as the ninth installment in the franchise, it takes place half a century after Leatherface’s infamous killing spree in 1973. The plot revolves around Melody and Dante, along with their companions Lila and Ruth, who journey to the abandoned town of Harlow in Texas to auction off ...

Dune (2021), an American epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and co-written by Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, takes place in the distant future. Duke Leto Atreides of the planet Caladan is chosen by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV to replace Baron Vladimir Harkonnen as fiefholder of Arrakis, a harsh desert planet that contains the sole source of “spice,” a valuable substance with psychotropic properties. This spice is crucial for interstellar travel, enabling the Spacing Guild Navigators to safely ...

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 ...

Enola Holmes (2020) is a mystery film, features Millie Bobby Brown as the titular character. Enola is the teenage sister of the renowned Victorian-era detective Sherlock Holmes. Directed by Harry Bradbeer and written by Jack Thorne, the film is an adaptation of Nancy Springer’s first novel in The Enola Holmes Mysteries series. As the youngest member of the Holmes family, Enola stands out for her exceptional intelligence, keen observation skills, and insightful ...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) is an American monster film directed and co-written by Michael Dougherty. As a sequel to the 2014 film Godzilla and the third installment in the MonsterVerse, it follows five years after the initial discovery of Titans, colossal creatures that have emerged from hiding. Dr. Emma Russell, a paleobiologist working for Monarch, an organization dedicated to studying Titans, and her daughter Madison witness the hatching of Mothra, a larva Titan. Emma uses the ‘Orca’, a frequency-emitting device designed to control Titan behavior, to calm Mothra. Meanwhile, ...

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 ...

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) is a thrilling sci-fi action flick helmed by J. A. Bayona and penned by Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow. Following the events of 2015’s Jurassic World, a band of mercenaries set foot on the deserted Isla Nublar to retrieve Indominus rex DNA from its lagoon. However, their mission takes a dangerous turn when their submersible gets devoured by the Mosasaurus and their helicopter is attacked by Tyrannosaurus (Rexy). Despite facing these challenges, they are able to secure ...

Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) is an American science fiction film featuring monsters. Directed by Steven S. DeKnight, the movie marked his first time as a feature-film director and writer. Collaborating with Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, and T.S. Nowlin, DeKnight brings to life a story set in the year 2035 – exactly 10 years after the Battle of the Breach. This battle saw the closure of an inter-dimensional portal used by the ...

Kong: Skull Island (2017), directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, is an American monster film produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It serves as a reboot of the King Kong franchise and the second installment in the MonsterVers. In 1944, two World War II fighter pilots – American Hank Marlow and Japanese Gunpei Ikari – parachute onto an island in the South Pacific after a dogfight. However, their close combat is interrupted by a giant ape. Almost three decades later, U.S. government agent Bill Randa recruits former British Special Air Service Captain James Conrad ...

The film, The Great Wall (2016), was directed by Zhang Yimou and written by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Tony Gilroy, Max Brooks, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. In a distant time period, a group of European mercenaries are on a quest in the Far East to find valuable black powder. During their journey, they are ambushed by an ...

Directed by Danny Boyle, Steve Jobs (2015) is a biographical drama based on the life of Apple Inc. co-founder, Steve Jobs. Written by Aaron Sorkin, the film is a British-American co-production that was adapted from Walter Isaacson’s 2011 biography and interviews conducted by Sorkin. It covers fourteen years in Jobs’ life, leading up to three press conferences – the unveiling of the Macintosh 128K in 1984, the NeXT Computer in 1988, and the iMac G3 in 1998. ...

Jurassic World (2015) is an American science fiction action film helmed by director Colin Trevorrow. During their winter break, brothers Zach and Gray Mitchell take a trip to Isla Nublar’s dinosaur theme park, where their aunt Claire Dearing works as the operations manager. Claire assigns her assistant Zara to accompany the boys but they decide to explore on their own. Meanwhile, former Navy veteran and ethologist Owen Grady has been training a team of Velociraptors – Blue, Charlie, Delta, and Echo – and studying their intelligence. InGen security chief Vic Hoskins sees potential in weaponizing the ...

The American epic biographical drama film directed by F. Gary Gray, Straight Outta Compton (2015), tells the story of the rise and fall of N.W.A., a hip hop group. Set in 1986, Compton, California is depicted as a chaotic dystopia overrun by street gangs, drug dealers, and police brutality. One night, Eazy-E narrowly escapes a police raid at a crack house. The following day, Dr. Dre is at a crossroads in life and is confronted by his mother for missing a job interview. Meanwhile, high school senior Ice Cube dreams of becoming a rapper. When Dre hears Cube’s ‘reality raps’ about the struggles faced by ...

The American epic film, 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), directed by Noam Murro and written by Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad, retells the story of the Battle of Marathon. During this battle, King Darius of Persia is killed by Themistocles of Athens. Witnessing his father’s death, Darius’s son Xerxes is advised to avoid war with the Greeks. However, Artemisia, Darius’s naval commander, convinces Xerxes to become a god and sends him on a journey through the desert. After bathing in a mystical liquid in a cave, ...

Unbroken (2014) is an American biographical war drama film directed by Angelina Jolie and written by a team including the Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson. Inspired by Laura Hillenbrand’s 2010 non-fiction book, also titled Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, the story follows Louis ‘Louie’ Zamperini during his time as a bomber in World War ...

Godzilla (2014) is an American monster film directed by Gareth Edwards and produced by Legendary Pictures. It is a remake of Toho Co., Ltd.’s Godzilla franchise, making it the 30th installment of the series. This movie also marks the first in the MonsterVerse and the second Godzilla film fully produced by a Hollywood studio. The story begins in 1954, when a prehistoric alpha predator, Godzilla, is drawn to Bikini Atoll with plans to destroy him using a nuclear bomb. Fast forward to 1999, where Monarch scientists Ishiro Serizawa and Vivienne Graham are studying a similar monster’s ...