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Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010) is an Australian action-adventure war drama film based on the 1993 novel of the same name. It is written and directed by Stuart Beattie. The film opens with a video log by Ellie Linton, a high school student from Wirrawee. As she ponders how to share their story, she decides to start at the beginning. Ellie sets out on a camping trip to ‘Hell’s Gate’, accompanied by her childhood friend Corrie McKenzie and her boyfriend Kevin Holmes, as well as Homer Yannos, Lee Takkam, Robyn Mathers, and Fiona ‘Fi’ Maxwell. On their second night camping, Ellie is ...

The Messenger (2009) is a war drama film, marking the directorial debut of Oren Moverman, who co-wrote the screenplay with Alessandro Camon. After returning from fighting in the Iraq War, U.S. Army staff sergeant Will Montgomery discovers that his girlfriend Kelly is now engaged to someone else. Before his discharge, he is assigned the role of casualty notification officer, under the guidance of Gulf War veteran Captain Tony Stone. Their superior, Lieutenant Colonel Dorsett, emphasizes the importance of this task as many have failed in the past. Captain Stone then briefs ...

W. (2008) is an American biographical comedy-drama film that tells the story of George W. Bush, directed by Oliver Stone and written by Stanley Weiser. In 1966, George endures an initiation into Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale University with his fellow students. Despite having a famous political family, he has no interest in their legacy. However, after getting arrested for causing a scene at a football game in New Jersey, his father offers to help him one last time. After graduating from Yale, George takes a short-lived job at an oil patch in Texas before revealing his true ...

The film, The Bank Job (2008), is a heist thriller directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. It is based on the true story of a burglary in Baker Street where Lloyds Bank safety deposit boxes were targeted. MI5, the British Security Services, had taken notice of this particular branch in 1971 due to a safety deposit box belonging to Michael X, a notorious black gangster. The box contained incriminating photos of Princess Margaret and was used as insurance to keep the authorities at bay. ...