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The crime thriller film City of Lies (2018) follows the Los Angeles Police Department’s investigation into the killings of rappers Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. In 2015, investigative reporter Darius ‘Jack’ Jackson from the Los Angeles Times is assigned to cover the Notorious B.I.G.’s murder. Jackson seeks out retired and disgraced LAPD detective Russell Poole for information. Through a series of flashbacks, Poole shares his belief that Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight bribed corrupt officers to carry out Wallace’s murder and conceal it. In 1997, Poole is tasked with looking into the shooting of off-duty black officer Kevin ...

Directed by Baltasar Kormákur, 2 Guns (2013) is an American action comedy starring Robert ‘Bobby’ Trench and Michael ‘Stig’ Stigman, two criminals who are actually undercover agents. Bobby works for the DEA while Stig is a US Navy SEAL and Petty Officer 1st Class with the Office of Naval Intelligence. Their mission leads them to meet drug lord Manny ‘Papi’ Greco at his Mexican farm where, instead of giving them cocaine as promised, Papi hands Bobby a large sum of cash. Back in the U.S., Bobby informs his superior Agent Jessup and colleague Deb Rees that they didn’t get the ...

Rise of the Guardians (2012) is an American animated film that follows the story of Jack Frost who awakens with no memory and finds that he is invisible to others. Three centuries later, the Man in the Moon reveals that the menacing Pitch Black has returned to threaten children with his nightmares. In order to fight back, Nicholas St. North summons E. Aster Bunnymund, the Sandman, and the Tooth Fairy to join him as fellow Guardians. It is then revealed that Jack has been chosen to be their newest member. The group brings Jack to their base at the North Pole where North asks about his ‘center’, which every Guardian possesses and protects in children. While ...

A film Escape from Planet Earth (2012), created by Rainmaker Entertainment and distributed by The Weinstein Company in the US and Entertainment One in Canada, follows the story of two brothers on Planet Baab. Scorch Supernova, a daring astronaut seeking glory, works at BASA with his brother Gary who supports him on their missions. When BASA’s head, Lena, sends a message that Scorch must go to the ‘Dark Planet’ (known as Earth to the Baabians) due to an SOS call, Gary strongly disagrees because no alien has ever returned from Earth. Despite this, Scorch agrees to go without Gary’s permission causing a heated argument between them. In ...

Tron: Uprising (2012–2013) is an American animated science fiction television series set in the Tron fictional universe. It takes place between the events of the films Tron (1982) and Tron: Legacy (2010) and aired a total of 19 episodes on Disney XD in the United States from May 18, 2012, to January 28, 2013. The show was primarily directed by Charlie Bean, with Justin Springer, Edward Kitsis, and Adam Horowitz serving as consulting producers.

The American 3D supernatural horror film, Final Destination 5 (2011), directed by Steven Quale and written by Eric Heisserer, follows Sam Lawton and his colleagues as they head to a company retreat. However, while crossing the North Bay Bridge, Sam has a vision of its collapse due to high winds. In a panic, he manages to get his ex-girlfriend Molly Harper safely across the bridge before it crumbles. The survivors, including Molly, Nathan Sears, Peter Friedkin and his girlfriend Candice Hooper, Dennis Lapman (Sam’s boss), Olivia Castle, and Isaac Palmer are then ...

The horror flick The Crazies (2010), directed by Breck Eisner and penned by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright, takes place in Ogden Marsh, Iowa. During a local baseball game, resident Rory causes a disturbance by appearing on the field with a shotgun. Sheriff David Dutton tries to reason with him but is ultimately forced to take lethal action. Meanwhile, Judy (David’s wife), who serves as the town doctor, notices strange changes in another resident named Bill. His behavior includes repetitive speech and a vacant expression. ...

Final Destination 4 (2009) is an American 3D supernatural horror film, written by Eric Bress and directed by David R. Ellis. Produced by New Line Cinema, it follows a group of people who survive a deadly accident during a stock car race, only to find that Death is now hunting them down one by one. That year, college student Nick O’Bannon attends the McKinley Speedway with his girlfriend Lori Milligan and friends Hunt Wynorski and Janet Cunningham for their semester break. Nick has a vision of the racetrack collapsing, causing debris to fly into the grandstand. In a ...

It’s Complicated (2009) is an American romantic comedy written and directed by Nancy Meyers. The film follows Jane, a successful bakery owner in Santa Barbara, California, and Jake Adler, an accomplished attorney who have been divorced for a decade. The former couple shares three children – two girls and a boy. With their youngest child off to college, Jane is left feeling lonely. Meanwhile, Jake has remarried Agness, the much younger woman he had an affair with during his marriage to Jane. While attending their son Luke’s graduation in New York City, Jane and Jake reconnect over drinks and share ...

Final Destination 3 (2006) is an American supernatural horror film directed by James Wong. Serving as a standalone sequel to Final Destination 2 (2003), it is the third addition to the Final Destination film series. The screenplay was written by Wong and Glen Morgan, who also wrote the first film. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ryan Merriman, it takes place years after the events of the first movie. Our ...

Solaris (2002) is an American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Soderbergh and produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau. Clinical psychologist Dr. Chris Kelvin receives a message from his scientist friend Dr. Gibarian, through emissaries for DBA, the corporation running a space station orbiting the planet Solaris. Gibarian asks for Kelvin’s help in understanding an unusual phenomenon, but refuses to disclose further information. DBA is faced with uncertainty about what steps to take next, as ...

The American romantic drama film, The Majestic (2001), was produced and directed by Frank Darabont and written by Michael Sloane. Set in 1951 during the height of McCarthyism, the story follows Peter Appleton, a rising young Hollywood screenwriter. He is informed by his agent Leo Kubelsky and attorney Kevin Bannerman that he has been accused of being a communist due to attending an antiwar gathering in college. Despite claiming he only went to impress a girl, the accusation causes his latest film, Ashes to Ashes, to be delayed and credited to someone else. It also leads ...

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) is an action comedy film directed by Simon Wincer and starring Paul Hogan. Michael ‘Crocodile’ Dundee, currently residing in the Australian outback with his partner Sue Charlton and their young son Mikey, has had to find new ways of making a living since crocodile hunting has become outlawed. However, he faces competition from fellow survivalist Jacko. When an opportunity arises for Sue to take on a new job as the Los Angeles bureau chief for her father’s newspaper, the family packs up and heads to California. In ...

In 3028, an American animated sci-fi film called Titan A.E. (2000) was directed by Don Bluth. The cutting-edge ‘Titan Project’ angers the Drej, a violent species of energy beings who see humans as a potential adversary. With the goal of eliminating humanity, the Drej launch a massive attack on Earth, forcing people to flee in search of safety. As Professor Sam Tucker leaves his son Cale in the care of his alien friend Tek and escapes on the spaceship Titan, he gives Cale a gold ring and assures him that there is still hope for their kind. After Earth is destroyed by the Drej, surviving humans become refugees ...

Ghosts (1996), a short film, features Michael Jackson in the leading role. Directed by Stan Winston and written by Mick Garris and Stephen King, the film follows an odd individual with supernatural abilities as he faces eviction from a close-minded mayor in a small town. Jackson takes on five different characters throughout the film and showcases his dance skills to songs like ‘2 Bad’. The mayor of Normal Valley leads a group of angry citizens to the mansion of ...

Jack (1996), an American coming-of-age comedy-drama film, was co-produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. At a costume party, Karen Powell unexpectedly goes into labor and is quickly taken to the hospital by her husband Brian and their companions. Strangely, Jack appears to be a full-term healthy baby despite being born in just the 10th week of gestation. Further medical examinations reveal that Jack suffers from a rare condition causing him to grow four times faster than average. By the time he is ten years old, Jack already has the physical appearance of a 40-year-old man. One day, some boys come to his house ...

Don Juan DeMarco (1995) is an American romantic comedy-drama film starring Johnny Depp as John Arnold DeMarco, a 21-year-old man who truly believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. He dresses like Zorro with a similar mask, hat, and cape, and even goes by the name Don Juan. However, his passionate affair leads him to contemplate suicide. Psychiatrist Jack Mickler intervenes at the billboard where John plans to take his life by pretending to be Don Octavio de Flores. As a result, John is held for a ten-day evaluation at a mental institution. Without medicating him, Mickler conducts the evaluation before ...

The American comedy-drama film, The Paper (1994), directed by Ron Howard, follows Henry Hackett, a dedicated metro editor at The New York Sun. While he loves his job, Henry is tired of the long hours and low pay. He fears becoming like his work-obsessed boss, Bernie White, who neglects his family. When Bernie reveals his prostate cancer diagnosis, he tries to reconcile with his estranged daughter before it’s too late. Facing financial struggles, the paper’s owner enacts unpopular cutbacks under the supervision of Henry’s rival, managing editor Alicia Clark. At home, Henry clashes with his pregnant wife ...

Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) is a historical Western film directed by Walter Hill and written by John Milius. It loosely chronicles the events leading to Geronimo’s surrender in 1886. The renowned healer reluctantly agrees, along with his fellow Apache, to settle on a reservation designated by the American government under the Indian Removal Act. Despite their efforts to adjust, many of the Apache struggle to let go of their traditional lifestyle while the government fails to fulfill its promise of protecting tribal lands from encroachment by American ...

The film This Boy’s Life (1993) follows the story of a young boy named Tobias ‘Toby’ Wolff. In the 1950s, Toby and his mother Caroline are constantly on the move, but she desires to find stability for her son. They eventually settle in Seattle, where Caroline meets a man named Dwight Hansen who appears to be the perfect match. However, as Caroline is briefly away from home, Dwight’s true nature is exposed as he becomes emotionally, verbally, and physically abusive towards Toby. The marriage between Caroline and Toby progresses, and they settle down in Dwight’s home in Concrete, a small town near the north Cascades Mountains. Despite ...