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Eddie the Eagle (2015), directed by Dexter Fletcher, is a biographical film that follows the story of young Michael Edwards. Despite facing difficulties with walking and undergoing medical treatment, ten-year-old Eddie sets his sights on Olympic glory. With the support of his mother, he tries different Olympic events but fails. However, his father does not share the same enthusiasm. As a teenager, Eddie remains determined to achieve his dream and first attempts to qualify for the Summer Games before turning to skiing in the Winter Games. Despite showing skill in the sport, British Olympic officials reject him for being ...

The Maze Runner (2014) is an American sci-fi film directed by Wes Ball. It is based on the eponymous novel written by James Dashner and marks Ball’s directorial debut. Our protagonist, a teenage boy, wakes up in an underground elevator with no recollection of his identity. He is welcomed by a group of male youths in an open grassy area known as the ‘Glade’, enclosed by towering stone walls. The boys have established a basic society with each assigned specific tasks. It becomes clear to our young hero that their only means of escape from the maze they are trapped in lies within its complicated pathways. ...

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 ...

The comedy-drama film, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), is written and directed by Wes Anderson. A teenage girl pays a visit to the monument of the author who wrote ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ and finds inspiration in his story. This author was inspired to write the book during his stay at the once-luxurious hotel located in the European mountainous country formerly known as Zubrowka. Despite its current dilapidated state in 1968, the hotel holds a special place in the heart of its owner, Mr. Zero Moustafa. He shares with the author how he came to acquire it and why he continues to keep it open despite not ...

Gone Girl (2014), an American psychological thriller directed by David Fincher and written by Gillian Flynn, follows the story of Nick Dunne, a writing teacher who discovers his wife Amy is missing on their fifth wedding anniversary. Amy’s fame as the inspiration for her parents’ successful Amazing Amy children’s books leads to widespread media coverage, and Nick’s apparent lack of concern over his wife’s disappearance raises suspicion. Through flashbacks in the form of diary entries, we see a complex reality and a marriage that has ...

The Fault in Our Stars (2014), directed by Josh Boone and written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, is an American coming-of-age romance film based on John Green’s 2012 novel of the same name. Hazel Grace Lancaster, an Indianapolis teenager with thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs, attends a weekly cancer patient support group at the urging of her mother who believes she may be depressed. There she meets Augustus ‘Gus’ Waters, who is there to ...

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) is a film that follows the story of Harry Hart, a member of Kingsman, a private intelligence service founded by the British elite. In 1997, Harry’s colleague Lee Unwin sacrifices himself to save Harry. Feeling responsible for Lee’s death, Harry returns to London and gives his young son Gary ‘Eggsy’ a medal and an emergency assistance number. Seventeen years later, Eggsy is rebellious and has dropped out of training for the Royal Marines despite his abilities. When he gets arrested for stealing a car, he calls the emergency number given to him by Harry. This leads to Harry arranging his release and taking down ...

Directed and co-produced by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg, X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) is a superhero film based on the Marvel Comics team. The fifth installment in the X-Men series, it serves as both a sequel to 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand and 2011’s X-Men: First Class, as well as a follow-up to 2013’s The Wolverine. Set in a dystopian version of 2023, the film follows robot Sentinels who hunt and kill those with mutant potential or those who protect them. In Moscow, this results in an attack on ...

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) is an American black comedy-drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and co-written by Nicolás Giacobone, Armando Bó, and Alexander Dinelaris Jr. The film follows the story of Riggan Thomson, a former superhero actor who is haunted by the voice of his past self as Birdman. He struggles to make a name for himself again by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway adaptation of Raymond Carver’s short ...

The Counselor (2013), directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy, is a crime thriller film. In Mexico, cocaine is transported in barrels inside a sewage truck across the border to the United States. The drug is then stored at a sewage treatment plant. To purchase an engagement ring for his girlfriend Laura, The Counselor travels to Amsterdam to meet with a diamond dealer. Upon returning to the United States, he attends a party in Texas hosted by drug dealer Reiner and his girlfriend Malkina. During their conversation, The Counselor reveals his involvement in ...

The psychological thriller film, Trance (2013), was directed by Danny Boyle and written by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge from a story by Ahearne. During a heist at an auction house, the thieves steal what they believe to be a valuable painting. In the midst of the robbery, Simon Newton attacks their leader Franck and is knocked unconscious. But when Franck opens the package, he finds only an empty frame. It turns out that Simon, who was the ‘inside man’ for the ...

The film The Wolverine (2013) follows the story of the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is part of the X-Men series and specifically the second movie in a trilogy about Wolverine. After being captured during World War II, Logan finds himself in a Japanese POW camp near Nagasaki. During an atomic bombing, he saves a man named Ichirō Yashida by shielding him from the blast. In present day, Logan lives alone in the Yukon and struggles with visions of Jean Grey, who he had to kill to protect the world. He is approached by Yukio, a fellow mutant with powers to foresee death, on behalf of Ichirō who is now a successful CEO. Despite his terminal ...