Twentieth Century Fox (USA): 140

Knight and Day (2010), a satirical action comedy film, follows the chaotic journey of June Havens as she crosses paths with Roy Miller at the airport while traveling back to Boston. Their encounter results in June being put on a later flight by CIA agent John Fitzgerald, who mistakenly believes she is working with Roy. In an unexpected turn of events, Roy takes control of the plane after subduing both passengers and crew members who were actually agents sent by Fitzgerald. During the chaos, June is drugged and warned about potential dangers ahead. Upon returning home, June discovers that her sister April wants to sell their father’s 1966 Pontiac GTO tri-power ...

Avatar (2009) is an epic science fiction film directed, written, co-produced and edited by James Cameron. Set in 2154, the Earth’s natural resources have been depleted and the planet is facing ecocide. To mine the valuable mineral unobtanium on Pandora, a moon in the Alpha Centauri star system, the Resources Development Administration (RDA) has been established. However, Pandora’s atmosphere is unsuitable for human life. The inhabitants of Pandora are the Na’vi – a species of 10-foot-tall, blue-skinned, intelligent beings who live harmoniously with their natural surroundings. In order to interact ...

Wes Anderson directed Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), an American stop-motion animated comedy film. While pilfering Berk’s Squab Farm, our cunning protagonist sets off a fox trap, inadvertently trapping himself and his wife Felicity. In the midst of their escape, she reveals her pregnancy and implores her husband to find a less hazardous job. He agrees and two human years (12 fox years) later, the Fox family, now including their son Ash, is residing in a cozy hole. Despite warnings from their lawyer Clive Badger about the dangers of being close to three farmers – Walt Boggis, Nate Bunce, and Frank Bean – Mr. ...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) is a riveting superhero flick inspired by the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Serving as the first installment of the Wolverine trilogy and a prequel to X-Men (2000) and X2: X-Men United (2003), it takes us back to 1845 where we meet James Howlett, a young boy living in the Northwest Territories. Tragically, he witnesses his father’s murder at the hands of groundskeeper Thomas Logan, which triggers his anxiety and activates his mutation. With bone claws protruding from his knuckles, James defends himself and discovers that Thomas was actually his biological father all along. After fleeing with ...

Horton Hears a Who! (2008) is an American animated children’s film based on the 1954 book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. In the Jungle of Nool on May 15th, Horton, the eccentric nature teacher, discovers a faint cry coming from a floating dust speck. Curious, he pursues it and places it atop a pink clover. Much to his surprise, he learns that the speck is home to Whoville and its inhabitants, led by Mayor Ned McDodd. His family includes his wife Sally and 96 daughters with names all beginning with ‘H’, along with one son, JoJo. Despite being next in line for mayor, JoJo is reluctant to accept the role ...

Baz Luhrmann’s epic adventure drama, Australia (2008), follows Lady Sarah Ashley as she travels to her husband’s faltering cattle station, Faraway Downs. It is 1939, just before the start of World War II, and Lady Sarah hopes to make her husband sell the station and save their marriage. However, upon arriving in Australia from England, she learns that her husband has been murdered by an Aboriginal elder known as ‘King George’. The vast Faraway Downs spans across Western Australia and the Northern Territory, reaching all the way to the Timor Sea. In order to secure control of the station for ...

The supernatural thriller, The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), was directed by Chris Carter and co-written by Carter and Frank Spotnitz. After leaving the FBI, former Special Agent Dana Scully now works as a staff physician at a Catholic hospital where she is treating Christian, a young boy with symptoms similar to Sandhoff disease. FBI Special Agent Mosely Drummy seeks out Scully’s aid in locating her ex-partner, Fox Mulder, who has been on the run for several years. To call off their manhunt for Mulder, the FBI ...

Jumper (2008) is an American science fiction action film that loosely follows Steven Gould’s novel of the same title. Directed by Doug Liman, the movie centers around 15-year-old David Rice, who discovers his ability to teleport after falling through thin ice on the Huron River while retrieving a snow globe for his crush, Millie Harris. Using this newfound power, he leaves his abusive father behind and moves to New York City where he uses it to rob banks by teleporting into their vaults. Eight years pass and David now lives a lavish lifestyle in a penthouse, ...

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) is an American science fiction film, serving as a remake of the 1951 film with the same title, which was originally based on the 1940 short story Farewell to the Master. Way back in 1928, a lone mountaineer exploring the Karakoram mountains in India comes across a glowing sphere. After losing consciousness, he wakes up with a scar on his hand and finds that the sphere has vanished. Fast forward to present day, an unidentified object is spotted heading towards Earth from Jupiter’s orbit with potential to wipe out all life. In response, the U.S. government hastily enlists a team of scientists, including Helen Benson ...

The Happening (2008) is a science fiction thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. In New York City’s Central Park, a series of suicides occur among the people. The cause is believed to be a bio-terrorist attack using an airborne neurotoxin, which quickly spreads throughout the Northeastern United States. High school science teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma are joined by Elliot’s mathematician colleague Julian and his daughter Jess on a train out of Philadelphia. As they journey, they discover that Boston and Philadelphia have also been affected. Their communication is cut ...

What Happens in Vegas (2008) is a romantic comedy directed by Tom Vaughan and written by Dana Fox. In New York City, high-strung Joy Ellis McNally, a commodities trader, is unexpectedly dumped by her fiancé at the birthday party she threw for him. Meanwhile, easy-going Jack Fuller Jr., a carpenter, is fired by his father. Feeling lost and upset, Joy and Jack separately travel to Las Vegas with their friends – Joy with bartender Toni ‘Tipper’ and Jack with lawyer Jeff ‘Hater’. By chance, they end up sharing the same hotel room due to a ...

Death Sentence (2007) is an American action thriller film directed by James Wan and starring Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume. After his son is brutally murdered by a gang member during an initiation ritual, Hume takes matters into his own hands to seek justice and protect his family from the gang’s retaliation. Loosely based on Brian Garfield’s novel of the same name, the film follows Hume as he navigates through the dangerous world of revenge. Living in Columbia, South Carolina, Hume attends his son Brendan’s hockey game before stopping for gas in a rough ...

The American animated comedy film The Simpsons Movie (2007) is based on Matt Groening’s popular Fox animated sitcom. Following a concert at Lake Springfield, Green Day attempts to raise awareness about the environment, but are met with a disrespectful audience who pelts them with trash. This pollution leads to the band’s barge sinking and their eventual drowning. At their memorial service, Grampa Simpson has a spiritual awakening and forewarns of a disaster that will strike Springfield. Despite his cryptic message, only Marge takes it seriously. In light of the dire state of the environment, Lisa and her new ...

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2003) is a slasher film directed by Joe Lynch. Following the tragic events in the West Virginia forest, reality TV contestant Kimberly is driving through the backcountry of that same state in search of her next project location. While on her way, she accidentally hits a teenager and stops to help him. However, she soon realizes that he is one of the inbred cannibal locals. In an attempt to escape, she runs into Three Finger, who brutally kills her with his axe. Meanwhile, ex-military man Colonel Dale Murphy is hosting a survival game show called The Apocalypse: Ultimate Survivalist in the same ...

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) is an American comedy film directed by Tim Hill and written by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow. Following the first film, Jon Arbuckle is preparing to propose to his girlfriend, veterinarian Doctor Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Wilson, who is traveling for work to London. As a surprise, Jon secretly follows Liz to the United Kingdom, but his pets, Garfield and Odie, stow away in his luggage. The two mischievous animals end up escaping from their hotel room out of boredom and become lost in ...

The Omen (2006) is an American supernatural horror film helmed by director John Moore and penned by David Seltzer. It tells the tale of Robert Thorn, an American diplomat stationed in Italy. Upon learning that his son was stillborn, Robert secretly adopts an orphaned infant on the advice of a Catholic priest, Father Spiletto. The child, named Damien, is raised by Robert and his wife Katherine. Over the next five years, Robert’s career flourishes as he is appointed Deputy Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s in the United Kingdom. He moves into a large estate ...

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) is a superhero film based on Marvel Entertainment Group’s comic books. In 1986, Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr invite a young Jean Grey to join their school, the X-Mansion, at her parents’ house. Ten years later in 1996, industrialist Warren Worthington II discovers his son’s mutant abilities when he tries to remove his wings. In the present day, Worthington Labs announces a ‘cure’ for mutants and offers it to those who are interested in suppressing their X-gene. This piques the interest of certain mutants such as Rogue, who struggles with her harmful touch, while others are cautious. Magneto gathers a new ...

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) is an animated film set in the Family Guy universe. It follows Stewie’s journey to find his real father after a near-death experience, leading him to San Francisco where he discovers it is himself from the future. Along with commentaries and a sneak peek of American Dad! Volume 1, the DVD was released on September 27, 2005. Fox later aired the film as three separate episodes for the finale of Family Guy season 4 on May 21, 2006. Some scenes were edited or removed by Fox to fit into a 66-minute time slot. Stewie B. Goode. While at the Quahog ...

The superhero film, Elektra (2005), is based on the character from Marvel Comics and directed by Rob Bowman. It serves as a spin-off of Daredevil (2003), with Jennifer Garner reprising her role as the titular character. After being killed, Elektra Natchios is revived by blind martial arts master Stick and trained in the ancient art of Kimagure. This allows her to have precognition and resurrect the dead. However, due to her inability to let go of her rage and fear towards her mother’s killer, she is expelled from the training compound. She then uses her skills to become a contract killer. Many years ...

Kingdom of Heaven (2005) is a historical drama, directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. In medieval France, Balian, a grief-stricken blacksmith, is approached by a band of Crusaders visiting his village. Their leader, Balian’s father Baron Godfrey, invites him to join their journey to the Holy Land, but he declines. That night, Balian learns the truth about his wife’s death from his half-brother, the town priest, and in a fit of anger kills him. The next day, seeking redemption for his actions and peace for his wife’s soul ...