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The film Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) was a live-action/animated fantasy adventure produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Roth Films, Team Todd, and Tim Burton Productions. For three years, Alice Kingsleigh had followed in her father’s footsteps and explored the high seas. However, upon returning to London from China, she discovered that her ex-fiancé Hamish Ascot had taken over his late father’s company. He demanded that Alice hand over her family home in exchange for her father’s ship. Following a familiar butterfly (previously known as Absolem), Alice returned to Wonderland through a mirror. She was welcomed by well-known characters such as ...

Pee-wee’s Big Holiday (2016) is a feature film directed by John Lee and penned by Paul Reubens and Paul Rust. As a well-liked resident of Fairville, Pee-wee Herman works at Dan’s Diner as a fry cook. Despite his reputation for tasty diner fare, Pee-wee’s world is thrown into disarray when his band breaks up. However, things take an unexpected turn when he meets actor Joe Manganiello and is persuaded to embark on his first journey out of Fairville to attend Joe’s birthday celebration in New York City. ...

13 Hours (2016) is an American biographical action-thriller film directed and produced by Michael Bay and written by Chuck Hogan; it is based on Mitchell Zuckoff’s 2014 book of the same name. Set in Libya in 2012, following the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, it portrays Benghazi as one of the most dangerous places in the world, prompting countries to withdraw their diplomatic offices out of fear for potential attacks by militants. The United States maintains a diplomatic compound in the city, while less than a mile ...

Café Society (2016) is a romantic comedy-drama, written and directed by Woody Allen. Bobby Dorfman, the youngest member of a Jewish family living in New York City during the 1930s, feels dissatisfied with his job at his father’s jewelry store. Seeking a change of pace, he heads to Hollywood where his uncle Phil, a powerful talent agent, offers him work running errands. While settling into the city, Bobby meets Vonnie – Phil’s secretary – and is charmed by her down-to-earth demeanor. Despite being enamored with her, she rejects his advances and reveals she has a boyfriend named Doug. Unbeknownst ...

Based on the 1998 short story Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang, Arrival (2016) is an American science fiction drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer. Linguist Louise Banks’s twelve-year-old daughter Hannah dies from an incurable illness, as twelve extraterrestrial spacecraft appear over different locations on Earth. Amidst widespread panic, various nations send military and scientific experts to investigate. In the United States, US Army Colonel Weber enlists Banks and physicist ...

Passengers (2016) is an American science-fiction romance film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Jon Spaihts. The spaceship Avalon, carrying 5,000 colonists and 258 crew members in hibernation pods, embarks on a 120-year voyage from Earth to the planet Homestead II as part of a mass exodus due to environmental destruction. However, after only three decades, an asteroid collision causes damage to the ship’s defenses and results in mechanical engineer Jim Preston awakening ninety years too soon. Alone except for the android bartender Arthur, Jim becomes ...

Christine (2016) is an American independent biographical psychological drama film directed by Antonio Campos and written by Craig Shilowich. Set in 1974 Sarasota, Florida, the movie follows reporter Christine Chubbuck as she navigates her career at a local news station. Constantly clashing with her boss Michael over editorial decisions, Christine is torn between pursuing human-interest pieces or catering to the desire for crime-focused news that brings in ratings. She also harbors feelings for her colleague George Peter Ryan. Amidst all of this, Christine receives some ...

Roland Emmerich co-wrote and directed Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), the highly-anticipated sequel to the original 1996 film. In this new installment, set twenty years after the War of 1996, the United Nations has established the Earth Space Defense (ESD), a global research program that uses alien technology to protect Earth from potential extraterrestrial threats. Thanks to humanity’s triumph over the aliens in their previous attack, peace reigns among nations and civilization has been restored. To further safeguard against future invasions, the ESD has expanded its reach by setting up bases on the Moon, ...

Live by Night (2016) is a compelling crime drama featuring Ben Affleck as the writer, director, producer and star. Based on Dennis Lehane’s 2012 novel of the same title, it follows the story of Joe Coughlin, an Irish-American World War I veteran and son of Boston police captain Thomas Coughlin. In the year 1926, Joe falls for Emma Gould, the mistress of notorious gangster Albert White who he and his friends have been targeting through a series of robberies. Despite Thomas’ disapproval and warnings against Joe’s criminal activities, the love between Joe ...

The British horror-mystery film, The Limehouse Golem (2016), directed by Juan Carlos Medina and written by Jane Goldman, tells the story of a series of murders that have shocked the docklands community of Limehouse in Victorian London. Known as the Golem, after a well-known Jewish legend, the killer has not been caught yet. However, when John Cree is accused of poisoning his wife, Elizabeth Cree on the same night as the latest Golem killing, Inspector John Kildare uncovers evidence linking him to all the murders. In order to save Elizabeth from being hanged and solve this ...

The British mystery drama thriller television movie, The Witness for the Prosecution (2016), aired on BBC One during Christmas of 2016. Adapted by Sarah Phelps and directed by Julian Jarrold, this two-part program is based on Agatha Christie’s short story of the same name. While following Christie’s original plot and ending, it differs from previous adaptations, including Billy Wilder’s 1957 film version. Set ...

The Choice (2016), an American romantic drama film directed by Ross Katz and written by Bryan Sipe, follows the story of two neighbors who unexpectedly find love. Based on Nicholas Sparks’ novel of the same name, the film begins seven years prior to the main events. At this time, Travis Shaw, a charming young man from the South who catches the eye of many women, is in a casual relationship with a woman named Monica. During one evening, Travis meets his new neighbor Gabby Holland while she complains about his loud ...

Me Before You (2016) is a romance drama film, directed by Thea Sharrock in her directorial debut and adapted by author Jojo Moyes from her 2012 novel of the same name. Louisa ‘Lou’ Clark, a cheerful young woman, is hired as a carer for Will Traynor, a once successful banker and active sportsman who became tetraplegic after being hit by a motorcycle. Hoping to lift his depressed and cynical spirits, Will’s mother turns to Lou for help due to her bubbly personality. However, Will initially displays coldness towards her. Things become complicated when ...

War Dogs (2016) is an American black comedy crime film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Phillips, Jason Smilovic and Stephen Chin. It is based on a 2011 Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson, as well as Efraim Diveroli’s 2016 memoir Once a Gun Runner, which was outlined in an ongoing lawsuit. Lawson later ...

Deepwater Horizon (2016) is a biographical film about the disastrous explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred on April 20, 2010, when an oil drilling rig called Deepwater Horizon, operated by contractor Transocean for BP, was completing drilling off the coast of Louisiana. Surprised by the decision of BP managers Donald Vidrine and Robert Kaluza to sed home workers without conducting a cement bond log (CBL), Chief Electronics Technician Mike Williams and Offshore Installation Manager James Harrell take action. Harrell convinces Vidrine to carry out a negative pressure test, which shows that the cement has not properly sealed the well from ...

The film The Finest Hours (2016), directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, follows Bernie Webber, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Chatham in Massachusetts. Bernie has fallen for local girl Miriam Pentinen and the two plan to marry on April 16. However, according to Coast Guard regulations, he must first seek permission from Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Cluff. On February 18, 1952, the tanker SS Pendleton breaks in half during a nor’easter off the Chatham coast. With most of the station’s crew already occupied with another rescue mission, Bernie is tasked with piloting motor lifeboat ...

Inferno (2016), an American action mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by David Koepp, is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Dan Brown. Following his involvement in halting an antimatter threat at the Vatican, Harvard professor Robert Langdon wakes up in a Florence hospital with no recollection of recent events, but haunted by terrifying visions. His attending physician, Dr. Sienna Brooks, explains that his amnesia is a result of being shot in the head. A staff member warns them that police have arrived to question Langdon, but it turns ...

In the American epic biographical adventure drama film The Lost City of Z (2016), written and directed by James Gray, we follow the story of Percy Fawcett. In Ireland in 1905, Fawcett is a young British officer taking part in a stag hunt for Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on an Irish baronial estate. Despite his skill as a horseman and marksman, he is ignored at the post-hunt celebration. The following year, Fawcett travels to London to meet with officials from the Royal Geographical Society (RGS). Due to tensions between Bolivia and Brazil over their shared border and its impact on the valuable rubber trade in the ...

Triple 9 (2016) is an action thriller directed by John Hillcoat and written by Matt Cook. In Atlanta, a group of dishonest law enforcement and seasoned criminals, including Marcus Belmont (played by Anthony Mackie), Franco Rodriguez, and Gabe and Russell Welch, are coerced by the Russian Mob into robbing a heavily guarded bank in broad daylight. Terrell Thompkins, an ex-special forces member now working in the private sector, leads the team. Unhappy with the job, Irina Vaslov, head of the mob, takes Terrell’s family hostage and demands they rob a safe house for ...

Allied (2016) is a romantic war drama thriller film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Steven Knight. Set in 1942 during World War II, the plot centers on Wing Commander Max Vatan, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot with intelligence duties. His assignment takes him to Casablanca in Morocco, where he is tasked with assassinating a German ambassador. To aid him in his mission, he is joined by Marianne Beauséjour, a courageous French Resistance fighter who fled France after her group was compromised and killed. Pretending to be a married couple, Max and Marianne begin ...