Deconstructing the machinery of cinema.
Professional assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) has murdered a member of the 'high table' - the aristocratic powerbrokers who rule a secret world of killers. Now he is alone, targeted by all thanks to a $14 million dollar price on his head, and unable to call on any of his former allies. The 2017 sequel John ...
Gail Hartman (Meryl Streep) is a retired white water rafter who returns to Idaho's Salmon River to show her husband Tom (David Strathairn) and son Roarke (Joseph Mazzello) an important part of her youth - and, hopefully, to heal her increasingly fractured marriage. Gail's hopes are shattered when a pair of fellow rafters (Kevin Bacon ...
Rich socialite Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) spends her time travelling the world, breaking into ancient ruins and temples and stealing the valuable artifacts and relics within. When a mysterious hidden clock in Croft Manor starts ticking again - and ticking backwards, she finds herself in competition with the villainous Manfred Powell (Iain Glen) and fellow ...
Nelson Coxman (Liam Neeson) lives a quiet life as a snowplow driver in a Colorado ski town. His long, dedicated service has seen him receive Citizen of the Year. His idyllic life is shattered when his adult son is found dead, apparently from a heroin overdose. Refusing to believe the evidence, he soon discovers his ...
In the aftermath of Scottish patriot William Wallace's death, the lord Robert Bruce (Chris Pine) claims the crown of Scotland and sparks a fresh rebellion against the English King Edward I (Stephen Dillane). England's king declares Robert an outlaw, and sends his son the Princes of Wales (Billy Howle) to quash the Scottish patriots for ...
Ren (Wang Shih-hsien) is a mid-level gang leader in Taipei's criminal underworld. One night a former friend named Jian (Collin Chou) returns home to cause trouble and gets arrested. As the police take him away, Jian warns Ren that he has a special plan to take over the city. A few years later, Jian returns ...
Robin Hood remains pretty much the best piece of intellectual property for feature films. It's a populist story of good versus evil. It's tried and tested through centuries of stories, songs, plays, books, cinema, television and animation. Countless artists have brought in new characters, abandoned old ones, and reworked and remixed every element of tone, ...
