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Marion Cotillard, Brad Pitt unite for untitled war thriller for Robert Zemeckis from writer Steven Knight, who will also write Pitt's upcoming World War...
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This dramatic spy thriller is inspired by real - life CIA agent Valerie Plame (Watts) who, in the lead - up to the Iraq war, is searching for evidence of nuclear weapons.
Homeland is an American spy thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War (Original He's the matchmaker on If You Are The One, has noodle shops in Sydney and Melbourne and enough charm to be a star in his own right for a legion of fans
The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.
For a nation at war with its own values, Fair Game is a compelling, pertinent and scrupulously true political thriller in the honorable tradition of «All the President's Men.»
As a thriller its quite nerve wracking and as a metaphor for how innocent Mexican citizens are used as pawns in the drug war between the various gangs and the DEA its effective.
This week, watch the debut trailers for «Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol,» Steven Spielberg's «War Horse,» and spy thriller «Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.»
This year's biggest downer — which is not to take away from the qualities of the film — «Amour» represents a change for director Michael Haneke, whose «Funny Games» is a remarkable thriller about the takeover of a household by two psychopathic youths and whose «The White Ribbon» looks at mysterious goings - on in a feudal village in Germany prior to World War I.
The Wall avoids the missteps of those recent war films by eliding politics and maudlin backstories for its characters, instead using cat - and - mouse thriller tactics to depict warfare on a purely visceral level.
Next weekend sees the release of Zac Efron's EDM movie We Are Your Friends, the faith - based War Room, and the Owen Wilson starring action thriller No Escape, which leaves plenty of room for Compton to squeeze out its third victory in a row.
Eleven years after drawing a few boos and zero prizes for her competition entry «Marie Antoinette,» Sofia Coppola won directing honors for «The Beguiled,» her slyly feminist adaptation of a Civil War - era novel that previously inspired Don Siegel's 1971 thriller starring Clint Eastwood.
Rona and Heineman have the Liam Neeson thriller The Commuter in post and war thriller The Last Battle heading for a late summer start.
Disney has debuted the first trailer for Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies, formerly his «Untitled Cold War» thriller, starring Tom Hanks, an American lawyer recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union.
War (R for sexuality, nudity, profanity and graphic violence) Revenge thriller about an FBI Agent (Jason Statham) intent on tracking down the assassin (Jet Li) who murdered his partner (Terry Chen).
Christopher Nolan claimed Best Director for his remarkably mounted, ceaselessly intense World War II thriller «Dunkirk.»
In between making blockbusters for the Jurassic and Star Wars franchises, Trevorrow invests this unconventional drama - cum - thriller with plenty of heart, eliciting terrific performances from his central cast.
Ahead of its UK TV premiere tomorrow, a new trailer has arrived online for director Tom Harper's thriller War Book, which revolves around a group of civil servants take part in a regular role - playing game to practise their response to a nuclear explosion leading to all - out nuclear war and stars Sophie Okonedo, Phoebe Fox, Ben Chaplin, -LSB-.War Book, which revolves around a group of civil servants take part in a regular role - playing game to practise their response to a nuclear explosion leading to all - out nuclear war and stars Sophie Okonedo, Phoebe Fox, Ben Chaplin, -LSB-.war and stars Sophie Okonedo, Phoebe Fox, Ben Chaplin, -LSB-...]
After the relative whimsy of Looking for Eric, Loach is back in angry political mode for this gritty revenge thriller set around the war in Iraq.
Josh Campbell, Matt Stuecken and Damien Chazelle also took over the scribing duties for the new thriller, whose final official name was revealed this past January 15, when its initial trailer was attached to screenings of the war drama, ’13 Hours.»
While preparing for this interview I learned that the film, a cold - war era thriller set in the 1970's, has recently been banned from playing in Russia.
In fact, it's a major improvement upon the character's first solo adventure, trading in the period war setting for an old - school conspiracy thriller that addresses real - world issues like national security.
However, «The Monuments Men,» also directed by Clooney, looks tonally very different from those relatively serious - minded political thrillers, with the rather fine trailer showcasing an unusually gentle, humorous tone for a film about World War II.
That career would include a Western in which Dern became the only person to kill John Wayne onscreen («The Cowboys»), a thriller in which he blew up the Super Bowl («Black Sunday»), a sci - fi drama that introduced little robots five years before «Star Wars» brought us R2D2 («Silent Running»), a Francis Ford Coppola - written version of «The Great Gatsby,» a Vietnam drama for which he received an Oscar nomination («Coming Home») and, more recently, an Emmy - nominated run on the HBO series «Big Love.»
A poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming action thriller Collide, which stars Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) alongside Anthony Hopkins (Misconduct) and Ben Kingsley (The Jungle Book).
The London Film Festival wrapped up this week with Brad Pitt leading a charge through Leicester Square for the red carpet premiere of his World War II tank thriller Fury, accompanied by his crewmates Shia...
The set features eight films all together, including two of his early British thrillers (the classic Sabotage with Sylvia Sidney and lighter and lesser Young and Innocent), his World War II drama Lifeboat and all four films made for David Selznick: the Gothic classic Rebecca (Hitchcock's only film to win an Oscar for Best Picture), the Gregory Peck films Spellbound and The Paradine Case, and the romantic masterpiece Notorious.
Those viewers looking for a gripping thriller or a great war flick should probably look elsewhere, as this Robert Redford directed piece is only about trying to provoke thought.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R for violence, profanity, sexuality and nudity) Screen adaptation of John le Carre's classic, espionage thriller, set at the height of the Cold War, about a disgraced, former head of British intelligence (Gary Oldman) who comes out of retirement to catch the Soviet mole who has infiltrated the agency's highest echelons.
Vying for their first nods are Danish Dan Laustsen for Guillermo del Toro's lush»60s romantic fantasy - thriller, «The Shape of Water,» Dutch Hoyte Van Hoytema (BAFTA - nominated for «Interstellar» and «Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy») for his 65 mm photography on Christopher Nolan's World War II epic «Dunkirk,» and Rachel Morrison, who is the first woman to break into the ranks of nominated directors of photography for Dee Rees» southern epic «Mudbound.»
Gene Roddenberry often pushed his series to explore stories as allegories for modern life and politics; here «Trek» becomes a Cold War story in which the Federation and a nearly bankrupt Klingon Empire are dropped into the context of a political thriller.
When Marvel is willing to really embrace genre — for example, when Thor felt like an»80s fantasy, or Captain America felt like a 70s political thriller (or 40s war film)-- I think they are at their best.
Left largely on the outside were Steven Spielberg's Cold War thriller «Bridge of Spies,» which was only nominated for Mark Rylance's supporting performance; the Irish immigrant drama «Brooklyn,» nominated only for Saoirse Ronan's leading performance; and «Straight Outta Compton,» the popular N.W.A biopic, which landed no nominations.
The director of Norwegian crime thriller Headhunters helms this World War II true story of Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch)- the English mathematician and logician who set out to break the Enigma code used by the Nazis but was persecuted for his sexuality.
The true - life thriller was one of the films we tipped to start a bidding war and with the distribution company negotiating for multiple territories, first time filmmaker John Krokidas must be feeling real good.
Atomic Blonde is an amalgam of tired and unsavory tropes — cult graphic novel adaptation, Cold War spy thriller, breathlessly brutal real - time actioner — that after one to many beige retreads, any one facet of its personality should tell us exactly what we're in for.
The directors of the hit Hong Kong crime thriller Cold War return for this sequel that sees the police force botch a hostage crisis.
Voltage Pictures has released an international trailer for American Heist, an upcoming crime thriller from director Sarik Andreasyan, which stars Hayden Christensen (Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith) and Adrien Brody (The Grand Budapest Hotel); check it out here... American Heist features a cast that also includes Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious -LSB-...]
With a month to go until its UK release, a new poster has arrived online for writer - director Sean Ellis» upcoming World War II thriller Anthropoid, featuring Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan; check it out here... SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Anthropoid One of the most terrifying and thrilling stories of World War II, ANTHROPOID follows two soldiers -LSB-...]
«Star Wars: The Force Awakens» lead actress Daisy Ridley and director JJ Abrams are teaming up for a new romantic sci - fi thriller titled «Kolma.»
The first UK trailer has been released for writer - director Sean Ellis» upcoming World War II thriller Anthropoid which stars Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan; take a look below after the official synopsis... Based on the true story of two Czechoslovak soldiers sent to assassinate the head of the SS in 1942.
Then, next year brings Chris Evans» Cap back for a story ripped from Ed Brubaker's comic book run about Bucky (Sebastian Stan) recovered, resurrected, brainwashed and augmented into lethal killer Winter Soldier for what is promised as a blend of spy thriller and World War II hero Steve Rogers continuing to find his place in the modern world.
The cold war proved such a hot setting for Carol Reed's brilliant continental thriller The Third Man (1949) that he made a return visit to the territory in The Man Between (1953).
Following last week's trailer for The Catcher Was a Spy [watch it here], a new poster has arrived online for Ben Lewin's upcoming World War II espionage thriller featuring Paul Rudd; take a look below... This gripping, stranger - than - fiction espionage thriller brings to life the incredible true story of Moe Berg, the professional baseball player who became a -LSB-...]
We have the first trailer for indie war - torn drama TWICE BORN, which stars international movie star Penelope Cruz and Emile Hirsch (who's career looks back on the rise after featuring in William Friedkin's dark and twisted thriller KILLER JOE).
In this thriller, James McAvoy stars as Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man afflicted with two dozen personalities, some of which wage an internal war against the others for control of Kevin and the release of a powerful entity known as The Beast.
The Oscar - winning director of war drama THE HURT LOCKER, will helm this new action - thriller that will focus on the early hunt for infamous terrorist.
The studio won a heated bidding war with several other studios for this thriller about an American family who are in the middle of an Asian coup.
And now the pair are teaming up for the Falklands War - era thriller «Destroyer.»
Steven Knight is also writing an untitled World War II romantic thriller for Brad Pitt, though that project is currently without a distributor.
Open Road, best known for distributing the animated comedy «The Nut Job» and the excellent Jake Ghyllenhaal thriller «Nightcrawler», won the multi-studio bidding war.