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Opening March 11, AWFJ's Movie of the Week is Eye in the Sky, the tense new war thriller from director Gavin Hood starring Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman and Aaron Paul.

Not exact matches

This structure is the basis of films from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings, from thrillers and dramas to romcoms.

It looked like a scene from a Cold War spy thriller.

It feels like there's so much more to this story that's missing, either from the interview subjects» reticence to share too much or the filmmakers reluctance to embrace more of the Cold War paranoia thriller trappings the story can veer into.

Naranjo numbs sensation to make his points about the drug war's damage to Mexico, turning Miss Bala into a thriller from the dissociative first person perspective.

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.

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.

Despite no previous acting experience, Katie Jarvis is the heart and troubled soul of Fish Tank, the gripping coming - of - age drama from Andrea Arnold and the most exciting new release in a week also highlighted by the arrival of Storm, Hans - Christian Schmid's thriller about crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian war of the early 1990s, and the on - screen return of Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness.

Hadi Hajaig follows his low - budget, noir thriller Puritan with Cleanskin, a tense tale of terrorism set in London, which pits two individuals from either side of the terror war divide against each other.

Although Avengers: Infinity War is still going strong at the box office, you can also choose from the new thriller, Breaking In, starring Gabrielle Union, or the comedy Life of the Party with Melissa McCarthy.

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.

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.

Winner: Ennio Morricone, «The Hateful Eight» Should win: Carter Burwell, «Carol» or Jóhann Jóhannsson, «Sicario» Upset player: John Williams, «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» Nightmare win: Thomas Newman, «Bridge of Spies» (because it would just be silly considering the competition) Lowdown: Can anyone really remember what the core from Quentin Tarantino's thriller even sounded like?

World War Z takes a calculable, routine zombie script (take your pick from any of the «Dead» movies) and molds it with a thriller where a protagonist has to laboriously unearth a fixture to a global catastrophe (think «Contagion») to create a must - see summer blockbuster.

Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton and Sanaa Lathan must prevent a World War in this action thriller from the director of Kill the Messenger.

It is a vigorously directed, tightly paced war thriller with nothing less at stake than saving the world from Adolf Hitler.

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-...]

Atomic Blonde dances on the razor's edge between these two franchises while borrowing a great deal from the likes of director David Leitch's previous film John Wick and the slower burning Cold War thrillers of the past.

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 trailer, and the final poster (also below), feature quotes from Martin Scorsese praising the «audacious» concept of this thriller about Civil War confederates who end up trapped in a field filled with mushrooms.

Saban Films has snapped up the U.S. distribution rights to Between Worlds, a new supernatural thriller from director Maria Pulera, which sees Nicolas Cage leading a cast that includes Penelope Mitchell (The Vampire Diaries), Franka Potente (The Bourne Supremacy) and Hopper Penn (War Machine).

Deadline is reporting that Paul Rudd has signed on to star in The Catcher Was a Spy, a World War II thriller from director Ben Lewin (The Sessions), which is based upon the bestselling book from Nicholas Dawidoff, with Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan) penning the script.

From the moment Lionsgate confirmed that it was developing a sequel to Denis Villeneuve's 2015 drug war thriller Sicario, the studio has been adamant that it's not just doing the first movie a second time.

The Cloverfield Paradox is an unholy mess... The characters here never feel like they could exist in a world outside of this space station, all of them barking in tech - speak at each other, rarely acting in what could be classified as recognizably human behavior... As the film bumbles from one confusingly mounted scene to the next, disappointment turns to boredom... The Cloverfield franchise is rumored to grow even more later this year with a second world war - set thriller potentially unspooling in October.

«A Most Wanted Man» Synopsis: Adapted from the book by John Le Carré («Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy»), this espionage thriller centers on an uneducated and destitute ex-prisoner who illegally arrives in Hamburg and gets caught up in the international war on terror.

One of the standout movies from 2017 is Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan's intense and riveting WWII thriller about the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 at the beginning of World War II.

Since Infinity War arrived, the major studios have released just two movies: Warner Bros.» Melissa McCarthy comedy Life of the Party, which made $ 18.5 million in its opening weekend, the lowest total for a McCarthy vehicle since she became a movie star; and the $ 16.5 million - earning Breaking In, a Gabrielle Union thriller from Universal and Will Packer Productions, the company that has delivered two textbook counterprograms, Girls Trip and the Ride Along films.

A harrowing true - life survival story is compromised by heavy - handed contrivances in this uneven World War II thriller from director Harald Zwart (The Karate Kid).

Out: Now screening (M, 134 minutes) Director: Gareth Edwards Cast: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn Outline: Set in the day and hours before 1977's original Star Wars, the first side story from the now Disney - owned galaxy far, far away is a dry heister thriller that becomes a war movie about the necessity of sacrifice, with the rebels led by the wayward Jyn Erso (Jones) and the wary Cassian Andor (Luna).

While Captain America went from World War II adventure to spy thriller, Thor goes from epic fantasy to space comedy.

Pike is playing famed war correspondent Marie Colvin in the thriller that's told from the front lines of the most dangerous battlefields in the world.

Nicolas Cage continues his portfolio - fattening run of action flicks with «Season of the Witch,» a medieval - set adventure thriller about a pair of returning Crusaders who stagger back from the war to discover their homeland ravaged by the plague — and are charged by their town elders with transporting a suspected witch to a faraway land.

Marion Cotillard, Brad Pitt unite for untitled war thriller for Robert Zemeckis from writer Steven Knight, who will also write Pitt's upcoming World Warwar thriller for Robert Zemeckis from writer Steven Knight, who will also write Pitt's upcoming World WarWar...

These superpowered figures appear in films that incorporate elements from World War II movies, space opera, heist films, alien invasions and conspiracy thrillers.

Shot in the manner of an old - school B - movie, Black Sea is a dynamite submarine thriller that could have been lifted from the cold war era, except for some decidedly 21st century themes: the shadowy excesses of globalisation and tyrannical corporate power.

The dozen movies Spielberg has directed in the 21st century thus far have seen him tackle everything from blockbuster sci - fi and historical biographies, to family adventures and Cold War thrillers.

CULVER CITY, Calif. (June 19, 2017)-- When the drug war hits home, the tables are turned in the explosive action - thriller S.W.A.T.: UNDER SIEGE, available to own on Blu - ray ™, DVD and Digital August 1 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Antoine Fuqua's muddled but watchable crime thriller stars Richard Gere as a drunken beat cop who's just a week away from retirement when he gets drawn into a dirty war between corrupt narcotics detectives.

At the heart of John Madden's spy thriller is a decades - long secret that binds together three young Mossad agents (Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain and Marton Csokas) who return from East Berlin to a heroes» welcome in Israel after finding and terminating a loathed war criminal in 1997.

Intelligently adapted from Owen Sheers's novel, Amit Gupta's surprisingly gritty war pic uses a nostalgic fantasy thriller narrative to raise very contemporary questions of the politics of collaboration and resistance.

Documentarian turned film director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, keeps this war thriller and emotional drama away from melodramatics.

In Fury, the new World War II thriller from filmmaker David Ayer, the actor moves from the bleak horror realm of The Walking Dead to an even more intense, and all - too - real, landscape: the Allied incursion into Nazi Germany.

Here's our pick of the 21 best upcoming movies of 2017, from «Star Wars: The Last Jedi» and «Murder on the Orient Express» to Jennifer Lawrence's psychological thriller «Mother!»

Including more than a million free books; choose from classics like Pride & Prejudice and Treasure Island or for not much expense you could try Cold War thriller: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy or comedic fantasy: Rispin Quill, The Dragon Tongue, to name a few.

Like his films, which range from courtroom dramas to war and espionage thrillers to unconventional romances and more, Hanks covers a wide spectrum in his debut collection of short stories in a host of styles, situations and settings.

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Like his films, which range from courtroom dramas to war and espionage thrillers to unconventional romances and more, Hanks covers a wide spectrum in his debut collection of short stories in a host of... [Read more...]

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They range from an American family saga to full, historical adventures involving sewing; from a U.S. Civil War Romeo and Juliet couple defying all odds to a 1926 Old Hollywood murder mystery; from both a colorful Western romance and a Nazi spy romance thriller to short stories that keep you guessing....

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