Director:Angelina Jolie Actors:Jack O’Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Domhnall Gleeson Adapted From:Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. I read the novel of the same […]
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth Director: Francis Lawrence Release Date: November 21, 2014 When Katniss destroys the games, she goes to District 13 after District 12 is destroyed. She meets President Coin who convinces her to be the symbol of rebellion, while trying to save Peeta from the Capitol. ~ IMDB Despite my dislike for the book […]
Director: Chris Columbus Writers: J.K. Rowling (novel), Steve Kloves (screenplay) Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson Release Date: November 15, 2002 Harry ignores warnings not to return to Hogwarts, only to find the school plagued by a series of mysterious attacks and a strange voice haunting him. While it may be exaggerated due to […]
Director: Chris Columbus Writers: J.K. Rowling (novel), Steve Kloves (screenplay) Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris Release Date: November 16, 2001 Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For me, Harry […]
Director: Randall Wallace Writers: Alexandre Dumas père (novels) (as Alexandre Dumas), Randall Wallace (screenplay) Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich Release Date: March 13, 1998 The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother who he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king? The 1998 adaptation of […]
Director: David Fincher Writers: Gillian Flynn (screenplay), Gillian Flynn (novel) Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris Release Date: October 3, 2014 With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent. This was […]
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writers: Raymond Chandler (screen play), Czenzi Ormonde (screen play) Patricia Highsmith (novel) Stars: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman Release Date: June 30, 1951 A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder – a theory that he plans to […]
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writers: Frederick Knott (screen play), Frederick Knott (adapted from his play) Stars: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings Release Date: May 29, 1954 An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B. I hadn’t seen Dial M for Murder in […]
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writers: Joseph Stefano (screenplay), Robert Bloch (novel) Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles Release Date: September 8, 1960 A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer’s client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. I was thirteen […]
Director: William Wyler Writers: Lew Wallace (novel) (as General Lew Wallace), Karl Tunberg (screenplay) Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd Release Date:December 26, 1959 When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. I recently went to see Ben Hur […]