Waking up from a car accident, a young woman finds herself in the basement of a man who says he's saved her life from a chemical attack that has left the outside uninhabitable.
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Writers: Josh Campbell (story), Matthew Stuecken (story) |
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr. | IMDb
Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.
Director: Robert Schwentke
Writers: Noah Oppenheim (screenplay), Adam Cooper (screenplay) |
Stars: Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz, Theo James | IMDb
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the third and final installment of the Star Wars prequel trilogy and stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Frank Oz. In Revenge of the Sith, set three years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the Jedi Knights are spread out across the galaxy leading a massive clone army in the war against the Separatists. The Jedi Council dispatches Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to eliminate the notorious General Grievous, leader of the Separatist Army. Meanwhile, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, separated from his former master, grows close to Palpatine, the Chancellor of the Galactic Republic and, unknown to the public, a Sith Lord. Their deepening friendship threatens the Jedi Order, the Republic and Anakin himself, who eventually yields to the dark side of the Force and becomes Darth Vader.
Lucas began writing the script before production of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones began. Production of Revenge of the Sith began in September 2003 and it was shot in Australia with additional locations in Thailand, Switzerland, China, Italy and the United Kingdom. Revenge of the Sith premiered on May 15, 2005 at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, and had its general release on May 19, 2005, six years after the premiere of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, especially in contrast to the mixed reviews of the previous two prequels. It is the last film in the Star Wars franchise to be distributed by 20th Century Fox before the acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company in 2012.
Revenge of the Sith broke several box office records during its opening week and went on to earn over $848 million worldwide,making it the third-highest-grossing film in the Star Wars franchise, unadjusted for inflation. It was the highest-grossing film of 2005 in the U.S. and the second-highest-grossing film of 2005 behind Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.[4] As of 2015, it is the 46th highest-grossing film. The Star Wars saga was continued with the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the first installment of the sequel trilogy, on December 18, 2015.
During a space battle over Coruscant between the Galactic Republic and the Separatists, Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker lead a mission to rescue the kidnapped Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from Separatist commander General Grievous. After infiltrating Grievous' flagship, the Jedi fight Count Dooku in a lightsaber duel, which ends with Anakin killing Dooku at Palpatine's urging. Grievous flees the battle-torn cruiser, which the Jedi crash-land on Coruscant. There, Anakin reunites with his wife, Padmé Amidala, who reveals she is pregnant. Initially excited, Anakin begins to have premonitions of Padmé dying in childbirth.
Palpatine appoints Anakin to join the Jedi Council as his representative, but the Council declines Anakin the rank of Jedi Master and orders him to monitor the Chancellor, diminishing Anakin's faith in the Jedi. Palpatine entices Anakin with knowledge of the dark side of the Force, including the power to "cheat death." When Palpatine reveals himself as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, Anakin reports his treachery to Mace Windu, who subdues Palpatine in an ensuing lightsaber duel. In a desperate attempt to help save Padmé, Anakin intervenes on Palpatine's behalf, allowing him to kill the Jedi Master. Anakin pledges himself to Palpatine, who dubs him Darth Vader.
Palpatine issues an order for the clone troopers to kill their Jedi commanders, known as Order 66, and dispatches Vader and a legion of clones to kill everyone in the Jedi Temple; however, Obi-Wan (having killed Grievous on Utapau) and Yoda survive. Vader then kills the remaining Separatist leaders hiding on the volcanic planet Mustafar, while Palpatine addresses the Senate and transforms the Republic into the Galactic Empire, declaring himself Emperor. On Coruscant, Obi-Wan and Yoda return to the Jedi Temple and discover Anakin's treachery. Concerned by Obi-Wan's revelation that Anakin has turned to the dark side, Padmé travels to Mustafar to confront him, while Obi-Wan stows away aboard her ship. When Vader discovers Obi-Wan, he accuses Padmé of betrayal and uses the Force to choke her into unconsciousness. Obi-Wan battles and defeats Vader and leaves him to die among the lava flows of the planet, taking his lightsaber. Back on Coruscant, Yoda confronts Palpatine, but retreats after their duel in the Senate Chamber reaches a stalemate.
Obi-Wan brings Padmé to the asteroid Polis Massa, where she gives birth to twins Luke and Leia before dying. A funeral is held for Padmé on Naboo. Meanwhile, Palpatine travels to Mustafar and finds Vader badly burnt and mutilated but not yet dead. Palpatine brings him back to Coruscant, where his burned body is repaired with cybernetic limbs and a respiratory suit. Palpatine informs Vader of Padmé's death, devastating him. As Palpatine and Vader supervise the construction of the first Death Star, Obi-Wan and Yoda decide to hide the twins from the Sith. Senator Bail Organa adopts Leia and takes her to Alderaan, while Obi-Wan delivers Luke to his stepfamily Owen and Beru Lars on Tatooine, where Obi-Wan intends to watch over Luke until the time is right to challenge the Empire. Source
Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's The Avengers and the eleventh installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgård, James Spader, and Samuel L. Jackson. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Avengers fight Ultron, an artificial intelligence obsessed with causing human extinction.
The sequel was announced in May 2012, after the successful release of The Avengers. Whedon, the director of the first film, was brought back on board in August and a release date was set. By April 2013, Whedon had completed a draft of the script, and casting began in June with the re-signing of Downey. Second unit filming began in February 2014 in South Africa with principal photography taking place between March and August 2014. The film was primarily shot at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, with additional footage filmed in Italy, South Korea, Bangladesh, New York, and various locations around England. While in post production, the film was converted to 3D and over 3,000 visual effects shots were added.
Avengers: Age of Ultron premiered in Los Angeles on April 13, 2015, and was released on May 1, 2015 in North America, in 3D and IMAX 3D. The film received positive reviews from critics with most enjoying its extravagant albeit unmemorable action sequences and villain. Avengers: Age of Ultron grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide, making it the seventh-highest-grossing film and the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2015. Two sequels, Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 and Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2, are scheduled to be released on May 4, 2018, and May 3, 2019, respectively.
In the Eastern European country of Sokovia, the Avengers – Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Thor, Bruce Banner (Hulk), Natasha Romanoff, and Clint Barton – raid a Hydra outpost led by Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, who has been experimenting on humans using the scepter previously wielded by Loki. They encounter two of Strucker's experiments – twins Pietro, who has superhuman speed, and Wanda Maximoff, who can manipulate minds and project energy – and apprehend Strucker, while Stark retrieves Loki's scepter.
Stark and Banner discover an artificial intelligence within the scepter's gem, and secretly use it to complete Stark's "Ultron" global defense program. The unexpectedly sentient Ultron, believing he must eradicate humanity to save Earth, eliminates Stark's A.I., J.A.R.V.I.S., and attacks the Avengers at their headquarters. Escaping with the scepter, Ultron uses the resources in Strucker's Sokovia base to upgrade his rudimentary body and build an army of robot drones. Having killed Strucker, he recruits the Maximoffs, who hold Stark responsible for their parents' deaths by his weapons. Together, they go to the base of arms dealer Ulysses Klaue in an African shipyard to obtain Wakandan vibranium. The Avengers pursue them, but Wanda subdues the Avengers with haunting visions, causing the Hulk to rampage until Stark stops him with his anti-Hulk armor.2
A worldwide backlash over the resulting destruction, and the fears Wanda's hallucinations incited, send the team into hiding at Barton's safehouse. Thor departs to consult with Dr. Erik Selvig on the meaning of the apocalyptic future he saw in his hallucination, while Romanoff and Banner plan to flee together after realizing a mutual attraction. However, Nick Fury arrives and encourages the team to form a plan to stop Ultron. In Seoul, Ultron forces the team's friend Dr. Helen Cho to use her synthetic-tissue technology, together with vibranium and the scepter's gem, to perfect a new body for him. As Ultron uploads himself into the body, Wanda is able to read his mind; discovering his plan for human extinction, the Maximoffs turn on Ultron. Rogers, Romanoff, and Barton find Ultron and retrieve the synthetic body, but Ultron captures Romanoff.
The Avengers fight amongst themselves when Stark secretly uploads J.A.R.V.I.S. – who is still operational after hiding from Ultron inside the Internet – into the synthetic body. Thor returns to help activate the body, explaining that the gem on its brow – one of the six Infinity Stones, the most powerful objects in existence – was part of his vision. This "Vision" and the Maximoffs accompany the Avengers to Sokovia, where Ultron has used the remaining vibranium to build a machine to lift a large part of the capital city skyward, intending to crash it into the ground to cause global extinction. Banner rescues Romanoff, who awakens the Hulk for the battle. The Avengers fight Ultron's army while Fury arrives in a Helicarrier with Maria Hill, James Rhodes and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to evacuate civilians. Pietro dies when he shields Barton from gunfire, and a vengeful Wanda abandons her post to destroy Ultron's primary body, which allows one of his drones to activate the machine. The city plummets, but Stark and Thor overload the machine and shatter the landmass. In the aftermath, the Hulk, unwilling to endanger Romanoff by being with her, departs in a Quinjet, while the Vision confronts Ultron's last remaining body.
Later, with the Avengers having established a new base run by Fury, Hill, Cho, and Selvig, Thor returns to Asgard to learn more about the forces he suspects have manipulated recent events. As Stark and Barton also leave, Rogers and Romanoff prepare to train new Avengers: Rhodes, the Vision, Sam Wilson, and Wanda.
In a mid-credits scene, Thanos, dissatisfied by the failures of his pawns, dons a gauntlet3 and vows to personally retrieve the Infinity Stones.
is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name: Scott Lang and Hank Pym. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the twelfth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Peyton Reed, with a screenplay by Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay & Paul Rudd, and stars Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Tip "T.I." Harris, Anthony Mackie, Wood Harris, Judy Greer, David Dastmalchian, and Michael Douglas. In Ant-Man, Lang must help defend Dr. Pym's Ant-Man shrinking technology and plot a heist with worldwide ramifications.
Development of Ant-Man began in April 2006, with the hiring of Wright to direct and co-write with Cornish. By April 2011, Wright and Cornish had completed three drafts of the script and Wright shot test footage for the film in July 2012. Pre-production began in October 2013 after being put on hold so that Wright could complete The World's End. Casting began in December 2013, with the hiring of Rudd to play Lang. In May 2014, Wright left the project, citing creative differences, though he still received screenplay and story credits with Cornish, as well as an executive producer credit. The following month, Reed was brought in as Wright's replacement, while McKay was hired to contribute to the script with Rudd. Principal photography took place between August and December 2014 in San Francisco and Metro Atlanta.
Ant-Man held its world premiere in Los Angeles on June 29, 2015, and was released in North America on July 17, 2015, in 3D and IMAX 3D. Upon its release, the film received positive reviews and grossed more than $518 million worldwide. A sequel, titled Ant-Man and the Wasp, is scheduled to be released on July 6, 2018.
In 1989, scientist Hank Pym resigns from S.H.I.E.L.D. after discovering their attempt to replicate his Ant-Man shrinking technology. Believing the technology is dangerous, Pym vows to hide it as long as he lives. In the present day, Pym's estranged daughter, Hope van Dyne, and former protégé, Darren Cross, have forced him out of his company, Pym Technologies. Cross is close to perfecting a shrinking suit of his own, the Yellowjacket, which horrifies Pym.
Upon his release from prison, well-meaning thief Scott Lang moves in with his old cellmate, Luis. While visiting his daughter Cassie unannounced, Lang is rebuked by his former wife Maggie and her police-detective fiancé, Paxton, for not providing child support. Unable to hold a job because of his criminal record, Lang agrees to join Luis' crew and commit a burglary. Lang breaks into a house and cracks its safe, but only finds what he believes to be an old motorcycle suit, which he takes home. After trying the suit on, Lang accidentally shrinks himself to the size of an insect. Terrified by the experience, he returns the suit to the house, but is arrested on the way out. Pym, the homeowner, visits Lang in jail and smuggles the suit into his cell to help him break out.
At his home, Pym, who manipulated Lang through an unknowing Luis into stealing the suit as a test, wants Lang to become the new Ant-Man to steal the Yellowjacket from Cross. Having been spying on Cross after discovering his intentions, van Dyne helps Pym train Lang to fight and to control ants. While van Dyne harbors resentment towards Pym about her mother Janet's death, he reveals that Janet, known as the Wasp, disappeared into a subatomic quantum realm to disable a Soviet nuclear missile. Pym warns Lang that he could suffer a similar fate if he overrides his suit's regulator. They send him to steal a device that will aid their heist from the Avengers' headquarters, where he briefly fights Sam Wilson.
Cross perfects the Yellowjacket and hosts an unveiling ceremony at Pym Technologies' headquarters. Lang, along with his crew and a swarm of flying ants, infiltrates the building during the event, sabotages the company's servers, and plants explosives. When he attempts to steal the Yellowjacket, he, along with Pym and Hope, are captured by Cross, who intends to sell both the Yellowjacket and Ant-Man suits to Hydra, led by former S.H.I.E.L.D officer Mitchell Carson. Lang breaks free and he and Hope dispatch most of the Hydra agents, though Carson is able to flee with a vial of Cross' particles. Lang pursues Cross as he escapes, while the explosives detonate, imploding the building.
Cross dons the Yellowjacket and attacks Lang before Lang is arrested by Paxton. His mind addled by the imperfect shrinking technology, Cross takes Cassie hostage to lure Lang into another fight. Lang overrides the regulator and shrinks to subatomic size to penetrate Cross' suit and sabotage it to shrink uncontrollably, killing Cross. Lang disappears into the quantum realm but manages to reverse the effects and returns to the macroscopic world. In gratitude for Lang's heroism, Paxton covers for Lang to keep him out of prison. Seeing that Lang survived and returned from the quantum realm, Pym wonders if his wife is alive as well. Later, Lang meets up with Luis, who tells him that Wilson is looking for him.
In a mid-credits scene, Pym shows van Dyne a new Wasp prototype suit and offers it to her. In a post-credits scene, Wilson and Steve Rogers have Bucky Barnes in their custody. Unable to contact Tony Stark because of "the accords", Wilson mentions that he knows someone who could help.
Pixels is a 2015 American science fiction
action-comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures, 1492 Pictures and Happy
Madison Productions. The film was directed by Chris Columbus. Its screenplay
was written by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, with a screen story penned by
Tim Herlihy and based on French director Patrick Jean's 2010 short film of the
same name. The film features computer animated video games characters, special
effects, and stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage,
Michelle Monaghan, Brian Cox, Ashley Benson, and Jane Krakowski. The film's
plot has extraterrestrials misinterpreting video-feeds of classic arcade games
as a declaration of war, and invading Earth using technology inspired by games
such as Pac-Man and Space Invaders. To counter the alien assault, the United
States hire former arcade champions to lead the planet's defense.
Principal photography on the film began in 2014
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was released in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D in 2015.
Pixels was panned by critics and underperformed at the box office as it had a
production budget of $88 million, with print and marketing bringing to around
$145 million, and grossing over $243 million worldwide.
In 1982, when Sam Brenner and Will Cooper are
13-year-old avid arcade-game players, a time capsule is launched into space
containing a videocassette with video-game scenes from an arcade championship.
Brenner and Cooper attend the event where they meet a fellow arcade gamer
Ludlow "The Wonder Kid" Lamonsoff. The end results show that Brenner
and arcade champion Eddie Plant have a tie. To settle it they have a go at Donkey
Kong. But, in the end Eddie comes out victorious, where Brenner runs off stage
close to tears.
In the present, Brenner works installing
home-theater systems and Cooper is the President of the United States. In Guam,
a U.S. military base is attacked by unknown objects that pixelated pieces of
the base. Its soldiers are easily defeated and Sergeant Dylan Cohen is
abducted.
Brenner, working at the home of divorcée Violet
Van Patten and her son Matty, heads to the White House at Cooper's request. To
his surprise, he finds Violet is a Lieutenant Colonel. Shown video of the
attack, Brenner says it was carried out like in the old video game Galaga.
Later, Ludlow takes Brenner to his home and tell him he's interpreted messages
saying the aliens are attacking with creatures based on classic video-game
designs, since they found the videocassette images a threat and believe it's a
declaration of war. If they win three rounds, they will claim the Earth. Though
they and Cooper determine that the next attack will happen in India, they are
too late. The Taj Mahal is attacked with Arkanoid paddles and another person is
abducted as a trophy.
Brenner and Ludlow train soldiers to play these
old games. Violet shows Brenner and Ludlow that the pixels are taken down by
strong light beams. The next attack is in London, where the soldiers lack the
skill to defeat the antagonist of Centipede. Brenner and Ludlow defeat it,
however, and the aliens send a congratulatory message and the Duck Hunt dog as
a trophy.
New York City is next, but the team needs help.
Ludlow and Cooper retrieve an imprisoned Eddie, who is serving a sentence for
fraud. Cooper agrees to let Eddie out of prison and relinquish his taxes in
exchange for his help. The team discovers it must face the title character from
Pac-Man and in order to succeed, they must defeat him three times, like how a
player loses the game in reality. Violet presents them with four Mini Cooper
cars based on the Pac-Man ghosts, with the other car driven by the game's
creator, Toru Iwatani. Iwatani tries to appeal to Pac-Man as a son, but gets
his hand bitten off and runs away. Eddie defeats Pac-Man twice but accidentally
drives into the East River. Brenner eventually achieves the third defeat. The
team celebrates but the aliens send message saying someone cheated and the
contest for the planet has been forfeited. Matty discovers Eddie used a speed
cheat. Eddie flees and Matty is abducted as a trophy.
The aliens cascade more video games on
Washington, D.C. as they prepare to take over. Cooper joins the team, while
Ludlow stays to fight. One alien takes the form of Lady Lisa, a character on
whom Ludlow has had a crush since childhood. She fights Ludlow until he says he
loves her and they share a kiss while she sides with them; and Eddie, wishing to
make amends, returns to fight as well. Brenner, Violet, Cooper and Q*Bert,
previously given as a trophy, are brought up to the space ship by Max Headroom.
There they face the title character from Donkey Kong, who rolls barrels at the
group to prevent them reaching the captives. Brenner throws a hammer at Donkey
Kong, destroying him.
ØDistributor by: Lionsgate release date :21 November 2014 Country : United States Language : English Budget of$250
million(in conjunction with Part1)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part
2 is a science fiction adventure movie in 2015 directed by Francis Lawrence and
written by Danny Strong. This is the second film of the two-part film on the
adoption of novel Mockingjay, the final book of the trilogy The Hunger Games, written
by Suzanne Collins, and is the fourth and final movie in the series The Hunger Games.
This is a sequel to the second part of the adaptation of Mockingjay, The Hunger
Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, which was released on November 21, 2014. The film
stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth.
ØDistributor by: Lionsgate release date :21 November 2014 Country : United States Language : English Budget of$250
million(in conjunction with Part2)
The
Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part1is ascience
fictionadventuremoviein 2014directed byFrancisLawrenceand written byDannyStrong.This is
thefirstfilmof atwo-partfilmbased on the novelMockingjay, the final bookof the trilogyThe HungerGames, written
bySuzanneCollins, and is thethird film in theseriesThe HungerGames.
The film starsJenniferLawrence, JoshHutchersonandLiamHemsworth.
Thisis the sequel toThe Hunger Games: Catching Fireandwill be followedby the entry ofthe secondpart ofthe
film, The HungerGames: Mockingjay-Part2.The film hasentered
the listof the mostanticipatedfilmsin 2014byFandango
After being
rescued from the arena which was destroyed in the Hunger Games 75, Katniss
Everdeen, along with the winners, Beetee and Finnick Odair, was taken to
District 13, a headquarters uprising underground hidden in the ruins of
District 13, where he was reunited with mother
and Prim. While
recuperating, he was introduced to the President Alma Coin, the leader of the
revolt, saying that his actions in the arena sparked riots and attacks against
the Capitol. Coin
asks her if she would be "Mockingjay" -simbol uprising-as part of a
"hearts and minds" of their strategy. Katniss
flatly refused, angrily reminded that they leave Peeta are now in the hands of
the Capitol. On
the advice Plutarch Heavensbee, former Gamemaker, he was taken to see the ruins
of District 12, which completely leveled by bombing the Capitol (with the
exception of the winner village). After
seeing that Peeta is being broadcast on television Capitol to try and quell the
rebellion, Katniss changed his mind and agreed to be the Mockingjay, provided that
Peeta and the other winners will be saved and forgiven if the rebels win the
battle against the Capitol.
