Men in Black 3

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(2012)

Genre: Action/Comedy/Sci-Fi

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Writers: Etan Cohen, Lowell Cunningham

Producers: G. Mac Brown, Joyce Cox, Paul A. Levin, Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, Steven Spielberg

Synopsis: In Men in Black 3, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him -- secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind. -- (Written by Sony Pictures)

Cast:

• Will Smith
• Tommy Lee Jones
• Josh Brolin
• Jermaine Clement
• Emma Thompson
• Bill Hader

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Pain & Gain

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(2013)

Genre: Action/Comedy

Director: Michael Bay

Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Pete Collins

Producers: Michael Bay, Ian Bryce, Matthew Cohan, Donald De Line, Scott Gardenhour, Wendy Japhet, Michael Kase, Alma Kuttruff

Synopsis: From acclaimed director Michael Bay comes "Pain and Gain," a new action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie. Based on the unbelievable true story of a group of personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong. -- (Written by Paramount Pictures)

Cast:

• Mark Wahlberg
• Dwayne Johnson
• Anthony Mackie
• Tony Shalhoub
• Ed Harris
• Rebel Wilson
• Ken Jeong

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Elysium

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(2013)

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Writer: Neill Blomkamp

Producers: Sue Baden-Powell, Bill Block, Neill Blomkamp, Victoria Burkhart, Simon Kinberg, Stacy Perskie

Synopsis: In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they critically need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium - but some in Elysium will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve their citizens' luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the chance bring equality to these worlds is Max (Matt Damon), an ordinary guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission - one that pits him against Elysium's Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line forces - but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth as well. -- (Written by Sony Pictures)

Cast:

• Matt Damon
• Jodie Foster
• Sharlto Copley
• Alice Braga
• Diego Luna

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Red 2

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(2013)

Genre: Action/Comedy

Director: Dean Parisot

Writers: Jon Hoeber, Eric Hoeber, Warren Ellis, Cully Hamner

Producers: Raphaël Benoliel, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Alexander Dostal, Cliff Lanning, Jake Myers, David Ready, Mark Vahradian, Elena Zokas

Synopsis: In RED 2, the high-octane action-comedy sequel to the worldwide sleeper hit, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. To succeed, they'll need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power-crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the next-generation weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world-and stay alive in the process. -- (Written by Summit Films)

Cast:

• Bruce Willis
• Helen Mirren
• John Malkovich
• Anthony Hopkins
• Mary-Louise Parker
• Catherine Zeta-Jones
• Byung-hun Lee

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Oblivion

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(2013)

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Writers: Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt, Joseph Kosinski

Producers: Jesse Burger, Peter Chernin, Emily Cheung, Dylan Clark, Bruce Franklin, Steve Gaub, Duncan Henderson, Joseph Kosinski, Mike Larocca, Barry Levine, R.J. Mino, Dave Morrison, Justin Springer, Ryan Kavanaugh

Synopsis: Tom Cruise stars in Oblivion, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the visionary director of TRON: Legacy and producers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man's confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind. -- (Written by Universal Pictures)

Cast:

• Tom Cruise
• Morgan Freeman
• Andrea Riseborough
• Olga Kurylenko
• Melissa Leo

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Olympus Has Fallen

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(2013)

Genre: Action/Thriller

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Writers: Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt

Producers: Guy Avshalom, Gerard Butler, Ed Cathell III, Christine Crow, Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort, Will French, Antoine Fuqua, Mark Gill, Zygi Kamasa, Avi Lerner, Danny Lerner, Heidi Jo Markel, Lonnie Ramati, Stephen Roberts, Danielle Robinson, Peter Schlessel, Trevor Short, Alan Siegel, John Thompson, Robert Van Norden

Synopsis: When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger crisis. Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) directs an all-star cast featuring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Ashley Judd and Rick Yune. -- (Written by Film District)

Cast:

• Gerard Butler
• Aaron Eckhart
• Morgan Freeman
• Angela Bassett
• Dylan McDermott
• Rick Yune
• Melissa Leo
• Radha Mitchell
• Ashley Judd

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Excess Baggage

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(1997)

Genre: Comedy/Action/Drama

Director: Marco Brambilla

Writers: Max D. Adams, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

Producers: Bill Borden, Casey Grant, Carolyn Kessler, Alicia Silverstone

Synopsis: In this combination caper comedy and offbeat romance, Emily (Alicia Silverstone) is a wealthy but petulant young woman desperate to get the attention of her millionaire father, Alexander Hope (Jack Thompson). In fact, she's so desperate that she decides to stage her own kidnapping. -- (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Alicia Silverstone
• Benicio Del Toro
• Christopher Walken
• Harry Connick Jr.

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The River Wild

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(1994)

Genre: Action/Adventure/Thriller

Director: Curtis Hanson

Writer: Denis O'Neill

Producers: David Foster, Raymond Hartwick, Ilona Herzberg, Denis O'Neill, Lawrence Turman

Synopsis: Meryl Streep headlines this fast-paced adventure as Gail, a whitewater rafting guide. For a vacation, Gail is accompanying her son Roarke (Joseph Mazzello) and workaholic husband Tom (David Strathairn) on a river trip. Gail and Tom are experiencing marital troubles and contemplating divorce, but their problems take a back seat when they encounter some menacing rafters led by Wade (Kevin Bacon). -- (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Meryl Streep
• Kevin Bacon
• David Strathairn
• John C. Reilly

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Bird on a Wire

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(1990)

Genre: Comedy/Action

Director: John Badham

Writers: Louis Venosta, Eric Lerner, David Seltzer

Producers: Fitch Cady, Rob Cohen, Robert W. Cort, Ted Field, Dana Satler Hankins, Eric Lerner, Keith Rubinstein, Louis Venosta

Synopsis: An old flame discovers her ex-boyfriend from the past is a relocated FBI informant out to stop the bad guys. -- (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Mel Gibson
• Goldie Hawn

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Battle Royale

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(2000)

Language: Japanese

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Writers: Koushun Takami, Kenta Fukasaku

Producers: Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku, Kimio Kataoka, Chie Kobayashi, Toshio Nabeshima, Masumi Okada

Synopsis: A long-unavailable underground hit that anticipated The Hunger Games novels by eight years, veteran director Fukasaku's epically violent, still-controversial and deeply influential genre masterpiece takes place in a dystopian alternate universe. In the near future, the economy has collapsed, unemployment has soared and juvenile crime has exploded. Fearful of its nation's youth, the Japanese government passes The BR Law: Each year, a 9th grade class is sent to a remote island where they will be locked into exploding neck collars, given a random weapon, and forced to hunt and kill each other until there is only one survivor left. Battle Royale follows one such class, with an ice-cold performance from Takeski Kitano as the group's teacher. -- (Written by Anchor Bay Entertainment)

Cast:

• Tatsuya Fujiwara
• Aki Maeda

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Gangster Squad

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(2013)

Genre: Action/Drama

Director: Ruben Fleischer

Writers: Will Beall, Paul Lieberman

Producers: Bruce Berman, Ruben Fleischer, Dan Lin, Kevin McCormick, Jon Silk, Michael Tadross

Synopsis: Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and-if he has his way-every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It's enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop...except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen's world apart. -- (Written by Warner Bros.)

Cast:

• Josh Brolin
• Sean Penn
• Ryan Gosling
• Emma Stone
• Nick Nolte
• Anthony Mackie
• Michael Peña
• Giovanni Ribisi

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Premium Rush

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(2012)

Genre: Action/Thriller

Director: David Koepp

Writers: David Koepp, John Kamps

Producers: Gavin Polone, Mari-Jo Winkler

Synopsis: Dodging speeding cars, crazed cabbies, open doors, and eight million cranky pedestrians is all in a day's work for Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the best of New York's agile and aggressive bicycle messengers. It takes a special breed to ride the fixie - super lightweight, single-gear bikes with no brakes and riders who are equal part skilled cyclists and suicidal nutcases who risk becoming a smear on the pavement every time they head into traffic. But a guy who's used to putting his life on the line is about to get more than even he is used to when a routine delivery turns into a life or death chase through the streets of Manhattan. When Wilee picks up his last envelope of the day on a premium rush run, he discovers this package is different. This time, someone is actually trying to kill him. -- (Written by Sony Pictures)                                    

Cast:

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Michael Shannon

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Skyfall

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(2012)

Genre: Action

Director: Sam Mendes

Writers: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan, Ian Fleming

Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Chiu Wah Lee, Callum McDougall, Andrew Noakes, David Pope, Gregg Wilson, Michael G. Wilson

   

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Synopsis: Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. -- (Written by MGM)    

Cast:

• Daniel Craig
• Judi Dench
• Javier Bardem
• Ralph Fiennes
• Naomie Harris
• Bérénice Marlohe
• Ben Whishaw

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Total Recall

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(2012) (Remake)

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi

Director: Len Wiseman

Writers: Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback, Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Jon Povill, Philip K. Dick

Producers: Toby Jaffe, Ric Kidney, Paula Kucharski, Neal H. Moritz, Len Wiseman

Synopsis: Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police - controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world - Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. -- (Written by Sony Pictures)

Cast:

• Colin Farrell
• Kate Beckinsale
• Jessica Biel
• Bryan Cranston
• Bill Nighy

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Looper

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(2012)

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi

Director: Rian Johnson

Writer: Rian Johnson

Producers: Ram Bergman, Christopher C. Chen, Ningning Fu, Julie Goldstein, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Douglas Hansen, Dan Mintz, Eleanor Nett, David Pomier, Peter Schlessel, Lucas Smith, James D. Stern, Bing Wu, Wen-ge Xiao

Synopsis: In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented - but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a "looper" - a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good... until the day the mob decides to "close the loop," sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. -- (Written by Sony Pictures)

Cast:

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Bruce Willis
• Emily Blunt
• Paul Dano
• Jeff Daniels

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Out of Sight

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(1998)

Genre: Action/Comedy

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Writers: Elmore Leonard, Scott Frank

Producers: Danny DeVito, John Hardy, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Barry Sonnenfeld

Synopsis: A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• George Clooney
• Jennifer Lopez
• Ving Rhames
• Don Cheadle
• Catherine Keener
• Dennis Farina
• Steve Zahn
• Albert Brooks
• Luis Guzmán

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