Hot Fuzz [2007]

"In a town where nothing much goes on, a whole lot is about to go down"

Director: Edgar Wright
Writers: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg
  Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Martin Freeman

Storyline

Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found decapitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents".

Tower Heist [2011]

"Ordinary guys. An extraordinary robbery."

Director: Brett Ratner
Writers:  Ted Griffin (screenplay), Jeff Nathanson (screenplay)
  Stars: Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller and Casey Affleck

Storyline

Josh Kovacs is the manager of a residential apartment in New York. He is close to all the tenants, especially Arthur Shaw, a financier. One day Shaw is arrested by the FBI for fraud. Josh thinks it's a misunderstanding that can be resolved. But later he learns that the employees' pension which he asked Shaw to handle is gone. When one of the employees tries to kill himself, Josh's views of Shaw change. He goes to see him and loses his temper. He loses his job. The FBI agent in charge of Shaw tells him that Shaw might walk and recovering the pension fund is unlikely. She tells him that it's been rumored that Shaw has 20 million laying around if he needs. Josh thinks he knows where it is. So with two other employees who also lost their jobs and an evicted tenant, they set out to get into Shaw's penthouse to get the money. But they realise they need the assistance of someone who knows what they are doing...

Cashback [2006]

Director: Sean Ellis
Writers: Sean Ellis 

Stars: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox and Michelle Ryan

Storyline

When art student Ben Willis dumps his girlfriend Suzy, he develops chronic insomnia after finding out how quickly she moved on. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own 'art' in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the artistic beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it - especially Sharon, the pretty and quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to solving the problem of Ben's insomnia.

The Terminal [2004]

"Life is waiting."

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Andrew Niccol (story), Sacha Gervasi (story) 

Stars: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Chi McBride

Storyline

Viktor Navorski, a man from an Eastern European country arrives in New York. However after he left his country war broke out. Suddenly Navorski is a man without a country - or one that the U.S. cannot recognize, thus he is denied entrance to the U.S. However, he also can't be deported so he is told by the Security Manager that he has to remain in the airport until his status can be fixed. And also Navorski doesn't speak English very well, so he cannot talk to or understand anyone. But he somehow adapts and sets up residence in the airport, which makes the man who placed him there unhappy, as it seems he is in line for a promotion but Navroski's presence might complicate that. So he tries to get Navorski to leave but Navorski remains where he is. Navorski makes friends with some of the people who work in the airport and is attracted to a flight attendant he runs into whenever she comes in.

Forrest Gump [1994]

"Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get."

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Winston Groom (novel), Eric Roth (screenplay) 

Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Gary Sinise

Storyline

Forrest, Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low IQ but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, create the smiley, write bumper stickers and songs, donating to people and meeting the president several times. However this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny. Who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.

Amélie [2001]

"She'll change your life."

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writers:  Guillaume Laurant (scenario), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (scenario)
  Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz and Rufus

Storyline

Amélie is a story about a girl named Amélie whose childhood was suppressed by her Father's mistaken concerns of a heart defect. With these concerns Amélie gets hardly any real life contact with other people. This leads Amélie to resort to her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty. She later on becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to the former occupant of her apartment, she decides to return it to him. After seeing his reaction and his new found perspective - she decides to devote her life to the people around her. Such as, her father who is obsessed with his garden-gnome, a failed writer, a hypochondriac, a man who stalks his ex girlfriends, the "ghost", a suppressed young soul, the love of her life and a man whose bones are as brittle as glass. But after consuming herself with these escapades...

HAROLD & KUMAR [2]

Harold & Kumar : Go To White Castle [2004]

"Fast Food. High Times."

Director: Danny Leiner
Writers:  Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg 

Stars: John Cho, Kal Penn and Ethan Embry

Storyline

Harold Lee and Kumar Patel are two stoners who end up getting the munchies. What they crave the most after seeing a TV advertisement, is a trip to White Castle. So from here, follows a journey for the burgers they require. On their way they will encounter many obstacles including a raccoon, a racist officer, and a horny Neil Patrick Harris.

Harold & Kumar : Escape From Guantanamo Bay [2008]

"This time they're running from the joint."

Director: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Writers: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg 

Stars: John Cho, Kal Penn and Neil Patrick Harris

Storyline

The morning they return from their White Castle road trip, Harold and Kumar decide to go to Amsterdam because Harold doesn't want to wait ten days to see Maria again. On the plane, Kumar lights up his new bong, the air marshals think it's a bomb, and Harold and Kumar are arrested as terrorists and sent to Guantanamo Bay. Ordered to fellate a guard, they manage to escape, make their way to Florida, and head for Texas to find Kumar's ex-girlfriend's fiancé, the well-connected Colton, and get him to intercede with Washington on their behalf. Kumar still has a thing for Vanessa, the feds are in hot pursuit, and the legal weed of Amsterdam seems a long way away.

Yes Man [2008]

"One word can change everything."

Director: Peyton Reed
Writers: Nicholas Stoller (screenplay), Jarrad Paul (screenplay) 

Stars: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel and Bradley Cooper

Storyline

Carl Allen is at a standstill. No future... Until the day he enrolls into a personal development program based on a very simple idea: say yes to everything! Carl discovers with amazement the magical power of "Yes", and sees his professional and romantic life turned upside down overnight: an unexpected promotion and a new girlfriend. But he'll soon discover that better can be good's enemy, and that all opportunities shouldn't be taken.

Wide Awake [1998]

"First kisses. Outrageous pranks. A teacher with a killer fastball. To survive this year, Joshua Beal will have to stay..."

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writers: M. Night Shyamalan 

Stars: Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder and Dana Delany

Storyline

A fifth grader goes on a search for God after his grandfather dies. Along the way he gets into tons of trouble at Waldron Academy an all boys school. Also he is aided on his search by a sports loving nun.

The Goonies [1985]

"The pirates map, The villainous crooks, The underground caverns, The booby traps, the skeletons, The monster, the lost treasure, and the magic that is... THE GOONIES"

Director: Richard Donner
Writers: Steven Spielberg (story), Chris Columbus (screenplay) 

Stars: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin and Jeff Cohen

Storyline

Mikey Walsh and Brandon Walsh are brothers whose family is preparing to move because developers want to build a golf course in the place of their neighborhood -- unless enough money is raised to stop the construction of the golf course, and that's quite doubtful. But when Mikey stumbles upon a treasure map of the famed "One-Eyed" Willy's hidden fortune, Mikey, Brandon, and their friends Lawrence "Chunk" Cohen, Clark "Mouth" Devereaux, Andrea "Andy" Carmichael, Stefanie "Stef" Steinbrenner, and Richard "Data" Wang, calling themselves The Goonies, set out on a quest to find the treasure in hopes of saving their neighborhood. The treasure is in a cavern, but the entrance to the cavern is under the house of evil thief Mama Fratelli and her sons Jake Fratelli, Francis Fratelli, and the severely disfigured Lotney "Sloth" Fratelli. Sloth befriends the Goonies and decides to help them.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 'Quadrilogy' (4)

Pirates Of The Caribbean : The Curse Of The Black Pearl [2003] 

"Over 3000 Islands of Paradise -- For Some it's A Blessing -- For Others... It's A Curse."

Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Ted Elliott (screen story), Terry Rossio (screen story)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and Orlando Bloom

Storyline

This swash-buckling tale follows the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor and the love of Will's life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they know, but the fierce and clever Barbossa has been cursed. He, along with his large crew, are under an ancient curse, doomed for eternity to neither live, nor die. That is, unless a blood sacrifice is made.

Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 : Dead Man's Chest [2006]

Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Ted Elliott (screen story), Terry Rossio (screen story)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley

Storyline

Once again we're plunged into the world of sword fights and "savvy" pirates. Captain Jack Sparrow is reminded he owes a debt to Davy Jones, who captains the flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship, with a crew from hell. Facing the "locker" Jack must find the heart of Davy Jones but to save himself he must get the help of quick-witted Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan. If that's not complicated enough, Will and Elizabeth are sentenced to hang, unless will can get Lord Cutler Beckett Jack's compass, Will is forced to join another crazy adventure with Jack.

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3 : At World's End [2007]

"At the End of the World, the Adventure Begins "

Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Ted Elliott (screen story), Terry Rossio (screen story)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley

Storyline

After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from the the land of the dead, they must face their foes, Davy Jones and Lord Cutler Beckett. Beckett, now with control of Jones' heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Dalma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, to gathering. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her to out of fear, in which the Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. With this, all pirates will stand together and will make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.

Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 : On Stranger Tides [2011]

Director: Rob Marshall

Writers: Ted Elliott (screen story), Terry Rossio (screen story)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz and Ian McShane

Storyline

Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past (Cruz), and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past. 

Paul [2011]

"Who's up for a close encounter?"

Director: Greg Mottola
Writers: Nick Frost, Simon Pegg  

Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Seth Rogen

Storyline

Two sci-fi geeks take a pilgrimage to America's UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. When he discovers he's been taken prisoner, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town - a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Simon Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Nick Frost). Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes.

Just Go With It [2011]

"Sometimes a guy's best wingman... is a wingwoman."

Director: Dennis Dugan
Writers: Allan Loeb (screenplay), Timothy Dowling (screenplay)
Stars: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston and Brooklyn Decker

Storyline

Danny (Adam Sandler) must engage Katherine (Jennifer Aniston), his faithful assistant, to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife. Danny must pretend that he is married, because he lied to his dream girl, Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) the most gorgeous woman in the world. To keep the woman he loves, covering up one lie soon turns into many lies.

Despicable Me [2010]

"Superbad. Superdad."

Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Writers: Cinco Paul (screenplay), Ken Daurio (screenplay) 

Stars: Steve Carell, Jason Segel and Russell Brand

Storyline

In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru, planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon. (Yes, the moon!) Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad. The world's greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.

JACKASS 'Trilogy' (3)

Jackass : The Movie [2002]

"With stuff you'd never see on TV"

Director:  Jeff Tremaine

Writers:  Jeff Tremaine (concepts by), Spike Jonze (concepts by)

Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera and Chris Pontius

 

Storyline

 

Johnny Knoxville and his crazy friends appear on the big screen for the very first time in Jackass: The Movie. They wander around Japan in panda outfits, wreak havoc on a once civilized golf court, they even do stunts involving LIVE alligators, and so on. While Johnny Knoxvile and his pals put their life at risk, they are entertaining people at the same time. Get ready for Jackass: The Movie!!

 Jackass Number Two [2006]

" The Number One Movie in America is Number Two!"

Director:  Jeff Tremaine

Writers:  Jeff Tremaine (television series "Jackass"), Spike Jonze (television series "Jackass")

Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and Chris Pontius

 

Storyline

 

Chris Pontius, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera and the whole crew return to the screen to raise the stakes higher than ever before.

 Jackass 3D [2010]

"The following stunts were performed by professionals, so neither you nor your dumb buddies should attempt anything from this movie."

Director: Jeff Tremaine

Writers: Preston Lacy

Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and Bam Margera

 

Storyline

 

Johnny Knoxville and company return for the third installment of their TV show spin-off, where dangerous stunts and explicit public displays rule.
'Jackass 3D' opens with the entire cast all lined up, each wearing a different color of the rainbow, in front of a rainbow colored background, each in turn being attacked in various ways. Some of the footage is slowed down for maximal effect. This is repeated again at the end of the movie with additional explosions mixed in with gallons of water to wash away the cast- chaos is resumed. Throughout the movie the team are subjected to the usual foray of physical abuse from team members or perform hilarious stunts (including some of the more stomach turning stunts such as the Sweat suit cocktail, Toy Train Eruption and Poo Cocktail Supreme - not for the weak stomached!)

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? [2008]

Director: Morgan Spurlock
Writers: Jeremy Chilnick (screenplay), Morgan Spurlock (screenplay)
Stars: Morgan Spurlock, George Bush and Dick Cheney

Storyline

 

When Morgan Spurlock and his wife find out they are expecting a child in an unsafe world that faces multiple terrorist and environmental threats, Morgan decides to track down the world's most wanted and dangerous terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, undergoes self-defense training, takes all required medical shots, and sets out to travel to Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Afghanistan, Pakistan amongst others to try and locate the man who has managed to elude the American army for nearly a decade. His fears, generated due to biased media coverage that Muslims and Arabs are hostile, are laid to rest when he does encounter friendly, and quite refreshingly well educated, hospitable, politically matured men and women, who are well aware of America's faulty 'foreign policy', and do not subscribe to Jihad nor to the Taliban nor Osama's terror-tactics. But he does encounter some hostility, quite ironically...

MR. BONES (2)

 

Mr. Bones [2001]

"You'll laugh till your bones hurt!"

Director: Gray Hofmeyr
Writers: Gray Hofmeyr (screenplay), Greg Latter (screenplay)
Stars: Leon Schuster, David Ramsey and Faizon Love

 

Storyline

 

A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.

Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past [2008]

Director: Gray Hofmeyr  

Stars: Leon Schuster, Leeanda Reddy, Kaseran Pillay and Meren Reddy

 

 

Storyline

 

The story of Hekule, the King of Kuvukiland who is given a gemstone by the dying Kunji Balanadin. The stone is cursed and causes Hekule to become possessed by the spirit of the mischievous Kunji. It is up Mr. Bones, the royal witch doctor to cure his King and get rid of this cursed stone by returning the gem to its home in an Indian fishing village.

Benny & Joon [1993]

"A romance on the brink of reality."

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writers: Barry Berman (story), Lesley McNeil (story)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson and Aidan Quinn

Storyline

 

In a small town, an auto mechanic named Benny is devoted to taking care of his mentally ill sister, Joon, who can barely function alone in the real world despite being a talented artist. This relatively stable situation is shaken up when Benny is obliged in a poker game to welcome another player's relative, Sam, to his home for a few days. When Sam arrives, he quickly makes an impression with his quietly eccentric ways which emulate the antics of the great silent movie comedian, Buster Keaton. Without Benny's full knowledge, Sam and Joon find themselves drawn to each other to the fullest degree. However when Benny finds out, it creates a rift in the siblings as they struggle to accept their relationship is profoundly changing with the presence of this odd newcomer.