Dir: Pete Travis Script: Barry Levy Cast: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Edgar Ramirez, Ayelet Zurer It’s 24 by way of Rashomon in this high concept thriller, which sees the assassination of William Hurt’s American president during a summit in Spain. Vantage Point offers the same incident from multiple perspectives;…

2006 Director: Anton Corbjin Script: Matt Greenhalgh, Deborah Curtis Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara, Craig Parkinson, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell, James Anthony Pearson, Harry Treadaway, Andrew Sheridan, Ben Naylor, Phil Hasted, John Cooper Clarke Dismantled on the eve of their first US tour by the tragic death of frontman Ian Curtis, Joy…

2008 Director: Matt Reeves Script: Drew Goddard Cast: Michael Stahl-David, T. J. Miller, Jessica Lucas, Odette Yustman, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Vogel Man is a contradictory beast. As intellectual entities we romanticise our cities, elevate them as the culmination of civilisation’s greatest accomplishments. As the popcorn guzzling collective we love nothing more than to see said…

2007 Dir: Guillaume Canet Script: Guillaume Canet, Harlan Coben, Philippe Lefebvre Cast: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, Kristin Scott Thomas The discovery of two corpses reopens an investigation into the murder of paediatrician Alex Beck’s (Cluzet) wife Margot (Croze) 8 years ago. Cleared but still suspected of Margot’s killing, Beck is once again prime suspect. But…

2007 Dir: Gore Verbinski Script: Terry Rossio, Ted Elliot Cast: Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Jack Davenport, Chow Yun Fat, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Tom Holander, Stellan Skarsgård The Pirates trilogy’s middle instalment Dead Man’s Chest was a tedious, rambling continuation that lacked the original’s uncomplicated charm. Compared to At World’s End, however, 2…

2007 Dir: Mike Binder Script: Mike Binder Cast: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland, Mike Binder Happily married but isolated, dentist Alan Johnson (Cheadle) is suffering something of a mid-life crisis. But a chance encounter with former university roommate Charlie Fineman (Sandler), whose family were killed in the…

2007 Dir: Nimród Antal Script: Mark L. Smith Cast: Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale, Frank Whaley Bickering couple David and Amy Fox (Wilson, Beckinsale) spend the night in a rundown motel when their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Discovering a stash of horror movies, the couple soon realise that the cassettes are a…