Overview & Background Tommy Wirkola’s “What Happened to Monday” is a dystopian, science fiction action thriller released in 2017. Max Botkin and Kerry Williamson wrote the screenplay, and Noomi Rapace stars as seven sisters living under a stringent one-child policy in a futuristic world. The cast also includes Willem Dafoe, Glenn Close, and Marwan Kenzari […]
Overview & Context The Adam Project is an action-adventure, science fiction film released March 2022 on Netflix and directed by Shawn Levy. The movie’s screenplay was composed by Jonathan Tropper, T. S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin and features a time travel concept accompanied with family drama. Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer
Overview & Context Loving Adults (translated from Danish as Kærlighed for Voksne), released in 2022, is a Danish psychological crime thriller directed by Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg. The film adapts literary work from Anders Rønnow Klarlund and Jacob Weinreich, who published under the pen name Anna Ekberg. SF Studios produced the film and Netflix distributed it, adding
Overview & Context In 1993, Renny Harlin directed the action-thriller film ‘Cliffhanger’ featuring Sylvester Stallone. Cliffhangers stunning mountainous scenery alongside its gripping life-or-death storyline firmly cemented it as one of the defining high-altitude action films of its era. In collaboration with Carolco Pictures, the movie was produced with a budget of approximately $70 million which
Overview & Background Adrift is an American survival drama released in 2018, directed by Baltasar Kormakur. The film depicts the astonishing life story of a woman sailing across the Pacific Ocean and surviving a devastating hurricane, as recounted in Tami Oldham Ashcraft’s memoir, Red Sky In Mourning. Set in 1983, the movie features Shailene Woodley
Overview & Context The Meg is a 2018 science film directed by Jon Torteltaub, based on Steve Alten’s 1997 book Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror. Starring Jason Statham, the film features his character as a rescue diver who battles with a prehistoric megalodon shark deep in the ocean. With the summer blockbuster pacing, creature
Overview & Context Addicted, a 2014 American erotic thriller-drama film, was directed by Bille Woodruff, who adapted it into a screenplay from Zane’s bestselling novel. It features actresses Sharon Leal alongside Boris Kodjoe, William Levy, Tyson Beckford, Tasha Smith, and Emayatzy Corinealdi. The movie explores the themes of desire and infidelity while touching on topics
Overview & Context Fidelity (original Russian title: Vernost’) is a 2019 Russian erotic drama directed by Nigina Sayfullaeva, who co-wrote the film with Lyubov Mulmenko. Taking place in the coastal city of Kaliningrad, the film provides a nuanced and deeply personal account of a woman’s journey through love, jealousy, and identity. Along with Evgeniya Gromova,
Introduction & Overview Amateur Teens is a Swiss film coming of age drama released in 2015. Niklaus Hilber directed it and he wrote it together with Patrick Tönz. The movie portrays the life of teenagers in Zurich and showcases their struggles emotionally, socially, and with technology as it integrates various languages like Swiss German, High
Introduction & Context The Offering is a supernatural horror film from 2023 that marks the directorial debut of Oliver Park. The film was produced by Hank Hoffman with the screenplay based on the storyline written by Jonathan Yunger. Its most unsettling themes are drawn from Jewish folklore, especially the demon Abyzou who, in ancient legends,
