The Martian is a science fiction film released in 2015, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. The film’s screenplay was written Drew Goddard from Andy Weir’s bestselling novel. The film expertly weaves humor, suspense, and scientific problem-solving into an engaging narrative. It won awards for its visual presentation in addition to receiving praise […]
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
Synopsis Ridley Scott directed “Prometheus”, a 2012 science fiction film that serves as a prequel to the Alien franchise. Although it is part of a series, this particular film tackles deep philosophical issues concerning the genesis of human beings and life apart from other works in the series. The screenplay was crafted by Jon Spaihts
The Introduction and Background In this introduction, I would like to present the movie “Maleficent”, a dark American fantasy film produced in the year of 2014 by Roth Films “”Disney Pictures.” The storyline is based on disney’s animated classic movie “”Sleeping Beauty,”” where it was further developed from the villainess ‘ Maleficent: What she feels
Joseph Kosinski directed the film Oblivion in 2013, pulling inspiration from his unpublished graphic novel of the same name. Tom Cruise starred alongside Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau revealing a visually stunning and contemplative dystopian future that serves as the narrative backdrop where remnants of Earth are policed by humans who
Overview Released in 2017, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a lavish sci-fi adventure that dazzles the eye. Luc Besson wrote and directed the film, drawing on the French comic Valérian and Laureline, created by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézires. Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne star as the title characters, while Clive
Apocalypto unfolds as the Maya world begins to crumble and centers on Jaguar Paw, a young hunter from a secluded woodland tribe. The story opens on a tranquil morning: he and his neighbors chase game, plant corn, and share quiet laughs under the trees. That fragile calm shatters when fierce warriors from a wealthy city
Synopsis In a bleak, sun-scorched future hammered by relentless solar storms, civilisation hangs by a thread. Outside sealed shelters and heavy suits, the ground itself burns, turning air into poison. Without barriers, life vanishes quickly. Finch Weinberg, portrayed by Tom Hanks, stands among the last holdouts in desolate California. A resourceful robotics savant, he blends
Introduction 127 Hours is a taut survival drama that Danny Boyle released in 2010, and it grabs the viewer from the opening frames. Based on Aron Ralstons own harrowing story, the film features James Franco in a blistering lead performance that carries almost every scene. It retells Ralstons 2003 ordeal in Blue John Canyon, where
Plot Summary Taking place at the turn of the twentieth century, the movie depicts Ejnar Mikkelsen’s endeavors to participate in a Danish expedition to Peary Channel to disprove the existence of it being a misidentified water body, which if disproven would depict Greenland as a singular landmass. Such a finding would be critical in establishing
