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The Secret life of Walter Mitty

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Director: Ben Stiller Writers: Steve Conrad, based on a short story by James Thurber "The Life and Hard Times" Starring: Ben Stiller (Walter Mitty), Kristen Wiig (Cheryl Melhoff), Jon Daly (Tim Naughton), Kathryn Hahn (Odessa Mitty), Terence Bernie Hines (Gary Mannheim), Adam Scott (Ted Hendricks), Paul Fitzgerald (Don Proctor), Shirley Maclaine (Edna Mitty), Gary Wilmes (Walter's Dad), Marcus Antturi (Rich Melhoff), and Sean Penn as Sean O'Connell. We all wish we were something amazing, exciting and beautiful, but many of us feel that we are plain and insignificant. So, we dream – and we wish, but what if we could see ourselves the way that others really see us? Society and social media has trained us to think that if we aren’t getting the credit or in the limelight, we are simply nothing special. Why? This is what “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” explores. In the process, we get to enjoy a journey with a guy who feels that he’s nothing – on a search

Edge of Tomorrow

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Directed by Doug Liman Written by Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John Henry Butterworth. based on a Novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Starring: Tom Cruise (Cage), Emily Blunt (Rita), Brendan Gleeson (General Brigham), Bill Paxton (Master Sergeant Farell), Jonas Armstrong (Skinner), Tony Way (Kimmel), Kick Gurry (Griff), Franz Drameh (Ford), Dragomir Mrsic (Kuntz), Charlotte Riley (Nance), Masayoshi Haneda (Tekeda), Terence Maynard (Cruel Sergeant), Noah Taylor (Dr. Carter), Lara Pulver (Karen Lord), and Madeleine   (Manttock)   An asteroid carrying an alien race crashed somewhere in Europe.  The aliens looked like insects, there speed and intelligence made them the perfect weapon.  The aliens could hide, evade, and even predict thought processes.  The outer-world creatures were not friendly, but killing machines that waged war starting with Europe.  The human race allied forces, needed something to fight these insect-like creatures.  The military called them the mimic

If I Stay

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Director: R.J. Cutler Writers: Shauna Cross, based on the novel by Gayle Forman Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz (Mia Hall), Mireille Enos (Kat), Jamie Blackley (Adam), Joshua Leonard (Denny), Liana Liberato (Kim), Stacy Keach (Gramps), Gabrielle Rose (Gran), Jakob Davies (Teddy), Ali Milner (Liz), and Chelah Horsdal (Liddy). The film starts off Portland, Oregon with Mia Hall (Chloe Grace Moretz) giving details about her life, in the first person perspective.  The typical teenage girl, loving, living, experiences that make up who she is. Adam (Jamie Blackley) the cool guy at school, has a band, trying to get some sort of recognition.  Adam (Blackley) has a thing for the school cello player.  The cool teen sometimes checks her out while she plays alone. Kim (Liana liberato) Mia's best friend,  a photographer, and enthusiast makes this friendship work.  Kim will always protect Mia from anyone who will hurt her emotionally, especially a guy who has a thing for her.  Kim has a

Starman (1984)

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Director: John Carpenter Writers: Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon and Dean Riesner Cast: Jeff Bridges (Starman), Karen Allen (Jenny Hayden), Charles Martin Smith (Mark Shermin), Richard Jaeckel (George Fox), Robert Phalen (Major Bell), Tony Edwards (Sargeant lemon), and David Wells (Fox's Assistant). In 1977 the Voyager 2 was launched containing a gold, phonographic disk with a message of peace embedded within it and inviting visitors to come to the planet Earth.   The alien ship intercepted the message from the Voyager, the ship's sent out a scout to investigate in response to the invitation.  The alien ship is shot down by the US Government , the ship crashes somewhere in Wisconsin.  The alien carrying a blue ball survives the incident.  Locating a house nearby, the alien approaches  it takes a strand of hair from the recently deceased Scott Hayden.  The alien body changes into Scott Hayden, Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen) witnessed the transformation.  The body, a mere cl

Extracted (2012)

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Director: Nir Paniry Writers:  Nir Paniry, Gabriel Cowen, and John Suits Sasha Roiz (Tom), Jenny Mollen (Abbey), Dominic Bogart (Anthony), Nick Jameson (Richard), Rodney Eastman (Eric), Frank Ashmore (Martino), Brad Culver (Garrett), and Augie Duke (Adrienne).   Tom (Sasha Roiz) has designed away to transfer himself into the minds of other people.  Money and time are of the essence, his wife Abby (Jenny Mollen) are in a brink of financial crisis, so in order set things right, Tom (Roiz) makes a deal with a large security firm. The firm will pay a large amount, but, first he must test his design early, by going into a mind of a convicted Killer, Anthony (Dominic Bogart).   Connecting to the mind of a drug addicted killer will not be easy, especially when his design is pushed to far in advance.   Tom (Roiz) must somehow clarify the events leading to the murder of Adrienne (Augie Duke).  His team consists of Richard (Nick Jameson) and Rodney Eastman (Eric), and the voice of the c