Released Date:
2006-12-15
Languages:
English, Cantonese
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
117 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.9 (307587 Reviews)
Director:
Gabriele MuccinoBased on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner. Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a "Bone Density scanner". He feels like he has made these devices. However, they do not sell as they are marginally better than the current technology at a much higher price. As Gardner tries to figure out how to sell them, his wife leaves him, he loses his house, his bank account, and credit cards. Forced to live out in the streets with his son, Gardner is now desperate to find a steady job; he takes on a job as a stockbroker, but before he can receive pay, he needs to go through 6 months of training, and to sell his devices.
Released Date:
2008-12-12
Languages:
English, Mandarin
Countries:
USA, Canada
Runtime:
104 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
5.5 (132246 Reviews)
Director:
Scott DerricksonDavid Scarpa (screenplay)
Edmund H. North
Dr. Helen Benson is summoned to a military facility with several other scientists when an alien spacecraft of sorts arrives in New York City. Aboard is a human-like alien and a giant robot of immense size and power. The alien identifies himself as Klaatu and says he has come to save the Earth. The US military and political authorities see him as a threat however and decide to use so-called intensive interrogation techniques on him but Dr. Benson decides to facilitate his escape. When she learns exactly what he means when he says he is there to save the Earth, she tries to convince him to change his intentions.
Released Date:
2010-06-11
Languages:
English, Chinese
Countries:
USA, China
Runtime:
140 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (109068 Reviews)
Director:
Harald ZwartChristopher Murphey (screenplay)
Robert Mark Kamen (story)
12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is mutual - but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts "the karate kid" on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.
Released Date:
2013-05-31
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
100 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
4.9 (146253 Reviews)
Director:
M. Night ShyamalanGary Whitta (screenplay)
M. Night Shyamalan (screenplay)
Will Smith (story)
One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.
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