Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous super-sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, gets an update with this adaptation of Lionel Wigram’s comic book series by writer/director Guy Ritchie (RocknRolla) starring Robert Downey Jr. as the titular detective, with Jude Law stepping into the shoes of his sidekick, Dr. Watson. Heading up the rest of the cast are RocknRolla’s Mark Strong as the film’s villain, Blackwood, and Rachel McAdams portraying the love interest, Irene Adler. More >
Action,
Crime,
Drama,
Eddie Marsan,
Guy Ritchie,
Hans Matheson,
Jude Law,
Kelly Reilly,
Mark Strong,
Mystery,
Race Against Time,
Rachel McAdams,
Robert Downey Jr.,
Robert Maillet,
Secret Organizations,
Star Detectives,
William Hope,
William Houston
Disaster movie maven Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) crafts this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller following the prophecy stated by the ancient Mayan calendar, which says that the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012. When a global cataclysm thrusts the world into chaos, divorced writer and father Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) joins the race to ensure that humankind is not completely wiped out. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, and Oliver Platt round out the cast of this end-of-the-world thriller co-scripted by the director and his 10,000 B.C. writer/composer, Harald Kloser. More >
Action,
Amanda Peet,
Chiwetel Ejiofor,
Danny Glover,
Drama,
John Cusack,
Oliver Platt,
Post-Apocalypse,
Race Against Time,
Roland Emmerich,
Science Fiction,
Thandie Newton,
Twins and Lookalikes
In the tradition of great inspirational dramas like the Academy Award nominated film ‘Erin Brockovich’ and ‘The Pursuit of Happyness,’ ‘Extraordinary Measures’ is inspired by the true story of John Crowley, a man who defied conventional wisdom and great odds, and risked his family’s future to pursue a cure for his children’s life threatening disease. From his working class roots, John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) has finally begun to taste success in corporate America. Supported by his beautiful wife Aileen (Keri Russell) and their three children, John is on the fast track. But just as his career is taking off, Crowley walks away from it all when his two youngest children, Megan and Patrick, are diagnosed with a fatal disease. With Aileen by his side, harnessing all of his skill and determination, Crowley teams up with a brilliant, but unappreciated and unconventional scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford). More >
Brendan Fraser,
Courtney Vance,
Drama,
Fighting the System,
Finding the Cure,
Harrison Ford,
Keri Russell,
Meredith Droeger,
Obsessive Quests,
Race Against Time,
Tom Vaughan
