, 2h9 Directed byClint Eastwood OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy ThemesFilms about magic and magicians ActorsMatt Damon, Cécile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard, Frankie McLaren / George McLaren, Thierry Neuvic, Lyndsey Marshal Roles Nigel Rating64% On assignment in Thailand, French television journalist Marie Lelay (Cécile de France) is shopping for souvenirs for her lover's children. She finds a stand where a mother and her daughter work; they sell gifts to Marie for a dollar. Her lover Didier (Thierry Neuvic) looks over the balcony and witnesses the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami coming into shore. It hits as Marie watches from a distance. She grabs hold of the girl and runs away from the shore but is quickly swallowed by the wave. Pulled lifeless from the water, she is resuscitated by rescuers but is left for dead. She gasps back to life after having a near-death experience in which she sees a vision of human figures inhabiting a realm of light, among them the silhouettes of the mother and daughter holding hands. Marie and Didier are soon reunited as the disaster subsides and they return to Paris. Marie's experience, however, interferes with her work performance to the point that Didier (who is also her producer) sends her on a leave of absence to write the book they've discussed, which would add to her prestige.
, 1h53 Directed byChris Weitz, Gábor Csupó OriginUnited-kingdom GenresScience fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure ThemesFilms about children, Films about magic and magicians, Steampunk films, Children's films ActorsNicole Kidman, Sam Elliott, Freddie Highmore, Eva Green, Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig Roles Bolvangar Doctor Rating60% At the beginning of the film, we learn that the story takes place in one of many alternate worlds, in which a person's soul is contained within an animal companion called a dæmon (pronounced demon). The Magisterium, represented as a unified religious power, exercises power in the secular world. Lyra Belacqua, an orphan that resides in Jordan College, in a city that resembles Oxford, with her dæmon Pantalaimon (Pan), accidentally witnesses a Magisterium member poison her uncle's bottle of Tokay. Lyra then warns her uncle, Lord Asriel, who instructs her to remain in hiding. Lyra watches Asriel give a presentation regarding Dust, a particle that the Magisterium has forbidden the mention of. The college gives Asriel a grant to fund a northern expedition.
, 2h12 Directed byJames McTeigue OriginGerman GenresScience fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action ThemesFilms about anarchism, Politique, Post-apocalyptic films, Psychologie, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, LGBT-related films, Films set in the future, Superhero films, Political films, Dystopian films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, LGBT-related films, Disaster films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films ActorsNatalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Tim Pigott-Smith Roles Valerie's Father Rating79% In the late 2020s the world is in turmoil, with the United States fractured as a result of prolonged conflict and a pandemic of the "St. Mary's Virus" ravaging Europe. The United Kingdom is ruled as a fascist police state by the Norsefire Party. Political opponents, immigrants, Muslims, homosexuals and other "undesirables" are imprisoned in concentration camps. On November 4, a Guy Fawkes-masked vigilante identifing himself as "V" (Hugo Weaving) rescues Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman), an employee of the state-run British Television Network (BTN), from members of the "Fingermen" secret police while she is out past curfew. From a rooftop, they watch his demolition of the Old Bailey criminal court building, accompanied by fireworks and the 1812 Overture. Inspector Finch (Stephen Rea), Scotland Yard's Chief of Police, is tasked with investigating V's activities while BTN declares the incident an "emergency demolition". V interrupts the broadcast to claim responsibility and urges the people of Britain to rise up against their government. He asks them to meet him exactly one year later, on November 5, Guy Fawkes Night, outside the Houses of Parliament, which he promises to destroy. During the broadcast, the police attempt to capture V. Evey helps him escape but is knocked unconscious.
, 1h30 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Thriller ActorsLouise Delamere, Ewan Stewart, Alastair Galbraith, Koel Purie, Helen Schlesinger, Tony Dolan Roles Commander Paul Hardwick Rating64% The film opens with a June 2003 quote from Eliza Manningham-Buller, the director general (DG) of MI5: "It will only be a matter of time before a crude chemical, biological, or radiological (CBRN) attack is launched on a major western city" and provides the basic premise for the film.