85% (3)  Star Trek  127 min,  PG-13,  [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi]  [J.J. Abrams]  [08 May 2009]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 80%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 94%,   Metacritic: 82%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Won 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 92 nominations.
Actors:  Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Leonard Nimoy, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto
Writer:  Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Gene Roddenberry (television series "Star Trek")
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  USA, Germany
Plot:  On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his damaged starship in a last stand against a Romulan mining vessel looking for Ambassador Spock, who in this time, has grown on Vulcan disdained by his neighbors for his half-human heritage. 25 years later, James T. Kirk has grown into a young rebellious troublemaker. Challenged by Captain Christopher Pike to realize his potential in Starfleet, he comes to annoy academy instructors like Commander Spock. Suddenly, there is an emergency on Vulcan and the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise is crewed with promising cadets like Nyota Uhura, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov and even Kirk himself, thanks to Leonard McCoy's medical trickery. Together, this crew will have an adventure in the final frontier where the old legend is altered forever as a new version of the legend begins.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Mission: Impossible III director and Alias creator J.J. Abrams resurrects the classic science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry with this feature film that embraces the rich history of the influential television and film series while also exploring some uncharted territory. Heroes star Zachary Quinto assumes the role of the Federation Starfleet lieutenant and Vulcan made famous in the original series by Leonard Nimoy (who also appears in an older incarnation of his original role), Spock, with Anton Yelchin stepping into the role of USS Enterprise navigator Pavel Chekov, Zoe Saldana assuming the role of communications officer Uhura, Simon Pegg keeping the ship in top shape as chief engineer Montgomery Scott (aka "Scotty"), and Eric Bana tormenting the benevolent space explorers as the villainous Nero. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle co-star John Cho also boards the Enterprise as Hikaru Sulu, with Chris Pine and Karl Urban assuming the legendary roles of Captain Kirk and Leonard "Bones" McCoy, respectively. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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81% (3)  Who We Are Now  95 min,  Not Rated,  [Drama]  [Matthew Newton]  [25 May 2018]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 64%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 95%,   Metacritic: 83%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Jess Weixler, Julianne Nicholson, Lea Thompson, Zachary Quinto
Writer:  Matthew Newton
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  An ex-con tries to get back custody of her son with the help of an idealistic young public defender and at the same time falls into a romantic fling with a traumatized former US soldier.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Recently released from prison, Beth (Julianne Nicholson) is working with her public defender (Jimmy Smits) to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess (Emma Roberts), an idealistic young protégé of the public defense team, who decides to take on Beth's cause whether she likes it or not. Also starring Zachary Quinto and Jason Biggs.
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78% (3)  Margin Call  107 min,  R,  [Drama, Thriller]  [J.C. Chandor]  [29 Sep 2011]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 71%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 88%,   Metacritic: 76%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 23 nominations.
Actors:  Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci, Zachary Quinto
Writer:  J.C. Chandor
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  A respected financial company is downsizing and one of the victims is the risk management division head, who was working on a major analysis just when he was let go. His protégé completes the study late into the night and then frantically calls his colleagues in about the company's financial disaster he has discovered. What follows is a long night of panicked double checking and double dealing as the senior management prepare to do whatever it takes to mitigate the debacle to come even as the handful of conscientious comrades find themselves dragged along into the unethical abyss.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster. Writer/director J.C. Chandor's enthralling first feature is a stark and bravely authentic portrayal of the financial industry and its denizens as they confront the decisions that shape our global future. -- (C) Roadside Attractions
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78% (3)  Star Trek Into Darkness  132 min,  PG-13,  [Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi]  [J.J. Abrams]  [16 May 2013]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 77%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 85%,   Metacritic: 72%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 56 nominations.
Actors:  Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana
Writer:  Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Gene Roddenberry (television series "Star Trek")
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English, Klingon    Country:  USA
Plot:  When the USS Enterprise crew is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. As our space heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.
Rotten Tomatoes:   In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes 'Star Trek Into Darkness.' When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew. (c) Paramount
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63% (3)  Snowden  134 min,  R,  [Biography, Drama, Thriller]  [Oliver Stone]  [16 Sep 2016]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 73%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 60%,   Metacritic: 58%,   External Reviews
Awards:  3 wins & 7 nominations.
Actors:  Jaymes Butler, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Melissa Leo, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto
Writer:  Kieran Fitzgerald (screenplay by), Oliver Stone (screenplay by), Luke Harding (book), Anatoly Kucherena (book)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English, American Sign Language, Russian    Country:  France, Germany, USA, UK
Plot:  SNOWDEN stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is written and directed by Oliver Stone. The script is based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Academy Award (R)-winning director Oliver Stone, who brought Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street and JFK to the big screen, tackles the most important and fascinating true story of the 21st century. Snowden, the politically-charged, pulse-pounding thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, reveals the incredible untold personal story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others. No matter which you believe, the epic story of why he did it, who he left behind, and how he pulled it off makes for one of the most compelling films of the year.
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59% (3)  I Am Michael  98 min,  Not Rated,  [Biography, Drama, Romance]  [Justin Kelly]  [27 Jan 2017]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 57%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 64%,   Metacritic: 56%,   External Reviews
Awards:  8 wins & 3 nominations.
Actors:  Charlie Carver, Emma Roberts, James Franco, Zachary Quinto
Writer:  Justin Kelly, Stacey Miller (based on an article by), Benoit Denizet Lewis (based on the magazine article "My Ex-Gay Friend" by)
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  I AM MICHAEL is the incredible true-life story of Michael Glatze (Franco), a high profile gay youth activist who created a national controversy when he claimed to no longer be gay and became a straight Christian pastor. The film follows Michael from his life in San Francisco with his boyfriend Bennett (Quinto), where he pursues political activism, a journalist career at XY Magazine, social awareness, and sexual exploration, to his days of personal self-discovery. After a traumatic scare, Michael is plagued by doubt and paranoia, and begins a religious reawakening. Michael renounces his gay lifestyle, rejects his friends, and endeavors to find his "true self." He explores Buddhism and Mormonism, yet ultimately lands at a Christian Bible school in rural Wyoming where he meets his girlfriend, Rebekah (Roberts), and becomes the pastor of his own church. This powerful new film captures one man's haunting journey through modern concepts of love, denial and redemption.
Rotten Tomatoes:   I AM MICHAEL is the incredible true-life story of Michael Glatze (Franco), a high profile queer youth activist who created a national controversy when he claimed to no longer be gay and became a straight Christian pastor. The film follows Michael from his life in San Francisco with his boyfriend Bennett (Quinto), where he pursues political activism, a journalist career at XY Magazine, social awareness, and sexual exploration, to his days of personal self-discovery. After a traumatic scare, Michael is plagued by doubt and paranoia, and begins a religious reawakening. Michael renounces his gay lifestyle, rejects his friends, and endeavors to find his "true self." He explores Buddhism and Mormonism, yet ultimately lands at a Christian Bible school in rural Wyoming where he meets his girlfriend, Rebekah (Roberts), and becomes the pastor of his own church. This powerful new film captures one man's haunting journey through modern concepts of love, denial and redemption.
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31% (3)  Hitman: Agent 47  96 min,  R,  [Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller]  [Aleksander Bach]  [21 Aug 2015]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 57%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 9%,   Metacritic: 28%,   External Reviews
Awards:  2 nominations.
Actors:  Angelababy, Charlene Beck, Dan Bakkedahl, Hannah Ware, Michael Bornhütter, Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto
Writer:  Skip Woods (screenplay), Michael Finch (screenplay), Skip Woods (story), Morten Iversen (video game), Peter Gjellerup Koch (video game)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  USA, UK, Germany
Plot:  HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research and forty-six earlier Agent clones -- endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47's past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.
Rotten Tomatoes:   HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research - and forty-six earlier Agent clones -- endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47's past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe. (c) Fox
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