The Ghost Writer (2010)

Movie: The Ghost Writer (2010)

“When a successful British ghostwriter, The Ghost, agrees to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, his agent assures him it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems doomed from the start—not least because his predecessor on the project, Lang’s long-term aide, died in an unfortunate accident. The Ghost flies out to work on the project, in the middle of winter, to an oceanfront house on an island off the U.S. Eastern seaboard.”

Starring: Ewan McGregor Pierce Brosnan
Kim Cattrall

  • Director: Roman Polanski
  • Release Date:
    2010 (Australia)
  • Country: France , Germany , UK
  • Genre: Drama , Mystery , Thriller
  • MPAA:
    Rated PG-13 for language, brief nudity/sexuality, some violence and a drug reference.

Trivia: When Roman Polanski was arrested in September 2009, post-production was never put on hold. He saw every step of the film and made all artistic decisions.

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Avatar (2009)

Movie: Avatar (2009)

“In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na’vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.

We enter the alien world through the eyes of Jake Sully, a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where corporations are mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth’s energy crisis. Because the atmosphere of Pandora is toxic, they have created the Avatar Program, in which human “drivers” have their consciousness linked to an avatar, a remotely-controlled biological body that can survive in the lethal air.

These avatars are genetically engineered hybrids of human DNA mixed with DNA from the natives of Pandora… the Na’vi.  Reborn in his avatar form, Jake can walk again. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na’vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na’vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake’s life, and this changes everything. Jake is taken in by her clan, and learns to become one of them, which involves many tests and adventures.

As Jake’s relationship with his reluctant teacher Neytiri deepens, he learns to respect the Na’vi way and finally takes his place among them. Soon he will face the ultimate test as he leads them in an epic battle that will decide nothing less than the fate of an entire world.

Staring: Sam Worthington Zoe Saldana Sigourney Weaver

  • Director: James Cameron
  • Release Date:
    18 December 2009 (USA)
  • Run Time:
    162 min
  • Country: USA , UK
  • Genre: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi
  • MPAA:
    Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking.

Tagline: Enter the World

The Book of Eli (2010)

Movie: The Book of Eli (2010)

“Eli (Denzel Washington) has been on a journey for 30 years, walking west across America after a cataclysmic war that turned the earth into a total wasteland. The world has become a lawless civilization where people must kill or be killed. The barren roads belong to gangs of cutthroats who rob and kill for water, a pair of shoes, a lighter, or just for fun. Eli is a peaceful man who only acts in self defense, and becomes a warrior with unbelievable killing skills when he is challenged. After the war and the “Big Flash”, Eli was guided by a higher power to a hidden book and given the task of protecting the book and taking it to its final destination. Eli guards the book with his life, because he knows that the book is the only hope that humanity has for its future.”

Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis

Director:  Albert Hughes

  • Release Date:
    15 January 2010 (USA)
  • Run Time:
    118 min
  • Country: USA
  • Genre: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi , Thriller , Western
  • IMDB: 7.3/10
  • MPAA:
    Rated R for some brutal violence and language.

Tagline: Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.

Trivia: The tenth film released in select D-BOX enabled cinemas, located in the US and Canada. In D-BOX’s words, the motion control technology “adds to the movie’s plot and underlying themes of fear, terror and explosive action by offering realistic sensations during most of the film’s action scenes.”

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