Olympus Has Fallen
{4/5} “There is a saying in Korea. Saying something a hundred times is not as good as living it once.” Olympus Has Fallen, released in 2013 When a South Korean delegation arrives at the White House, North Korean infiltrators help their friends outside attack from the air and the ground. The President is kidnapped within […]
White Bird in a Blizzard
{4/5} “Because I never saw my mother again, she remains in absence to me. An empty space. An invisible, half remembered ghost. So even now I catch myself thinking that I’m gonna run into her some day. Like I’ll be at a stop light, and look over at the car next to me and there […]
Tracks
{4.5/5} “Animal lovers, especially female ones, are often accused of being neurotic and unable to relate to other human beings. More often than not, those pointing the finger have never had a pet. It seems to me the universe gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs. But the greatest of […]
Angels & Demons
{4.5/5} Angels & Demons, released in 2009 Symbologist Robert Langdon is called to the Vatican, where four cardinals have been kidnapped. The Illuminati say that they’ll kill them one per hour. Then on the fifth hour they’ll destroy the Vatican with a bit of antimatter they’ve stolen from the Large Hadron Collider. Langdon searches a […]
Argo
{4.5/5} “This is the best bad idea we have, sir. By far.” Argo, released in 2012 Enraged Iranians storm the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979. Six Americans escape and end up at the Canadian ambassador’s house. They can’t stay there forever, and they can’t go out into the streets. Tony Mendez of the CIA […]
Patriot Games
{4/5} “I couldn’t just stand there and watch him shoot those people right in front of me. It was… rage. Pure rage… Just made me mad.” Patriot Games, released in 1992 Jack Ryan used to be in the CIA and now he’s a professor. While on vacation in Britain he saves some members of the […]
Vantage Point
{4.5/5} Vantage Point, released in 2008 The President of the United States comes together with other world leaders in Spain to forge an agreement on terrorism. Despite the highest security precautions, the President is shot and chaos ensues. The events leading up to the shooting are shown from several different points of view. Even with […]
Anna
{4.5/5} “I’m not a sociopath, but I’m smart enough to think like one.” Anna, released in 2013 John is a memory detective — he has the ability to enter someone’s memories. After the death of his wife and a stroke, he’s taken some time off but now wants to get back in business. His employer […]
A Long Way Down
{4.5/5} “However much I do change, I’m left with me.” A Long Way Down, released in 2014 Four people separately decide to kill themselves by jumping off the top of a certain building on New Year’s Eve. But when they meet each other, they decide not to do it. Later they make a pact to […]
No Reservations
{4.5/5} No Reservations, released in 2007 Kate works as a chef at a fancy restaurant, and it’s her life. But then her sister dies in an accident, leaving her to care for her young niece Zoe. While this is going on the restaurant hires a new sous-chef Nick, whose style of working is quite different […]