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Plot Summary: Set in 16th-century England, Crossed Swords tells the classic tale of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. A young prince, Edward VI, and a pauper, Tom Canty, swap lives, leading to comedic and dramatic misunderstandings. With the help of the noble Miles Hendon, Edward struggles to reclaim his throne while gaining a deeper understanding of the common people. Director: Richard Fleischer Producers: Pierre Spengler, Ilya Salkind Screenplay: Berta Domínguez D., Pierre Spengler Starring: Mark Lester as Edward VI / Tom Canty Oliver Reed as Miles Hendon Charlton Heston as King Henry VIII Raquel Welch as Edith Ernest Borgnine as John Canty George C. Scott as Ruffler   ***SPOILER ALERT*** Introducing Crossed Swords Today, we take a little break from exploring Frank Oz’s filmography to dive into Crossed Swords (also known a...

Director: Luc Besson Producers: Virginie Besson-Silla Screenplay: Luc Besson Starring: Dane DeHaan as Valerian Cara Delevingne as Laureline Clive Owen as Commander Arün Filitt Rihanna as Bubble Ethan Hawke as Jolly the Pimp Herbie Hancock as Defence Minister Kris Wu as Sergeant Neza Music: Alexandre Desplat Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast Editing: Julien Rey Release Date: July 21, 2017 (USA) Running Time: 137 minutes Language: English   ***SPOILER ALERT*** Overloaded and Underwhelming And we’re back in the shit! I’m starting to get in a hurry to finish Luc Besson’s movies. "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" is boring, boring, boring, because there are too many aliens, too many gadgets, too many costumes, too much imagination...

Director: Luc Besson Producer: Luc Besson Screenplay: Luc Besson Starring: Louise Bourgoin as Adèle Blanc-Sec Mathieu Amalric as Dieuleveult Gilles Lellouche as Inspector Caponi Jean-Paul Rouve as Justin de Saint-Hubert Jacky Nercessian as Professor Ménard Philippe Nahon as Professor Espérandieu Nicolas Giraud as Andréj Zborowski Music: Éric Serra Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast Editing: Julien Rey Release Date: April 14, 2010 (France) Running Time: 107 minutes Language: French   ***SPOILER ALERT*** What the fuck, Besson? 13th movie by Luc Besson and I ask: what the fuck Besson? What has happened to this director since "Arthur and the Mini Vomits"? Another uninspiring and totally boring movie. I ordered some food 40 minutes in just...

Director: Luc Besson Producers: Luc Besson, Emmanuel Prévost Screenplay: Luc Besson Starring: Freddie Highmore as Arthur Mia Farrow as Granny Madonna as Princess Selenia (voice) David Bowie as Emperor Maltazard (voice) Snoop Dogg as Max (voice) Jimmy Fallon as Betameche (voice) Robert De Niro as King (voice) Harvey Keitel as Miro (voice) Music: Éric Serra Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast Editing: Yann Hervé Release Date: December 13, 2006 (France) Running Time: 94 minutes Language: English   ***SPOILER ALERT*** The Animated Disaster Here we have it. 2006 was the year Luc Besson decided he needed to make an animation, and for god knows why. This movie is boring AF AF AF AF! I was shouting at my TV like a madman at how bad this movie i...

Director: George Miller Producer: George Miller Screenplay: George Miller, Nico Lathouris Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa Chris Hemsworth as Dementus Tom Burke as Praetorian Jack Alyla Browne as young Furiosa Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus Angus Sampson as The Organic Mechanic Music: Junkie XL Cinematography: Colin Gibson Editing: Margaret Sixel Release Date: May 24, 2024 Running Time: 2 hours 29 minutes Language: English ***SPOILER ALERT*** Escaping Boredom with "Furiosa" I was watching the fifth movie by Luc Besson, "Atlantis," which comes after "Nikita," and I was bored to death. The movie was so dull that I had this sudden urge to pick up my phone and buy tickets for the next day's session of "Furiosa...

Everything Everywhere All at Once is a 2022 American absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (collectively known as "Daniels"), who produced it with the Russo brothers. It stars Michelle Yeoh. Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr., James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis appear in supporting roles. The film was described by The New York Times as a "swirl of genre anarchy" and features elements of black comedy, science fiction, fantasy, martial arts film, and animation. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6710474/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: Yesterday we watched Everything Everywhere All at Once by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who a...

No Escape, released in some countries as Escape from Absolom and Absolom 2022, is a 1994 American science fiction action film directed by Martin Campbell. It stars Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Michael Lerner and Ernie Hudson. It was based on the 1987 novel The Penal Colony by Richard Herley. The film began in production development on May 17, 1993 and lasted until August of that year. It was filmed in Australia, primarily in New South Wales. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Escape_(1994_film) Robbins is sentenced to prison for the assassination of his general officer, a prison you leave only when you die. Since nobody ever leaves the prison, nobody knows what the prison is like. The prison manager realizes this and buys himself an island playground called "Absolom," where the worst prisoners are free to create an isolated barbaric society, and where the strongest men rule...a living hell. Robbins is sent to Absolom af...

Travellers and Magicians is a 2003 Bhutanese Dzongkha language film written and directed by Khyentse Norbu, a reincarnate lama of Tibetan Buddhism, who is also known as Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche. The movie is the first feature film shot entirely in the Kingdom of Bhutan. The majority of the cast are not professional actors; Dendup, a well-known Bhutanese radio actor and producer, is the exception. This movie is among the first to take a Himalayan Buddhist perspective. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travellers_and_Magicians The two men embark on parallel, if separate, journeys. Their yearning is a common one--for a better and different life. Dondup, delayed by the timeless pace of his village, is forced to hitchhike through the beautiful wild countryside of Bhutan to reach his goal. He shares the road with a monk, an apple seller, a papermaker and his beautiful young daughter, Sonam. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378906 ***SPOILER ALERT*** K...

Jurassic World is a 2015 American science fiction adventure film directed by Colin Trevorrow. It is the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park series. The screenplay was written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver & Derek Connolly and Trevorrow. The film stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, B. D. Wong, and Irrfan Khan. Wong is the only actor from any of the previous films to appear.  source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_World 22 years after the original Jurassic Park failed, the new park (also known as Jurassic World) is open for business. After years of studying genetics the scientists on the park genetically engineer a new breed of dinosaur. When everything goes horribly wrong, will our heroes make it off the island? source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369610/ F: The misanthropist in me enjoys very much watching humans being eaten by dinosaurs on screen. It's wonderful! A very entertaining m...

Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed, produced, and co-written by George Miller, and the fourth film of Miller's Mad Max franchise. The first film of the franchise in 30 years, Fury Road stars Tom Hardy as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, who replaces Mel Gibson in the title role, along with Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult and Hugh Keays-Byrne. . In May 2015, Miller told Wired magazine, "Should Mad Max: Fury Road be successful, I've got two other stories to tell." Later in May, Miller revealed that plans for the sequel had changed and the working title for the next installment will be Mad Max: The Wasteland. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road In a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, two rebels just might be able to restore order: Max, a man of action and of few words, and Furiosa, a woman of action who is looking to make it back to her childhood homeland. source: http://www.imdb.com/...