GROUNDHOG DAY

GroundHog Day (1993)

Star Cast	-     Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Marita Geraghty, Angela Paton
Director	-       Harold Ramis
Producer	-      Trevor Albert, Harold Ramis
Rating	-       U
Year of Release	-       1993
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Movie Gist     
Groundhog Day is a romedy (romantic + comedy) fantasy. A weather-man finds himself trapped in a time loop, living the same day again & again. He experiences this when he is on an assignment covering the Groundhog Day. This leads to him re-examining himself & his priorities in life; transforming him into a better individual. 

A beautiful movie to watch. Can you just imagine living the same day, the same incidents over & over again...!!! Gosh...!!! I would die of boredom.......

THE LOFT

The Loft (2014)

Star Cast	-     Wentworth Miller, Karl Urban, Eric Stonestreet, James Marsden, Rhona Mitra, Matthias Schoenaerts, Rachael Taylor, Isabel Lucas, Valerie Cruz, Kristin Lehman, Robert Wisdom
Director	-        Erik Van Looy
Producer	-     Steve Golin, Hilde De Laere, Paul Green, Matt DeRoss, Adam Shulman
Rating	-       A
Year of Release	-       2014
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Movie Gist     
The Loft is a murder mystery sending chills under the spine. 5 married men conspire to secretly share a penthouse loft where they can indulge in their fantasies & carry out their secret affairs. & then one day, the fantasy turns out to be their deadliest nightmare when they discover a dead body in the loft.
Who's dead? Who could be the murderer? One of them or is someone trying to set them up?

CRIMSON PEAK

Crimson Peak (2015)

Star Cast	-     Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, Steve Valentine
Director	-       Guillermo del Toro
Producer	-       Guillermo del Toro, Jon Jashni, Callum Greene, Thomas Tull
Rating	-       U
Year of Release	-       2015
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance

Movie Gist     
Crimson Peak is bound to chill your spine. The  movie revolves around a girl Edith Cushing. Edith experiences a terrifying encounter with her mother's ghost who alarms her saying "Beware of Crimson Peak". But destiny had it so, she falls in love with a mysterious stranger & marries him. Trying to escape from the ghosts of the past, Edith goes to  a mansion that breathes & bleeds. She now realizes the deadly horror of her life - she is in Crimson Peak. The place her mother warned her about.
How does Edith get over the ghosts of the mansion? Does she get successful?

PAN

Pan (2015)

Star Cast	-     Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund, Adeel Akhtar, Amanda Seyfried, Kathy Burke, Jack Lowden, Paul Kaye
Director	-       Joe Wright
Producer	-       Greg Berlanti, Paul Webstar, Sarah Schechter
Rating	-       U
Year of Release	-       2015
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Adventure, Fantasy, Family

Movie Gist     
Pan is a fantasy movie of a 12-year-old orphan named Peter. He gets spirited away to a magical world - Neverland. Here, he experiences both, fun & danger. Amidst the experiences, Peter discovers his destiny. His destiny to become hero, a friend, a savior, who would forever be known as Peter Pan.

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER

The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

Star Cast	-     Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Michael Caine, Elijah Wood, Julie Engelbrecht, Rena Owen, Kurt Angle, Lotte Verbeek
Director	-       Breck Eisner
Producer	-       Vin Diesel, Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann
Rating	-       U
Year of Release	-       2015
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Horror, Adventure, Fantasy, Action

Movie Gist     
The Last Witch Hunter is an immortal being that stands between humanity & the supernatural combined forces of the most horrific &  scary witches ever known. The witch hunter partners with a beautiful witch to accomplish his task of protecting humanity. 

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Star Cast	-     Kurt Russell, Dennis Dun, Kim Cattrall, Suzee Pai, James Hong, Victor Wong, Carter Wong, Lia Chang, James Lew
Director	-        John Carpenter
Producer	-        Larry J. Franco
Rating	-        U
Year of Release	-        1986
Category	-        Hollywood
Genre	-        Comedy, Action, Fantasy, Adventure

Movie Gist     
Jack, an American truck-driver, helps his friend Wang, a restaurateur,  rescue Wang's fiancée from bandits based in San Francisco's Chinatown. Jack gets dragged into an ancient mystical battle beneath Chinatown; where Wang's fiancée is captivated by an ancient sorcerer named David Lo Pan. In the process, Jack's truck & girlfriend also gets captivated by Lo Pan. Jack & Wang's comic adventure drifts the movie.

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS

Jason and The Argonauts (1963)

Star Cast	-    Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Honor Blackman, Nigel Green, John Cairney, Patrick Troughton , Douglas Wilmer
Director	-        Don Chaffey
Producer	-        Charles H. Schneer
Rating	-        U
Year of Release	-        1963
Category	-        Hollywood
Genre	-        Adventure, Action, Family, Fantasy

Movie Gist     
The film follows a legendary Greek hero, Jason. Jason along with his fearless team go through a lot of hardships during their sail in the quest for the Golden Fleece.

What's notable in the movie is the use of stop-motion creatures & an iconic fight with the skeletal beings.

10,000 BC

10,000 BC (2008)

Star Cast	-    Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Joel Virgel, Cliff Curtis, Marco Khan, Nathanael Baring, Tim Barlow, Affif Ben Badra
Director	-        Roland Emmerich
Producer	-        Roland Emmerich, Michael Wimer, Mark Gordon
Rating	-        U
Year of Release	-        2008
Category	-        Hollywood
Genre	-        Adventure, Action, Drama, History Fantasy

Movie Gist     
The plot of the movie is of the pre-historic era. The film follows a mammoth hunter D'Leh's journey & the hardships he faces while travelling through the uncharted territory to secure his tribe & his love Evolet.

The movie has used commendable visual effects & animation.

TERMINATOR GENISYS

Terminator Genisys (2015)

Star Cast	-    Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, J. K. Simmons, Jai Courtney, Matt Smith, Dayo Okeniyi, Lee Byung-hun, Courtney B. Vance
Director	-        Alan Taylor
Producer	-        David Ellison, Dana Goldberg
Rating	-        U
Year of Release	-        2015
Category	-        Hollywood
Genre	-        Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Action

Movie Gist     
The 5th instalment of the Terminator series has, unlike the previous instalments, travelled time backwards. John sends Kyle Reese back in time from 2029 to 1984 to protect his mother (Sarah Connor) from Skynet. The sequence of this movie is similar to The Terminator only till the moment when Kyle realizes that the time has been altered & Sarah Connor is raised by a re-programmed Terminator, the Guardian. In comes Arnold. 

A must watch....now that Arnold is back.

The list of movies from the Terminator series is - 

1) The Terminator (1984)
2) Terminator 2 : Judgement Day (1991)
2) Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines (2003)
3) Terminator Salvation (2009)
4) Terminator :  Genisys (2015) ......................& still counting......