Category Archives: Adventure
The Magnificent Seven
Release 2016
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Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Nic Pizzolatto, Richard Wenk
Stars: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404435/
Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.
Storks
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Nicholas Stoller, Doug Sweetland
Writers: Nicholas Stoller
Stars: Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4624424/
Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages. But when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork must scramble to fix the error by delivering the baby.
Ben-Hur
Release 2016
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
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Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writers: Lew Wallace, Keith R. Clarke, John Ridley
Stars: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2638144/
Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption.
Eliminators
Release 2016
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: James Nunn
Writers: Nathan Brookes, Bobby Lee Darby
Stars: Scott Adkins, Stu Bennett, Daniel Caltagirone, James Cosmo, Mem Ferda
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4587366/
A former US Federal Agent must abandon the witness protection program and come out of hiding when his London home is invaded in error due to a wrong address. When the event ends with multiple homicides, the news triggers those hunting him to send Europe's most dangerous assassin to kill him. Now on the run with his daughters life in jeopardy, a determined father must get her to safety before the people he's been hiding from tracks him down.
Pete's Dragon
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Director: David Lowery
Writers: David Lowery, Toby Halbrooks, Malcolm Marmorstein, Seton I. Miller, S.S. Field
Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Wes Bentley
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788732/
The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon.
Kubo and the Two Strings
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Travis Knight
Writers: Marc Haimes, Chris Butler, Shannon Tindle
Stars: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4302938/
A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armor worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Ransom Riggs, Jane Goldman
Stars: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935859/
When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.
Army of One(2016)
Release 2016
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Larry Charles
Writers: Rajiv Joseph, Scott Rothman
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Denis O'Hare, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Rainn Wilson, Russell Brand
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4382824/
An American civilian sets out on his own to find Osama Bin Laden.
The BFG
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Melissa Mathison, Roald Dahl
Stars: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3691740/
A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children.
Finding Dory
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
Writers: Andrew Stanton, Victoria Strouse, Bob Peterson
Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Hayden Rolence
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2277860/
The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish reunites with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.