Af Jesper Bjørn Schlæger
En norsk forsker har fundet løsningen på menneskehedens største trussel om overbefolkning. Man skal skrumpe verdens befolkning. Opfindelsen får dog det værste frem i folk, der hurtigt kan lugte en let mulighed for at få et liv, hvor penge har langt større værdi. Det samme gør ægteparret Paul og Audrey, som vælger at lade sig ’nedskalere’.
I deres søgen efter et magisk sort pulver med en ødelæggende kraft er de to lykkeriddere William Garin og Tovar nået næsten til det sagnomspundne Kina. Og så bliver de pludselig overfaldet af grufulde monstre. Det lykkedes dem at flygte i sikkerhed bag Kinas Store Mur, hvor de bliver fanger hos Den Navnløse Orden, en hemmelig hær med én eneste mission. For hvert 60. år vågner en mytisk ondskab i Jade-bjergene og vender sig mod […]
Han sad fængslet i 27 år for sin heroiske kamp mod apartheid. Og hvad gør Nelson Mandela efter, han bliver valgt til præsident i Sydafrika? Han søger ikke hævn, men tilgiver sine undertrykkere og finder håb om national sammenhold på et utænkeligt sted: rugbybanen. Clint Eastwood (National Board of Reviews valg af 2009’s Bedste Instruktør) instruerer denne stærkt opløftende film om et hold – og et folk, der inspireres til storhed. Morgan Freeman (NBR’s Pris […]
Velkommen til en ny, animeret triumf fra studiet DreamWorks, der også har stået bag Shrek og The Prince of Egypt. Vi følger den utæmmede hingst Spirits eventyrrejse tværs over det vilde vesten, hvor han bliver ven med en ung Lakota indianer og finder den store kærlighed i en sød hoppe. Filmen er holdt i en realistisk stil, hvor dyrene ikke kan tale, men kommunikerer gennem prust, støn og øjenkontakt.
Matt Damon spiller en yderst begavet ung mand, men som lader sig styre alt for meget af sit iltre temperament. Det får ham til at komme i problemer med lovens lange arm. Derfor går han hos en psykolog (spilles af Robin Williams), får at afhjælpe ham med hans problemer, efter rettens ordre.
I en nær fremtid er Jordens ressourcer udpinte, og menneskehedens dage er talte. Men så opdager videnskaben et ormehul, som muliggør rejser gennem tid og rum. Ingeniøren og enkemanden Cooper melder sig til at drage ud i det ukendte for at finde et frugtbart levested for menneskeracen i en anden galakse – også selv om det betyder, at han må forlade sine teenagebørn i et uvist antal år.
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find, a man with “true grit,” Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations […]
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company’s best efforts to eradicate him.
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy – but who does he work for?
Danny Ocean’s team of criminals are back and are composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that him and his team will do anything to bring Willy Bank and everything he’s got down. Even if it includes hiring help from one of their own enemies, Terry Benedict.
Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny’s hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.