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Minority Report (2002)
Genre: Action, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Thriller Starring: Colin Farrell, Kathryn Morris, Samantha Morton, Tom Cruise, Max Von Sydow Director: Steven Spielberg Release Date: June 21, 2002 :::Synopsis Based on the short story by Philip K. Dick, MINORITY REPORT is set in a 2054 Washington D.C. judicial system in which killers are arrested and convicted before they commit murder using a psychic technology. Tom Cruise is the head of this Precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met. Movie Review & Trailer |
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The Last Samurai (2003)
Genre: Action/Adventure Starring: Tom Cruise, Billy Connolly, Ken Watanabe, Seizo Fukomoto, Tony Goldwyn Director: Edward Zwick Release Date: December 5, 2003 :::Synopsis Set in Japan during the 1870s, The Last Samurai tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the government attempts to eradicate the ancient Samurai warrior class in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly affected by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him. Movie Review & Trailer |
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Collateral (2004)
Genre: Crime/Gangster and Thriller Starring: Jada Pinkett, Jamie Foxx, Tom Cruise, Dennis Farina, Javier Bardem Director: Michael Mann Release Date: August 6, 2004 :::Synopsis Three-time Academy Award® nominee Tom Cruise ('Magnolia,' 'Jerry Maguire,' 'Born on the Fourth of July'), Jamie Foxx ('Ali,' 'Any Given Sunday') and Jada Pinkett Smith ('The Matrix Reloaded,' 'The Matrix Revolutions') star in the thriller 'Collateral,' under the direction of three-time Academy Award® nominee Michael Mann ('The Insider'). Max (Jamie Foxx) has lived the mundane life of a cab driver for 12 years. The faces have come and gone from his rearview mirror, people and places he's long since forgotten...until tonight. Vincent (Tom Cruise) is a contract killer. When an offshore narcotrafficking cartel learns they're about to be indicted by a federal grand jury, they mount an operation to identify and kill the key witnesses, and the last stage is tonight. Tonight, Vincent arrived in L.A...and five bodies are supposed to fall. Circumstances cause Vincent to hijack Max's taxicab, and Max becomes collateral-an expendable person in the wrong place at the wrong time. Through the night Vincent forces Max to drive him to each assigned destination. And as the LAPD and FBI race to intercept them, Max and Vincent's survival becomes dependent on each other in ways neither would have imagined. Jada Pinkett Smith stars as United States Attorney Annie Farrell. Rounding out the main cast are Mark Ruffalo ('In the Cut'), Peter Berg ('Cop Land'), Oscar® nominee Javier Bardem ('Before Night Falls') and Bruce McGill ('Runaway Jury'). A co-production of DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, 'Collateral' is being produced by Michael Mann and Julie Richardson from a screenplay by Stuart Beattie. Frank Darabont, Chuck Russell, Rob Fried and Peter Giuliano served as executive producers. Movie Review & Trailer |
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War of the Worlds (2005)
Genre: Sci-Fi and Thriller Starring: Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Tom Cruise Director: Steven Spielberg Release Date: June 29, 2005 :::Synopsis On June 29th, 2005, Earth goes to war. From Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures comes 'War of the Worlds,' directed by Steven Spielberg and starring international superstar Tom Cruise. A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. The film also stars Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, and Tim Robbins. Cruise stars as Ray Ferrier, a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife (Miranda Otto) and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and young daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down. Moments later, at an intersection near his house, Ray witnesses an extra-ordinary event that will change their lives forever. A towering three-legged war machine emerges from deep beneath the earth and, before anyone can react, incinerates everything in sight. An ordinary day has suddenly become the most extraordinary event of their lifetimes -- the first strike in a catastrophic alien attack on Earth. Ray scrambles to get his children away from this merciless new enemy, embarking on a journey that will take them across the ravaged country-side, where they become caught in the desperate tide of refugees fleeing from an extraterrestrial army of Tripods. But no matter where they run, there is no safety, no refuge ... only Ray's unconquerable will to protect the ones he loves. Movie Review & Trailer |
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Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Genre: Action and Adventure Starring: Bahar Soomekh, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Keri Russell, Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan Director: J.J. Abrams Release Date: May 5, 2006 (theatrical), October 30, 2006 (DVD) :::Synopsis Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life in ' Mission: Impossible III.' Director J. J. Abrams ('Lost',' 'Alias') brings his unique blend of action and drama to the billion-dollar franchise. Movie Review & Trailer |
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Lions for Lambs (2007)
Genre: Drama Starring: Meryl Streep, Michael Pena, Robert Redford, Tom Cruise, Andrew Garfield Director: Robert Redford Release Date: November 9, 2007 :::Synopsis Robert Redford, Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep deliver 'three knockout performances' (Vue Weekly) in this powerful story about how the decision makers at the top affect American soldiers on the ground half a world away. An idealistic professor (Redford), a charismatic U.S. Senator (Cruise) and a probing TV journalist (Streep) have opposing viewpoints about the actions of our nation and the attitudes of its citizens. But the human consequences of war become chillingly clear for two of the professor's former students, who find themselves trapped behind enemy lines, fighting for freedom... and their very lives. Movie Review & Trailer |
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Valkyrie (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War Starring: Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Wilson, Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson Director: Bryan Singer Release Date: December 26, 2008 :::Synopsis In a country in the grips of evil, in a police state where every move is being watched, in a world where justice and honor have been subverted, a group of men hidden inside the highest reaches of power decide to take action. Tom Cruise stars in the suspense film, VALKYRIE, based on the true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (CRUISE) and the daring and ingenious plot to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. Director Bryan Singer (THE USUAL SUSPECTS, X-MEN, SUPERMAN RETURNS) re-teams with Academy Award®-winning USUAL SUSPECTS screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie to bring to life the story of the men who led the operation to assassinate Hitler. The film also stars an acclaimed cast including Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Eddie Izzard, Christian Berkel and Terence Stamp. A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country all the while hoping that someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing that time is running out, he decides that he must take action himself and joins the German resistance. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler’s own emergency plan – known as Operation Valkyrie – these men plot to assassinate the dictator and overthrow his Nazi government from the inside. With everything in place, with the future of the world, the fate of millions and the lives of his wife and children hanging in the balance, von Stauffenberg is thrust from being one of many who oppose Hitler to the one who must kill Hitler himself. VALKYRIE is produced by Bryan Singer, Christopher McQuarrie and Gilbert Adler. McQuarrie co-wrote the original screenplay with Nathan Alexander who also serves as co-producer. The executive producers are Chris Lee, Ken Kamins, Daniel M. Snyder, Dwight C. Schar and Mark Shapiro. The film was shot in Germany at various locations where many of the actual events occurred, including the historic Bendlerblock. Recreating the atmosphere of urgency and paranoia inside the German resistance is a team that includes Singer’s frequent collaborators Newton Thomas Sigel (SUPERMAN RETURNS, X2, X-MEN) as director of photography and editor/composer John Ottman (SUPERMAN RETURNS, X2); as well as production designers Lilly Kilvert (two-time Oscar®-nominee for THE LAST SAMURAI and LEGENDS OF THE FALL) and Patrick Lumb (THE OMEN) and costume designer Joanna Johnston (MUNICH, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN). Movie Review & Trailer |
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28th Amendment (2009)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise Director: Phillip Noyce Release Date: TBA :::Synopsis Movie Review |
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Sleeper (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller Starring: Tom Cruise Release Date: TBA :::Synopsis Movie Review |
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The Matarese Circle (2009)
Genre: Action, Suspense, Thriller Starring: Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise Director: David Cronenberg Release Date: TBA :::Synopsis Movie Review |
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Valkyrie (2009)
Genre: Thriller Starring: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Wilson, Tom Wilkinson Director: Bryan Singer Release Date: December 26, 2008 :::Synopsis The 'July 20 Plot' on Hitler's life is one of the most heroic but least known episodes of World War Two. Severely wounded in combat, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg returns from Africa to join the German Resistance and help create Operation Valkyrie, the complex plan that will allow a shadow government to replace Hitler's once he is dead. But fate and circumstance conspire to thrust Stauffenberg from one of many in the plot to a double-edged central role. Not only must he lead the coup and seize control of his nation's government....He must kill Hitler himself. Movie Review & Trailer |
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Knight and Day (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western Starring: Cameron Diaz, Maggie Grace, Tom Cruise, Marc Blucas, Peter Sarsgaard Director: James Mangold Release Date: June 23, 2010 :::Synopsis In the sexy action-comedy Knight and Day, Tom Cruise is a covert agent sent on a mission he was never meant to complete, and Cameron Diaz is a woman caught between the agent and those he claims set him up. As their globetrotting adventure erupts into a maze of double-crosses, close escapes and false identities, they come to realize that all they can count on is each other. Movie Review |
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The Hardy Men (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery Starring: Ben Stiller, Tom Cruise Director: Shawn Levy Release Date: TBA :::Synopsis Movie Review |
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Wichita (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western Starring: Cameron Diaz, Maggie Grace, Tom Cruise, Marc Blucas, Peter Sarsgaard Director: James Mangold Release Date: July 2, 2010 :::Synopsis Movie Review |
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller Starring: Anil Kapoor, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise, Lea Seydoux, Michael Nyqvist Director: Brad Bird Release Date: December 21, 2011 :::Synopsis This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization's name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this. Movie Review |
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The 28th Amendment (2011)
Starring: Tom Cruise Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Release Date: TBA :::Synopsis Movie Review |
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All You Need Is Kill (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Starring: Tom Cruise Director: Doug Liman Release Date: 2013 :::Synopsis An adaptation of 'All You Need is Kill,' a Japanese novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.<><>There's one thing worse than dying. It's coming back to do it again and again... When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On the 158th iteration though, he sees something different, something out of place: the female soldier known as the B*tch of War. Is the B*tch the key to Keiji's escape, or to his final death?<><>The sci-fi novel was first published in 2004 and features art by Yoshitoshi ABe. The English version of the book debuted last year. Movie Review |
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Oblivion (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Tom Cruise, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Director: Joseph Kosinski Release Date: July 19, 2013 :::Synopsis In a future where the Earth's surface has been irradiated beyond recognition, the remnants of humanity live above the clouds, safe from the brutal alien Scavengers that stalk the ruins. But when surface drone repairman Jak discovers a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod, it sets off an unstoppable chain of events that will force him to question everything he knows. Movie Review |
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Rock of Ages (2012)
Genre: Rock Musical Starring: Tom Cruise, Malin Akerman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Russell Brand, Bryan Cranston Director: Adam Shankman Release Date: June 15, 2012 :::Synopsis 'Rock of Ages' tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock 'n' roll romance is told through the heart-pounding hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake and more. Movie Review |
