CHERRY (2021)

 

Directed by: Joe Russo & Anthony Russo  Written By: Jessica Goldenberg & Angela Russo-Otstot  Based On The Novel By: Nico Walker  Cinematography: Newton Thomas Sigel Editor: Jeff Groth

Cast: Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Forrest Goodluck, Jeff Wahlberg, Michael Rispoli, Michael Gandolfini, Damon Wayans Jr. Kelli Burland, Daniel R. Hill, Pooch Hall, Thomas Lennon

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.

STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)

 

Directed By: Paul Verhoeven  Written By: Ed Neumeier  Based on the book by: Robert A. Heinlein  Cinematography: Jost Vacano  Editor: Mark Goldblatt & Caroline Ross 

Cast: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Clancy Brown, Jake Busey, Michael Ironside, Neil Patrick Harris, Seth Gilliam, Patrick Muldoon, Dean Norris, Rue McClanahan, Marshall Bell, Matt Levin, Brenda Strong, Amy Smart, Greg Travis, Dale Dye

In the distant future, high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don't know is that they'll soon be engaged in a full-scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.

SHADOW IN THE CLOUD (2021)

Directed By: Roseanne Liang Written By: Max Landis & Roseanne Liang  Cinematography: Kit Fraser Editor: Tom Eagles 

Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Callum Mulvey, Benedict Wall

On a stormy night during World War II, a female pilot with top-secret cargo talks her way on board a bomber plane about to take-off. The crass all-male crew reluctantly agrees, but their suspicions about her identity and the mysterious cargo quickly grow. Just then a shadow appears in the clouds - was it the incoming Japanese fleet? Or caused by some other sinister stowaway?

EXTRACTION (2020)

Directed By: Sam Hargrave
Written By: Joe Russo
Based On A Story By: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo & Ande Parks
Based on the Graphic Novel “Ciudad” By: Ande Parks
Cinematography: Newton Thomas Sigel
Editor: Ruthie Aslan & Peter B. Ellis

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, David Harbour

In an underworld of weapons dealers and traffickers, a young boy becomes the pawn in a war between notorious drug lords. Trapped by kidnappers inside one of the world's most impenetrable cities, his rescue beckons the unparalleled skill of a mercenary named Tyler Rake, but Rake is a broken man with nothing to lose, harboring a death wish that makes an already deadly mission near impossible.

THE AVENGERS (2012)

Written & Directed By: Joss Whedon 
Story By: Zak Penn & Joss Whedon 
Cinematography: Seamus McGarvey 
Editor: Jeffrey Ford & Lisa Lassek 


Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johanssen, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Alexis Denisof, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jenny Agutter, James Eckhouse, Harry Dean Stanton, Stan Lee 

Nick Fury is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., an international peace-keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster which is formed by Loki and his team

FORBIDDEN GAMES (1952)

Directed By: Rene Clement 
Written By: Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost & Francois Boyer 
Based On The Novel By: Francois Boyer 
Cinematography: Robert Juillard 
Editor: Roger Dwyre 


Cast: Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Jaques Marin 


A girl of perhaps five or six is orphaned in an air raid while fleeing a French city with her parents early in World War II. She is befriended by a pre-adolescent peasant boy after she wandered away from the other refugees, and is taken in for a few weeks by his family. The children become fast friends, and the film follows their attempt to assimilate the deaths they both face, and the religious rituals surrounding those deaths, through the construction of a cemetery for all sorts of animals. Child-like and adult activity are frequently at cross-purposes.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0050: SON OF SAUL (2016)

Directed By: Nemes Laszlo 
Written By: Nemes Laszlo & Clara Royer 
Cinematography By: Matyas Erdley 
Editor: Matthieu Taponier 

Cast: Geza Rohrig, Levente Molnar, Urs Rechn 


Two days in the life of Saul Auslander, Hungarian prisoner working as a member of the Sonderkommando at one of the Auschwitz Crematoriums who, to bury the corpse of a boy he takes for his son, tries to carry out his impossible deed: salvage the body and find a rabbi to bury it. While the Sonderkommando is to be liquidated at any moment, Saul turns away of the living and their plans of rebellion to save the remains of a son he never took care of when he was still alive.

HACKSAW RIDGE (2016)

Directed By: Mel Gibson 
Written By: Robert Schenkkan & Andrew Knight 
Cinematography By: Simon Duggan 
Editor: John Gilbert

Cast: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Luke Bracey 

The true story of Desmond T. Ross, the conscientious objector who, at the Battle of Okinawa, won the Medal of Honor for his incredible bravery and regard for his fellow soldiers. We see his upbringing and how this shaped his views, especially his religious view and anti-killing stance. We see Doss's trials and tribulations after enlisting in the US Army and trying to become a medic. Finally, we see the hell on Earth that was Hacksaw Ridge

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0045: COME & SEE (1985)

Directed By: Elem Klimov 
Written By: Ales Adamovich & Elem Klimov 
Story By: Ales Adamovich 
Cinematography By: Aleksei Rodionov 
Editor: Valeriya Belova 
Production Design, Art Direction and Set Decoration By: Viktor Petrov 


Cast: Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomaris Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas

LONE SURVIVOR (2013)

Written & Directed By: Peter Berg 
Based On The Novel By: Marcus Lutrrell & Patrick Robinson 
Cinematography By: Tobias A. Schliessler 
Editor: Colby Parker Jr. 

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Eric Bana, Yousef Azami, Alexander Ludwig, Jerry Ferrara, Peter Berg

MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA (2008)

Directed By: Spike Leee
Written By: James McBride (Based on his Novel)
Cinematography By: Matthew Libatique
Editor: Barry Alexander Brown

Cast: Laz Alonzo, Derek Luke, Omar Benson Miller, Michael Ealy, Valentina Cervi, John Turturro, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, D.B. Sweeney, Robert John Burke, Omari Hardwick, John Hawkes, Brad Leland,