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Tag Archives: middle east
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Director: Patty Jenkins Writers: Patty Jenkins & Geoff Johns & Dave Callaham (Story by Patty Jenkins & Geoff Johns) (Based on characters from DC Comics) I did not think this was good.
Posted in Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Tagged 1980s, 1984, 2020, adaptation, amazonian, amr waked, andreas wentz, business, charles roven, cheetah, chris pine, comic book, connie nielsen, dave callaham, dc comics, deborah snyder, desert, gal gadot, geoff johns, hans zimmer, kristen wiig, magic, middle east, museum, oil, patty jenkins, pedro pascal, pilot, princess, robin wright, sequel, stephen jones, stone, washington d.c., william moulton marston, wish, wishes, wonder woman, ww84, zack snyder
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The Hurt Locker (2009)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow Writer: Mark Boal Great!
Posted in Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Tagged 2008, 2009, action, anthony mackie, army, bomb, bomb squad, brian geraghty, david morse, desert, drama, evangeline lilly, greg shapiro, guy pearce, hurt locker, iraq, jeremy renner, kathryn bigelow, marco beltrami, mark boal, middle east, military, nicolas chartier, ptsd, ralph fiennes, sergeant, soldier, the hurt locker, thriller, war
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6 Underground (2019)
Director: Michael Bay Writers: Paul Wernick & Rheet Reese
Posted in Action, Comedy
Tagged 2019, 6 underground, action, adria arjona, agent, agents, assassin, ben hardy, comedy, corey hawkins, dave franco, dead, death, guns, italy, manuel garcia-rulfo, melanie laurent, michael bay, middle east, mission, netflix, off the grid, Paul Wernick, rheet reese, ron funches, ryan reynolds, terrorism, terrorist
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Rosewater (2014)
Director: Jon Stewart Writer: Jon Stewart (Based on the book “Then They Came For Me” by Maziar Bahari with Aimee Molloy)
Posted in Drama
Tagged 2014, adaptation, aimee molloy, dimitri leonidas, drama, gael garcia bernal, howard shore, iran, iranian, jason jones, jon stewart, journalism, journalist, kim bodnia, maziar bahari, middle east, prison, prisoner, rosewater, shohreh aghdashloo, spy, the daily show, then they came for me, torture, true story
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Syriana (2005)
Director: Stephen Gaghan Writer: Stephen Gaghan (Based on the book “See No Evil” by Robert Baer)
Posted in Drama, Review, Thriller
Tagged 2005, alexander siddig, alexandre desplat, amanda peet, china, chris cooper, christopher plummer, cia, covert, drama, george clooney, hostage, industry, iran, jeffrey wright, kidnap, kidnapped, matt damon, mazhar munir, middle east, oil, political, politics, robert baer, robert elswit, see no evil, stephen gaghan, steven soderbergh, syriana, thriller, tim blake nelson, torture, william hurt
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White House Down (2013)
Director: Roland Emmerich Writer: James Vanderbilt I thought this was pretty fun and entertaining! Basically a riff on Die Hard but this time in the White House. Big budget and big effects but it mainly works because of the two … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 2013, action, adventure, attack, channing tatum, comedy, drama, helicopter, james vanderbilt, james woods, jamie foxx, jason clarke, maggie gyllenhaal, middle east, police, potus, president, president of the united states, richard jenkins, roland emmerich, secret service, security, speaker of the house, terrorism, terrorist, thriller, tour, tour group, tour guide, united states, united states of america, usa, vice president, war, white house, white house down
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Miral (2010)
Director: Julian Schnabel Writer: Rula Jebreal (Based on the novel by Rula Jebreal)
Posted in Drama
Tagged 2010, adaptation, arab, drama, freida pinto, israel, israeli, julian schnabel, middle east, miral, orphan, palestine, palestinian, rula jebreal, terrorism, terrorist, war, willem dafoe
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The Devil’s Double (2011)
Director: Lee Tamahori Writer: Michael Thomas (Based on a novel by Latif Yahia)
Posted in Drama, Thriller
Tagged 2011, adaptation, dick cheney, dominic cooper, double, drama, george bush, iraq, latin yahia, lee tamahori, michael thomas, middle east, saddam hyssein, son, the devil's double, thriller, twin, uday hussein
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