300

GENRE:  Action/ Fantasy
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham
DIRECTOR:  Zack Snyder
WRITER:  Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Michael Gordon, Frank Miller, Lynn Varley

PLOT:  Set in 480 B.C. this is the story of King Leonidas and his 300 men against the Persians.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  13 Assassins, Braveheart, The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

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THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1995
CAST:  Jack Mulcahy, Mike McGlone, Edward Burns
DIRECTOR:  Edward Burns
WRITER:  Edward Burns

PLOT:  Three very different Irish Catholic brothers in Long Island deal with their individual struggle with love.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Beautiful Girls, Hannah And Her Sisters, Sideways

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TRAILER UPDATE: "IRONCLAD"

Ironclad
Action Adventure, starring James Purefoy & Paul Giamatti
In Theaters June 8, 2011

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO

GENRE:  Action/ Comedy/ Crime
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp
DIRECTOR:  Robert Rodriguez
WRITER:  Robert Rodriguez

PLOT:  A hitman that calls himself "El Mariachi" finds himself in a violent adventure involving a psychotic CIA and the beautiful Carolina.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Desperado, The Boondock Saints, Blood Diamond

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THE MASK OF ZORRO

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Romance
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones
DIRECTOR:  Martin Campbell
WRITER:  Johnston McCulley, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Randall Jahnson, John Eskow

PLOT:  Don Diego de la Vega trains young Alejandro Murrieta to become Zorro and fight Don Rafael Montero.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Robin Hood, Gladiator, V For Vendetta

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INTO THE WILD

GENRE:  Adventure/ Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  2007
CAST:  Emile Hirsch, Catherine Keener, Kristen Stewart, Vince Vaughn
DIRECTOR:  Sean Penn
WRITER:  Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer

PLOT:  A biography on Christopher McCandless who after graduating from University goes on a backpacking adventure to Alaska where he plans to live in the wild.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Motorcycle Diaries, Grave Of The Fireflies, Seven Years In Tibet, The World's Fastest Indian

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THE LAST SAMURAI

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly
DIRECTOR:  Edward Zwick
WRITER:  John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz

PLOT:  Nathan, part of the American military is captured by the Japanese, the opposing side.  As he is nurtured back to health he learns the ways of the Samurai.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Gladiator, Braveheart, Avatar

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LABYRINTH

GENRE:  Adventure/ Family/ Fantasy
MADE:  1986
CAST:  David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly
DIRECTOR:  Jim Henson
WRITER:  Dennis Lee, Jim Henson, Terry Jones

PLOT:  Young Sarah comes of age when she must get her brother back from the Goblin King by figuring out the labyrinth that leads to the castle.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pan's Labyrinth, Hook, The Neverending Story, The Wizard Of Oz, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

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TRAILER UPDATE: "GOOD NEIGHBORS"

Good Neighbors
Mystery Thriller
In Theaters July 29, 2011

HOOK

GENRE:  Adventure/ Family/ Fantasy
MADE:  1991
CAST:  Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts
DIRECTOR:  Steven Spielberg
WRITER:  J.M. Barrie, James V. Hart, Nick Castle, Malia Scotch Marmo

PLOT:  Peter Pan grew up and forgot about Neverland when he followed Wendy home.  His past will come back to him however, when Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and the only way to get them back is if Peter can remember.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Chronicles Of Narnia:  The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, Everafter, The Princess Bride

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GOOD WILL HUNTING

GENRE:  Drama
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver
DIRECTOR:  Gus Van Sant
WRITER:  Matt Damon, Ben Affleck

PLOT:  Will Hunting is a young math genius from the wrong side of the tracks, with the proper guidance he has a chance to change his life.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Rain Man, Dead Poets Society, Mona Lisa Smile

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SWORDFISH

GENRE:  Action/ Thriller/ Crime
MADE:  2001
CAST:  John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry
DIRECTOR:  Dominic Sena
WRITER:  Skip Woods

PLOT:  Stanley Jobson an infamous hacker trying to stay clean from the law finds this hard to do when he is forced to steal billions with his hacking skills for a renegade counter-terrorist group.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Gone In Sixty Seconds, The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3, The A-Team

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THE FOUNTAIN

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Sean Patrick Thomas
DIRECTOR:  Darren Aronofsky
WRITER:  Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel

PLOT:  The story takes place over a thousand years with the common subjects of love, death and spirituality.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Pan's Labyrinth, 2046

AS GOOD AS IT GETS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
DIRECTOR:  James L. Brooks
WRITER:  Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks

PLOT:  Melvin has some problems, some Obsessive Compulsive problems.  Carol, a single mother and a waitress just making do finds Melvin impossible... and so does his gay neighbor Simon.  A series of events however takes the three of them on a road trip where they find themselves becoming friends.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Spanglish, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Little Miss Sunshine

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AMERICAN PIE

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott
DIRECTOR:  Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
WRITER:  Adam Herz

PLOT:  In high school you can pretty much bet that all boys are thinking about S-E-X, it was no different for Jim, Chris, Kevin and Paul.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Scary Movie, Superbad, American Pie 2

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THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

GENRE:  Adventure/ Biography/ Drama
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo De La Serna, Mercedes Moran
DIRECTOR:  Walter Salles
WRITER:  Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Alberto Granado, Jose Rivera

PLOT:  A story set in the younger days of Che Guevera and a motorcycle road trip he went on that would lead him to become the Che we know in history.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Before Night Falls, Into The Wild, Mammoth

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