Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts

Monday, February 29, 2016

The Hateful Eight (2015)


"No one to trust. Everyone to hate."


Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Produced by Richard N. Gladstein, Shannon McIntosh, Stacey Sher
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Edited by Fred Raskin
Production company: Double Feature Films, FilmColony
Distributed by The Weinstein Company
Release date: 25 December 2015 (United States)
Running time: 187 minutes (Roadshow version)
Country: United States
Budget: $44 million
Box office: $131.4 million


"The Hateful Eight" is a mystery crime drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The story is about eight strangers who seek refuge from a blizzard in a stagecoach stopover some time after the American Civil War.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Se7en (1995)


"Seven deadly sins. Seven ways to die."


Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Arnold Kopelson, Phyllis Carlyle
Written by Andrew Kevin Walker
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, John C. McGinley, Gwyneth Paltrow
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography: Darius Khondji
Edited by Richard Francis-Bruce
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date: 22 September 1995 (United States)
Running time: 127 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $33 million
Box office: $327.3 million



"Seven" (SE7EN) is a mystery crime drama film directed by David Fincher and based on a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. The story is about two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, who hunt a serial killer inspired by the seven deadly sins.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Manhunter (1986)


Enter the mind of a serial killer... you may never come back.


Directed by Michael Mann
Produced by Richard A. Roth
Screenplay by Michael Mann
Based on "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris
Starring: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Tom Noonan
Music by Michel Rubini, The Reds
Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
Edited by Dov Hoenig
Production companies: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, Red Dragon Productions
Distributed by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Release date: August 1986 (United States)
Running time: 124 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $15 million
Box office: $8.6 million


"Manhunter" is a crime mystery thriller film written and directed by Michael Mann and based on Thomas Harris' novel "Red Dragon". The story is about former FBI profiler Will Graham who returns to service to pursue a deranged serial murderer named "the Tooth Fairy" by the media

Friday, September 18, 2015

Now You See Me (2013)


"Come in close, because the more you think you see, the easier it'll be to fool you"


Directed by Louis Leterrier
Produced by Bobby Cohen, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Screenplay by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt
Story by Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman
Music by Brian Tyler
Cinematography: Mitchell Amundsen, Larry Fong
Edited by Robert Leighton, Vincent Tabaillon
Production company: K/O Paper Products
Distributed by Summit Entertainment
Release date: 31 May 2013 (United States)
Running time: 115 minutes (125 minutes - extended cut)
Country: United States, France
Budget: $75 million
Box office: $351.7 million

"Now You See Me" is a crime mystery thriller film directed by Louis Leterrier. The story is about a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

Monday, August 10, 2015

Self/less (2015)


"God created man. Man created immortality."


Directed by Tarsem Singh
Produced by Ram Bergman, Peter Schlessel, James D. Stern
Written by David Pastor, Àlex Pastor
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode, Victor Garber, Derek Luke, Ben Kingsley
Music by Dudu Aram, Antônio Pinto
Cinematography: Brendan Galvin
Edited by Robert Duffy
Production companies: Endgame Entertainment, Ram Bergman Productions
Distributed by Focus Features, Gramercy Pictures
Release date: 10 July 2015 (United States)
Running time: 117 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $26 million
Box office: $26,2 million


"Self/less" is a mystery science fiction thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh. It tells the story of Damian Hayes, a business tycoon and billionaire who dies from terminal cancer and decides to save himself with shedding: a medical procedure which let transfer consciousness from one body to an other one.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)


"What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw."


Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Scott Rudin, Ole Søndberg, Søren Stærmose, Ceán Chaffin
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
Based on "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick van Wageningen, Joely Richardson, Geraldine James, Goran Višnjić, Donald Sumpter, Ulf Friberg
Music by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Cinematography: Jeff Cronenweth
Edited by Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Production companies: Scott Rudin Productions, Yellow Bird Films
Distributed by Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date: 20 December 2011 (Canada)
Running time: 158 minutes
Country: United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, United Kingdom
Budget: $90 million
Box office: $232.6 million



"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is a mystery crime drama film directed by David Fincher and based on the novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson. The story is about Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist who investigate a sudden disappearance of a woman with the help of computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Zodiac (2007)


"There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer"


Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Ceán Chaffin, Brad Fischer, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, James Vanderbilt
Screenplay by James Vanderbilt
Based on "Zodiac" by Robert Graysmith
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Dermot Mulroney
Music by David Shire
Cinematography: Harris Savides
Edited by Angus Wall
Production companies: Phoenix Pictures, Road Rebel
Distributed by Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros.
Release date: 2 March 2007 (Canada)
Running time: 157 minutes; 162 minutes (Director's Cut)
Country: United States
Budget: $65 million
Box office: $84.8 million


"Zodiac" is a mystery crime drama film directed by David Fincher and based on Robert Graysmith's non-fiction book of the same name. The story is about the manhunt for a notorious serial killer who called himself the "Zodiac" who killed in and around the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, leaving several victims in his wake and taunting police with letters, blood stained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers. Did somebody actually solve th case?

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Shutter Island (2010)


"Someone is missing."


Directed by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Martin Scorsese, Bradley J. Fischer, Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer
Screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis, Steven Knight
Based on "Shutter Island" by Dennis Lehane
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Max von Sydow
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Edited by Thelma Schoonmaker
Production companies: Appian Way Productions, Phoenix Pictures, Sikelia Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date: 18 February 2010 (Australia)
Running time: 138 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $80 million
Box office: $294,804,195



"Shutter Island" is a mystery thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and based on Dennis Lehane's novel of the same name. The story is about U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels who while investigating of the disappearance of an insane murderess finds out the truth about himself.

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Before I Go to Sleep (2014)



Directed by Rowan Joffé
Produced by Avi Lerner, Liza Marshall, Mark Gill, Matthew O'Toole, Ridley Scott
Written by Rowan Joffé
Based on "Before I Go to Sleep" by S. J. Watson
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Anne-Marie Duff
Music by Edward Shearmur
Cinematography: Ben Davis
Edited by Melanie Oliver
Production company: StudioCanal, Millennium Films, Scott Free Productions, Film i Väst
Distributed by Clarius Entertainment
Release date: 4 September 2014 (New Zealand)
Running time: 92 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Box office: $15,060,457

"Before I Go to Sleep" is a mystery thriller film written and directed by Rowan Joffé adapted from S. J. Watson's novel of the same name. The story is about a woman who wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. But one day, she starts to understand that not everything in her life is the truth.

Thursday, March 19, 2015

The Maze Runner (2014)



Directed by Wes Ball
Produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Lee Stollman
Screenplay by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, T.S. Nowlin
Based on "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter, Patricia Clarkson
Music by John Paesano
Cinematography: Enrique Chediak
Edited by Dan Zimmerman
Production company: Gotham Group, Temple Hill Entertainment, TSG Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 11 September 2014 (Mexico)
Running time: 113 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $34 million
Box office: $340.8 million


"The Maze Runner" is a sci-fi mystery action film directed by Wes Ball and based on James Dashner's 2009 novel of the same name. The story is about Thomas who forgot everything and finds himself in an unknown place where teenagers has to survive. So he does the same but with the lapse of time he recalls that he isn't just a next one who arrives there.

Monday, March 9, 2015

Gone Girl (2014)


"You don't know what you've got 'til it's..."


Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Leslie Dixon, Bruna Papandrea, Reese Witherspoon, Ceán Chaffin
Screenplay by Gillian Flynn
Based on "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon
Music by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Cinematography: Jeff Cronenweth
Edited by Kirk Baxter
Production company: Regency Enterprises, Pacific Standard
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 1 October 2014 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Running time: 149 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $61 million
Box office: $368.1 million



"Gone Girl" is a mystery thriller drama film directed by David Fincher and adapted by Gillian Flynn from her 2012 novel of the same name. The story is about Nick Dunne, whose wife Amy has gone missing. People think that exactly the husband is guilty of her disappearance but is that the truth?

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

As Above, So Below (2014)


"The only way out is down."



Directed by John Erick Dowdle
Produced by Patrick Aiello, Alec Hedlund
Written by Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle
Starring: Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil, Marion Lambert, Ali Marhyar
Music by Max Richter
Cinematography: Léo Hinstin
Edited by Elliot Greenberg
Production company: Legendary Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: 19 August 2014 (Cambodia)
Running time: 93 minutes
Country: United States, France
Budget: $5 million
Box office: $40.2 million



"As Above, So Below" is a mystery thriller horror film directed by John Erick Dowdle and written by Dowdle and his brother Drew. It tells the story of Scarlett Marlowe, a young alchemy scholar, continuing her dead father's work searching for the philosopher's stone, a legendary alchemical substance said to be capable of turning base metals such as lead into gold and granting eternal life, discovered by Nicolas Flamel. But this pursuit will take more from her than she expects.

Friday, November 28, 2014

Insidious (2011)


"The further you travel, the darker it gets."


Directed by James Wan
Produced by Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, Oren Peli
Written by Leigh Whannell
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey
Music by Joseph Bishara
Cinematography: John R. Leonetti, David M. Brewer
Edited by James Wan, Kirk Morri
Production company: Alliance Films, IM Global, Stage 6 Films, Blumhouse Productions
Distributed by FilmDistrict, Momentum Pictures
Release date: 31 March 2011 (Belarus)
Running time: 102 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $1.500.000
Box office: $150.009.150

"Insidious" is a mystery horror drama film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell. The story is about the Lamberts who move into a new home. A short time later, one of theirs sons, Dalton, falls from a ladder when he sees something in the shadows. Hearing his terrified screams, Renai and Josh rush to his aid and declare the attic "off limits" to the children. The next day, Dalton falls into an inexplicable coma. But is it a coma in fact?

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Watchmen (2009)


"We're society's only protection."



Directed by Zack Snyder
Produced by Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Deborah Snyder
Screenplay by David Hayter, Alex Tse
Based on "Watchmen" by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
Starring: Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson
Music by Tyler Bates
Cinematography: Larry Fong
Edited by William Hoy
Production company: Legendary Pictures, DC Comics, Cruel and Unusual Films, Lawrence Gordon Productions
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures
Release date: 4 March 2009 (Belgium )
Running time: 162 minutes
Country: Canada
Budget: $130.000.000
Box office: $185.258.983

"Watchmen" is an action mystery sci-fi neo-noir film directed by Zack Snyder and adapted from the 1987 comic-book of the same name by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. The action is set in an alternate history in the year 1985 at the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Meanwhile streets of USA are full of costumed crimefighters, superheroes, who grow unpopular among the police and the public with time. While many of the heroes retired, Doctor Manhattan and The Comedian operate as government-sanctioned agents, and Rorschach continues to operate outside the law. However, they uncover something grandiose and sinister that that may turn the course of history.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Passengers (2008)


"The truth can't hide forever."


Directed by Rodrigo García
Produced by Joseph Drake
Written by Ronnie Christensen
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, Clea DuVall, Andre Braugher, Chelah Horsdal, David Morse, Dianne Wiest
Music by Edward Shearmur
Cinematography: Igor Jadue-Lillo
Edited by Thom Noble
Production company: Mandate Pictures
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date: 26 September 2008 (Spain)
Running time: 93 minutes
Country: United States, Canada
Budget: $25.000.000
Box office: $5.494.715

"Passengers" is a mystery romantic drama film directed by Rodrigo García. It tells the story of a psychotherapist, Claire Summers, who has to treat a group of survivors of a plane crash. At first everything goes normally but then strange events, such disappearances of group members, transpire. And Claire starts to think that all these things are linked to the catastrophe. However, in what way?

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Fracture (2007)


"I shot my wife... prove it."


Directed by Gregory Hoblit
Produced by Charles Weinstock
Screenplay by Daniel Pyne, Glenn Gers
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis, Fiona Shaw, Bob Gunton
Music by Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna
Cinematography: Kramer Morgenthau
Edited by David Rosenbloom
Production company: Castle Rock, Weinstock Entertainment, M7 Filmproduktion
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date: 11 April 2007 (United States)
Running time: 113 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $45,000,000
Box office: $91,354,215

"Fracture" is a mystery crime drama film directed by Gregory Hoblit. It tells the story of Theodore "Ted" Crawford who is accused of attempted murder on his wife Jennifer. He gets locked in a battle of wits with a young assistant district attorney - William "Willy" Beachum. After Ted is freed on a technicality, the D.A. sets out on an obsessive mission to prove his guilt. Will Willy cope with this task or he must forget about his breath-taking career?

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Black Swan (2010)


"You have to love and respect yourself before you can expect anyone else to"


Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Produced by Ari Handel, Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver
Screenplay by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin
Based on the story of Andres Heinz
Starring: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
Music by Clint Mansell
Cinematography: Matthew Libatique
Edited by Andrew Weisblum
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date: September 1, 2010(Venice)
Running time: 108 minutes
Country: United States

"Black Swan" is a drama mystery thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky. The story is about a hard-working ballerina Nina who have a chance to become a great one. The main role in "Swan Lake" of Tchaikovsky makes her feel bad: Nina can play the fragile and innocent White Swan perfectly, but dark and sensual Black Swan doesn't yield her. However, it can be embodied only by a new arrival, Lily. This thought makes Nina go crazy and the competition becomes a real nightmare.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Transcendence (2014)


"What if a new intelligence was born?"


Directed by Wally Pfister
Produced by Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosorve, Kate Cohen, Marisa Polvino, Annie Marter, David Valdes, Aaron Ryder
Written by Jack Paglen
Starring: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman
Music by Mychael Danna
Cinematography: Jess Hall
Edited by David Rosenbloom
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Summit Entertainment
Release date: April 18, 2014 (United States and China)
Running time: 119 minutes
Country: United States, China

"Transcendence" is a drama mystery sci-fi film directed by Wally Pfister and written by Jack Paglen. The plot is about a scientist, Dr. Will Caster, who is working on artificial intelligence, or in his words "Transcendence". His beloved wife Evelyn always supports him in any efforts. But one day the extremist group "Revolutionary Independence From Technology" (R.I.F.T.) shoots Will with an irradiated bullet. Therefore Caster starts to die - doctors gives him no more than a month to live. In desperation, Evelyn decides to upload Will's consciousness into the quantum computer that the project has developed. Everything succeeded, so she connects the computer intelligence to the Internet as to grow in capability and knowledge. But is this artificial intelligence Will in fact?