Movie Recommendations! feat. Saving Mr Banks, The Heat, Ninth Gate, & More!

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Channel: Amy McLean - Author and Film Reviewer · 2015 · Entertainment

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FILMS:
- Saving Mr Banks (2013)
Director: John Lee Hancock
Writer: Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
Cast: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, Colin Farrell, Ruth Wilson, Paul Giamatti, Bradley Whitford, Jason Schwartzman
Genre: biography, comedy, drama
Filming locations: Disneyland Park, Anaheim, California; Grauman's Chinese Theater - 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, Los Angeles; Six Points Texas, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza.
Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Ruby Films, Essential Media & Entertainment, BBC Films, Hopscotch Features
Distribution: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
Brief plot: This is the story of how P.L. Travers finally sold the rights to Mary Poppins to Disney to turn it into a musical - complete with its ups and downs.

- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Director: Joe Johnston
Writer: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely; Joe Simon, Jack Kirby (comic book)
Cast: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Dominic Cooper, Richard Armitage, Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones
Genre: action, adventure, sci-fi
Filming locations: Liverpool; Fife; Manhattan Beach, CA; New York; Simi Valley, CA; Monmouthshire, Wales; Raleigh Manhattan Beach Studios - 1600 Rosecrans Avenue.
Production: Paramount Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios
Distribution: Paramount Pictures
Brief plot: Steve Rogers transforms into Captain America amidst the Second World War.

- The Heat (
Director: Paul Feig
Writer: Katie Dippold
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir, Marlo Wayans, Michael Rapaport, Jane Curtin, Dan Bakkedahl
Genre: action, comedy, crime
Filming locations: Boston Massachusetts 
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Chernin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Ingenious Media, Big Screen Productions, Ingenious Film Partners
Distribution: 20th Century Fox
Brief plot: An FBI agent and a Boston cop with opposing personalities must team up to catch a drug lord, with hilarious effect.

- Ninth Gate (1999)
Director: Roman Polanski
Writer: John Brownjohn, Enrique Urbizu, Roman Polanski; Arturo Pérez-Reverte (novel)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Barbara Jefford, Emmanuelle Seigner, James Russo
Genre: mystery, thriller
Filming locations: Lisbon, Portugal; Château de Puivert, Aude, France; Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
Production: Artisan Entertainment, R.P. Productions, Orly Films, TF1 Films Production, Bac Films, Canal+, Kino Vision
Distribution: Lionsgate
Brief plot: An antiquarian bookseller tracks down a very rare copy of a demonic text, and finds himself at the heart of a dangerous supernatural conspiracy. 

- Midnight in Paris (2011)
Director: Woody Allen
Writer: Woody Allen
Cast: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Michael Sheen, Nina Arianda, Carla Bruni, Thiery Hancisse, Guillaume Gouix
Genre: comedy, fantasy, romance
Filming locations: Chateau de Versailles, Versailles, Yvelines, France; Paris; Giverny.
Production: Mediapro, Versátil Cinema, Gravier Productions, Pontchartrain Productions
Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics, Mongrel Media, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Brief plot: A writer finds himself flirting with the past as he magically travels back in time in Paris to acquaint some of history's greatest artists.

- Inception (2010)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Leondardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Marion Cotillard
Genre: action, adventure, sci-fi
Production: Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures, Syncopy
Distribution: Warner Home Video
Brief plot: Crime, manipulation, and layered realities exist in this immersive tale of sharing dreams and planting ideas.

IMDb is my source of choice for information about films, including details of cinematography, editing, casting, producers, and costumes, as well details about filming locations, premieres, release dates, and movie trailers. www.imdb.com 

Amy x

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