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15 Most Inspiring Films Ever

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15 Most Inspiring Films Ever

There are so many great films out there that it can be hard to choose just 15. However, we have made a list of what we believe to be the most inspiring films ever. These movies have entertained us, moved us and inspired us in ways that no other films have. If you are looking for a good movie to watch, look no further than our list!

#1 The Shawshank Redemption

This film is a classic. It tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a man who is wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to Shawshank State Prison. While in prison, Andy befriends Red, the man who eventually helps him escape. The Shawshank Redemption film is a touching story of hope and friendship.

Actors: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman.

IMDB rating: 9.3/ 10

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#2 The Godfather

The Godfather is another classic film. It tells the story of the Corleone family, a crime family in New York City. The film follows the family’s rise to power and eventual fall from grace. It is a gripping story of betrayal, loyalty and family.

Actors: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando.

IMDB rating: 9.2/ 10

#3 Casino Royale

This is a newer film (2006), but it is already considered to be one of the best parts of the James Bond endless series. It tells the story of James Bond, an agent for the British Secret Service, who sent to Casino Royale to take down Le Chiffre, a terrorist financier. The film is full of action, suspense and intrigue. In fact, this movie also inspired the gaming industry as one of the most popular slots games of jackpotparty.com is based on this movie theme.

Actors: Daniel Craig, Eva Green.

IMDB rating: 8/ 10

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#4 The Dark Knight

This is the second film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. It tells the story of Batman, a vigilante who protects Gotham City from criminals, and the Joker, a psychopath who wants to see the city burn. The Dark Knight is an intense and thrilling film that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Actors: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger.

IMDB rating: 9/ 10

#5 Remember the Titans

This film is based on a true story. It tells the story of Coach Herman Boone, a black man who is hired to coach a high school football team in Virginia. The team is racially divided, but Coach Boone brings them together and leads them to victory. This film is inspiring and heartwarming with one of the best soundtracks ever made by Trevor Rabin.

Actors: Denzel Washington, Will Patton.

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IMDB rating: 7.8/ 10

#6 Men of Honor

This film is also based on a true story. It tells the story of Carl Brashear, the first African American to become a U.S. Navy Diver. Despite facing racism and adversity, Carl perseveres and becomes a hero.

Actors: Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert De Niro.

IMDB rating: 7.2/ 10

#7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

This film is based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien and it tells the story of Frodo Baggins, a hobbit who must destroy the One Ring to save Middle-earth from Sauron, the Dark Lord. The film is an epic adventure with incredible special effects.

Actors: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen.

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IMDB rating: 8.8/ 10

#8 Avatar

This is a 2009 science fiction film that tells the story of Jake Sully, a Marine who is sent to Pandora, an alien world, to help the humans mine a valuable mineral. Jake falls in love with an alien woman and joins her people to fight against the humans. Avatar is visually stunning and will take you on an unforgettable journey.

Actors: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana.

IMDB rating: 7.8/ 10

#9 Forrest Gump

This is a 1994 comedy film that tells the story of Forrest Gump, a man with a low IQ who goes on to have an incredible life. The film is funny, heartwarming and will stay with you long after you’ve seen it.

Actors: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright.

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IMDB rating: 8.8/ 10

#10 The Silence of the Lambs

This is a 1991 thriller film that tells the story of Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee who must consult with Hannibal Lecter, a cannibalistic serial killer, to catch another serial killer who is on the loose. The film is suspenseful and chilling, and it will keep you guessing until the very end.

Actors: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins.

IMDB rating: 8.6/ 10

#11 Inception

This is a 2010 science fiction film that tells the story of Dom Cobb, a thief who enters people’s dreams and steals their secrets. The film is full of twists and turns, and it will leave you questioning reality.

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cillian Murphy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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IMDB rating: 8.8/ 10

#12 Gladiator

This is a 2000 historical drama film that tells the story of Maximus Decimus Meridius, a Roman general who is betrayed and sold into slavery. He becomes a gladiator and fights for his freedom. The film is full of action and adventure, and it will keep you entertained from beginning to end.

Actors: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix.

IMDB rating: 8.5/ 10

#13 The Matrix

This is a 1999 science fiction film that tells the story of Neo, a man who believes he is living in a simulated reality called the Matrix. He joins forces with Morpheus and Trinity to fight against the machines that control the Matrix. The film is full of action and special effects, and it will leave you questioning what is real.

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne.

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IMDB rating: 8.7/ 10

#14 The Last Samurai

This is a 2003 historical drama film that tells the story of Nathan Algren, a former American military captain who is hired to train the Japanese army. He is captured by the Samurai and comes to respect their way of life. The film is visually stunning and will take you on an epic journey.

Actors: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe.

IMDB rating: 7.8/ 10

#15 Lone Survivor

This is a 2013 biographical war film that tells the story of Marcus Luttrell, a Navy SEAL who was the only survivor of a mission in Afghanistan. The film is based on a true story, and it is full of action and suspense. Marcus Luttrell himself also took part in the making of this film and also participate in a few scenes.

Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch.

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IMDB rating: 7.5/ 10

 

 

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Review: SAMARITAN, A Sly Stallone Superhero Stumble

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Review: SAMARITAN, A Sly Stallone Superhero Stumble

Hitting the three-quarter-century mark usually means a retirement home, a nursing facility, or if you’re lucky to be blessed with relatively good health and savings to match, living in a gated community in Arizona or Florida.

For Sylvester Stallone, however, it means something else entirely: starring in the first superhero-centered film of his decades-long career in the much-delayed Samaritan. Unfortunately for Stallone and the audience on the other side of the screen, the derivative, turgid, forgettable results won’t get mentioned in a career retrospective, let alone among the ever-expanding list of must-see entries in a genre already well past its peak.

For Stallone, however, it’s better late than never when it involves the superhero genre. Maybe in getting a taste of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) with his walk-on role in the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel several years ago, Stallone thought anything Marvel can do, I can do even better (or just as good in the nebulous definition of the word).

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The property Stallone and his team found for him, Samaritan, a little-known graphic novel released by a small, almost negligible, publisher, certainly takes advantage of Stallone’s brute-force physicality and his often underrated talent for near-monosyllabic brooding (e.g., the Rambo series), but too often gives him to little do or say as the lone super-powered survivor, the so-called “Samaritan” of the title, of a lifelong rivalry with his brother, “Nemesis.” Two brothers entered a fire-ravaged building and while both were presumed dead, one brother did survive (Stallone’s Joe Smith, a garbageman by day, an appliance repairman by night).

In the Granite City of screenwriter Bragi F. Schut (Escape Room, Season of the Witch), the United States, and presumably the rest of the world, teeters on economic and political collapse, with a recession spiraling into a depression, steady gigs difficult, if not impossible, to obtain, and the city’s neighborhoods rocked by crime and violence. No one’s safe, not even 13-year-old Sam (Javon Walker), Joe’s neighbor.

When he’s not dodging bullies connected to a gang, he’s falling under the undue influence of Cyrus (Pilou Asbæk), a low-rent gang leader with an outsized ego and the conviction that he and only he can take on Nemesis’s mantle and along with that mantle, a hammer “forged in hate,” to orchestrate a Bane-like plan to plunge the city into chaos and become a wealthy power-broker in the process.

Schut’s woefully underwritten script takes a clumsy, haphazard approach to world-building, relying on a two-minute animated sequence to open Samaritan while a naive, worshipful Sam narrates Samaritan and Nemesis’s supposedly tragic, Cain and Abel-inspired backstory. Schut and director Julius Avery (Overlord) clumsily attempt to contrast Sam’s childish belief in messiah-like, superheroic saviors stepping in to save humanity from itself and its own worst excesses, but following that path leads to authoritarianism and fascism (ideas better, more thoroughly explored in Watchmen and The Boys).

While Sam continues to think otherwise, Stallone’s superhero, 25 years past his last, fatal encounter with his presumably deceased brother, obviously believes superheroes are the problem and not the solution (a somewhat reasonable position), but as Samaritan tracks Joe and Sam’s friendship, Sam giving Joe the son he never had, Joe giving Sam the father he lost to street violence well before the film’s opening scene, it gets closer and closer to embracing, if not outright endorsing Sam’s power fantasies, right through a literally and figuratively explosive ending. Might, as always, wins regardless of how righteous or justified the underlying action.

It’s what superhero audiences want, apparently, and what Samaritan uncritically delivers via a woefully under-rendered finale involving not just unconvincing CGI fire effects, but a videogame cut-scene quality Stallone in a late-film flashback sequence that’s meant to be subversively revelatory, but will instead lead to unintentional laughter for anyone who’s managed to sit the entirety of Samaritan’s one-hour and 40-minute running time.

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Samaritan is now streaming worldwide on Prime Video.

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  • Sylvester Stallone
  • Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton
  • Pilou Asbæk

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Matt Shakman Is In Talks To Direct ‘Fantastic Four’

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According to a new report, Wandavision’s Matt Shakman is in talks to direct the upcoming MCU project, Fantastic Four. Marvel Studios has been very hush-hush regarding Fantastic Four to the point where no official announcements have been made other than the film’s release date. No casting news or literally anything other than rumors has been released regarding the project. We know that Fantastic Four is slated for release on November 8th, 2024, and will be a part of Marvel’s Phase 6. There are also rumors that the cast of the new Fantastic Four will be announced at the D23 Expo on September 9th.

Fantastic Four is still over two years from release, and we assume we will hear more news about the project in the coming months. However, the idea of the Fantastic Four has already been introduced into the MCU. John Krasinski played Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The cameo was a huge deal for fans who have been waiting a long time for the Fantastic Four to enter the MCU. When Disney acquired Twenty Century Fox in 2019 we assumed that the Fox Marvel characters would eventually make their way into the MCU. It’s been 3 years and we already have had an X-Men and Fantastic Four cameo – even if they were from another universe.

Deadline is reporting that Wandavision’s Matt Shakman is in talks to direct Fantastic Four. Shakman served as the director for Wandavision and has had an extensive career. He directed two episodes of Game of Thrones and an episode of The Boys, and he had a long stint on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. There is nothing official yet, but Deadline’s sources say that Shakman is currently in talks for the job and things are headed in the right direction.

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To be honest, I was a bit more excited when Jon Watts was set to direct. I’m sure Shakman is a good director, but Watts proved he could handle a tentpole superhero film with Spider-Man: Homecoming. Wandavision was good, but Watts’ style would have been perfect for Fantastic Four. The film is probably one of the most anticipated films in Marvel’s upcoming slate films and they need to find the best person they can to direct. Is that Matt Shakman? It could be, but whoever takes the job must realize that Marvel has a lot riding on this movie. The other Fantastic Four films were awful and fans deserve better. Hopefully, Marvel knocks it out of the park as they usually do. You can see for yourself when Fantastic Four hits theaters on November 8th, 2024.

Film Synopsis: One of Marvel’s most iconic families makes it to the big screen: the Fantastic Four.

Source: Deadline

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Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase Star in ‘Zombie Town’ Mystery Teen Romancer (Exclusive)

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Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase have entered Zombie Town, a mystery teen romancer based on author R.L. Stine’s book of the same name.

The indie, now shooting in Ontario, also stars Henry Czerny and co-teen leads Marlon Kazadi and Madi Monroe. The ensemble cast includes Scott Thompson and Bruce McCulloch of the Canadian comedy show Kids in the Hall.

Canadian animator Peter Lepeniotis will direct Zombie Town. Stine’s kid’s book sees a quiet town upended when 12-year-old Mike and his friend, Karen, see a horror movie called Zombie Town and unexpectedly see the title characters leap off the screen and chase them through the theater.

Zombie Town will premiere in U.S. theaters before streaming on Hulu and then ABC Australia in 2023.

“We are delighted to bring the pages of R.L. Stine’s Zombie Town to the screen and equally thrilled to be working with such an exceptional cast and crew on this production. A three-time Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award winner with book sales of over $500 million, R.L. Stine has a phenomenal track record of crafting stories that engage and entertain audiences,” John Gillespie, Trimuse Entertainment founder and executive producer, said in a statement.

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Executive producers are Trimuse Entertainment, Toonz Media Group, Lookout Entertainment, Viva Pictures and Sons of Anarchy actor Kim Coates.  

Paco Alvarez and Mark Holdom of Trimuse negotiated the deal to acquire the rights to Stine’s Zombie Town book.

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