Insights from the Cinematic World: Movie Production Insights

Director Brad Peyton likes to shoot on the Z-axis, which creates a sense of movement away from and towards the camera.

San Andreas

After the infamous San Andreas Fault gives, triggering a magnitude 9-plus earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot (Dwayne Johnson) and his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) make their way together from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save their only daughter.

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Spy

Spy starring Melissa McCarthy, 50 Cent, Jude Law and Jason Statham tells the story of Susan Cooper, an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, who is the unsung hero behind the Agency’s most dangerous missions.

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Jason Momoa and director/writer David Hewlett go back a few years, friends from when they worked together on “Stargate Atlantis.”

Debug

Deep space. Six young hackers on a grueling work release program attempt to clear out – debug – the computer systems of a massive derelict freighter. They quickly fall prey to the ship’s vengeful artificial intelligence, a program that would kill to be human.

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The Vatican Tapes

From the filmmakers of the hit The Exorcism of Emily Rose, this horror-thriller dives into a modern day story of good and evil, while exploring the devastating and widespread consequences of a demonic possession.

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Composer and musician Keegan DeWitt provided the film’s evocative score, one of six he has written for Sundance Film Festival selections in the past three years. DeWitt is also the lead singer and songwriter of the band Wild Cub

I’ll See You in My Dreams

After the death of her beloved dog, Carol (Blythe Danner) finds the everyday activities that have given her life structure – her regular bridge game, gardening, a glass of wine or two – have lost their luster. Carol decides to embrace the world pursuing a new love interest (Sam Elliott)

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Insidious: Chapter 3

The darkest Insidious chapter plunges audiences back into the otherworldly realm The Further, revealing how Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) first braved it in her fight to save a young woman from demonic possession.

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Mad Max: Fury Road

Haunted by his turbulent past, Mad Max (Tom Hardy) believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron).

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Pitch Perfect 2

The Barden Bellas are back to pitch slap the world in Pitch Perfect 2, With just one chance left at redeeming their legacy, the Bellas must fight for their right to win the World Championships of A Cappella in Copenhagen.

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Both Witherspoon and Vergara not only star in the film but also served as a producer and executive producer, respectively. The story appealed to both actresses, who saw the comic possibilities of working together, even though they’d never met.

Hot Pursuit

In “Hot Pursuit,” an uptight and by-the-book cop (Reese Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Sofía Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas, pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.

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The Hunting Ground

THE HUNTING GROUND, presents a scorching exposé of the startling prevalence of sexual assault at bastions of higher learning and of the powerful interests that re-victimize vulnerable students while shielding perpetrators.

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The Forger

Learning that his teenage son Will (Tye Sheridan) has been diagnosed with cancer, Ray Cutter (John Travolta) manages to get out of prison nine months ahead of schedule to rejoin the household where Ray’s spry, ornery dad, Joseph (Christopher Plummer), has been caring for Will in Ray’s absence.

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Child 44

A proud product of the Soviet system, orphan-turned-war-hero Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy) has risen through the ranks of the MGB, the state’s domestic security apparatus, to become a star investigator of dissident activity.

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