Insights from the Cinematic World: Movie Production Insights

Ted 2

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts declares Ted to be not a person, but property, and therefore ineligible to adopt. He is fired from his job and summarily informed that his marriage has been annulled.

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Max

A precision-trained military dog, Max serves on the frontlines in Afghanistan. But when things go terribly wrong on maneuvers and Max is traumatized by the loss of his best friend, he is unable to remain in service.

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Tangerine

It’s Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn’t been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor.

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Mr. Holmes

MR HOLMES is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective. 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare.

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Jurassic World

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Welcome to Jurassic World, a fully operational luxury resort where tens of thousands of guests explore the wonder and brilliance of Earth’s most magnicificent living prehistoric marvels and interact up close with them every day.

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Aloha

In Aloha, a celebrated military contractor (Bradley Cooper) returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs – the US Space program in Honolulu, Hawaii – and reconnects with a long-ago love (Rachel McAdams) while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog (Emma Stone) assigned to him.

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

San Andreas

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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

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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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