Featuring many an exciting action scene incorporating elements of martial arts, “Rush Hour” is a franchise of buddy-cop films led by the fabulous duo that is Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan and directed by Brett Ratner. The three films, released between 1998 an 2007, see Tucker and Chan play a pair of police detectives, Chief Inspector Lee and Detective James Carter, who embark on a series of misadventures involving corrupt crime figures in Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
The Ocean’s series is a collection of American heist films anchored by a trilogy edited, directed or produced by Steven Soderbergh. The original three films were released between 2001 and 2007. The trilogy is often cited as defining its genre and leading to a proliferation and commercialization of heist films throughout the world.
Alice, a former security specialist and covert operative, battles the Umbrella Corporation, an international pharmaceutical company whose bioweapons have triggered a zombie apocalypse.
With this very strange year finally drawing to a close, we wanted to look back and highlight the television shows that helped make a difficult time slightly more bearable. It’s not surprising that a year where many people were quarantined in their homes and faced with challenges and uncertainty was television’s time to shine — a medium that provides an escape from reality when one was so desperately needed. There are 42 shows on this list from nine different countries, chosen by TheTVDB’s administrators and moderators. They are sorted by their premiere dates in ascending order. Some of them ended their runs this year (“The Good Place”), some returned after a long hiatus (“Fargo,” “Search Party,” “Westworld”), some are limited series (“Unorthodox” and “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark”), and one show (“The Queen’s Gambit”) shattered Netflix viewership records. Here’s to a great 2021 and to many more hours of moving television!
A series of computer-animated films centering on a group of mammals surviving the Paleolithic ice age. The series features the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary and Chris Wedge.
John Kramer, the "Jigsaw Killer," traps victims in situations that test their will to live through physical or psychological torture. According to Jigsaw, if they survive, they will be "rehabilitated."
Tapping into the late-aughts’ vampire craze sparked by the “Twilight” franchise, youth-oriented The CW hit a gold mine with “The Vampire Diaries,” which bowed in the fall of 2009, attracting the network’s largest audience to date for a series premiere. Based on the popular book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith, the supernatural teen drama, developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, went on to run eight seasons and spawned two spin-offs (“The Originals” and “Legacies”) which became successful in their own right.
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise.
Lara Croft is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the video game franchise Tomb Raider. Paramount Pictures acquired the film rights for Tomb Raider in 1998, releasing two films in 2001 and 2003 with Angelina Jolie starring in the lead role.
The Expendables are a group of elite mercenaries who carry out all sorts of missions, ranging from assassination to rescue. The action thriller films are based on characters created by David Callaham and star an ensemble cast, most notably Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jason Statham. The film series was created to pay homage to the blockbuster action films of the 1980s and 1990s and also pays tribute to the action stars of those decades.
A chronicle of the lives of first responders — police officers, paramedics, firefighters and dispatchers — in both New York, NY and, after the transfer and relocation of New York firefighter Owen Strand and his son, Austin, TX.
Named one of Empire magazine’s 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time, Eddie Murphy stars as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who travels to Beverly Hills, California to investigate a crime, even though it is out of his jurisdiction.
Eight-year-old Kevin must defend his home from two burglars after his family accidentally leaves him behind on their vacation.
It will take you a million light-years from home. But will it bring you back?
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