Monthly Archives: August 2024

Amber Alert

“Amber Alert” Poster and Storyline

drama, on Amazon, suspense

Directed by Kerry Bellesa and co-written by Bellesa and Joshua Oram, Amber Alert follows a rideshare driver and a kidnapper as they play cat and mouse.

It appears to be an ordinary ride share, but quickly becomes a high-stakes game of cat and mouse when Jaq, played by Hayden Panettiere, and Shane, played by Tyler James Williams, receive an alert about a child abduction on their phones.

Realizing they are behind a car that matches the description of the kidnappers, Jaq and Shane desperately race against time to save the child’s life. Kevin Dunn plays the cop who looks angsty when Jaq and Shane take matters into their own hands.

Bellessa cut his teeth working on the TV series Yo Gabba Gabba!

slow horses with gary oldman

“Slow Horses” Season 4 Storyline

Apple TV, based on a book, British, crime, drama, episodic,

Slow Horses is a darkly humorous espionage drama that follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known unaffectionately as Slough House. Season four opens with a bombing that detonates personal secrets, rocking the already unstable foundations of Slough House.

Gary Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but misanthropic leader of the spies. The spies end up at Slough House due to career-ending mistakes, frequently blundering through the smoke and mirrors of the espionage world.

The returning ensemble cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kadiff Kirwan, and Jonathan Pryce.

Snow White

“Snow White” Storyline

animation, based on a book, children movies, classic, drama, fantasy, remakes,

Marc Webb directed Snow White from a screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson. The American musical follows Snow White, played by Rachel Zegler, and she confronts the evil Queen, played by Gal Gadot.

“Mirror, Mirror on the wall…” The seven dwarfs arrived, finding the beloved Snow White in their home.

The live-action film is a remake of the Walt Disney classic, the first animated, full-length motion picture.

Other films by Marc Webb:

500 Days of Summer

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Gifted

The Only Living Boy in New York

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” Storyline

action, adventure, Disney+, episodic, fantasy, science fiction, space opera

Disney calls the new Star Wars episode a coming-of-age and science fiction story. Skeleton Crew stars Jude Law with four other kid actors. The kids play ordinary children with special features. After getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy, they search for their home planet.

Disclaimer

“Disclaimer” Storyline and Image

Apple TV, based on a book, thriller,

Disclaimer is a gripping psychological thriller with seven chapters starring Academy Award winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline.

Written and directed by five-time Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón, it is based on Renée Knight’s bestselling novel of the same name. Acclaimed journalist Catherine Ravenscroft, played by Blanchett, built her reputation by revealing others’ misdeeds and transgressions. When she receives a novel from an unknown author, she is horrified to realize she is now the main character in a story that exposes her darkest secrets.

As Catherine races to uncover the writer’s true identity, she is forced to confront her past before it destroys her life and her relationships with her husband Robert, played by Sacha Baron Cohen, and their son Nicholas, played by Kodi Smit-McPhee.

The ensemble cast includes Lesley Manville, Louis Partridge, Leila George and Hoyeon, and features Indira Varma as the narrator.

Other films directed by Cuaron:

Gravity

Children of Men

And Your Mother Too

Roma

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban