The Prestige (2006) - The rivalry between two magicians is exacerbated when one of them performs the ultimate illusion.
Tag Archives: 2000-09
Funny Games (1997) / Funny Games U.S. (2007)
Funny Games - Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic “games” with one another for their own amusement.
Wolf Creek (2005)
Wolf Creek (2005) – Three stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive.
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008) - When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level.
V for Vendetta (2005)
V for Vendetta (2005) - A shadowy freedom fighter known only as “V” uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing a girl from the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally.
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Lives of Others (2006) - In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
Grimm Love (2006)
Grimm Love/Rohtenburg (2006) - In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen’s and the thousands of people like him.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate “Captain” Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor’s daughter, from Jack’s former pirate allies, who are now undead.
Sin City (2005)
Sin City (2005) - A film that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption.
Into the Wild (2007)
Into the Wild (2007) - After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
