A new industrial revolution is thriving in Detroit during the 1970s, and while the corporate suits are making it big, the underbelly of the Michigan town is thriving in its own way. Caught in the middle is factory worker John Miller (Alan Ritchson), a blue collar man who falls for Sophia (Shailene Woodley), a waitress…
Author: Jeff Schaefer
The Odyssey
The Trojan war has long since ended, yet Ithaca still awaits the return of its king, Odysseus (Matt Damon). Queen Penelope (Anne Hathaway) delays naming a new suitor, but the bachelors have grown restless across the years, and Prince Telemachus (Tom Holland) has grown agitated seeing them disgrace his father’s palace. Telemachus makes sail to…
Moana
The island of Motunui is on the brink of famine with the coconut orchard succumbing to disease and the fish leaving the lagoon. Moana (Catherine Laga’aia), daughter of Chief Tui (John Tui) and next in line, listens to the stories of her voyager ancestors from her Grandmother (Rena Owen) and sets out across the open…
The Invite
Joe (Seth Rogen) returns home from work to the apartment where his wife, Angela (Olivia Wilde), asks him if he brought the wine for the dinner they are hosting that night for their neighbors, Hawk (Edward Norton) and Piña (Penélope Cruz). The first that Joe is apparently hearing of this dinner, he came home empty-handed,…
Amrum
News of Hitler’s loosening grasp on Europe reaches the small island village of Amrum. Nanning (Jasper Billerbeck), a member of the Hitler Youth and son of a high-ranking Nazi colonel, makes mention to his mother, Hille (Laura Tonke), of the anti-Reich sentiment already coursing through the town, it sends her into a deep depression. To…
In the Hand of Dante
In 1321, Dante Alighieri (Oscar Isaac) published one of Italy’s finest achievements in literature, “The Divine Comedy.” The original manuscript had been deemed lost, until, in 2001, Joe Black (John Malkovich), an influential art dealer, was made aware of its discovery. Wanting it for his own gain, he taps his trusted enforcer Louie (Gerard Butler)…
The Death of Robin Hood
They say legends never die, but that is true only in storybooks and fables. It is 1247, and after a life of stealing from the rich to give to the poor, Robin (Hugh Jackman) finds himself with fewer and fewer allies across England as the crown has executed most of his roving band over the…
Leviticus
Naim (Joe Bird) has moved to a new town with his single mother, Arlene (Mia Wasikowska), and is struggling to make friends. One afternoon, he is invited by Ryan (Stacy Clausen) to go explore an old factory with him. After a bit of roughhousing, Ryan kisses Naim, a not-unwelcomed advance, and the two start a…
Disclosure Day
Dr. Daniel Kellner (Josh O’Connor) is on the run after filling his backpack with highly classified and sensitive material from his job at the cybersecurity firm and US Government contractor, Wardex. Elsewhere, a local meteorologist, Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt), experiences a medical emergency live on air while delivering the morning weather. At the hospital, she…
