Clive Ashborn Movies
- 2006
- PG13
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Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) returns to the screen for another round of supernatural adventures on the high seas in this spirited sequel to the 2003 Disney hit, which re-teams original director Gore Verbinski with original screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. As Will (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) prepare to exchange vows at the altar, their wedding plans hit rough waters with the arrival of sea-bound scallywag Jack Sparrow. It seems that Sparrow owes a substantial blood debt to half-octopus sea captain Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), and that the only way for the flamboyant sea rover to elude the wrath of his otherworldly pursuer is to seek the aid of mysterious and powerful voodoo priestess Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris), whose ability to resurrect the dead and gaze into the future may provide just the advantage needed to avoid a waterlogged fate in the locker of his legendary nemesis. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, (more)
Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore, V for Vendetta takes place in an alternate vision of Britain in which a corrupt and abusive totalitarian government has risen to complete power. During a threatening run in with the secret police, an unassuming young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) is rescued by a vigilante named V (Hugo Weaving) -- a caped figure both articulate and skilled in combat. V embodies the principles of rebellion from an authoritarian state, donning a mask of vilified would-be terrorist of British history Guy Fawkes and leading a revolution sparked by assassination and destruction. Evey becomes his unlikely ally, newly aware of the cruelty of her own society and her role in it. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, (more)
- 2005
- R
Her memory stripped and her thoughts filled with only unthinkably nightmares, a woman wandering the streets of Prague places her trust in a man who also has no memory in this dark thriller from first-time writer/director Dan Turner. Anna (Georgina French) is a woman consumed by pain, and desperately searching for an escape from her misery. Once day, while drifting through the streets of Prague, Anna comes into contact with fellow amnesiatic Morgan (John Hopkins). While neither Anna nor Morgan can make sense of their past, they each feel bonded together my some mysterious force beyond their comprehension. Little does this clueless pair realize just how right they really are, because somewhere in the underground shadows of the city lurks a force that guides their every move. There's no use trying to resist the power that propels them towards their ultimate fate, and as the experiment gets underway every moment grows more agonizing than the last. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Hopkins, Georgina French, (more)
