Category: ABC Film Challenge

A Place in the Sun – ABC Film Challenge – Oscar Nomination – G (George Stevens) – A Place in the Sun – Movie Recommendation

Director: George Stevens

Writer: Michael Wilson, Harry Brown (Screenplay)

Writer: Theodore Dreiser (Novel)

Cast

• Montgomery Clift (From Here to Eternity)
• Elizabeth Taylor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
• Shelley Winters (The Poseidon Adventure)
• Anne Revere (Gentleman’s Agreement)
• Keefe Brasselle (The Eddie Cantor Story)

Plot: A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.

Runtime: 2 Hours 2 Minutes

X-Men Apocalypse – ABC Film Challenge – Comic Book/Graphic Novel – X – Movie Recommendation

Director: Bryan Singer

Writer: Simon Kinberg (Screenplay)

Writer: Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris (Story)

Cast

• James McAvoy (Wanted)
• Michael Fassbender (Inglorious)
• Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
• Nicholas Hoult (Renfield)
• Oscar Isaac (Star Wars Force Awakens)

Plot: In the 1980s the X-Men must defeat an ancient all-powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive through bringing destruction to the world.

Runtime: 2 Hours 24 Minutes

ABC Film Challenge – Comic Book/Graphic Novels – Q (Quicksilver) – X-Men Days of Future Past – Movie Recommendation

Director: Bryan Singer

Writer: Simon Kinberg (Screenplay)

Writer: Jane Goldman, Simon Kinberg, Matthew Vaughn (Story)

Cast

• Hugh Jackman (Logan)
• James McAvoy (Wanted)
• Michael Fassbender (Frank)
• Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
• Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball)

Plot: The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.

Runtime: 2 Hours 12 Minutes

ABC Film Challenge – Comic Book/Graphic Novels – F – Fantastic Four – Movie Recommendation

Director: Tim Story

Writer: Mark Frost, Michael France (Screenplay)

Writer: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby (Comic Book)

Cast

• Ioan Gruffudd (Titanic)
• Jessica Alba (Sin City)
• Chris Evans (The Avengers)
• Michael Chiklis (The Shield)
• Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck)

Plot: A group of astronauts gain superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure and must use them to oppose the plans of their enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom.

Runtime: 1 Hour 46 Minutes

ABC Film Challenge – Mystery – Y – You’ll Never See Me Again – Movie Rob’s Pick

”You’re as predictable as one of your buildings.” – Vicki

Number of Times Seen – 1 (23 Aug 2023)

Brief Synopsis – After having a fight, a man’s wife disappears and it seems as if he is being framed for her disappearance.

My Take on it – Nice mystery that knows how to keep upping the ante along the way by keeping the viewer in suspense. The way things play out between the two main characters is shown as a normal kind of newlywed spat and they take things very far with it, yet it still remains plausible. The story moves along at a great pace and makes things so intriguing due to the various twists and turns along the way that never seem to make sense until the viewer gets to see the whole puzzle.  The cast is fine and none of them really stick here which also allows for things to seem even more genuine and real the entire way through.
Recommended!

MovieRob’s Favorite Trivia – Final film of Jewell Lain. (From IMDB)

Rating – Globe Worthy (7/10)