EMILIA PEREZ (2024)

 

Directed By: Jacques Audiard

Written By: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Lea Mysius and Nicole Livecchi 

Based on the novel “ECOUTE” By: Boris Razon

Cinematography: Paul Guilhaume

Editor: Juliette Welfing 

Cast: Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramirez, Mark Ivanir, Eduardo Aladro, Emilio Edmundo Hasan Jalil

follows four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel leader Emilia enlists Rita, an unappreciated lawyer, to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.

AMSTERDAM (2022)

 

Written & Directed By: David O. Russell  Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki Editor: Jay Cassidy 

Cast: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock, Zoe Saldana, Robert DeNiro, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Timothy Olyphant, Anya Taylor Joy, Alessandro Nivola, Andrea Riseborough, Matthias Schoenaerts, Taylor Swift, Max Perlich, Ed Begley Jr, Colleen Camp 

In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.

VAMPIRES VS. THE BRONX (2020)

Story & Directed By: Oz Rodriguez 

Written By: Blaise Hemingway 

Cinematography: Blake McClure 

Editor: Sara Shaw & Alex O’Flinn 

Cast: Jaden Michael, Gerald Jones III, George Diaz IV, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Coco Jones, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Sarah Gadon, Shia Whigham, Zoe Saldana, Judy Marte, Chris Redd, Jeremie Harris, Imani Lewis, Jordan Tyson, Torre Alexandre, Adam David Thompson 

A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from gentrification...and vampires.

GUESS WHO (2005)

Directed By: Kevin Rodney Sullivan 
Written By: David Ronn, Jay Scherick & Peter Tolan 
Story By: David Ronn & Jay Scherick 
Based on The Original Screenplay “GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER” By: William Rose Cinematography By: Karl Walter Lindenlaub 
Editor: Paul Seydor 

Cast: Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldana, Judith Scott, Hal Williams, RonReaco Lee, Sherri Shepherd, Niecy Nash, Paula Newsome, Phil Reeves, Nicole Sullivan, Jessica Cauffiel, Kimberly Scott, Richard Lawson 

Percy and Marilyn are renewing their vows for their anniversary, and their daughter Theresa brings her boyfriend Simon for them to meet. Unbeknownst to her parents, the kids plan to announce their engagement during the weekend. The Jones family is Black; Theresa neglects to tell them Simon is White. Race complicates Percy's general mistrust of any boyfriend, so he instigates an investigation of Simon, discovering he's recently lost his job and hasn't told Theresa. Mistrust rears its ugly head, and in the process of Theresa and Simon's argument, Marilyn and Percy fall out. What can the men do to cross the divide between each other and between men and women? Will anyone be exchanging vows?

STAR TREK BEYOND (2016)

Directed By: Justin Lin 
Written By: Simon Pegg & Doug Jung 
Based On Characters Created By: Gene Roddenberry 
Cinematography By: Stephen F. Windon 
Editor: Greg D’Auria, Dylan Highsmith, Kelly Matsumoto & Steven Sprung 

Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Sofia Boutella, Lydia Wilson, Danny Pudi, Doug Jung

BLOOD TIES (2013)

Directed By: Guillaume Canet 
Written By: Guillaume Canet & James Gray 
Based on the French Film ‘RIVALS’ (Les Liens Du Sang) Written By: Jacques Maillot, Pierre Chossen & Eric Veniard 
Based On The Novel Written By: Bruno & Michel Papet 
Cinematography By: Christophe Offenstein 
Editor: Herve De Luze 


Cast: Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Noah Emmerich, Matthias Schoenaerts, Zoe Saldana, Dominick Lombardozzi, John Ventimiglia, Mila Kunis, Lili Taylor, James Caan, Griffen Dunne, Yul Vasquez, Jamie Hector, Eve Hewson, Olek Krupa

NINA (2016)

Written & Directed By: Cynthia Mort 
Cinematography By: Mihai Malaimere Jr. 
Editor: Josh Rifkin, Mark Helfrich & Susan Littenberg 


Cast: Zoe Saldana,David Oyelowo, Keith David, Ella Joyce, Mike Epps, Ronald Guttman, Ella Thomas, Michael Vartan, Matthew Hoffman 

 *Please note that some trivia and facts have been republished from imdb among other sources In this review

OUT OF THE FURNACE (2013)

Directed By: Scott Cooper 
Written By: Scott Cooper & Brad Ingelsby 
Cinematography By: Masanobu Takayanagi 
Editor: David Rosenbloom 


Cast: Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Forrest Whitaker, Casey Affleck, Willem Dafoe, Sam Shephard, Tom Bower, Boyd Holbrook

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014)

Directed By: James Gunn 
Written By: James Gunn & Nicole Perlman 
Based on the Comic-Book By: Andy Lanning & Dan Adnett 
Cinematography By: Ben Davis 
Editor: Fred Raskin, Craig Wood & Hughes Winborne 
Music By Tyler Bates 

Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Dijmon Hounsou Michael Rooker, Benecio Del Toro, Karen Gillan, Glenn Close, John C. Reilly, Vin Diesel (Voice Only), Bradley Cooper (Voice Only), Sean Gunn, Peter Serafinowicz, Gregg Henry

GET OVER IT (2001)

Directed By: Tommy O’Haver 
Written By: R. Lee Flemming Jr. 
Cinematography By: Maryse Alberti 
Editor: Jeff Betancourt 

Cast: Ben Foster, Kirsten Dunst, Melissa Sagemiller, Colin Hanks, Shane West, Martin Short, Zoe Saldana, Mila Kunis, Carmen Electra, Swoosie Kurtz, Ed Begley Jr., Christopher Jacot, Coolio, Kylie Bax

COLOMBIANA (2011)

Directed By: Olivier Megaton 
Written By: Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen 
 Cinematography By: Romain Lacourbas 
Editor: Camille Delamarre 

 Cast: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Molla, Lennie James, Cliff Curtis, Jesse Borrego, Max Martini