Friday, December 19, 2025

Tag: Benjamin Walker

September 5 (2024)

Jacques Lesgardes (Zinedine Soualem), Marianne Gebhard (Leonie Benesch), Geoff Mason (John Magaro), Carter (Marcus Rutherford) star in Paramount Pictures’ “SEPTEMBER 5” the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics.

Title: September 5
Rating: R
Directed by: Tim Fehlbaum
Written by: Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, and Alex David
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Marcus Rutherford, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker, and Ferdinand Dörfler
Release Date: 1/17/2025
Running Time: 95 minutes

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Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows the ABC Sports broadcasting team who quickly shifted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides an important perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by millions of people at the time.

At the heart of the story is Geoff (John Magaro), a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). Together with German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) and his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), the story focuses on the intricate details of the high-tech broadcast capabilities of the time, juxtaposed against the many lives at stake and themoral decisions that needed to be made against an impossible ticking clock.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Memoriam:
Remembering the Victims

David Berger
Kehat Shor
Ze’ev Friedman
Mark Slavin
Ossify Gutfreund
Andrei Spitzer
Eliezer Halfin
Yakov Springer
Yossef Romano
Moshe Weinberg
Amitzur Shapira
Anton Fliegerbauer

Honoring the work of the ABC Crew 1972 (followed by a long list of crew members)

Dedication: THANK YOU SIMONE FOR ALL YOUR DEDICATION AND LOVE FOR OUR PROJECT WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!

Special thanks to Michael, Frank, and Tony for this submission


King’s Daughter, The (2022)

Title: The King’s Daughter
Rating: PG
Directed by: Sean McNamara
Written by: Ronald Bass, Barry Berman, and Laura Harrington
Based on the novel by: Vonda N. McIntyre and James Schamus
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Kaya Scodelario, Benjamin Walker, and Rachel Griffiths
Release Date: 1/21/2022
Running Time: 90 minutes

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Known as The Sun King, Louis XIV (Pierce Brosnan) is the most powerful and influential monarch on the planet. Obsessed with his own mortality and the future of France, Louis turns to his spiritual advisor, Père La Chaise (William Hurt), and the royal physician to help him obtain the key to immortality. Believing a mermaid (Fan Bingbing) contains a force that grants everlasting life, Louis commissions a young sea captain to search the seas and capture the mystical creature. Further complicating his plans is his orphaned daughter, Marie-Josèphe (Kaya Scodelario), who returns to court with an abundance of elegance and an inherent defiance of authority. With a rare solar eclipse approaching, Louis will discover where his daughter’s true loyalties lie as he races against time to extract the mermaid’s life-giving force.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Special thanks to Frank and Michael for this submission


Choice, The (2016)

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Title: The Choice
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Ross Katz
Written by: Bryan Sipe
Based on the novel by: Nicholas Sparks
Starring: Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer and Alexandra Daddario
Release Date: 2/5/2016
Running Time: 111 minutes

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When feisty medical student Gabby Holland moves in next door to perennial ladies’ man Travis Shaw, they embark on a surprising romantic journey neither imagined possible. Travis has always believed a serious relationship would cramp his easygoing lifestyle, while Gabby is preparing to settle down with her long-term boyfriend—until an irresistible attraction between the unlikely couple upends both of their well-planned lives. Spanning a decade and tracing the evolution of a love affair that is ultimately tested by life’s most defining events, this story features a memorable ensemble of friends and family in Sparks’s beloved North Carolina setting, culminating with the question that every couple must ask themselves: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?


What did you think of this film?

During Credits? No

After Credits? No


Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

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TITLE: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

RELEASE DATE: 6/22/2012

RATING: R

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.

What did you think of this film?


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During Credits? No

After Credits? No

NOTE: The blood flowing during the initial credits end up tracing out an outline of the United States.