Stories by @adamatc

The Last Duel (1957)

Based on actual events, the film unravels long-held assumptions about France's last sanctioned duel between Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris, two friends turned bitter rivals. Carrouges is a respected knight known for his bravery and skill on the battlefield. Le Gris is a Norman squire whose intelligence and eloquence make him one of the most admired nobles in court. When Carrouges' wife, Marguerite, is viciously assaulted by Le Gris, a charge he denies, she refuses to stay silent, stepping forward to accuse her attacker, an act of bravery and defiance that puts her life in jeopardy. The ensuing trial by combat, a grueling duel to the death, places the fate of all three in God's hands.

A 2020-ish The Outlaw Josey Wales

Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer whose family is murdered by Union militants during the Civil War. Driven to revenge, Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla band and makes a name for himself as a feared gunfighter. After the war, all the fighters in Wales' group except for him surrender to Union officers, but they end up being massacred. Wales becomes an outlaw and is pursued by bounty hunters and Union soldiers as he tries to make a new life for himself.

Ludlum’s The Matarese Circle (2013)

An international circle of killers, the Matarese will undoubtedly take over the world within just two years. Only two rival spies have the power to stop them: Scofield, CIA, and Talaniekov, KGB. They share a genius for espionage and a life of explosive terror and violence. But though these sworn enemies once vowed to terminate each other, they must now become allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills and ice-cold nerves vital to their mission: destroy the Matarese.

Die Hard (Spin-off / Reboot / Gender-Swapped)

This time the heroine is Lucy Gennero-McClane who encountered somehow a female Gruber heir out for a revenge / rematch. Let's see how it goes

A 2020-ish Lawrence of Arabia

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

A 2020-ish Judge Roy Bean

In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit.

A 2020-ish Shampoo

The film follows a promiscuous Los Angeles hairdresser on Election Day 1968, as he juggles his relationships with several women.

Hart To Hart (2023)

A wealthy couple who lead a glamorous jetset lifestyle and regularly find themselves working as un-paid detectives in order to solve crimes in which they become embroiled.

2016's Silence (Alternative Cast)

Throughout the years, Scorsese has gotten close to making Silence numerous times, with actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Benicio Del Toro and Gael Garcia Bernal. But the pic has always gotten pushed, and there was even a lawsuit over how long it all took. Scorsese worked closely with Fabrica de Cine’s Gaston Pavlovich on the making of the film, and wrote the screenplay with Gangs of New York‘s Jay Cocks.

Silence (1989)

Two 17th-century Portuguese missionaries, Father Sebastian Rodrigues and Father Francisco Garupe , embark on a perilous journey to Japan to find their missing mentor . While there, the two men minister to the Christian villagers who worship in secret. If caught by feudal lords or ruling samurai, they must renounce their faith or face a prolonged and agonizing death.

Whiplash (1984)

Andrew Neiman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, in pursuit of rising to the top of his elite music conservatory. Terence Fletcher, an instructor known for his terrifying teaching methods, discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into the top jazz ensemble, forever changing the young man's life. But Andrew's passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher pushes him to the brink of his ability and his sanity.

A 2020-ish Sharky's Machine

Known as " Burt Reynold's Vertigo"

A 2020-ish Bonfire Of The Vanities

The story centers on Sherman McCoy, a successful New York City bond trader. His $3 million Park Avenue co-op, combined with his aristocratic wife's extravagances and other expenses required to keep up appearances are depleting his great income, or as McCoy calls it, a "hemorrhaging of money." McCoy's secure life as a self-regarded "Master of The Universe" on Wall Street is gradually destroyed when he and his mistress, Maria Ruskin, accidentally enter the Bronx at night while they are driving back to Manhattan from Kennedy Airport. Finding the ramp back to the highway blocked by trash cans and a tire, McCoy exits the car to clear the way. Approached by two black men whom they perceive—uncertainly, in McCoy's case—as predators, McCoy and Ruskin flee. After Ruskin takes the wheel of the car to race away, it fishtails, apparently striking one of the two would-be assailants—a "skinny boy."

Zola (1997)

Zola captures the stranger-than-fiction appeal of the viral Twitter thread that inspired

Blake Edwards 's The Terminal (1974)

When Viktor Navorski , an Eastern European tourist, arrives at JFK in New York, war breaks out in his country and he finds himself caught up in international politics. Because of the war, the Department of Homeland Security won't let him enter or exit the United States. He's trapped at JFK -- indefinitely. While living at the airport, Viktor falls for a flight attendant . She may have feelings for him too. But what good is love if Viktor can't leave the terminal?

Blake Edwards 's There's Something About Mary (1969)

Ted's dream prom date with Mary never happens due to an embarrassing injury at her home. Years later, Ted hires Pat Healy to track down Mary so he can reconnect with her. Pat lies to Ted about Mary and he finds out everything he can about her to trick her into dating him. Ted travels to meet Mary and has to weave through the web of lies that Pat and Mary's friend Tucker have woven to try and win her over.

Francis Ford Coppola' s 8 MM (1973)

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

Orson Welles 's Inglorious Basterds (1947)

The film tells an alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's leadership, one planned by Shosanna Dreyfus , a young French Jewish cinema proprietor, and the other by the British but ultimately conducted solely by a team of Jewish American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine.

Coen Brothers 's Arsenic And Old Lace (2008)

Writer and notorious marriage detractor Mortimer Brewster falls for girl-next-door Elaine Harper , and they tie the knot on Halloween. When the newlyweds return to their respective family homes to deliver the news, Brewster finds a corpse hidden in a window seat. With his eccentric aunts , disturbed uncle , and homicidal brother , he starts to realize that his family is even crazier than he thought.

Hitchcock 's Phantom Thread (1954)

Renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion in 1950s London -- dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites and debutantes. Women come and go in Woodcock's life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship. His carefully tailored existence soon gets disrupted by Alma, a young and strong-willed woman who becomes his muse and lover.