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The 6 best winter movie car chases ever filmed. Anyone can film a car chase on pavement, but have you ever tried even backing out of a basic parking space after winter weather has dumped two feet of snow on the ground?

The 6 best winter movie car chases ever filmed

Perhaps unsurprisingly, few directors have felt the need to tangle with frozen precipitation when filming their own vehicle-to-vehicle action. But the ones that did make it from the script to the screen are well worth the bad memories of spinning tires and black ice that all Canadians carry with them from birth. Here are our picks for the best winter movie chases of all time. Ad Astra (film) 2019 science fiction film directed by James Gray The project was announced in early 2016, with Gray saying he wanted to feature "the most realistic depiction of space travel that's been put in a movie".

Ad Astra (film)

Pitt signed on to star in April 2017 and the rest of the cast joined later that year. Filming began around Los Angeles that August, lasting through October. In the late 21st century, the solar system is being struck by mysterious power surges, threatening all human life. Major Roy McBride, son of astronaut H. Arriving on the Moon, Roy and Pruitt are then escorted by U.S. military personnel to the SpaceCom base, located in a disputed war zone on the Moon's far side. Parasite (2019 film) Beautiful Creatures (2013 film) 2013 film by Richard LaGravenese The film was released February 14, 2013.

Beautiful Creatures (2013 film)

It received mixed reviews from critics and was a failure at the box office. In Gatlin, South Carolina, teenager Ethan Wate awakens from a recurring dream of a girl he does not know. Speed Racer (film) 2008 American sports action film The film had been in development hell since 1992, having changed actors and filmmakers until in 2006 when producer Joel Silver and the Wachowskis collaborated to begin production on Speed Racer as a family film.

Speed Racer (film)

Speed Racer was shot in and around Potsdam and Berlin from June to August 2007. Michael Giacchino composed the film's score. Speed Racer premiered on April 26, 2008 at the Nokia Theater, followed by its general theatrical release on May 9, 2008. The film was a box office bomb, grossing only $93 million worldwide on a $120 million budget plus marketing. Speed Racer is a guy whose life and love has always been automobile racing. After they drive together and work naturally as a team, Speed begins to suspect that Racer X is actually his brother Rex in disguise. Series original English dubbing artists Peter Fernandez and Corinne Orr appear as race announcers. Stalker (2012 film) Stalker is a 2012 Irish psychological thriller written and directed by Mark O'Connor.

Stalker (2012 film)

Source Code. 2011 film The film received favorable reviews from critics and became a box office success, grossing over $147.3 million worldwide.[3][7] Plot[edit] U.S.

Source Code

Army pilot Captain Colter Stevens wakes up on a Metra[8] commuter train headed to Chicago. Hard to Be a God (2013 film) Hard to Be a God (Russian: Трудно быть богом, romanized: Trudno byt' bogom) is a 2013 Russian science fiction art film directed by Aleksei German, based on the novel of the same name by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

Hard to Be a God (2013 film)

Hard to Be a God received universal acclaim from English-language and non Russian-language critics. A group of 30 scientists travel from Earth to a nearly-identical alien planet that is culturally and technologically centuries behind. The inhabitants of this planet have brutally suppressed a renaissance movement, murdering anybody they consider to be an intellectual, and thus the planet is stuck in the middle ages. Anton, one of the scientists from Earth, is sent to infiltrate the local populace of the Kingdom of Arkanar and help them progress as a society, although he is forbidden from getting involved with local politics or forcibly interfering with the advancement of technology or culture. Later, Rumata meets his friend Pampa, a drunken and washed-up baron. Shazam! (film) 2019 superhero film directed by David F.

Shazam! (film)

Sandberg At school, Billy saves Freddy from bullies and is chased into a subway, where he is transported to the Rock of Eternity as Shazam summoned Billy to be the new champion. By calling Shazam's name, Billy is transformed into an adult superhero; thanking Billy, the Wizard turns to dust, leaving his staff behind. At home, Freddy is taken into Billy's confidence and helps Billy explore his newfound powers: electricity manipulation, near-invulnerability, super-strength, speed, and flight.

The Road (2009 film) The Road is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic survival film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy.

The Road (2009 film)

The film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. A man and his young son struggle to survive after a global cataclysm has caused an extinction event. They scavenge for supplies and avoid roaming gangs as they travel on a road to the coast in the hope that it will be warmer. Years earlier, the man's wife gives birth to their son shortly after the catastrophe and she gradually loses hope.

When the man shoots an intruder using one of three bullets they have saved for their family as a last resort, she accuses him of wasting the bullet deliberately to prevent her suicide. Danny Torrance. List of fictional appearances[edit] Novels Films Other Characterization[edit]

Danny Torrance

Doctor Sleep (2019 film) 2019 horror film directed by Mike Flanagan In 2011, Danny—now "Dan"—has become an alcoholic to suppress his shining. After stealing money from a single mother following a one-night stand, he realizes he has hit rock bottom. He moves to a small New Hampshire town and befriends Billy Freeman, who finds him an apartment and becomes his AA sponsor. Rehabilitating, Dan becomes a hospice orderly. He uses his shining to comfort dying patients, who nickname him "Doctor Sleep". In 2019, the True Knot are starving. Hallorann visits Dan a final time, telling him to protect Abra as Hallorann once protected him. The Rise of Skywalker: Disney cuts Star Wars same-sex kiss in Singapore. Image copyright Lucasfilm Disney has cut a brief scene of two women kissing in the Singaporean version of its latest Star Wars film.

The Rise of Skywalker features the first same-sex kiss in the franchise's history - described by reviewers as "a brief flash of two women kissing... among a crowd of characters". But the version released in Singapore omits the scene. Singapore's media regulatory body told the BBC that Disney cut the scene so it didn't get a higher age rating. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film) The Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1945 American horror-drama film based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel of the same name.

Released in March 1945 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film is directed by Albert Lewin and stars George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton and Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray. Shot primarily in black-and-white, the film features four inserts in 3-strip Technicolor of Dorian's portrait as a special effect (the first two of his portrait's original state, and the second two after a major period of degeneration). Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) is a handsome, wealthy young man living in 19th century London. While generally intelligent, he is naive and easily manipulated. These faults lead to his spiral into sin and, ultimately, misery. "Contact" Theatrical Trailer (1997) Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related. Altered States.