Marion Rosenberg

日々進化するCGなどのVFXで迫力を増し続ける、ハリウッド産の映画＆ドラマだが、VFXだけで表現し切れなかったであろう名場面の数々の陰には、常に優れたスタントマンたちの存在があった。そして女性の登場人物が活躍したり危機に陥ったりする場面は、映画黎明期から現在まで、スタントウーマンや女優による決死のパフォーマンスに支えられてきた。本作は現役および引退した名スタントウーマンたちにインタビューを試みる。

Agatha Christie's classic whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century. World-famous sleuth Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and is returning home to London onboard the luxurious Orient Express. But, the train comes to a sudden halt when a rock slide blocks the tracks ahead. And all the thrills of riding the famous train come to a halt when a man discovered dead in his compartment, stabbed nine times. The train is stranded. No one has gotten on or gotten off. That can only mean one thing: the killer is onboard, and it is up to Hercule Poirot to find him. [from imdb.com]

天才科学者セバスチャンは、国家の極秘プロジェクトとして生物の透明化と復元を研究している。彼と研究チームは、動物実験において透明化を実現していたが、その状態が長時間続くと精神に影響が及んで凶暴性が増してしまい、復元も成功できる物では無かった。ある日、セバスチャンは透明化した生物を復元させるための薬の開発に成功するが、彼はこの事を国家には報告せず、チームの反対を押し切り、自らを使って初となる人体実験を行う。

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.

Two con artists kidnap a young boy for ransom. The boy, who calls himself Red Chief, becomes a problem for them.

An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When the prisoner is kidnapped, the officer is drawn into a complicated assassination scheme.

Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, wife of upper-crust wine dealer Martin, falls in love with her husband's best friend, noted psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. While both Palmer and Antonia would like to remain in Martin's life, he has some secrets of his own — namely, a mistress called Georgie, whom his womanizing brother also desires. All the while, Palmer's sister Honor seems to know everyone's business.

A gang of four professional criminals kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl's wealthy father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang's scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals.

Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because he has succeeded in marking the original plates for the backs of all the playing cards manufactured in a plant in Geneva and used in all the gambling joints in Europe. In his gambling depredation, Barney is spotted by Angel McGinnis, the daughter of a Scotland Yard Inspector 'Manny' McGinnis on the lookout for a man to do a job. The inspector enlists Barney's help in playing poker with a shady London character whom Scotland Yard wants to force to financial ruin.

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.