Divergent

Beatrice 'Tris' Prior: Don't try and define me.

Divergent
Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet
Written by Evan Daugherty, Vanessa Taylor; based on the novel by Veronica Roth
Directed by Neil Burger
Plot: A futuristic world is divided into factions based on virtues and when Tris learns she is a Divergent, she must unravel a plot to destroy Divergents and what makes them dangerous.

"Good escapist fun."

Contagion

Dr. Ellis Cheever: Someone doesn't have to weaponize the bird flu. The birds are doing that.

Contagion
Starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne
Written by Scott Z. Burns
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Plot: A worldwide epidemic is at the heart of massive panic and fear as the CDC try to find a cure.

"Taut filmmaking. A compelling film that deals with real world fears and drama."

Michael: I'm not frightened. I'm not frightened of anything. The more I suffer, the more I love. Danger will only increase my love. It will sharpen it, forgive its vice. I will be the only angel you need. You will leave life even more beautiful than you entered it. Heaven will take you back and look at you and say: Only one thing can make a soul complete and that thing is love.


The Reader
Starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz
Written by David Hare, based on the book by Bernhard Schlink
Directed by Stephen Daldry
Plot: Set in post World War II Germany, a lawyer re-encounters a former lover that he had an affair with when he was fifteen a decade later and discovers she is on trial for war-crimes.


"There is a lot of Kate Winslet nakedness in this film, but thankfully a lot of great substance as well."