With the help of a mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100 percent of his brain abilities, a struggling writer becomes a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with lots of dangers.
Movies in the vein of 'Jumper' or 'Limitless': where normal people are granted supernatural abilities, only to learn the wisdom of Uncle Ben's adage 'with great power comes great responsibility'. Mainstream superhero movies excluded in favor of more realistic, and often grittier, narratives.
Movies in the vein of 'Limitless': contemporary mystery films made especially labyrinthine by the introduction of space-age tech, extraterrestrial interlopers, and time travel.
No country glorifies ambition like America; enjoy this collection of movies that take a look at America's crowning virtue as expressed in crime, business, and creativity.
Watching Cooper on screen it's a bit hard not to feel like creepy sycophant Zac Galifianakis in 'The Hangover'. Charming, handsome, and with hair like a pampered lion - he's simply everything every man wants to be. Meanwhile, we're just chilling here in our wolf shirt and man purse.
Thought SARS, Swine Flu, or Ebola were scary? Don’t watch “Contagion.” Or do, and be prepared to never trust a sneeze ever again. Also monkeys. The Planet of the Apes will rise.
The very best sci-fi 2011 has to offer; including Hugh Jackman finding redemption through robot boxing in 'Real Steel', Bradley Cooper unlocking his full potential in 'Limitless' and Jake Gyllenhall quantum leaping in 'Source Code'.
An average 28-year-old man who gains the ability to use the full extent of his brain's capabilities is hired by the FBI as a consultant.
A conspiracy thriller that follows the journey of Bob Lee Swagger, a highly-decorated veteran who is coaxed back into action to prevent a plot to kill the President.
An eccentric genius forms an international network of super-geniuses to act as the last line of defense against the complicated threats of the modern world.
As former CIA agent Bryan Mills deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world, he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge.
A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City.
A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John," the madman who killed his wife and daughter.
