Holly McClane calls her housekeeper, Paulina. Mr McClane hasn’t called yet, but Paulina’s made up the spare bedroom anyway. Holly gently flattens a family photo with John McClane in it. John’s met at the airport by young chauffeur, Argyle. It’s his first time driving a limo. John says it’s his…

William Thacker lives with flatmate Spike in Notting Hill. At William’s bookshop, The Travel Book Company, colleague Martin goes to get coffees. International megastar Anna Scott then walks in the shop. William jokes about a book she’s looking at, then confronts a shoplifter. The shoplifter asks for Anna’s autograph. …

Irving back-combs his hair and glues on a toupee. He adds dark glasses, hairspray and a jacket. Sydney’s waiting, in a low-cut dress. Hot-head FBI Agent Richie DiMaso gets upset and messes up Irving’s hair. Sydney straightens it out again and Richie takes the briefcase full of cash. In a…

The New Rochelle Rotary Club is making Frank’s Dad a lifetime member. Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse struggled so hard he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. …

Two Marines entered the room of a PFC William Santiago and assaulted him — he died soon after. The NIS agent maintains Dawson and Downey were trying to stop Santiago naming Dawson in a fence line shooting. Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway thinks it was a Code Red. …

Cops close in on Trinity. She breaks one’s arm, kicking him heavily against the wall. She runs around the wall dodging bullets and requests another exit. An Agent arrives with police. Trinity sprints over zig-zag roofing with only the Agent keeping up. She bounds across an entire street, lands, rolls…

Six weeks ago, a truck carrying stripped gun parts gets hijacked outside of Queens. Police arrest McManus, Hockney and Fenster. Customs Agent Dave Kujan arrests Keaton. Verbal Kint is also in the line-up. McManus was a top-notch entry man. Fenster always worked with McManus. Todd Hockney was good with explosives…

Simon’s Griffon Bruxellois, Verdell, is dropped by neighbour, Melvin, into the rubbish chute. Melvin returns to his apartment, performing OCD rituals with the door lock and light switches and discards disposable gloves. He uses a new soap once each time he washes. Later, Verdell is found in the basement garbage…

November 25th, 1975 Philadelphia Rocky Balboa’s second tells him to stop waltzing with his fighter. Spider Rico head-butts Rocky. Rocky then beats him down onto the floor where he stays. Afterwards, Rico says Rocky was lucky. Rico’s just earned $17.20. Balboa gets winner’s share: $40.55. Rocky needs $200 for Mr…

A limousine screeches to a halt by a beautiful woman. Judging by her accent, Lloyd guesses she’s from New Jersey. When she says Austria, Lloyd says G’day and she loses interest. He knocks persistently at Mary Swanson’s door. She answers and, instantly, Lloyd falls in love — clutching at his…

At the office Christmas party, Iris sees Jasper — causing an unpleasant, physical reaction. The two were dating and when he cheated on her, she remained friendly with him. Whenever he wants, he knows he can crawl back into her life. When it’s announced that he’s marrying Sarah Smith-Alcott, Iris…

Salzburg, Austria — in the last Golden Days of the Thirties Nuns walk about in the courtyard and cloisters and pray in the abbey. No-one can find Maria. When she’s found, she’s sent to the Reverend Mother’s office. She had to sing and dance on the mountain because the sky…

Attorney Fletcher Reede pulls up in the driveway in his convertible Mercedes. His son, Max, yells. Fletcher yells and holds Max aloft. He turns his hand into The Claw and playfully attacks Max. Max yells that his dad’s taking him to see wrestling. …

“One out of every twenty-one Black American males will be murdered in their lifetime” “Most will die at the hands of another Black male” South Central, Los Angeles — 1984 Behind crime scene tape, young Tre and friends notice the blood from a recent shooting turning yellow. They understand it’s…

Mr Potato Head has toys at gunpoint, emptying the Piggy bank. Mr Potato Head kisses the money. When Bo Peep calls him mean, he threatens her flock. Then, Woody says “Reach for the sky!” and puts Mr Potato Head behind bars. …

Gabriel Shear says Hollywood movies lack realism. He thinks the hostage taker in Dog Day Afternoon should’ve started killing straight away, making the press pay more attention. Each of Gabriel’s twenty two hostages has been wrapped with 20lbs of C4 explosives and 15lbs of stainless steel ball bearings. Around their…

Mama Fratelli and Francis help bust brother Jake out of prison. They drive off in their Off Road Vehicle (ORV) — bullets flying. Andy and cheerleaders practise their victory pyramid. Mouth is helping his dad fix a sink. Stef is getting crabs out of a barrel. Data’s testing his belt-mounted…

In Mexico, Sicario means Hitman. The FBI drives through the wall of a house in Phoenix and quickly secures it room-by-room. Reggie finds corpses hidden in the walls. Manuel Diaz owns the house, but can’t be connected to the bodies. When a boobytrap is triggered, two cops are dead. Diaz…

It’s Officer Frank Serpico’s first day at work with the NYPD. In the canteen, Frank puts his foot in it straightaway. When he orders food he wasn’t offered, it arrives too fatty to eat. His buddy stops him complaining. They give server, Charlie, a break on double-parking on deliveries and…

Detective Lieutenant William Somerset takes his keys, badge, flick-knife and pen and puts on his blazer. He’s known and ostracised for his attention to detail. When Detective Mills arrives, Somerset tells him that, over the next seven days, he’s calling the shots. MONDAY Mills wakes up next to wife, Tracy…