https://shotonwhat.com/audio-facilities/dolby-laboratories The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:06:07 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/avatar-2009 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:34:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/avatar-2009
Director: James Cameron
Cinematographer: Mauro Fiore
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/minority-report-2002 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:41:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/minority-report-2002
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/maitre-du-monde-2011 Tue, 17 Sep 2024 17:02:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/maitre-du-monde-2011
Director: Enrico Alexander Giordano
Cinematographer: Daniel Brouwer
A 40-year-old broker leaves everything and turns his back on a society that no longer holds an attraction for him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/1941-1979 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:28:41 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/1941-1979
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: William A. Fraker
Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:55:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe
In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/oppenheimer-2023 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:26:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/oppenheimer-2023
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/inception-2010 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:35:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/inception-2010
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-2008 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:16:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-2008
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-rises-2012 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:18:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-rises-2012
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum-2019 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:57:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum-2019
Director: Chad Stahelski
Cinematographer: Dan Laustsen
John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassins' guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/it-2017 Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:29:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/it-2017
Director: Andy Muschietti
Cinematographer: Chung-hoon Chung
In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/coco-2-2017 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 20:28:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/coco-2-2017
Director: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina
Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/miss-sloane-2016 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:06:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/miss-sloane-2016
Director: John Madden
Cinematographer: Sebastian Blenkov
In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a p... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/never-say-never-again-1983 Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:16:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/never-say-never-again-1983
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe
James Bond is called upon to try to recover nuclear bombs stolen by Spectre, but he will have to get rid of a professional assassin, hired especially to eliminate him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/octopussy-1983 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:16:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/octopussy-1983
Director: John Glen
Cinematographer: Alan Hume
A fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/quantum-of-solace-2008 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:32:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/quantum-of-solace-2008
Director: Marc Forster
Cinematographer: Roberto Schaefer
James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organization from eliminating a country's most valuable resource. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-nun-2018 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:58:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-nun-2018
Director: Corin Hardy
Cinematographer: Maxime Alexandre
A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/godzilla-minus-one-2023 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:17:21 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/godzilla-minus-one-2023
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Cinematographer: Kôzô Shibasaki
Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones-2002 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 21:54:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones-2002
Director: George Lucas
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
Ten years after initially meeting, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala, while Obi-Wan Kenobi investigates an assassination attempt on the senator and discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-v-the-empire-strikes-back-1980 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:56:04 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-v-the-empire-strikes-back-1980
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cinematographer: Peter Suschitzky
After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-2015 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:56:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-2015
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cinematographer: Dan Mindel
Three decades after the Empire's defeat, a new threat arises in the militant First Order. Defected stormtrooper Finn and the scavenger Rey are caught up in the Resistance's search for the missing Luke Skywalker. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-ix-the-rise-of-skywalker-2019 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:52:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-ix-the-rise-of-skywalker-2019
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cinematographer: Dan Mindel
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again in the conclusion of the Skywalker saga. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-viii-the-last-jedi-2017 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:48:53 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-viii-the-last-jedi-2017
Director: Rian Johnson
Cinematographer: Steve Yedlin
Rey develops her abilities with the help of Luke Skywalker, as the Resistance prepares for battle against the First Order. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/thor-ragnarok-2017 Sun, 26 May 2024 23:25:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/thor-ragnarok-2017
Director: Taika Waititi
Cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe
Imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, Thor must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless villain Hela. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mississippi-burning-1988 Fri, 24 May 2024 00:43:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mississippi-burning-1988
Director: Alan Parker
Cinematographer: Peter Biziou
Two F.B.I. Agents, with wildly different styles, arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/paddington-2-2017 Tue, 21 May 2024 18:12:21 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/paddington-2-2017
Director: Paul King
Cinematographer: Erik Wilson
Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/us-2019 Sun, 19 May 2024 19:09:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/us-2019
Director: Jordan Peele
Cinematographer: Mike Gioulakis
Adelaide Wilson and her family are attacked by mysterious figures dressed in red. Upon closer inspection, the Wilsons realize that the intruders are exact lookalikes of them. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-mummy-2-2017 Thu, 16 May 2024 17:37:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-mummy-2-2017
Director: Alex Kurtzman
Cinematographer: Ben Seresin
An ancient Egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/happy-death-day-2017 Thu, 16 May 2024 17:34:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/happy-death-day-2017
Director: Christopher Landon
Cinematographer: Toby Oliver
A college student must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/skyscraper-2018 Mon, 13 May 2024 18:16:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/skyscraper-2018
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family is trapped inside by criminals. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hacksaw-ridge-2016 Fri, 10 May 2024 15:28:42 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hacksaw-ridge-2016
Director: Mel Gibson
Cinematographer: Simon Duggan
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/avatar-the-way-of-water-2022 Thu, 09 May 2024 00:59:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/avatar-the-way-of-water-2022
Director: James Cameron
Cinematographer: Russell Carpenter
Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/elemental-2023 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:25:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/elemental-2023
Director: Peter Sohn
Cinematographer: David Juan Bianchi, Jean-Claude Kalache
Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-fabelmans-2022 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:26:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-fabelmans-2022
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/turning-red-2022 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:00:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/turning-red-2022
Director: Domee Shi
Cinematographer: Mahyar Abousaeedi, Jonathan Pytko
A thirteen-year-old girl named Mei Lee is torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence. And as if the challenges were not enough, whenever she gets overly excited she transforms into a giant re... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-2023 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:02:21 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-2023
Director: James Mangold
Cinematographer: Phedon Papamichael
Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/do-the-right-thing-1989 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 04:50:34 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/do-the-right-thing-1989
Director: Spike Lee
Cinematographer: Ernest R. Dickerson
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rounded-corners-2019 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:49:21 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rounded-corners-2019
Director: Paul Check
A book smart 13-year old girl, raised alone by her Wall Street father, learns about life from her new carefree babysitter over summer vacation. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-passion-of-the-christ-2004 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:30:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-passion-of-the-christ-2004
Director: Mel Gibson
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-2023 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:06:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-2023
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Miles Morales catapults across the multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/requiem-for-a-dream-2000 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:14:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/requiem-for-a-dream-2000
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cinematographer: Matthew Libatique
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/platoon-1986 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 01:43:35 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/platoon-1986
Director: Oliver Stone
Cinematographer: Robert Richardson
Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2002 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:25:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2002
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/snake-eyes-1998 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:35:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/snake-eyes-1998
Director: Brian De Palma
Cinematographer: Stephen H. Burum
A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2-2004 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 02:28:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2-2004
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/a-beautiful-mind-2001 Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:34:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/a-beautiful-mind-2001
Director: Ron Howard
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/schindlers-list-1993 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:06:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/schindlers-list-1993
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/natural-born-killers-1994 Sun, 08 Sep 2019 13:43:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/natural-born-killers-1994
Director: Oliver Stone
Cinematographer: Robert Richardson
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/jfk-1991 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:53:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/jfk-1991
Director: Oliver Stone
Cinematographer: Robert Richardson
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-3-2007 Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:00:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-3-2007
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge. ]]>