Simon Pegg was first seen in the television comedy series, ‘Six Pairs of Pants,’ in 1995. He was also the writer of the series. That same year, he joined the cast of the British comedy television show, ‘Faith in the Future’ where he played the role of ‘Jools.’ The show aired 22 episodes before going off-air in 1998. He continued to appear in television series and shows such as ‘Asylum’ (1996), ‘I'm Alan Partridge’ (1997), ‘We Know Where You Live’ (1997), ‘Is It Bill Bailey?’ (1998), and ‘Big Train’ (1998-2002). In 1999, he made his silver screen debut in the anthology film ‘Tube Tales’ where he appeared in the Segment: "Steal Away." That same year, he also appeared in the British slapstick black comedy film ‘Guest House Paradiso’ directed by Adrian Edmondson. The film scored a 67% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. After appearing in films like ‘The Parole Officer’ (2001) and ‘24 Hour Party People’ (2002), Pegg starred as ‘Shaun Riley’ in the 2004 zombie comedy film ‘Shaun of the Dead’ directed by Edgar Wright. He was also one of the writers of the film. The film saw critical acclaim upon release and was a commercial success, grossing over $30 million on a budget of $6.1 million. Pegg also received the ‘Bram Stoker Award,’ British Independent Film Award,’ and ‘Peter Sellers Award’ for his writing and performance in the film.
In 2005, he starred as ‘Peter Cow’ in the disaster horror-comedy film ‘The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse’ directed by Steve Bendelack. The film opened to a positive reception and earned an 83% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The year 2006 saw the release of the American action spy film and the third installment in the Mission: Impossible film series, ‘Mission: Impossible III’ where Pegg portrayed Benjamin "Benji" Dunn. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and grossed over $150 million on a budget of $398.5 million. He next appeared in films like ‘Grindhouse’ (2007), ‘The Good Night’ (2007), ‘Diary of the Dead’ (2007), ‘How to Lose Friends and Alienate People’ (2008), ‘Star Trek’ (2009), ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs’ (2009), ‘Burke & Hare’ (2010), ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ (2011), ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ (2012), and ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ (2013). In 2013, he starred as ‘Gary King’ in the science fiction comedy film ‘The World's End’ directed by Edgar Wright. The film was widely praised by critics and grossed over $46.1 million on a budget of $20 million. The following year, he appeared in the British romantic comedy film ‘Cuban Fury’ directed by James Griffiths. The film received a mixed response from critics and scored a 54% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Â
Pegg continued to star in films like ‘Man Up’ (2015), ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ (2015), ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ (2015), ‘Star Trek Beyond’ (2016), ‘Terminal’ (2018), ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ (2018), ‘Lost Transmissions’ (2019), ‘Inheritance’ (2020), ‘The Sparks Brothers’ (2021), and ‘America: The Motion Picture’ (2021). In 2022, he voiced ‘Buckminster "Buck" Wild’ in the American computer-animated adventure comedy film ‘The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild’ directed by John C. Donkin. The film saw mostly negative reviews upon release.
The eleventh film in the Star Trek film franchise, it follows the rebellious James T. Kirk and Spock on board the newly commissioned USS Enterprise, as they attempt to prevent a Romulan—Nero—from future from creating black holes and destroying the United Federation of Planets.
Shaun, an electronics salesman, leads a rather uneventful life. His girlfriend has left him and his stepfather chastises him for failing to give attention to his mother, especially on her birthday. He is miserable, but when a zombie apocalypse threatens to take over London, he resolves to save both his girlfriend and mother with the help of his best friend Ed.
30 years after the fall of the Empire, the First Order emerges to threaten the New Republic. Captured by dark warrior Kylo Ren, Resistance pilot Poe Dameron sends information about self-exiled Jedi Luke's location via a BB-8 robot. Scavenger Rey retrieves it, and must take it to General Leia with help from renegade stormtrooper Finn and legendary smuggler Han Solo.
A posting in the sleepy village of Sandford is what a London cop, Nicholas Angel, gets for his exceptional arrest record. As he tries to adjust to his new relaxed environment, a series of accidents lead him to conclude that there is more to this tranquil community than he knows. He conducts his search for the culprits and is aided by Danny, his overenthusiastic partner who is a fan of action.
When a secret installation in London is bombed and Admiral Pike is killed, Kirk is sent to Kronos, Klingon homeworld, to capture and kill Starfleet member-turned terrorist John Harrison without provoking a war with the Klingon Empire itself. However, Kirk and his crew soon learn that there is much more about the agent and his mission than what they already know.
After failing to secure three plutonium cores from the Syndicate, who are now known as the Apostles, IMF agent Ethan Hunt is forced to team up with Special Agent August Walker. Walker betrays Ethan and team and they must stop him and Solomon Lane from detonating nuclear bombs over the Siachen Glacier.
Following a botched infiltration mission in Kremlin that ended in an explosion, the US Government initiates Ghost Protocol, disavowing IMF. Agent Ethan Hunt is forced to go off the grid, but must team up with other fugitive agents to clear the organization's name and apprehend a dangerous terrorist with access to Russian nuclear launch codes.
With the IMF disbanded because of recklessness, Ethan Hunt is now being hunted as a fugitive by the CIA and embarks on a personal mission to prove the existence of the Syndicate, an international rogue organization. He gathers his team and joins forces with disavowed MI6 agent Ilsa Faust, who is now a Syndicate operative.
This Steven Spielberg’s science-fiction and action-adventure film, set in 2045, revolves around a contest devised to find an heir by the eccentric genius James Halliday, the creator of virtual reality universe, OASIS. When young Wade Watts takes up the challenge to hunt that digital Easter Egg, he finds himself facing terrifying dangers and enigmatic discoveries in an incredible universe.
Tony Wilson is an ambitious local TV reporter who is looking for a way to make his mark. Soon, he witnesses a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, after which he tries to convince his superiors at the TV station to televise one of their performances.
Captain Kirk and his crew get stranded on a distant mysterious planet after the USS Enterprise is attacked by a massive swarm of small alien ships targeting the relic Abronath onboard the starship. Unable to contact the Federation or the separated crew members, they are assisted by alien scavenger Jaylah in their fight against swarm leader Krall.
IMF Agent, Ethan Hunt is retired from field work but makes a comeback when one of his own student is captured by arms dealer Owen Davian. As the situation gets more dangerous, Ethan has to find out about a mysterious object code named the Rabbit's Foot, deal with IMF’s double agent and simultaneously protect his wife Julia.
Immature 40-year-old alcoholic Gary King convinces his estranged childhood friends to reunite 20 years later to reattempt their epic pub crawl at 12 pubs of their hometown, finishing at the World's End. With each pub visited, they come closer to reconciling past and present, and uncover pieces of a larger conspiracy involving the future of mankind.
British comic book enthusiasts Graeme Willy and Clive Gollings take a trip through America's UFO heartland and meet Paul, an alien attempting to flee Earth after 60 years of imprisonment. While helping Paul reach his spaceship at Area 51 avoiding FBI Special Agent Zoil, the nerd duo inadvertently abducts a religious woman whose father is also hunting them.
Psychiatrist Hector, though leading a good life with girlfriend Clara, is disillusioned with his work and he feels like a sham, because his patients never seem to improve or experience happiness with his advice. He decides to break away from humdrum life and sets out to find the secret to joy. As he travels around the globe, does he discover the secret?
This film follows a 34 year old single lady, who is mistaken by a 40 year old soon-to-be-divorcee for his blind date. Before she can point out his mistake he starts chattering, and she decides to play along. But soon, her deception comes to light, which naturally angers him. But by then, they have started liking each other.
Big Nothing is a crime drama film, which tells the story of a frustrated unemployed professor who joins forces with his girlfriend and his former colleague to blackmail a priest who is a porn addict, in order to be able to provide for his family.
Five years ago on their wedding day Dennis ran away from Libby, at that time pregnant with his child. Now he realizes his mistake and wants to win her back. But she now has a relationship with Whit, who is successful, but arrogant. Although out of shape, Dennis decides to run the Nike River Marathon not only to impress Libby, but also his son Jake.
The Reckoning is a mystery crime drama film which takes us to 14th century England, and it revolves around a disgraced priest who joins a traveling acting troupe. When he discovers a murder, he tries to solve the case by recreating it in one of their performances.
On relocating to New York City after securing a job at the popular glossy magazine Sharps, British polemic journalist Sydney Young has a tough time, making blunders, being scorned by one and all until he learns to compromise. But one cannot live forever on a borrowed image and his true nature is soon revealed.
The Parole Officer is a comedy crime film which tells the story of Simon Garden, an ineffective parole officer, who is framed for a murder that was actually committed by a police officer. The only evidence he has to prove his innocence is a CCTV tape, but it is unfortunately locked inside a bank vault. With the help of few former criminals and a woman named Emma, he thinks of a way to break into the bank, and get the footage, so that he can prove his innocence.
In a zombie dominated world, the remnants of humanity have built small protected feudal societies all over the U.S. The ruthless Paul Kaufman rules one such class-divided society while his second-in-command plans a revolution. A battle for survival ensues when the zombies learn to evolve and adapt.
This black comedy film revolves around two grave robbers in the nineteenth century, who find that providing cadavers for a medical school can be quite a lucrative business.
Guest House Paradiso is a comedy thriller film which tells the story of Richard and Edward, who are running the worst guest house in the entire United Kingdom. While their chef is an illegal immigrant, their waiter is a psychiatric patient who had escaped from a mental hospital. However, Richard and Edward’s life takes a turn when a movie star named Gina Carbonara checks in, as she needs to hide from her fiancé, whom she immensely dislikes.
When the fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing an apocalypse, it seems that the only way to avert disaster for the characters to find a way to get to the real world, and confront their creators. However, several obstacles stand in their way.
The alien galactic council debates whether the Earth should be destroyed, or to make humanity a member of their council. They eventually come up with a plan of bestowing limitless power to a schoolteacher, to see if the powers would be used for good or for evil. Thus, his actions would determine the fate of humanity.
Kill Me Three Times is a black comedy thriller film which revolves around a hitman who is assigned to kill the wife of a motel owner, as she is having an affair. However, things get interesting when he sees that he is not the only one who wants her dead.
After doing intensive research on serial killers, a novelist starts to become paranoid. When a filmmaker shows interest in his script, he needs to confront his inner demons in order to make it to the important meeting about his screenplay.
The Good Night is a fantasy romantic comedy drama musical film which tells the story of a former musician named Gary, who makes commercial jingles to earn a living. His life takes a turn when he begins dreaming about a beautiful woman named Anna, and gets drawn to her. However, things get complicated when he realizes that Anna is actually a real person.
Terminal is a crime drama thriller film which revolves around the lives of two assassins, a fatally ill teacher, a custodian, and a waitress. Their lives take a turn when they cross paths with a criminal mastermind who is seeking revenge, and they soon become part of a murderous plan.
Lucy and Edmund Pevensie, with their cousin Eustace, are swept to the ocean of Narnia where King Caspian and his royal ship ‘The Dawn Treader’ rescue them. As they join Caspian in his mission to find the mystical swords of the seven lost lords of Telmar, they face dragons, merfolks, dwarves and lost warriors while traveling to the edge of the world.
Diary of the Dead is a found-footage horror film, which tells the story of a group of students who are trying to make a horror film, along with their professor. However, they soon run into real-life zombies, and one by one, they are all hunted down by the walking dead.
The animated movie is based on three volumes of Tintin, including The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn, and Red Rackham's Treasure. It follows young reporter Tintin in his quest for Red Rackham’s treasure with the help of Captain Haddock while trying to outwit the villainous Sakharine.
Feeling lonely as the woolly mammoths are starting a family, Sid the sloth adopts three huge eggs that he accidentally finds beneath ice. However, when a Tyrannosaurus rex, looking for her babies, takes Sid along into a dangerous underground world full of large animals, the rest of the herd join the one-eyed weasel Buck in a rescue adventure.
Orphaned human boy Eggs is brought up by the Boxtrolls, a trash-collecting community of quirky creatures residing in caverns beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. But the wicked exterminator, Archibald Snatcher, is out to destroy the Boxtrolls. Eggs comes above the cavernous home and meets spirited Winnie who readily helps with a plan to save Boxtrolls. But their lives, too, are at risk.
Scrat's obsessive pursuit of the acorn causes continental break up leading to Manny, Diego, Sid and Granny separating from their family. They sail across the sea on their iceberg-turned-ship and come across cruel pirates headed by Captain Gutt who wants to enslave them. Will Manny and rest ever be reunited with their families?
This animated black comedy film revolves around several groups of people as they try to find a drug-addicted elephant in the Norwegian wilderness.
Ice Age: Collision Course is an animated adventure film, which tells the story of a few friends who join forces in order to prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth.
A tribute to the 1970s exploitation film, it has two horror feature films - Planet Terror and Death Proof. In the first movie, there is a fierce struggle between the blood thirsty zombies and determined humans who want to survive. In the second movie, a psychopath Hollywood stuntman kills young women by using his death proof car. The movie also features fake exploitation trailers.
Cuban Fury is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young dancer who loses his self-confidence after being bullied. Several years later, he decides to awaken the dancer within him in order to impress his boss.
