Ad Gridley’s Movie Sushi

Movie Sushi - Independence Day Fifteen-mile-across alien saucers appear worldwide. David isolates the countdown signal. Luckily, Cpt Hiller, with ambitions of working at NASA, is willing to fly the alien spacecraft from Area 51. (As long as he has his victory dance cigar ready) Starring Will Smith. Bill Pullman. Jeff Goldblum. Rated 12. Dir Roland Emmerich. Released in the UK 1996. Runtime 2hrs 25...

Movie Sushi - Little Big Man Jack Crabb's adopted by Cheyenne Indians after Pawnee kill his family. He wins the name Little Big Man. He goes through periods including religion, snake oil, gunfighter, renegade, hermit & scout. He sees his Grandfather whose heart soars like a hawk Starring Dustin Hoffman. Faye Dunaway. Chief Dan George. Rated 15. Dir Arthur Penn. Released in the UK 1970. Runtime...

Movie Sushi - The Firm Mitch McDeere is a hotshot lawyer. Small Memphis firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke hire him, but, colleagues start to die. The FBI's watching, as is the firm, & the Mafia are involved. It will take ingenuity, courage & restraint to emerge with his life intact Starring Tom Cruise. Jeanne Tripplehorn. Gene Hackman. Rated 15. Dir Sydney Pollack. Released in the UK 1993....

Movie Sushi Alex has a premonition his flight will crash, then fights to get off. Six others also get off. The plane explodes, but the survivors must follow death's plan & die in the intended sequence. How do you stay safe when death requires you to be dead? Starring Devon Sawa. Ali Larter. Kerr Smith. Rated 15. Dir James Wong. Released in the UK 2000. Runtime 1hr 38mins This podcast is powere...

Movie Sushi - Carlito's Way Carlito's reformed. But, his lawyer, Dave, wants help springing Tony T from jail. Carlito feels indebted & obliged to help. When Dave kills 2 connected men, Carlito's an accomplice. His big dream of renting cars in the Bahamas with Gail is jeopardised Starring Al Pacino. Sean Penn. Penelope Ann Miller. Rated 18. Dir Brian De Palma. Released in the UK 1993. Runtime 2...

Movie Sushi - How The Grinch Stole Christmas The Grinch lives with dog, Max, on Crumpit mountain - above the Whos in Whoville. They know the Grinch hates Christmas, but Cindy sees past the green & hairy exterior. She teaches everyone that even the Grinch can feel Christmasy inside Starring Jim Carrey. Taylor Momsen. Jeffrey Tambor. Rated PG. Dir Ron Howard. Released in the UK 2000. Runtime 1hr...

Movie Sushi - Silver Linings Playbook Pat's released from Karel Psychiatric Facility. He must attend therapy & take his meds. He's determined to rekindle his marriage to Nikki and dances with mutual friend Tiffany. His OCD father gambles heavily on their performance when dancing Starring Bradley Cooper. Jennifer Lawrence. Robert De Niro. Rated 15. Dir David O Russell. Released in the UK 2012....

Movie Sushi - Invictus After almost three decades in a white-run prison, Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa. He knows the whites love their Springboks rugby, so he contacts team captain, Francois Pienaar, who also wants to see South Africa become a rainbow nation Starring Morgan Freeman. Matt Damon. Tony Kgoroge. Rated 12A. Dir Clint Eastwood. Released in the UK 2009. Runtime 2hrs 14...

Movie Sushi - Beverly Hills Cop When his friend Mikey is killed, Axel Foley goes to Beverly Hills - posing as a Rolling Stone reporter for a room upgrade. Axel's talent for bamboozling gets him closer & closer to discovering Mikey's killer until there's only Victor Maitland left Starring Eddie Murphy. Judge Reinhold. John Ashton. Rated 15. Dir Martin Brest. Released in the UK 1984. Runtime 1hr...

Movie Sushi - This Is England 12 year-old Shaun's picked on for wearing oversized trousers until Woody's gang takes pity on him. Shaun changes his clothes & has his head shaved. When Woody's ex-con friend Combo sees parts of himself in Shaun, Shaun's praised & encouraged to hate Starring Thomas Turgoose. Stephen Graham. Jo Hartley. Rated 18. Dir Shane Meadows. Released in the UK 2006. Runt...

Movie Sushi - Short Circuit Dr Newton Crosby is a battle robot technician at Nova. When Number Five is struck by lightning & escapes, Crosby must retrieve it - preferably before Captain Skroeder. Five finds animal-lover Stephanie & they fight to stop him from being disassembled Starring Ally Sheedy. Steve Guttenberg. Fisher Stevens. Rated PG. Dir John Badham. Released in the UK 1986. Runti...

Movie Sushi - Grease Danny & Sandy enjoy a glorious summer together. Back at Rydell High, as T-Birds leader, Danny feels compelled to mistreat women & mocks Sandy - who's deemed too pure to be a Pink Lady. Happily, they dance well together & ultimately reject others' judgement Starring John Travolta. Olivia Newton-John. Stockard Channing. Rated PG. Dir Randal Kleiser. Released in the U...

Movie Sushi - Ghostbusters Pete, Ray and Egon are the Ghostbusters - serving NYC. When Pete's girlfriend, Dana, & her annoying neighbour, gets possessed, it's understood her whole building is cursed. Gozer the Destructor is coming in some form, make sure you keep an empty mind Starring Bill Murray. Dan Aykroyd. Sigourney Weaver. Rated PG. Dir Ivan Reitman. Released in the UK 1984. Runtime 1hr...

Movie Sushi - Jerry Maguire Jerry's a conscientious sports agent. Rod Tidwell believes in him & sticks with him when Jerry shouts family motto "Show me the money". This effectively makes Rod his one client. Rod teaches Jerry about the kwan. Jerry had his wife, Dorothy, at hello Starring Tom Cruise. Cuba Gooding Jr. Renee Zellweger. Rated 15. Dir Cameron Crowe. Released in the UK 1996...

Movie Sushi - The Bourne Identity Jason Bourne is a $30m soldier - with a conscience. He wakes up with amnesia on a fishing boat. Instinctively, he's fluent in many languages and is a brutally effective fighter. He has a super strategic mind, but doesn't know his favourite music Starring Matt Damon. Franka Potente. Chris Cooper. Rated 12A. Dir Doug Liman. Released in the UK 2002. Runtime 1hr 59min...

Movie Sushi - Bridget Jones's Diary Bridget commits to documenting the struggle to regain control of her life in a diary. She monitors her body weight & her intakes of cigarettes & alcohol. Is the world ready for this new & improved career woman? (with help from her urban family) Starring Renee Zellweger. Colin Firth. Hugh Grant. Rated 15. Dir Sharon Maguire. Released in the UK 2001. R...

Movie Sushi - No Country For Old Men Llewelyn Moss finds $2m. Girlfriend, Carla Jean, stays with her mother, cos calculating killer, Anton Chigurh, is after Llewelyn. If Carson Wells can find Llewelyn in 3hrs, Chigurh's close behind. Llewelyn says he blew it all on whores & whisky Starring Tommy Lee Jones. Javier Bardem. Josh Brolin. Rated 15. Dir Ethan Coen & Joel Cohen. Released in the U...

Movie Sushi - The Lost Boys Michael, Sam & Lucy move to Santa Clara - the murder capital of the world. When Michael drinks David's blood, he becomes half vampire. Sam seeks advice from Edgar & Alan Frog. Garlic won't work, just holy water water pistols & stakes through the heart Starring Jason Patric. Corey Haim. Dianne Wiest. Rated 15. Dir Joel Schumacher. Released in the UK 1987. Run...

Movie Sushi - You've Got Mail Joe & Kathleen fall in love anonymously online. The Shop Around The Corner is being put out of business by the massive Fox & Sons Bookstore. He teaches her how to speak her mind & she teaches him compassion. His surname is F-O-X. Will they click irl? Starring Tom Hanks. Meg Ryan. Greg Kinnear. Rated PG. Dir Nora Ephron. Released in the UK 1998. Runtime 1hr...

Movie Sushi - Mean Streets Johnny Ciavello owes money left & right. Charlie sees helping him as penance for his own sins. He wants to impress his Uncle Giovanni, who thinks Johnny's crazy and that Teresa is sick. When Joey Gattuch calls Jimmy a "mook," what does that even mean? Starring Robert De Niro. Harvey Keitel. David Proval. Rated 18. Dir Martin Scorsese. Released in the UK 197...

Movie Sushi - Kindergarten Cop Rachel Myatt has been sighted in Oregon with her 6 year old son. Apparently, she stole $3m from her drug dealing husband before she left. Det John Kimble goes undercover as kindergarten teacher to help protect Rachel & her son, & arrest the father Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Penelope Ann Miller. Pamela Reed. Rated 12. Dir Ivan Reitman. Released in the UK...

Movie Sushi - Trainspotting Spud Murphy's a perfectionist. Mark Renton has an on/off heroin habit. Sick Boy knows a lot about Sean Connery. Francis Begbie's a Psycho. Tommy's dead against heroin. Swanney has the longest habit of all. What's next for these Edinburgh gentlemen? Starring Ewan McGregor. Ewen Bremner. Jonny Lee Miller. Rated 18. Dir Danny Boyle. Released in the UK 1996. Runtime 1hr 33m...

Movie Sushi - Donnie Brasco Lefty & Donnie are best friends. Except for the fact that Donnie is collecting evidence that will ultimately have Lefty killed and see 100 of his fellow wiseguys convicted. FBI Special Agent Joe Pistone to this day has a $500,000 contract on his head Starring Al Pacino. Johnny Depp. Michael Madsen. Rated 18. Dir Mike Newell. Released in the UK 1997. Runtime 2hrs 7mi...

Movie Sushi - Blood Simple It's crimes of passion, misunderstandings & betrayal in Texas. After burying Marty alive, Ray thinks his lover, Abby, shot husband Marty initially. This is because Visser broke in & burgled her pearl-handled revolver, then shot Marty in his own office Starring John Getz. Frances McDormand. Dan Hedaya. Rated 18. Dir Joel Cohen & Ethan Coen. Released in the UK...

Movie Sushi - Vivo Vivo's a musical kinkajou, originally from South America. He must bring a song of love & sadness from Havana to Miami in time for Marta Sandoval's farewell concert. Along the way, Vivo meets Gabi, roseate spoonbill, Dancarino, Burmese python, Lutador & Becky Starring Lin-Manuel Miranda. Ynairaly Simo. Zoe Saldana. Rated U. Dir Kirk DeMicco & Brandon Jeffords. Release...