Non-Stop

Global action star Liam Neeson stars in Non-Stop, a suspense thriller played out at 40,000 feet in the air.

During a transatlantic flight from New York City to London, U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks (Neeson) receives a series of cryptic text messages demanding that he instruct the airline to transfer $150 million into an off-shore account. Until he secures the money, a passenger on his flight will be killed every 20 minutes.

The film reunites Neeson with Unknown director Jaume Collet-Serra and producer Joel Silver, and co-stars Golden Globe Award winner Julianne Moore.

The movie is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, some language, sensuality and drug references. It runs for 1 hour 46 minutes. Here is the official website: nonstopthefilm.com

The Wind Rises

In Hayao Miyazaki's newest creation “The Wind Rises”, the main character, Jiro, is inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. He dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes.

Nearsighted from a young age and thus unable to become a pilot, Jiro joins the aircraft division of a major Japanese engineering company in 1927. His genius is soon recognized, and he grows to become one of the world’s most accomplished airplane designers.

The film chronicles much of his life, and depicts key historical events that deeply affected the course of Jiro’s life, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan’s plunge into war. He meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. A tremendous innovator, Jiro leads the aviation world into the future.

Miyazaki pays tribute to engineer Jiro Horikoshi and author Tatsuo Hori in his creation of the fictional character Jiro—the center of the epic tale of love, perseverance, and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world.

In its English version, voices were given by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Martin Short etc. This wonderful anime from Studio Ghibli runs for 2 hours and 6 minutes.