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J.J. Abrams - news / articles


  • Abrams upset over Star Trek sequel photo leak - 28 February 2012
    -Super-secretive director J.J. Abrams was furious after pictures from his upcoming Star Trek sequel leaked online.-The photos showed Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana in costume as Spock and Uhura respectively, battling the film's new villain, played by actor Benedict C


  • Abrams shocked to learn casting assistant is a sex offender - 18 November 2011
    -Star Trek director J.J. Abrams has been left stunned after discovering a casting assistant on his Super 8 movie has a record as a sex offender.-Police records show Jason James Murphy was convicted of kidnapping and molesting an eight-year-old boy in Washington state


  • Super 8 cast pranked Abrams with missing script story - 14 June 2011
    -The young cast of Super 8 gave director J.J. Abrams a scare by pretending the film's top secret script was lost in a shopping mall.-The film's star Riley Griffiths was given the task of breaking the bogus bad news to Abrams as part of an April Fools' Day prank, and

J.J. Abrams - what members say


  • Alias - Season 1
  • Alias - Season 1 review by A customer from Grimsby, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Superb! 9 July 2004
    ... next disc to see how the cliffhangers at the end of each episode are resolved. J.J. Abrams should be congratulated for an excellent concept, although if you are observant...   Read customer review
  • Alias - Season 5
  • Alias - Season 5 review by from London, England
    Rated - 2.0 stars The end is...poor 5 July 2006
    ...he writing is pretty terrible. The story arc is all over the place and it seems J.J. Abrams was preoccupied with the success of Lost to give this series the end it deserve...   Read customer review
  • Star Trek
  • Star Trek review by PhilB7 from Mitcham
    Rated - 1.0 stars Star Trek: XI 12 May 2009
    ...ns' to be near a outpost which 'just happens' to be where Scotty is. Really? - J.J. Abrams tries and fails to avoid stealing stuff from Star Wars, which is no bad thing, ...   Read customer review

J.J. Abrams - filmography


  • Fringe - Season 4 (2012)
    Starring: Blair Brown,  John Noble,  Joshua Jackson
    Director: Roberto Orci,  J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This release includes all 23 episodes from the fourth season of the paranormal drama series FRINGE, following the investigations of the FBI's Fringe Division, who look into everything from shapeshifters to psychic abilities. This series begins in an alternative timeline in which September failed to ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 93% from 13 members
    Due for release on 24th September 2012
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  • Super 8 on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Elle Fanning,  Amanda Michalka,  Kyle Chandler
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg... In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 20,631 members
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  • Super 8 - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Elle Fanning,  Amanda Michalka,  Kyle Chandler
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg... In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 9,882 members
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  • Star Trek - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Ben Cross,  Jimmy Bennet,  Chris Pine
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director J.J. Abrams (Alias) re-teams with his MI: III screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to bring a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time. Featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before, Star Trek depicts Romulan time traveller Nero's bloody ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 18,178 members
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  • Star Trek on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Chris Pine,  Zachary Quinto,  Simon Pegg
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director J.J. Abrams (Alias) re-teams with his MI: III screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to bring a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time. Featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before, Star Trek depicts Romulan time traveller Nero's bloody ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 69,804 members
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  • Lost - S03 E17 - Catch-22 (2006)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Desmond's latest vision suggests that his old girlfriend, Penny, will crash-land onto the island, but his vision also reveals something about Charlie. Desmond organizes a posse to go into the jungle, expecting Penny to parachute onto the island.
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  • Alias - Season 5 (5 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jennifer Garner,  Victor Garber,  Ron Rifkin
    Director: Ken Olin,  Fred Toye,  Tucker Gates
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From J.J. Abrams, the creator of Lost, comes the final chapter in the most thrilling series ever - Alias: The Complete Fifth Season on DVD! Experience all the stunning action of the show's final year as Sydney discovers that she is pregnant with Agent Vaughn's baby, and tragedy strikes before he ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 4,134 members
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  • Alias - Season 4 (6 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jennifer Garner,  Michael Vartan,  Ron Rfkin
    Director: J.J Abrams,  Ken Olin,  Jeffrey Bell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The fourth exciting season of undercover adventures with Sydney Bristow! Episodes Comprise: 1. Authorised Personnel Only (Part 1) 2. Authorised Personnel Only (Part 2) 3. The Awful Truth 4. Ice 5. Welcome To Liberty Village 6. Nocturne 7. Detente 8. Echoes 9. A Man Of His Word 10. The Index 11. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 6,683 members
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  • Lost - S01 E09 - Solitary (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sayid's life is placed in grave danger after he stumbles upon the source of the mysterious French transmission, the woman Danielle Rousseau. She was on the distress call and is found alive. Meanwhile, Hurley has a ridiculous plan to make life on the island a little more civilized. The plan involves ..read more »
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  • Lost - S01 E08 - Confidence Man (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Shannon's inhaler runs out and Boone believes Sawyer has the remaining three in his stash. When Sawyer refuses to give them up, Jack and Sayid resort to torturing Sawyer until he agrees to reveal the location of the inhalers. In flashback we hear Sawyer's story and find he is not who he says he is.
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  • Lost - S01 E16 - Outlaws (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Kate and Sawyer divulge dark secrets to each other while tracking a renegade boar that Sawyer swears is purposely harassing him. Hurley and Sayid worry that Charlie is losing it after facing a brush with death and killing Ethan with 6 bullets to the chest. A shocking prior connection between Sawyer ..read more »
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  • Lost - S01 E20 - Do No Harm (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After another funeral, tempers rise as the survivors' suspicions of each other grow, and an unlikely survivor vows revenge. The events that landed Sayid on Flight 815 play out as he engages Locke in a psychological game of cat and mouse to uncover the truth about the mishap that claimed Boone's life.
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  • Lost - S01 E14 - Special (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Violence ensues and a mysterious island beast makes a re-appearance when Michael and Locke clash over Walt's upbringing. Meanwhile, Charlie is tempted to read the missing Claire's diary, and Sayid enlists Shannon to help decipher the French woman's map.
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  • Alias - Season 2 (6 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jennifer Garner,  Ron Rifkin,  Victor Garber
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    CIA operative Sydney Bristow (Garner) returns for a second series in which she hopes to bring Arvin Sloane to justice... Episodes Comprise: 1. The Enemy Walks In 2. Trust Me 3. Cipher 4. Dead Drop 5. The Indicator 6. Salvation 7. The Counteragent 8. Passage - Part 1 9. Passage - Part 2 10. The ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 7,861 members
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J.J. Abrams facts

5 most recent films

Fringe - Season 4 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Fringe - Season 4 - 4.5 stars
Super 8 - 3.5 stars
Super 8 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Lost - S06 E01 - LA X - Part 1 of 2 - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Lost - Series 1 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Star Trek - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Lost - Season 2 - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
Star Trek - 4.0 stars
Alias - Season 5 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Fringe - Season 4 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Fringe - Season 4 - 4.5 stars
Mission Impossible 3 - 3.5 stars
Mission Impossible 3 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Mission Impossible 3 - HD - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Josh Holloway - 136 times - show films
Naveen Andrews - 136 times - show films
Terry O'Quinn - 136 times - show films
Dominic Monaghan - 136 times - show films
Matthew Fox - 136 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jack Bender - 99 times - show films
Ken Olin - 65 times - show films
Stephen Williams - 52 times - show films
Tucker Gates - 27 times - show films
Mikael Salomon - 22 times - show films