Posts Tagged ‘abuse-of-power’

Street Kings (2008)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Reeves, Keanu | Whitaker, Forest | Common | Cedric the Entertainer | Evans, Chris | Gugliemi, Noel | Choi, Kenneth | Laurie, Hugh | Sloan, Cle Shaheed | Nolasco, Amaury | Corbett, John | Crews, Terry | Game, The | Benton, Kevin | Gates, Daryl
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Tom Ludlow is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he’s been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

Projectionist, The (1971)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: McCann, Chuck | Balin, Ina | Dangerfield, Rodney | Kohout, Jára | Gentry, Mike | Kargo, Lucky | Holliday, David | Stewart, Sam | Stevens, Alex | Lee, Robert | Philips, Stephen | Morocco | Rosenthal, Clara | Glenn, Jacqueline
Directors: Hurwitz, Harry
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A projectionist bored with his everyday life begins fantasizing about his being one of the superheroes he sees in the movies he shows.

Assassination of Richard Nixon, The (2004)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: Mexico | USA
Actors: Penn, Sean | Watts, Naomi | Cheadle, Don | Thompson, Jack | Henke, Brad William | Searcy, Nick | Wincott, Michael | Williamson, Mykelti | Grace, April | Knight, Lily | Dorrance, Jared | Milton, Jenna | Massa, Mariah | Ryan, Eileen | Greene, Derek
Directors: Mueller, Niels
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Fact-based story about a disturbed office furniture salesman (Sean Penn) who in 1972 concocted a plot to kill then-President Nixon by hi-jacking a plane to fly over the White House to drop a gas bomb. At the start of the movie, the man is separated from his wife and stressed in his job where he is made the butt of jokes and is an under-performer. Attempts to get his brother’s old tire business resurrected with a black partner is rejected by the banks. When he is officially served with divorce papers, everything comes apart and Richard Nixon’s broken promises comes to represent all the evils that have come down on him. A news story about a pilot that landed a helicopter on the White House lawn gives him the idea for his attack. Bolting onto a Baltimore plane, he attempts the hi-jacking.

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Spacey, Kevin | Crowe, Russell | Pearce, Guy | Cromwell, James | Basinger, Kim | DeVito, Danny | Strathairn, David | Rifkin, Adam | McCoy, Matt | Guilfoyle, Paul | Seganti, Paolo | Beckel, Graham | Taylor, Sandra | Rankin, Steve | Granli, Elisabeth
Directors: Hanson, Curtis
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1950’s Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.

Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)

Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Robbins, Tim | Freeman, Morgan | Gunton, Bob | Sadler, William | Brown, Clancy | Bellows, Gil | Rolston, Mark | Whitmore, James | DeMunn, Jeffrey | Brandenburg, Larry | Giuntoli, Neil | Libby, Brian | Proval, David | Ragno, Joseph | Ciccolella, Jude
Directors: Darabont, Frank
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Andy Dufresne, is sent to Shawshank Prison for the murder of his wife and secret lover. He is very isolated and lonely at first, but realises there is something deep inside your body, that people can’t touch and get to….’HOPE’. Andy becomes friends with prison ‘fixer’ Red (Morgan Freeman), and Andy epitomises why it is crucial to have dreams. His spirit and determination, leads us into a world full of imagination, filled with courage and desire. Will Andy ever realise his dreams…?