Posts Tagged ‘child-abuse’

Running Scared (2006)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Walker, Paul | Bright, Cameron | Farmiga, Vera | Palminteri, Chazz | Roden, Karel | Messner, Johnny | Milicevic, Ivana | Neuberger, Alex | Cudlitz, Michael | Altman, Bruce | Mitchell, Elizabeth | Nascarella, Arthur J. | Noble, John | DeLeon, Idalis | Warshofsky, David
Directors: Kramer, Wayne
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After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things goes wrong for Joey after the neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find the kid and the gun before the police and the mob find them first.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Cleese, John | Rickman, Alan | Grint, Rupert | Watson, Emma | Radcliffe, Daniel | Smith, Maggie | Coltrane, Robbie | Triplets, Saunders | Harris, Richard | Shaw, Fiona | Melling, Harry | Griffiths, Richard | Deadman, Derek | Hart, Ian | Borowiecki, Ben | Davis, Warwick | Troyer, Verne | Hurt, John | Bremmer, Richard
Directors: Columbus, Chris
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series based off the novels by J.K. Rowling. It is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted.

Time Bandits (1981)

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Cleese, John | Connery, Sean | Holm, Ian | Palin, Michael | Richardson, Ralph | Vaughan, Peter | Warner, David | Rappaport, David | Baker, Kenny | Dixon, Malcolm | Edmonds, Mike | Purvis, Jack | Ross, Tiny | Warnock, Craig | Daker, David
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A young boy’s wardrobe contains a time hole. Through this hole an assortment of short people (i.e. dwarfs) come while escaping from their master, the supreme being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic times to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, to the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness where they confront Evil.

Sleepers (1996)

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bacon, Kevin | Crudup, Billy | De Niro, Robert | Gassman, Vittorio | Driver, Minnie | Hoffman, Dustin | Eldard, Ron | Perrino, Joseph | Patric, Jason | Wigdor, Geoffrey | Pitt, Brad | Kinney, Terry | Renfro, Brad | Kirby, Bruno | Medrano, Frank
Directors: Levinson, Barry
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Four boys growing up in Hell’s Kitchen play a prank that leads to an old man getting hurt. Sentenced to no less than one year in the Wilkenson Center in upstate New York, the four friends are changed by the beating, humiliation and sexual abuse by the guards sworn to protect them. Thirteen years later and a chance meeting lead to a chance for revenge against the Wilkenson Center and the guards.

Angel Eyes (2001)

Monday, May 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Lopez, Jennifer | Caviezel, James | Sisto, Jeremy | Howard, Terrence | Braga, Sonia | Argo, Victor | Mazur, Monet | Knight, Shirley | Magder, Daniel | St-Onge, Guylaine | McAuley, Connor | Ratchford, Jeremy | MacNeill, Peter | Hyndman, Eldridge | Matchett, Kari
Directors: Mandoki, Luis
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While pursuing a suspect one night, Chicago Police officer Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez) nearly becomes the victim of a fatal ambush until a mysterious stranger, Catch (Jim Caviezel) intervenes, disarms the assassin and saves Sharon’s life. Is it a stroke of luck? A twist of fate? Or just a concerned citizen who happened to pass by at the right time and wasn’t afraid to get involved? Maybe, But Sharon and Catch have met once before. As the two fall in love, they discover the truth about each other and are forced to deal with the secrets from their past.

Shine (1996)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: Australia
Actors: Rush, Geoffrey | Braine, Justin | Todd, Sonia | Haywood, Chris | Rafalowicz, Alex | Poole, Gordon | Mueller-Stahl, Armin | Bell, Nicholas | Cox, Danielle | Gooden, Rebecca | Kaczmarek, Marta | Cousins, John | Taylor, Noah | Linkson, Paul | Berger, Randall
Directors: Hicks, Scott
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Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this delightful movie charts the early and traumatic early years. Telling the story in flashback we see David as he grows up and into a child prodigy while his father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his childhood in Europe and the loss of his family in the concentration camps. David finally breaks away from his father and goes away to study overseas, he later suffers a breakdown and returns to Australia and a life in an institution. Many years later he is released and through several twists of fate (in reality even more unlikely than film portrays) he starts playing a piano in a bar before finally returning to the concert hall.

Cell, The (2000)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Lopez, Jennifer | Vaughn, Vince | D'Onofrio, Vincent | Weber, Jake | Baker, Dylan | Jean-Baptiste, Marianne | Bauchau, Patrick | Becker, Gerry | Subkoff, Tara | Sutherland, Catherine | Thomas, Jake | James, Colton | Norris, Dean | Cothran Jr., John | Conley, Jack
Directors: Singh, Tarsem
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Catharine Deane is a psychotherapist who is part of a revolutionary new treatment which allows her mind to literally enter the mind of her patients. Her experience in this method takes an unexpected turn when an FBI agent comes to ask for a desperate favour. They had just tracked down a notorious serial killer, Carl Stargher, whose MO is to abduct women one at a time and place them in a secret area where they are kept for about 40 hours until they are slowly drowned. Unfortunately, the killer has fallen into an irreversible coma which means he cannot confess where he has taken his latest victim before she dies. Now, Catherine Deane must race against time to explore the twisted mind of the killer to get the information she needs, but Stargher’s damaged personality poses dangers that threaten to overwhelm her.

Stand by Me (1986)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Wheaton, Wil | River Phoenix | Feldman, Corey | O'Connell, Jerry | Sutherland, Kiefer | Siemaszko, Casey | Riley, Gary | Gregg, Bradley | Oliver, Jason | Bell, Marshall | McCain, Frances Lee | Kirby, Bruce | Bronder, William | Beach, Scott | Dreyfuss, Richard
Directors: Reiner, Rob
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Unable to grasp the fact of his brother’s death, Gordie Lachance feels compelled to travel with three friends to see a dead body that has been found near the railroad tracks.

Sweeney Todd (2006)

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Banzaru, Radu | Bradley, David | Butuc, Zoltan | Currier, Paul | Foxxe, David | Frost, Roger | Gottwald, Ingo | Hardy, Tom | Micu, Radu Andrei | O'Donnell, Anthony | Spahiu, Gabriel | Walker, Ben | Warner, David | Winstone, Ray | Davis, Essie
Directors: Moore, Dave
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A BBC adaptation of the classic tale of the 18th century demon barber of Fleet Street, London, who cuts the throats of his unsuspecting clients in his shop.

Atonement (2007)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Ronan, Saoirse | Blethyn, Brenda | West, Julia | McAvoy, James | Walter, Harriet | Knightley, Keira | Temple, Juno | von Simson, Felix | von Simson, Charlie | Allen, Alfie | Kennedy, Patrick | Cumberbatch, Benedict | Wight, Peter | O'Connor, Peter | Daniel Mays
Directors: Wright, Joe
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In the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis observes a flirtation between a servant’s son, Robbie, and her older sister, Cecilia, that she childishly misconstrues. Briony’s misunderstanding leads to a terrible crime whose consequences follow them through World War II.