Posts Tagged ‘destiny’

Iris (2001)

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Winslet, Kate | Bonneville, Hugh | Dench, Judi | Broadbent, Jim | Bron, Eleanor | Morant, Angela | Wilton, Penelope | Hayes, Siobhan | Aubrey, Juliet | Bakewell, Joan | Carroll, Nancy | Marshall, Kris | Mannion, Tom | Hutchinson, Derek | West, Samuel
Directors: Eyre, Richard
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A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch’s descent into Alzheimer’s Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley until her death. The film is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends).

Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Van Damme, Jean-Claude | White, Michael Jai | Berkeley, Xander | Justin Lazard | von Bargen, Daniel | Black, James | Goldberg, Bill | Anderson, Brent | Hinkley, Brent | Watson, Woody | Williamson, Sam | Culberson, Dion | Berry, Josh | Dalton, Mark | Hamilton, Roger
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Universal Soldier II continues the story of Luc Deveraux, who has survived his experiences as a Universal Soldier, recovered, and is now working as a technical expert on a government project to revive and improve the Universal Soldier training program. When S.E.T.H., the supercomputer controlling the Soldiers, goes haywire and takes over, Luc is the only one who can battle this elite team of deadly, near-perfect warriors.

Ninth Gate, The (1999)

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: France | Spain | USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Langella, Frank | Olin, Lena | Seigner, Emmanuelle | Jefford, Barbara | Taylor, Jack | López Rodero, José | Amoni, Tony | Russo, James | Holt, Willy | Garfield, Allen | Dacqmine, Jacques | Sheridan, Joe | Pauly, Rebecca | Benguigui, Catherine
Directors: Polanski, Roman
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Based on the book The Club Dumas, written by Arturo Perez-Reverte. Dean Corso, a somewhat sleazy rare book dealer, is hired by a mysterious patron who has just come into possession of one of the only three copies of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows (a 17th century occult text said to give its owner unimaginable power). The man hires Corso to track down the other two copies and compare them to his, but complications - both natural and supernatural - arise at every turn.

Doctor Dolittle (1998)

Friday, May 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Murphy, Eddie | Davis, Ossie | Platt, Oliver | Boyle, Peter | Schiff, Richard | Wilson, Kristen | Tambor, Jeffrey | Pratt, Kyla | Raven | Gilborn, Steven | Dellums, Erik | Christopher, June | Franklin, Cherie | Adair-Rios, Mark | Calfa, Don
Directors: Thomas, Betty
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Dr. John Dolittle has the world in his hands: A beautiful wife at his side, two adorable daughters and a career that could not go better. One night, he nearly runs over a dog with his car. The dog yells “bonehead” and disappears. From then on, his childhood ability is back: To communicate with animals. Unfortunately, the word of Dolittle’s ability is spreading quickly. Soon, many animals from rat to horse flock to his place to get medical advice. But his colleagues suspect he’s going mad, and as the clinic Dolittle used to work for is about to being taken over for a huge amount of money, many decisions have to be made. Believe him? Put him into a mental institution? Sell the clinic? But also his family is close to breaking apart. Until a circus tiger falls seriously ill.

Toy Story 2 (1999)

Monday, May 12th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Allen, Tim | Cusack, Joan | Grammer, Kelsey | Rickles, Don | Varney, Jim | Shawn, Wallace | Ratzenberger, John | Potts, Annie | Knight, Wayne | Morris, John | Metcalf, Laurie | Harris, Estelle | Benson, Jodi | Ranft, Joe
Directors: Lasseter, John | Unkrich, Lee | Brannon, Ash
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While Andy is away at summer camp Woody has been toynapped by Al McWiggin, a greedy collector and proprietor of “Al’s Toy Barn”! In this all-out rescue mission, Buzz and his friends Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex and Hamm springs into action to rescue Woody from winding up as a museum piece. They must find a way to save him before he gets sold in Japan forever and they’ll never see him again!

Rounders (1998)

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Damon, Matt | Norton, Edward | Cicero, Paul | Turturro, John | Iannicelli, Ray | Mol, Gretchen | Janssen, Famke | Goldsmith, Merwin | Malkovich, John | Landau, Martin | Zito, Sonny | Rispoli, Michael | Lawrence, Mal Z. | Kanakaredes, Melina | Mostel, Josh
Directors: Dahl, John
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A young man (Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

Bee Movie (2007)

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Seinfeld, Jerry | Zellweger, Renée | Broderick, Matthew | Warburton, Patrick | Goodman, John | Rock, Chris | Bates, Kathy | Levinson, Barry | King, Larry | Liotta, Ray | Sting | Winfrey, Oprah | Miller, Larry | Mullally, Megan | Torn, Rip
Directors: Hickner, Steve
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Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry’s life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.

Sophie’s Choice (1982)

Monday, April 21st, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Streep, Meryl | MacNicol, Peter | Karin, Rita | Newman, Stephen D. | Turken, Greta | Mostel, Josh | Rosenblatt, Marcell | Rosenfeld, Moishe | Bartlett, Robin | Lipinski, Eugene | Rothman, John | Leon, Joseph | Wohl, David | Polan, Nina
Directors: Pakula, Alan J.
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Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie’s narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions.

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Friday, April 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Ryan, Meg | Pullman, Bill | Malinger, Ross | O'Donnell, Rosie | Hoffmann, Gaby | Garber, Victor | Wilson, Rita | Garrick, Barbara | Lowell, Carey | Hyde Pierce, David | Ivey, Dana | Reiner, Rob | Farrell, Tom Riis | du Rand, Le Clanché
Directors: Ephron, Nora
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Sam is a recent widower who is seeking someone new. Sam’s son Jonah, is also looking for a new mother, so when Jonah puts his father on national radio, hundreds of women write to him. One of the women is Annie. She’s engaged to Walter, but he’s a bit strange. Annie goes to great lengths to meet Sam.

Life Less Ordinary, A (1997)

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: McGregor, Ewan | Diaz, Cameron | Hunter, Holly | Lindo, Delroy | Hedaya, Dan | McNeice, Ian | Kanig, Frank | Winkler, Mel | Tucci, Stanley | Decker, Anne Cullimore | Dodds, K.K. | Shalhoub, Tony | Gorham, Christopher | Holm, Ian | Chaykin, Maury
Directors: Boyle, Danny
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Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in L.A. who takes his boss’s daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot. Two “angels” who are in charge of human relationships on earth, offer some unsolicited help to bring this unlikely couple together. The “angels” are so successful that the daughter soon turns on her father in order to save her captor.