Posts Tagged ‘dysfunctional-marriage’

Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Barrymore, Drew | Zahn, Steve | Garcia, Adam | Murphy, Brittany | Woods, James | Bracco, Lorraine
Directors: Penny Marshall
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Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter’s problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she’s pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly’s marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin.

Different Loyalty, A (2004)

Friday, May 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Canada | UK | USA
Actors: Stone, Sharon | Everett, Rupert | Wadham, Julian | Cochrane, Michael | Lambton, Anne | Piddock, Jim | McMillan, Richard | Mimi Kuzyk | VanCamp, Emily | Hope, Tamara | Rendall, Mark | Andrei, Damir | Bourgeois, John | Sonja Smits | Hibbert, Edward
Directors: Kanievska, Marek
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Set in 1963, a spirited woman turns her world upside down search for her husband who disappeared from his Beirut home. But when she discovers he’s a Russian spy, her love will be put to tests no one should have to face.

Godfather: Part II, The (1974)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Duvall, Robert | Keaton, Diane | De Niro, Robert | Cazale, John | Shire, Talia | Strasberg, Lee | Gazzo, Michael V. | Spradlin, G.D. | Bright, Richard | Moschin, Gastone | Rosqui, Tom | Kirby, Bruno | Sivero, Frank | De Sapio, Francesca
Directors: Coppola, Francis Ford
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The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Money Pit, The (1986)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Long, Shelley | Godunov, Alexander | Stapleton, Maureen | Mantegna, Joe | Bosco, Philip | Mostel, Josh | Smirnoff, Yakov | Caridi, Carmine | Backer, Brian | Lombardo, Billy | Dillon, Mia | Van Dreelen, John | Watson, Douglass | Dobrin, Lucille
Directors: Benjamin, Richard
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A young couple sinks their life savings into a house that was trashed by a rock group to the extent that it no longer has a main stairway or water. This creates strains on their relationship. Every home owner will recognize some of the situations they encounter.

5×2 (2004)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: France
Actors: Bruni Tedeschi, Valeria | Freiss, Stéphane | Fabian, Françoise | Lonsdale, Michael | Pailhas, Géraldine | Chappey, Antoine | Ruchmann, Marc | Tavassoli, Jason | Brissart, Jean-Pol | Kherris, Eliane | Belkacem, Yannis | Debrun, Sylvie | Neisser, Jean | Brétécher, Ninon | Fouquet, Marie-Madeleine
Directors: Ozon, François
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Marion (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) and Gilles (Stéphane Freiss) are living their last minutes as a married couple. After having formalized their divorce, they will make love for the last time in a hotel, but the experience is rather traumatic for Marion, contributing to increase the crisis between them. From this point, the story, broken down in 5 episodes, will run backwards, telling us the couple’s married life, showing us their devoted love to their little son, but also how Gilles hurt Marion in several ways. Then, we see Marion’s labour at the hospital, with an indifference attitude from Gilles about the matter. The two last episodes, tell how was the wedding, the party and the wedding night, and finally, how Marion and Gilles met each other during a trip in the Italian coast.

Border, The (1982)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Keitel, Harvey | Perrine, Valerie | Oates, Warren | Carrillo, Elpidia | Wilcox, Shannon | Viescas, Manuel | Morris, Jeff | Gomez, Mike | Blocker, Dirk | Chapman, Lonny | Pickren, Stacey | Levine, Floyd | Jeter, James | Fudge, Alan
Directors: Richardson, Tony
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A border agent involved in drug smuggling decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman’s baby is put up for sale on the black market.

Proof of Life (2000)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ryan, Meg | Crowe, Russell | Morse, David | Reed, Pamela | Caruso, David | Heald, Anthony | Anderson, Stanley | John, Gottfried | Armstrong, Alun | Kitchen, Michael | Martindale, Margo | Sánchez, Mario Ernesto | Sibille, Pietro | Hernández, Vicky | Martínez, Norma
Directors: Hackford, Taylor
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In a mountainous South American country, drug-dealing rebels kidnap Peter Bowman, a US engineer who works for an oil company’s subsidiary. The company calls in a negotiator, Terry Thorne, an Aussie ex-soldier based in London. When the subsidiary goes bankrupt, the oil company washes its hands of the matter and pulls Thorne. Bowman’s wife Alice begs him to stay. She and Peter’s sister cobble together some money, Thorne talks ransom terms with the cash-strapped rebels, and Peter, chained high in the mountains, is sustained by a photo of Alice. When the politics of the situation change, so must Thorne’s strategy. And what can Alice and he do about the attraction growing between them?

Derailed (2005)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Cassel, Vincent | Owen, Clive | Aniston, Jennifer | Timlin, Addison | George, Melissa | Bee, Sandra | RZA | Armstrong, William | Conti, Tom | Blake, Rachel | Leaf, Richard | Xzibit | McCord, Catherine | O'Hare, Denis | Chapman, Georgina
Directors: Håfström, Mikael
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Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands their daughter’s illness, and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to an adulterous rendezvous in an hotel. But no sooner have they torn each others’ clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda.Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles is reluctant to go to the Police and soon finds himself powerless to resist the every demand of the thief.

Transporter 2 (2005)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Statham, Jason | Gassman, Alessandro | Valletta, Amber | Nauta, Kate | Modine, Matthew | Flemyng, Jason | David, Keith | Clary, Hunter | Briggs, Shannon | Berléand, François | Tong, Raymond | Kapetan, George | Chase, Jeff | Weiner, Gregg | Davis, Gregg
Directors: Leterrier, Louis
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In Miami, the professional driver Frank Martin is working temporarily for the Billings family, transporting their son Jack while his driver is on vacation. Mr. Billings is an important member of the government and Mrs. Audrey Billings trusts on Frank, who promises to protect the boy. When Jack is kidnapped by a mercenary hired by the Colombian cartels, Frank faces the criminals and the Miami police force trying to rescue the kid. When the boy returns to his family, Jack discloses the real and lethal intention of the abduction of Jack.

Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Witherspoon, Reese | Lucas, Josh | Dempsey, Patrick | Bergen, Candice | Place, Mary Kay | Ward, Fred | Smart, Jean | Embry, Ethan | Lynskey, Melanie | Gains, Courtney | Rajskub, Mary Lynn | Mitra, Rhona | Graham, Nathan Lee | Bridgers, Sean | Cooper, Fleet
Directors: Tennant, Andy
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Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon), an up and rising fashion designer in New York, has gotten almost everything she wished for since she was little. She has a great career and the JFK-like husband of New York City. But when he proposes to her, she doesn’t forget about her family back down South - and, more importantly, her husband back there, who refuses to divorce her ever since she sent divorce paper for almost 5 years. To settle matters straight, she decides to go to the south quick and make him sign the papers. But when things don’t turn out the way she planned them out, she realizes that what she had before in the south was far more perfect than the life she had in new york city.