Posts Tagged ‘fish-out-of-water’

We’re No Angels (1989)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Penn, Sean | Axton, Hoyt | Kirby, Bruno | McAnally, Ray | Russo, James | Shawn, Wallace | Reilly, John C. | Brazeau, Jay | Buhay, Ken | Murdoch, Bill | Turner, Frank C. | Walker, Matthew | Hoy, Sean | Berry, Lloyd
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A couple of escaped convicts on the run find refuge with the Church when they are mistaken for two priests. The two are keen to flee but are unable to do so without the help of Molly.

Jungle Book, The (1994)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Lee, Jason Scott | Elwes, Cary | Headey, Lena | Neill, Sam | Cleese, John | Flemyng, Jason | Kalipha, Stefan | Donachie, Ron | Agarwal, Anirudh | Tahir, Faran | Naegeli, Sean | Wolff, Joanna | Walker, Liza | Robertson, Rachel | Morse, Natalie
Directors: Sommers, Stephen
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A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of Mowgoli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the “civilization” of Colonial India which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are.

Species (1995)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Madsen, Michael | Whitaker, Forest | Henstridge, Natasha | Kingsley, Ben | Molina, Alfred | Helgenberger, Marg | Hubley, Whip | Williams, Michelle
Directors: Donaldson, Roger
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In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye. Government agent Xavier Fitch assembles a team of scientists and mercenaries to locate and destroy Sil before she manages to find a mate and breed.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Richardson, Ralph | Holm, Ian | Fox, James | Lambert, Christopher | MacDowell, Andie | Campbell, Cheryl | Charleson, Ian | Davenport, Nigel | Farrell, Nicholas | Geoffrey, Paul | Griffiths, Richard | McRae, Hilton | Suchet, David | Wells, John | Ravinder
Directors: Hudson, Hugh
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A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D’Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

Corky Romano (2001)

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Kattan, Chris | Shaw, Vinessa | Falk, Peter | Berg, Peter | Penn, Chris | Ward, Fred | Roundtree, Richard | Glave, Matthew | Fan, Roger | Sheridan, Dave | Massee, Michael | Pastore, Vincent | Hale, Fiona | King, Kip | Eben, Al
Directors: Pritts, Rob
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A naive, bumbling veterinarian named Corky Romano the outcast son if a Mafia boss, is recruited by his family to infiltrate the FBI and steal any and all evidence that will put his cranky father named Francis A. “Pops” Romano in jail! But he’s in way over his head when he’s made out to be a super agent. It’s a reputation must live up to as he tries to fake his way through one tough assignment after another while hunting for the elusive incriminating proof of his father’s illegal activities.

Army of Darkness (1992)

Monday, May 19th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Campbell, Bruce | Davidtz, Embeth | Gilbert, Marcus | Abercrombie, Ian | Grove, Richard | Quill, Timothy Patrick | Reid, Michael Earl | Fonda, Bridget | Tallman, Patricia | Raimi, Ted | Anderson, Deke | Thomas, Bruce | Shearer, Sara | Gordon, Shiva | Bryan, Billy
Directors: Raimi, Sam
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In this sequel to the Evil Dead films, a discount-store employee (”Name’s Ash. Housewares.”) is time-warped to a medieval castle beset by monstrous forces. Initially mistaken for an enemy, he is soon revealed as the prophecised savior who can quest for the Necronomicon, a book which can dispel the evil. Unfortunately, he screws up the magic words while collecting the tome, and releases an army of skeletons, led by his own Deadite counterpart. What follows is a thrilling, yet tongue-in-cheek battle between Ash’s 20th Century tactics and the minions of darkness.

Decoys (2004)

Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: Canada
Actors: Sevier, Corey | von Pfetten, Stefanie | Poirier, Kim | Toufexis, Elias | Ory, Meghan | Esmer, Enis | Morin, Krista | Trottier, Marc | Colak, Carrie | Burgi, Richard | Eggert, Nicole | Hastings, Don | Smyth, Sarah | Graham, Leah | Lobel, Mike
Directors: Hastings, Matthew
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Luke and Roger are just another couple of college guys trying to lose their virginity. But when Luke sees something unusual, he begins to suspect that the girls on campus aren’t exactly…human.

Enchanted (2007)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Adams, Amy | Marsden, James | Menzel, Idina | Sarandon, Susan | Dempsey, Patrick | Spall, Timothy | Covey, Rachel | Ivers, Samantha | Servitto, Matt | Siravo, Joseph | Conlin, Michaela | Bennett, Jeff | Lima, Emma Rose | Dunn, Teala
Directors: Lima, Kevin
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In an animated fairy tale world, a young girl meets and falls in love with the handsome prince of her dreams. News of this romance upsets the prince’s mother, the evil queen, who uses her black magic to send the girl hurtling out of the animated world into the one place in the universe where there is no true love: modern day Manhattan. The now-real girl has to survive in New York City and find her way home again to her true love.

First Blood (1982)

Monday, April 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Stallone, Sylvester | Crenna, Richard | Dennehy, Brian | McKinney, Bill | Starrett, Jack | Talbott, Michael | Mulkey, Chris | McLiam, John | Humphreys, Alf | Caruso, David | Crowley, David L. | MacKay, Don | Tamburro, Charles A. | Petersen, David | Huston, Craig
Directors: Kotcheff, Ted
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John Rambo is a disoriented Vietnam Vet. He is hitchhiking from town to town to see friends from the war. A sheriff tries to make him leave town and when he refuses, arrests him for vagrancy. While in jail, a deputy takes delight in abusing him. Rambo escapes showing his old Vietnam fighting skills and takes to the woods as the sheriff and deputies try and find him in his element. Things get out of hand as Colonel Trautman Rambo’s old commander appears to shed light on the situation.

Kate & Leopold (2001)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Ryan, Meg | Jackman, Hugh | Schreiber, Liev | Meyer, Breckin | Lyonne, Natasha | Whitford, Bradley | Whitehead, Paxton | Gray, Spalding | Josh Stamberg | Sussman, Matthew | Ayanna, Charlotte | Bosco, Philip | Jack, Andrew | Tracy, Stan | Schaal, Kristen
Directors: Mangold, James
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Kate and her actor brother live in N.Y. in the 21st Century. Her ex-boy friend, Stuart, lives above her apartment and finds this space near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. He goes back to the eighteen hundreds and takes pictures of the place. Leopold, a man living in the 1870’s, was puzzled by Stuart’s tiny camera and decides to follow him and they both ended up in this century. Leopold is clueless about his new surroundings. He gets help and insights from Charlie who thinks that Leopold is an actor who is always in character. Leopold is a highly intelligent man and tries his best to learn and even improve the modern conveniences that he encounters.