Posts Tagged ‘letter’

Home of the Brave (2006)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Morocco | USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Biel, Jessica | Presley, Brian | Ricci, Christina | 50 Cent | Murray, Chad Michael | Cameron, Joyce M. | Rowell, Victoria | Deitrick, Wes | Nordling, Jeffrey | Goodwin, Jhon | Ruginis, Vyto | Jones III, Sam | Imoru, Nike | MacDonald, James
Directors: Winkler, Irwin
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The day after they get the word they’ll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who’s a single mom and who lost a hand in the ambush, an infantry man whose best friend died that day, and a soldier who keeps reliving the moment he killed a civilian woman. Each of the four has come home changed, each feels dislocation. Group therapy, V.A. services, halting gestures from family and colleagues, and regular flashbacks keep the war front and center in their minds. They’re angry, touchy, and explosive: can a warrior find peace back home?

Over the Top (1987)

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Stallone, Sylvester | Loggia, Robert | Blakely, Susan | Zumwalt, Rick | Mendenhall, David | McCarty, Chris | Funk, Terry | Beattie, Bob | Graf, Allan | Schwarz, Magic | Way, Bruce | Keegan, Jimmy | Braden, John | Munafo, Tony | Raney, Randy
Directors: Golan, Menahem
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Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who’s trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his ex-wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son doesn’t think too highly of him until he enters the nation-wide arm wrestling competition in Las Vegas.

Notebook, The (2004)

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ivey, Tim | Rowlands, Gena | DuPois, Starletta | Garner, James | Thomas, Anthony-Michael Q. | Grady, Ed | Amber, Renée | Echols, Jennifer | Knight, Geoffrey | Connolly, Kevin | Gosling, Ryan | Wahlquist, Heather | McAdams, Rachel | Schaff, Andrew | Shelly, Matt
Directors: Cassavetes, Nick
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An old man in a nursing home reads a story to an old woman each day. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun. They met one evening at a carnival many years ago. Allie’s parents separate Noah and Allie. They disapprove of Noah’s lack of wealth, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and becomes engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. In a local newspaper, Noah’s picture catches Allie’s eye. He is standing in front of a fully restored, 200 year old home. The article is filled with praise for his accomplishments. Allie’s heart nearly bursts. The last time she saw this house it was a rotted decaying shamble. She stood enfolded in Noah’s arms in the great entryway and listened to his plans to buy and restore this house. Just the way she wanted it. With her love for Noah still alive, the picture pulls at her heart. She has to go back, see if Noah is okay, and tell him about her marriage. They both think the echo deep in their hearts, the one that has lasted all these years, is not shared by the other. The cry they could not stifle. It wasn’t over for me.

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.

Glory (1989)

Friday, February 8th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Broderick, Matthew | Washington, Denzel | Elwes, Cary | Freeman, Morgan | Kennedy, Jihmi | Braugher, Andre | Finn, John | Leitch, Donovan | Cullum, JD | North, Alan | Gunton, Bob | De Young, Cliff | Baskous, Christian | Lee, RonReaco | Sanders, Jay O.
Directors: Zwick, Edward
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Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.

Secretary (2002)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Davies, Jeremy | Gyllenhaal, Maggie | Spader, James | Warren, Lesley Ann | Bauchau, Patrick
Directors: Steven Shainberg
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Lee Holloway is a smart, quirky woman in her twenties who returns to her hometown in Florida after a brief stay in a mental hospital. In search of relief from herself and her oppressive childhood environment, she starts to date a nerdy friend from high school and takes a job as a secretary in a local law firm, soon developing an obsessive crush on her older boss, Mr. Grey. Through their increasingly bizarre relationship, Lee follows her deepest longings to the heights of masochism and finally to a place of self-affirmation.

Infamous (2006)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Weaver, Sigourney | Jones, Toby | Paltrow, Gwyneth | Rubin, Mark | Schwelling, Steve | Gill, Glover Johns | Arteaga, Rey | Sherburn, Justin | Halbreich, Andrew | Stevenson, Juliet | Panes, Michael | Davis, Hope | Curcio, Frank G. | Bullock, Sandra | Rossellini, Isabella
Directors: McGrath, Douglas
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On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?

Great Raid, The (2005)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Bratt, Benjamin | Franco, James | Mammone, Robert | Martini, Max | Carpinello, James | Consuelos, Mark | McLachlan, Craig | Farnsworth, Freddie Joe | Macintosh, Laird | Callaghan, Jeremy | McLean, Scott | Montalban, Paolo | Crawford, Clayne | Worthington, Sam | Innes, Royston
Directors: Dahl, John
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Set in the Philippines in 1945 towards the end of WWII, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci and Captain Robert Prince, the 6th Ranger Battalion undertake a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling thirty miles behind enemy lines, they intend to liberate over 500 American Soldiers from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp in the most audacious rescue ever.

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Knightley, Keira | Riley, Talulah | Pike, Rosamund | Malone, Jena | Mulligan, Carey | Sutherland, Donald | Blethyn, Brenda | Blakley, Claudie | Morand, Sylvester | Woods, Simon | Reilly, Kelly | MacFadyen, Matthew | Torrens, Pip | Whiteside, Janet | Matthews, Sinead
Directors: Wright, Joe
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The story is based on Jane Austen’s novel about five sisters - Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia Bennet - in Georgian England. Their lives are turned upside down when a wealthy young man (Mr. Bingley) and his best friend (Mr. Darcy) arrive in their neighborhood.

Hoot (2006)

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Lerman, Logan | Larson, Brie | Linley, Cody | Wilson, Luke | Phillips, Eric | Collins, Dean | Nelson, Tim Blake | Gregg, Clark | Kiersten Warren | Flynn, Neil | Cauffiel, Jessica | Wagner, Robert | Buffett, Jimmy | Archie, John | Donner, Robert
Directors: Shriner, Wil
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A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he’s compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.