Posts Tagged ‘loss-of-brother’

African Queen, The (1951)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Bogart, Humphrey | Hepburn, Katharine | Morley, Robert | Bull, Peter | Bikel, Theodore | Gotell, Walter | Swanwick, Peter | Marner, Richard | John, Errol | Onn, Gerald | von Kotze, John
Directors: Huston, John
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At the start of World War 1, Charlie Allnut is using his old steamer, The African Queen, to ferry supplies to villages in East Africa. When the Rev. Samuel Sayer dies, Charlie agrees to take Sayers’ sister, Rose, back to civilization. taking on the Germans at the same time.

Lord of War (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Cage, Nicolas | Moynahan, Bridget | Leto, Jared | Tukhmanyan, Shake | Nshanian, Jean-Pierre | Burke, Jared | Uys, Eric | Shumbris, David | Morgan, Stewart | Lenz, Jasper | Marx, Kobus | De Abreu, Stephan | Crutchley, Jeremy | Holm, Ian | Finch, Tanya
Directors: Niccol, Andrew
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This film charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa, selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s, where he forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son. The film also charts his relationship through the years with his younger brother, his marriage to a famous model, his relentless pursuit by a determined federal agent and his inner demons that sway between his drive for success and the immorality of what he does.

Walk the Line (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Phoenix, Joaquin | Witherspoon, Reese | Goodwin, Ginnifer | Patrick, Robert | Roberts, Dallas | Miller, Dan John | Bagby, Larry | Lynne, Shelby | Hilton, Tyler | Payne, Waylon | Jennings, Shooter | Lafferty, Sandra Ellis | Beene, Dan | Steakley, Clay | Rice, Johnathan
Directors: Mangold, James
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While growing up in the Great Depression era, Johnny Cash(Joaquin Phoenix) takes an interest in music and eventually moves out of his Arkansas town to join the air force in Germany. While there, he buys his first guitar and writes his own music, and proposes to Vivian. When they got married, they settled in Tennessee and with a daughter, he supported the family by being a salesman. He discovers a man who can pursue his dreams and ends up getting a record with the boys. Shortly after that, he was on a short tour, promoting his songs, and meets the already famous and beautiful June Carter(Reese Witherspoon). Then as they get on the long-term tours with June, the boys, and Jerry Lee Lewis, they have this unspoken relationship that grows. But when June leaves the tour because of his behavior, he was a drug addict. His marriage was also falling apart, and when he sees June years later at an awards show, he forces June to tour with them again, promising June to support her two kids and herself. While the tour goes on, the relationship between June and John grow more,and his marriage to his first wife ends. June finds out about the drugs, and help him overcome it. True love and care helped John eventually stop the drug usage, and finally proposes to her in front of an audience at a show.

Stay Alive (2006)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Foster, Jon | Armstrong, Samaire | Muniz, Frankie | Simpson, Jimmi | Pierce, Wendell | Ventimiglia, Milo | Bush, Sophia | Goldberg, Adam | Slaughter, Billy | Oppermann, Nicole | Wood, April | Monica, Monica | Hackford, Rio | Louviere, Billy | Nash, J. Richey
Directors: Bell, William Brent
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After the brutal death of a friend, a group of friends find themselves in possession of a video-game called “Stay Alive,” a blood-curdling true story of a 17th century noblewoman known as the Blood Countess. After playing the game when they know they shouldn’t, however, the friends realize that once they die in the game—they die for real. As their numbers begin dropping and as they begin dying in the ways they died in the game, the remaining friends realize they must defeat the Blood Countess or accept their fates.

Babel (2006)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | Mexico | USA
Actors: Pitt, Brad | Blanchett, Cate | Akhzam, Mohamed | Wight, Peter | Walter, Harriet | Martin, Trevor | Gibbs, Matyelok | Bousquet, Georges | Acs, Claudine | Oumansky, André | Maloney, Michael | Crowley, Dermot | Nottingham, Wendy | Maratray, Henry | Broughton, Linda
Directors: González Iñárritu, Alejandro
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Richard and Susan are a couple from San Diego, California who are vacationing in Morocco while their two children are at home with their Mexican housekeeper, Amelia. A rifle finds its way into the hands of a local herdsman’s young sons, who recklessly take a shot at a tour bus and hit Susan in the shoulder, causing her severe injury. The distraught Richard calls home to tell Amelia of the situation, who shortly departs for Mexico to attend her son’s wedding, with Richard and Susan’s children in tow. Disaster thus multiplies, with the situation in Morocco ascribed to terrorists in the media, while Amelia meets with trouble at the Mexican border when she attempts to return to San Diego with Richard and Susan’s children. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, a widower tied to the rifle in question, a complex shift of ownership to which the audience is privy, attempts to deal with the memories of his recently deceased wife and his strained relationship with his deaf teenage daughter.

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.

Stomp the Yard (2007)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Short, Columbus | Good, Meagan | Ne-Yo | Henson, Darrin Dewitt | White, Brian J. | Alonso, Laz | Valarie Pettiford | Williams, Jermaine | Louis, Allan | Lennix, Harry J. | Brown, Chris | Best, Oliver Ryan | Martyn, Richmond Duain | Hires, Justin | Ngaujah, Michael
Directors: White, Sylvain
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After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.

Brother Bear (2003)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Phoenix, Joaquin | Suarez, Jeremy | Raize, Jason | Moranis, Rick | Thomas, Dave | Sweeney, D.B. | Copeland, Joan | Duncan, Michael Clarke | Gould, Harold | Christie, Paul | Mastrogiorgio, Daniel | Harris, Estelle | Proops, Greg | Perrette, Pauley | Cesar, Darko
Directors: Blaise, Aaron | Walker, Robert
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Long ago, as the Earth was emerging from the Ice Age, there were three brothers. After a bear takes the life of the oldest brother, impulsive youngest brother Kenai kills the bear in revenge, only to be transformed into a bear himself. Denahi, the middle brother, comes upon this bear and, thinking it killed Kenai, vows revenge. Now brother hunts brother and Kenai’s only hope for survival is to befriend his own worst enemy, a grizzly cub named Koda. Koda main goal is to show Kenai the real meaning of brotherhood.

Home at the End of the World, A (2004)

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Chalmers, Andrew | Donowho, Ryan | Vieira, Asia | Hamilton, Quancetia | Authors, Jeff J.J. | Merchant, Lisa | Lea, Ron | Smith, Erik | Allan, Harris | Frewer, Matt | Spacek, Sissy | Farrell, Colin | Roberts, Dallas | Wright Penn, Robin | Roberts, Shawn
Directors: Mayer, Michael
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Two childhood friends face their past relationships, including their own, alongside a new friend in the 1980’s in New York City. Their friendship becomes a love triangle as they struggle with a father’s death and an unexpected pregnancy. Together, the shall face each other as they realize that everything they have may not be what they expected.

Raise Your Voice (2004)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Duff, Hilary | James, Oliver | Keith, David | Davis, Dana | Lewis, Johnny | Wilson, Rita | Mayhew, Lauren C. | Dennings, Kat | Ritter, Jason | De Mornay, Rebecca | Corbett, John | Reeves, Carly | Avery, James | Trebor, Robert | Palmer, Steven T.
Directors: McNamara, Sean
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Hilary Duff stars in Raise Your Voice as a young woman from a small town who spends the summer in a performing arts school in Los Angeles. She encounters big city circumstances and romance that challenge her small town upbringing. Sean McNamara directs.