Posts Tagged ‘millionaire’

Bucket List, The (2007)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Freeman, Morgan | Hayes, Sean | Todd, Beverly | Morrow, Rob | Dale, Ian Anthony | Freeman, Alfonso | Holub, Hugh B. | Lund, Jordan | Maharajh, Frank | Mangum, Jonathan | McGonagle, Richard | Roullard, Ramon | Stapleton, Christopher | Vongtama, Roy
Directors: Reiner, Rob
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Corprate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Clooney, George | Zeta-Jones, Catherine | Rush, Geoffrey | Cedric the Entertainer | Herrmann, Edward | Adelstein, Paul | Jenkins, Richard | Thornton, Billy Bob | Duffy, Julia | Hadary, Jonathan | Aldredge, Tom | Travis, Stacey | Kyle, Jack | Keyes, Irwin | Drake, Judith
Directors: Coen, Joel | Coen, Ethan
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Miles Massey, a prominent Los Angeles divorce attorney has everything—and in some cases, two of everything. Despite his impressive client list, a formidable win record, the respect of his peers and an ironclad contract (the Massey pre-nup) named after him, he’s reached a crossroads in his life. Sated on success, boredom has set in and he’s looking for new challenges. All that changes when Miles meets his match in the devastating Marylin Rexroth. Marylin is the soon-to-be ex-wife of his client Rex Rexroth, a wealthy real estate developer and habitual philanderer. With the help of hard charging private investigator Gus Petch, she has Rex nailed and is looking forward to the financial independence a successful divorce will bring. But thanks to Miles’ considerable skills, she ends up with nothing. Not to be outdone, Marylin schemes to get even and as part of her plan, quickly marries oil tycoon Howard Doyle. Miles and his unflappable associate, Wrigley, unwittingly dig themselves in deeper and deeper as they go head-to-head with Marylin. Underhanded tactics, deceptions and an undeniable attraction escalate as Marylin and Miles square off in this classic battle of the sexes.

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Maguire, Tobey | Dunst, Kirsten | Franco, James | Church, Thomas Haden | Grace, Topher | Howard, Bryce Dallas | J.K. Simmons | Harris, Rosemary | Cromwell, James | Russell, Theresa | Baker, Dylan | Nunn, Bill | Campbell, Bruce | Robertson, Cliff | Banks, Elizabeth
Directors: Raimi, Sam
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Peter Parker has finally managed to piece together the once-broken parts of his life, maintaining a balance between his relationship with Mary-Jane and his responsibility as Spider-Man. But more challenges arise for our young hero. Peter’s old friend Harry Obsourne has set out for revenge against Peter; taking up the mantle of his late father’s persona as The New Goblin, and Peter must also capture Uncle Ben’s real killer, Flint Marko, who has been transformed into his toughest foe yet, the Sandman. All hope seems lost when suddenly Peter’s suit turns jet-black and greatly amplifies his powers. But it also begins to greatly amplify the much darker qualities of Peter’s personality that he begins to lose himself to. Peter has to reach deep inside himself to free the compassionate hero he used to be if he is to ever conquer the darkness within and face not only his greatest enemies, but also…himself.

American Psycho (2000)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Bale, Christian | Theroux, Justin | Lucas, Josh | Sage, Bill | Sevigny, Chloƫ | Witherspoon, Reese | Mathis, Samantha | Ross, Matt | Leto, Jared | Dafoe, Willem | Seymour, Cara | Turner, Guinevere | Bogaert, Stephen | Meier, Monika | Cathey, Reg E.
Directors: Harron, Mary
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Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.

Barefoot Contessa, The (1954)

Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Bogart, Humphrey | Gardner, Ava | O'Brien, Edmond | Goring, Marius | Cortese, Valentina | Brazzi, Rossano | Sellars, Elizabeth | Stevens, Warren | Interlenghi, Franco | Aldon, Mari | Love, Bessie | Decker, Diana | Fraser, Bill | Rabagliati, Alberto | Staiola, Enzo
Directors: Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
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While in the burial of Countess Torlato-Favrini, her friend Harry Dawes and her acquaintance Oscar Muldoon recalls parts of her past. When the wealthy Kirk Edwards hires director and screenplay writer Harry Dawes, they travel to Spain with the public relations Oscar Muldoon to see the dancer of a nightclub Maria Vargas and invite her for an audition, since they need a new face for their next movie. Maria, a naive woman with simple origins, is convinced by Harry to go to Hollywood and becomes a famous star and a close friend of Harry and his girlfriend Jerry. Along her successful career, Maria lives personal dramas including lack of adaptation for her new lifestyle, is unable to love and is disputed by the powerful millionaires Kirk Edwards and Alberto Bravano. When she meets the noble and handsome Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini in the French Riviera, she believes that she found her prince charming and her life becomes a fairy tale. But after the wedding, she sees that her Cinderella’s castle of dreams has become a pumpkin.

Panic Room (2002)

Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Foster, Jodie | Stewart, Kristen | Whitaker, Forest | Yoakam, Dwight | Leto, Jared | Bauchau, Patrick | Magnuson, Ann | Buchanan, Ian | Walker, Andrew Kevin | Schulze, Paul | Rodriguez, Mel | Conant, Richard | Simon, Paul | Thrash, Victor | Turner, Ken
Directors: Fincher, David
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After her divorce, Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah move into an old-fashioned house with one very modern addition: a “panic room” which is virtually impossible to break into, designed for refuge during a home invasion. In their first night in the house a trio of thieves do break in and Meg and Sarah rush into the panic room. However, the intruders are looking for something inside the panic room, and given the recent move the room’s hotline to the police hasn’t been hooked up yet. Worse, Sarah is diabetic and the room doesn’t contain any sugar…

Batman Returns (1992)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Romance | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Keaton, Michael | DeVito, Danny | Pfeiffer, Michelle | Walken, Christopher | Gough, Michael | Murphy, Michael | Conaway, Cristi | Bryniarski, Andrew | Hingle, Pat | Schiavelli, Vincent | Hooks, Jan | Witting, Steve | Strong, John | Zumwalt, Rick | Katarina, Anna
Directors: Burton, Tim
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Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt to expose Batman in a different light. Earlier however, Selina Kyle, Max’s secretary, is thrown from the top of a building and is transformed into Catwoman - a mysterious figure who has the same personality disorder as Batman. Batman must attempt to clear his name, all the time deciding just what must be done with the Catwoman.

Hannibal (2001)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Hopkins, Anthony | Moore, Julianne | Oldman, Gary | Giannini, Giancarlo | Liotta, Ray | Faison, Frankie | Neri, Francesca | Ivanek, Zeljko | Goodman, Hazelle | Andrews, David | Guinan, Francis | Opher, James | Lo Verso, Enrico | Marescotti, Ivano | Gifuni, Fabrizio
Directors: Scott, Ridley
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Part four in the Hannibal Lecter Quadrilogy. Having escaped the asylum in “Silence of the Lambs,” Dr Lecter goes into hiding in Florence, Italy. Back in America, Mason Verger, an old victim of the doctor’s, seeks revenge. Disfigured and confined to a life-support system, he plans to draw Lecter out of his hiding place, using the one thing he truly cares for: Clarice Starling.

Aviator, The (2004)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: Germany | Japan | USA
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Blanchett, Cate | Beckinsale, Kate | Reilly, John C. | Baldwin, Alec | Alda, Alan | Holm, Ian | Huston, Danny | Stefani, Gwen | Law, Jude | Scott, Adam | Ross, Matt | Garner, Kelli | Conroy, Frances | Spiner, Brent
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese’s favorite films, Hell’s Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.

Batman Begins (2005)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bale, Christian | Caine, Michael | Neeson, Liam | Holmes, Katie | Oldman, Gary | Murphy, Cillian | Wilkinson, Tom | Hauer, Rutger | Watanabe, Ken | Boone Junior, Mark | Roache, Linus | Freeman, Morgan | Holden, Larry | Murphy, Gerard | McFarlane, Colin
Directors: Nolan, Christopher
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In tone with the early “Batman: Year One” style comics. As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge but his chance is cruelly taken away from him by fate. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra’s Al-Ghul, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system whilst the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armored suit leads him to take on a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong - he becomes, Batman. In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various nefarious schemes in motion by individuals such as mafia don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan ‘The Scarecrow’ Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right.