Posts Tagged ‘orphanage’

Hannibal Rising (2007)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | France | Italy | UK
Actors: Thomas, Aaran | Ulliel, Gaspard | Gong, Li | Tachovská, Helena-Lia | Leaf, Richard | West, Dominic | Ifans, Rhys | Wade, Michele | Brake, Richard | Hub, Martin | McKidd, Kevin | Dapkunaite, Ingeborga | Stadler, Joerg | Walters, Stephen | Marevich, Ivan
Directors: Webber, Peter
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Based on Thomas Harris’ book of the same name, this prequel shows a young Hannibal Lecter in three different phases of his life from childhood in Lithuania to his ten years in England up to his time in Russia before his capture by FBI agent Will Graham in Red Dragon.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Spain
Actors: Whishaw, Ben | Albiol, Francesc | Cunill, Gonzalo | Salvany, Roger | Herrera, Andrés | Chandler, Simon | Calder, David | Felix, Richard | Minichmayr, Birgit | Wilson, Reg | Boisgontier, Catherine | Casas, Núria | Gramaje, Carlos | Thomas, Sian | Smiley, Michael
Directors: Tykwer, Tom
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of eighteenth century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world’s finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Nocturna (2007)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Fantasy
Countries: Spain
Actors: Arias, Imanol | Sobera, Carlos | Rodríguez, Natalia
Directors: García, Adrià
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Meet the Robinsons (2007)

Monday, March 17th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Angela Bassett | Hansen, Daniel | Fry, Jordan | Josten, Matthew | Ford, John H. H. | McGarry, Dara | Kenny, Tom | Metcalf, Laurie | Hall, Don | Butcher, Paul | Miller-Zarneke, Tracey | Singerman, Wesley | Flower, Jessie | Sandler, Ethan
Directors: Anderson, Stephen J.
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Meet the Robinsons is filled with extraordinarily inappropriate and insensitive messages about adoption that will be disturbing to many children. The basic story is about an adorable baby whose birthmother leaves him on the doorstep of an orphanage. Portrayed as loving, sweet, extremely smart and overly appealing, he spends the next 12 years of his life wanting a family and being turned down by one family after another - in all, 114 couples refuse to adopt him. One disturbing scene shows a prospective dad losing interest in adopting the child because the youngster is more interested in science than sports. When he accidentally splatters them with food from his science project, both prospective parents walk out in a huff , leaving one very sad and disappointed little boy. Since no one else wants him, the child invents a time machine that will take him back in time to find his birth mother. The “bad guy” in his time travel journey turns out to be his best childhood buddy who was once his orphanage roommate. Now an emotional wreck resulting from being left behind when the orphanage was closed and shut down, the once-cute orphan is now mean and devious. The story continues with numerous monsters attacking the child as he continues to search for his birth mother.

Martian Child (2007)

Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Cusack, John | Coleman, Bobby | Peet, Amanda | Okonedo, Sophie | Cusack, Joan | Platt, Oliver | Bud | Schiff, Richard | Calicetto, Taya | Kaye, David | Bonneville, Braxton | Charles, Samuel | Ludwig, Zak | Chu, Samuel Patrick | Morrissette, Ryan
Directors: Meyjes, Menno
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A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he’s really from Mars.

Painted Veil, The (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: China | USA
Actors: Watts, Naomi | Norton, Edward | Schreiber, Liev | Jones, Toby | Rigg, Diana | Howland, Juliet | Wong Chau-Sang, Anthony | Steed, Maggie | Laurence, Lorraine | Lee, Johnny | Feng, Li | Meiduo, Gesang | David, Alan | Voller, Lucy | Rennick, Ian
Directors: Curran, John
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This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed too. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discover’s Kitty’s infidelity with one dashing and witty Diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amidst the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it’s too late?

Epic Movie (2007)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Penn, Kal | Campbell, Adam | Coolidge, Jennifer | Mays, Jayma | Chambers, Faune A. | Glover, Crispin | Cox, Tony | Jiménez, Héctor | Hammond, Darrell | Electra, Carmen | Willard, Fred | Carradine, David | Lehre, David | McDonald, Kevin | Alvarez, George
Directors: Friedberg, Jason
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The twisted minds of two of the six writers of “Scary Movie” tackle the biggest mega-blockbusters of all time in “Epic Movie.” The story centers on four not-so-young orphans: one raised by a curator at the Louvre (where an albino assassin lurks), another a refugee from Mexican “libre” wrestling, the third a recent victim of snakes on her plane, and the fourth a “normal” resident of a mutant “X”-community. The hapless quartet visits a chocolate factory, where they stumble into an enchanted wardrobe that transports them to the land of Gnarnia (with a “G”). There they meet a flamboyant pirate captain and earnest students of wizardry - and join forces with, among others, a wise-but-horny lion to defeat the evil White Bitch of Gnarnia.

Northfork (2003)

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Woods, James | Nolte, Nick | Sebern, Douglas | Forlani, Claire | Farnes, Duel | Hannah, Daryl | Beckel, Graham | Barker, Josh | Coyote, Peter | Gries, Jon | Overton, Rick | Sachs, Robin | Foster, Ben | Edwards, Anthony
Directors: Polish, Michael
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In a near-empty Northfork orphanage, Father Harlan gently tends to Irwin, a eight-year-old who lies between a dreamstate and death. As orphanage caretaker Harlan reads aloud about Northfork’s years-ago forced evacuation to make way for a hydro-electric dam, Irwin’s imagination takes flight. While a team of six men evacuate the last remaining citizens of the town, Irwin, too, invents a cast of characters to prepare himself for his own evacuation.

Like Mike (2002)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Wow, Bow | Chestnut, Morris | Lipnicki, Jonathan | Song, Brenda | Plemons, Jesse | Ritter, Julius | Glover, Crispin | Meara, Anne | Forster, Robert | Levy, Eugene | Morrissey, Roger W. | Kyle, Timon | Thompson, Stephen | Krilov, Alex | Brown, David
Directors: Schultz, John
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Calvin and his friends, who all live an in orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin now has unbelievable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA.

Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Diaz, Cameron | Barrymore, Drew | Liu, Lucy | Mac, Bernie | Glover, Crispin | Theroux, Justin | Patrick, Robert | Moore, Demi | Santoro, Rodrigo | LaBeouf, Shia | LeBlanc, Matt | Wilson, Luke | Cleese, John | DuBois, Ja'net | Yuen, Cheung-Yan
Directors: McG
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Natalie, Dylan, and Alex, three glamorous, tough-as-nails, investigative agents - who work for the Charles Townsend Detective Agency - are sent undercover to retrieve two missing jewelry bands. These are no ordinary wedding rings. They contain valuable information that reveals the new identities of every person in the FBI’s Witness Protection Program. After five of the program’s participants turn up dead, only the Angels can stop the perpetrator, using their expertise as masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts.