Posts Tagged ‘scar’

In Cold Blood (1967)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Blake, Robert | Wilson, Scott | Forsythe, John | Stewart, Paul | O'Loughlin, Gerald S. | Corey, Jeff | Gallaudet, John | Flavin, James | McGraw, Charles | Geer, Will | McLiam, John | Storey, Ruth | Currin, Brenda | Hough, Paul | Taylor, Vaughn
Directors: Brooks, Richard
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Truman Capote wrote the ‘non-fiction novel’ from which the film is drawn, using the novelist’s craft to render reality. The reality was that at two a.m. on November 15, 1959 in the rural town of Holcomb, Kansas, the four members of the Clutter family were roused from their sleep, bound and gagged, and then brutally murdered by two unknown assailants. After the latters’ capture, sentencing and imprisonment prior to execution, Capote researched the case thoroughly, spent weeks talking with the prisoners, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, jurors, police, friends and neighbors, trying to unearth why such a senseless act was committed, and what society’s response might have been.

Dynamite Warrior (2006)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy
Countries: Thailand
Actors: Chupong, Dan | Putt, Leo | Rittikrai, Panna | Payakarun, Samart | Suworakood, Kanyapak | Kaew-ler, Somdet | Rattanawong, Ampon | Prommajan, Wichai | Ngamdee, Jaran
Directors: Wongpim, Chalerm
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The story is set in 1890s Siam. Jone Bang Fai (the Fireball Bandit) is a young Muay Thai warrior and rocketry expert who steals back water buffalo taken from poor Isan farmers by unscrupulous cattle raiders. He is also searching for a man with a tattoo who killed his parents.

Meanwhile, a local nobleman, Lord Waeng, wants to create a market for the steam tractors he’s selling. So he hires a hulking convict, “The Thief”, to kill all the cattle traders and round up all the water buffalo for slaughter, depriving farmers of the draft animals they need to cultivate rice. Lord Waeng’s men are eventually pitted against Nai Hoi Sing, a cattle trader with supernatural martial arts powers and a tattoo on his chest. The tattoo gets Jone Bang Fai’s attention, and while the Thief is trying to steal Sing’s cattle herd, Jone Bang Fai tries to attack Sing, but is repelled.

Lord Waeng then enlists Jone Bang Fai in a scheme to defeat Sing. To do so, they also need the help of the Black Wizard, who was once cursed by Sing so that he cannot withstand sunlight. The Black Wizard says the only way to defeat Sing and reverse his spells is to use the menstrual blood of a virgin – the Black Wizard’s daughter, E’Sao.

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.

As Good as It Gets (1997)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Hunt, Helen | Kinnear, Greg | Gooding Jr., Cuba | Ulrich, Skeet | Knight, Shirley | Smith, Yeardley | Ontiveros, Lupe | Dog, Jill the | Dog, Timer the | Dog, Billy the | Osterwald, Bibi | Bleckner, Ross | Balagtas, Bernadette | Cohen, Jaffe
Directors: James L. Brooks
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New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

Lookout, The (2007)

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gordon-Levitt, Joseph | Daniels, Jeff | Goode, Matthew | Fisher, Isla | Gugino, Carla | McGill, Bruce | Watson, Alberta | Borstein, Alex | Di Zio, Sergio | Huband, David | Vandervoort, Laura | Dunham, Greg | Kelly, Morgan | Berg, Aaron | Korey, Tinsel
Directors: Frank, Scott
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An admired high school hockey player (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) with a bright future foolishly takes a drive in the night with his girl friend and two other friends with his headlights off with devastating results. The former athlete is left with a brain injury that prevents him from remembering many things for extended periods of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend (Jeff Daniels) who aids him. Obviously, with the mental incapacitation, he is unable to have meaningful work. Thus he works as a night cleaning man in a bank. It is there he comes under the scrutiny of a gang planning to rob the bank. The leader (Matthew Goode) befriends him and gets him involved with a young woman (Isla Fisher) who further reels him in. After they get close and after reeling him in with his own failures, the bank plan unfolds. Confused but wanting to escape his current existence, he initially goes along with the scheme. After realizing he is being used, he attempts to stop the robbery, which of course immediately goes awry. Bruce McGill and Alberta Watson also co-star as the young man’s parents, who still search for the person that was there before the tragic crash.

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.

I, Robot (2004)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Genres: Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Smith, Will | Moynahan, Bridget | Tudyk, Alan | Cromwell, James | Greenwood, Bruce | Ricard, Adrian | McBride, Chi | Wasserman, Jerry | Hogan, Fiona | Shinkoda, Peter | Chen, Terry | Haysom, David | Heindl, Scott | Wilkins, Sharon | March, Craig
Directors: Proyas, Alex
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Set in a future Earth (2035 A.D.) where robots are common assistants and workers for their human owners, this is the story of “robotophobic” Chicago Police Detective Del Spooner’s (Smith) investigation into the murder of Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), who works at U.S. Robotics, in which a robot, Sonny (Tudyk), appears to be implicated, even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics, which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws, there’s nothing to stop them from taking over the world, as humans have grown to become completely dependent upon their robots. Or maybe… they already have? Aiding Spooner in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin (Moynahan), who specializes in the psyches of robots.

Road House (1989)

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Swayze, Patrick | Lynch, Kelly | Elliott, Sam | Gazzara, Ben | Teague, Marshall R. | Michaels, Julie | West, Red | Parker, Sunshine | Healey, Jeff | Tighe, Kevin | Doe, John | Wilhoite, Kathleen | McKenna, Travis | Hewlett, Roger | Stefka, Kurt James
Directors: Herrington, Rowdy
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Dalton is an expert “cooler” — a barroom bouncer who can break up fights without getting himself killed in the process. Frank Tilghman, the owner of the Double Deuce in Jasper, Missouri, has hired Dalton away from a bar in Memphis, because Tilghman needs someone who can handle the nightly outbreaks of violence at the Double Deuce, and teach the rest of the Double Deuce’s bouncers how to handle it. There’s even a cage protecting the bar’s band from the customers. The band is led by Dalton’s old friend Cody, who is blind. Dalton is injured on his first night on the job and is treated by Elizabeth “Doc” Clay, the local doctor. Dalton and Doc soon fall in love with each other, and this angers Brad Wesley, a crime boss that Doc was once involved with — and may still be involved with. Wesley is also responsible for a lot of the violence at the Double Deuce, and for some time, Wesley has had the sheriff in his pocket, giving him complete control of the town of Jasper. Wesley is out to get rid of Dalton, who has already made some friends in Jasper — Dalton has rented a room from a man named Emmet, and has befriended local auto parts store owner Red Webster, and has also befriended Pete Stroudenmire, the owner of Stroudenmire Ford, a local car dealership. Wesley, who wants money from these people, has his henchmen burn down Red’s store, run a big foot truck through the showroom of Pete’s dealership, and set Emmet’s home on fire. Dalton is pleasantly surprised when his mentor and old friend, legendary cooler Wade Garrett, arrives in town and helps him beat up the guys who are vandalizing Tilghman’s liquor shipment because Wesley wants to be the one to supply Tilghman’s liquor, and take money from Tilghman. A couple of days after Wade’s arrival, Wesley has Wade murdered in order to get a point across to Dalton. In retaliation, Dalton storms Wesley’s mansion, with every intention of freeing the town from Wesley.

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.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Sykes, Eric | Spall, Timothy | Tennant, David | Radcliffe, Daniel | Watson, Emma | Grint, Rupert | Williams, Mark | Phelps, James | Phelps, Oliver | Wright, Bonnie | Rawle, Jeff | Pattinson, Robert | Isaacs, Jason | Felton, Tom | Ianevski, Stanislav
Directors: Newell, Mike
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Harry’s fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort’s Death Eaters are gaining strength and even creating the Dark Mark giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the young wizard and witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise to the challenge for the Tri Wizard Tournament while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort’s rebirth be too much for the young hero?