Posts Tagged ‘sibling-rivalry’

Thousand Acres, A (1997)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Lange, Jessica | Pfeiffer, Michelle | Leigh, Jennifer Jason | Robards, Jason | Firth, Colin | Carradine, Keith | Anderson, Kevin | Hingle, Pat | Pitoniak, Anne | Lynch, John Carroll | Ruginis, Vyto | Williams, Michelle | Moss, Elisabeth | Toler, Ray | Tigar, Kenneth
Directors: Moorhouse, Jocelyn
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A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories.

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Bobo, Jonah | Hutcherson, Josh | Shepard, Dax | Stewart, Kristen | Robbins, Tim | Oz, Frank | Alexander, John | Mears, Derek | Tait, Douglas | Bucaro III, Joe | Wolfe, Jeff
Directors: Favreau, Jon
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Danny and Walter are two brothers who barely get along even while driving their parents to distraction as their older sister tries to ignore them. Despite their squabbling, the brothers manage cooperate enough to play an old mechanical board game named Zathura. However, after their first move, they find that the game has apparently flung them, their sister and their entire house into outer space. Furthermore, the brothers surmise the only way to return home is to finish the game. However with almost every move, new dangers arise as the siblings find themselves learning to cooperate in ways they never expected as they realize what they mean to each other.

Godfather, The (1972)

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Brando, Marlon | Pacino, Al | Caan, James | Castellano, Richard S. | Duvall, Robert | Hayden, Sterling | Conte, Richard | Lettieri, Al | Keaton, Diane | Vigoda, Abe | Shire, Talia | Russo, Gianni | Marley, John | Bond, Rudy
Directors: Coppola, Francis Ford
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The story begins as “Don” Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia “family”, oversees his daughter’s wedding. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father’s business. Through Michael’s life the nature of the family business becomes clear. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don’t want to follow the old ways and look out for community and “family”. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don’s influence to further his plan. The clash of the Don’s fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.

Man Without a Face, The (1993)

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Gibson, Mel | Stahl, Nick | Whitton, Margaret | Masterson, Fay | Hoffmann, Gaby | Lewis, Geoffrey | Masur, Richard | DeLuise, Michael | Phillips, Ethan | De Baer, Jean | De Mave, Jack | Viva | Kanew, Justin | Kellman, Sean | Lineburg, Chris
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The story of a relationship between a teacher and his troubled pupil. Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town. His face is disfigured from an automobile accident and fire ten years before in which a boy was incinerated and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He is also suspected of being a pedophile. He is befriended by Chuck, causing the town’s suspicion and hostility to be ignited. McLeod inculcates in his protege a love of justice and freedom from prejudice which sustains him beyond the end of the film.

Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Martin, Steve | Hunt, Bonnie | Perabo, Piper | Welling, Tom | Duff, Hilary | Schmidt, Kevin | Stoner, Alyson | Smith, Jacob | Mumy, Liliana | York, Morgan | Landis, Forrest | Woodruff, Blake | Kinsman, Brent | Marshall, Paula | Kutcher, Ashton
Directors: Levy, Shawn
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The Bakers, a family of 12, move from small-town Illinois to the big city after Tom Baker (Martin) gets his dream job to coach his alma mater’s football team. Meanwhile, his wife (Hunt) also gets her dream of getting her book published. While she’s away promoting the book, Tom has a hard time keeping the house in order while at the same time coaching his football team, as the once happy family starts falling apart.

Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Gleeson, Brendan | Osment, Haley Joel | O'Connor, Frances | Robards, Sam | Thomas, Jake | Law, Jude | Hurt, William | Leung, Ken | Gregg, Clark | Sussman, Kevin | Gallop, Tom | Osment, Eugene | Grace, April | Winston, Matt | Grdevich, Sabrina | Greenly, Theo
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting raise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching to the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve him. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his “mother”, Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically. A futuristic adaptation of the tale of Pinocchio, with David being the “fake” boy who desperately wants to become “real”.