Posts Tagged ‘slap-in-the-face’

Raging Bull (1980)

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Moriarty, Cathy | Pesci, Joe | Vincent, Frank | Colasanto, Nicholas | Saldana, Theresa | Gallo, Mario | Adonis, Frank | Bono, Joseph | Topham, Frank | Flax, Lori Anne | Scorsese, Charles | Dunphy, Don | Hanrahan, Bill | Bennett, Rita
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he’s a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he’s a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family’s love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it’s his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.

Elite Squad, The (2007)

Monday, December 8th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Brazil
Actors: Moura, Wagner | Junqueira, Caio | Ramiro, André | Ribeiro, Maria | Machado, Fernanda | de Freitas, Fernanda | Vilela, Paulo | Cortaz, Milhem | Valle, Marcelo | Lago, Fábio | de Almeida, Luiz Gonzaga | Delia, Bruno | Escorel, Marcelo | Felipe, André | Fernandes, Thelmo
Directors: Padilha, José
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Two childhood friends decide to enlist in Rio de Janeiro’s Military Police Department. After juggling their police jobs and college, both make up their minds to try out for a Special Operations Squad whose mission is to take down the drug-lords that plague the city. Both men struggle to survive, facing the daily challenges of dealing with pressure at home and fighting an unnamed war on the streets.

Running Scared (2006)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Walker, Paul | Bright, Cameron | Farmiga, Vera | Palminteri, Chazz | Roden, Karel | Messner, Johnny | Milicevic, Ivana | Neuberger, Alex | Cudlitz, Michael | Altman, Bruce | Mitchell, Elizabeth | Nascarella, Arthur J. | Noble, John | DeLeon, Idalis | Warshofsky, David
Directors: Kramer, Wayne
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After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things goes wrong for Joey after the neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find the kid and the gun before the police and the mob find them first.

Commando (1985)

Friday, October 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Chong, Rae Dawn | Hedaya, Dan | Wells, Vernon | Olson, James | Kelly, David Patrick | Milano, Alyssa | Duke, Bill | Snyder, Drew | Wyatt, Sharon | Delano, Michael | Minor, Bob | Adams, Michael | Cervantes, Gary | Juliano, Lenny
Directors: Lester, Mark L.
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A retired special agent named John Matrix led an elite unit and has left the armed forces to live in a secluded mountain home with his daughter Jenny. But now he is forced out of retirement when his daughter is kidnapped by a band of thugs intent on revenge! Unbeknownst to Matrix, the members of his former unit are being killed one by one. Even though Matrix’ friend General Franklin Kirby gives Matrix armed guards, attackers manage to kidnap Matrix and Jenny. Matrix learns that Bennett, a former member of his Matrix’ unit who was presumed dead has kidnapped him to try to force Matrix to do a political assassination for a man called Arius (who calls himself El Presidente), a warlord formerly bested by Matrix who wishes to lead a military coup in his home country. Since Arius will have Jenny killed if Matrix refuses, Matrix reluctantly accepts the demand.

War, Inc. (2008)

Monday, September 15th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Cusack, John | Cusack, Joan | Tomei, Marisa | Duff, Hilary | Kingsley, Ben | Aykroyd, Dan | Bellamy, Ned | Binev, Velizar | Casabani, Marc | Cross, Ben | Dearth, Doug | Diakov, Itai | Gatzov, Georgi | Harvey, Nick | Neikov, Lyubomir
Directors: Seftel, Joshua
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A political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President (Aykroyd). In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporation’s CEO hires a troubled hit man (Cusack), to kill a Middle East oil minister. Now, struggling with his own growing demons, the assassin must pose as the corporation’s Trade Show Producer in order to pull off this latest hit, while maintaining his cover by organizing the high-profile wedding of Yonica Babyyeah (Duff) an outrageous Middle Eastern pop star, and keeping a sexy left wing reporter (Tomei) in check.

Stop-Loss (2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Phillippe, Ryan | Gordon-Levitt, Joseph | Brown, Rob | Tatum, Channing | Rasuk, Victor | Quay, Terry | Wilcox, Matthew Scott | Brewer, Connett | Olyphant, Timothy | Sommer, Josef | Hinds, Ciarán | Frost, Alex | Saldivar, Isreal | Kroll, David | Calmbach, Ricky
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Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind. Then, against Brandon’s will, the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq, which upends his world. The conflict tests everything he believes in: the bond of family, the loyalty of friendship, the limits of love and the value of honor.

Pathology (2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ventimiglia, Milo | Weston, Michael | Whitworth, Johnny | de Lancie, John | O'Donnell, Keir | Lewis, Buddy | Callahan, Dan | Drake, Larry | Abrous, Med | Blumenfeld, Alan | Buckner, Gary | Burris, Jeb | George, Jarvis W. | Kaldor, Eric | Morris, Keith
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Harvard Medical School graduate Dr. Ted Grey arrives at one of the nations most prestigious Pathology programs and is quickly noticed by the program’s privileged and elite band of pathology interns who invite him into their crowd. It is also here, where he is introduced to Dr. Jake Gallo, who brings him to a secluded wing, where he and four other indulge in there after-hours, extra-curricular activities…finding ways to commit the perfect murder!

Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)

Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror
Countries: Canada
Actors: Isabelle, Katharine | Perkins, Emily | Nathaniel Arcand | Bourne, JR | Dillon, Hugh | Dorval, Adrien | Fletcher, Brendan | La Haye, David | McCamus, Tom | Walker, Matthew | Bird, Fabian | Jarrett, Kirk | MacInnis, David | Mitchell, Stevie | Rain, Edna
Directors: Harvey, Grant
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Prequal to ‘Ginger Snaps’ has the orphaned sisters Ginger and Brigette, before becoming werewolves, in 1815 Canada where they stumble into a war between Native American “Wendigos” besieging a remote trading post populated by brutal settlers.

Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Damon, Matt | Potente, Franka | Cox, Brian | Stiles, Julia | Urban, Karl | Mann, Gabriel | Allen, Joan | Csokas, Marton | Gallop, Tom | Bedford Lloyd, John | Sandler, Ethan | Monaghan, Michelle | Roden, Karel | Arana, Tomas | Akinshina, Oksana
Directors: Greengrass, Paul
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When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent—who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne (Damon) and Marie (Potente) have been living under assumed names—the pair collapse their lives and head out. Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

American Haunting, An (2005)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada | Romania | UK
Actors: Sutherland, Donald | Spacek, Sissy | D'Arcy, James | Hurd-Wood, Rachel | Marsh, Matthew | Fell, Thom | Thorne, Zoe | Brown, Gaye | Alexander, Sam | Brown, Miquel | Dobtcheff, Vernon | Shim, Shauna | Stan, Madalina | Hurdwood, Philip | Cruceru, Vlad
Directors: Solomon, Courtney
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In 2006, in Red River, Tennessee, a teenager has frequent nightmares. Her mother reads an old letter from 1817 written by her ancestor, Lucy Bell. After a dispute of lands judged by the church, her husband John Bell is cursed by his opponent Kathe Batts, who has a fame of being a witch. From this moment on, an entity threatens John and her daughter Betsy Bell, attacking the girl during the nights. With the support of Betsy’s school teacher Richard Powell, who tries to find rational explanations for the manifestation; her brother John Bell Jr.; and their friend James Johnston, who unsuccessfully tries to exorcize the entity from the house, the family does their best to protect Betsy in the haunted house.