Posts Tagged ‘social-activism’

Waking the Dead (2000)

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Crudup, Billy | Connelly, Jennifer | Parker, Molly | McTeer, Janet | Hipp, Paul | Oh, Sandra | Holbrook, Hal | Landrieu, Nelson | Coll, Ivonne | Dane, Lawrence | Harris, Ed | Marshall, Larry | Anderson, Stanley | Gage, Patricia | Lynch, John Carroll
Directors: Gordon, Keith
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Fielding Pierce lives the life of an aspiring politician - in 1972 he’s serving in the Coast Guard (trying to avoid Vietnam in the most honorable way), and by 1973 he has entered law school. Along the way he falls in love with Sarah, a fiercely idealistic woman who devotes her life to helping others - unfortunately she’s killed in an explosion while assisting members of the Chilean resistance. Nine years later, in the middle of a congressional election, Fielding is suddenly flooded with thoughts and visions of his lost love.

Akira (1988)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Animation | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Japan
Actors: Iwata, Mitsuo | Sasaki, Nozomu | Koyama, Mami | Genda, Tesshô | Ôtake, Hiroshi | Kitamura, Kôichi | Ikemizu, Michihiro | Fuchizaki, Yuriko | Ôkura, Masaaki | Arakawa, Tarô | Kusao, Takeshi | Tanaka, Kazumi | Katô, Masayuki | Akimoto, Yôsuke | Hirano, Masato
Directors: Ôtomo, Katsuhiro
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Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo’s supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira’s secrets were buried 30 years ago.

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Cruise, Tom | Barry, Raymond J. | Kava, Caroline | Evans, Josh | Talisman, Jamie | Bobby, Anne | Larkin, Samantha | Berenger, Tom | Whaley, Frank | Levine, Jerry | Panebianco, Richard | Camilletti, Rob | Baldwin, Stephen | McTighe, Michael | Haus, Richard
Directors: Stone, Oliver
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The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Two Weeks Notice (2002)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Bullock, Sandra | Grant, Hugh | Witt, Alicia | Ivey, Dana | Klein, Robert | Burns, Heather | Haig, David | Missick, Dorian | Badalucco Jr., Joseph | Dokuchitz, Jonathan | Cox, Veanne | LaManna, Janine | Polanco, Iraida | Maier, Charlotte | Winnick, Katheryn
Directors: Lawrence, Marc
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Explores the question of whether it’s ever too late to say ‘I love you’. The story revolves around Lucy Kelson (Bullock), a brilliant but neurotic attorney, and her client (Grant), who is “charming, irresponsible and fabulously wealthy.” Witt plays a young Harvard graduate who also represents Grant’s character.