Posts Tagged ‘teen-angst’

Escaflowne (2000)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Japan
Actors: Sakamoto, Maaya | Seki, Tomokazu | Nakata, Jôji | Iizuka, Mayumi | Takayama, Minami | Tsujitani, Kôji | Miki, Shinichirô | Ootani, Ikue | Devall, Trevor | Dobson, Brian | Dobson, Michael | Dobson, Paul | Drummond, Brian | Francis, Andrew | Hiyama, Nobuyuki
Directors: Kazuki Akane
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High school student Hitomi Kanzaki, depressed and despondent, wishes to disappear from her world. Her wishes are heard in the alternate world of Gaea where a battle for absolute control is raging! Magically, Hitomi is suddenly transported to this other world and is bestowed with the power to decide its ultimate fate!

Flipper (1996)

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Wood, Elijah | Hogan, Paul | Banks, Jonathan | Deacon, Robert | Carey, Ann | Casella, Mark | Halpin, Luke | Kelley, Bill | Field, Chelsea | Fuchs, Jason | Treco, Lindsay | Wesson, Jessica | Jones, Mal | Crume, Louis Seeger | Nolan, Bill
Directors: Shapiro, Alan
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Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, that brings uncle and nephew together and leads Sandy on the summer adventure of a lifetime.

Fame (1980)

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Barth, Eddie | Cara, Irene | Curreri, Lee | Dean, Laura | Franceschi, Antonia | Gaines, Boyd | Hague, Albert | Hughes, Tresa | Inwood, Steve | McCrane, Paul | Meara, Anne | Merlin, Joanna | Miller, Barry | Moody, Jim | Ray, Gene Anthony
Directors: Parker, Alan
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At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, etc. This movie follows four students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. They are the brazen Coco Hernandez, shy Doris Finsecker, sensitive gay Montgomery MacNeil, and brash, abrasive Raul Garcia.

I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998)

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Thomas, Jonathan Taylor | Biel, Jessica | LaVorgna, Adam | Cole, Gary | Gordon, Eve | Maltby, Lauren | Lauer, Andrew | O'Bryan, Sean | Boone, Lesley | Strickland, Amzie | Barish, Natalie | de la Cruz, Mark | Freeman, Kathleen | Kenny, Jack | Kushner, Celia
Directors: Sanford, Arlene
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A college student experiences difficulty in getting home for Christmas after being hazed by his friends. While struggling to get home in time for Christmas, he learns quite a bit about himself and the true meaning of the holiday.

Corvette Summer (1978)

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hamill, Mark | Potts, Annie | Roche, Eugene | Bryant, William | McKenzie, Richard | Milford, Kim | Bruns, Philip | Bonaduce, Danny | Insinnia, Albert | Johnston, Jane A. | Kamel, Stanley | Pellow, Clifford A. | Ronard, Jason | James, Brion | Upton, Morgan
Directors: Robbins, Matthew
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High School Senior Kenny Dantley’s only love in life is cars. For a shop class project, he and his classmates build a Corvette (”Stingray”). The car is a big hit — so big, in fact, that gets stolen! Kenny, having fallen in love with the car, sets out on a summer-long adventure in Las Vegas to find it. Along the way, he meets up with a “hooker-in-training” named “Vanessa” (played by Annie Potts). The two encounter danger and romance as they try to steal back the Stingray.

Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Applegate, Christina | Cassidy, Joanna | Getz, John | Charles, Josh | Coogan, Keith | Tomei, Concetta | Duchovny, David | Robertson, Kimmy | Brook, Jayne | Merin, Eda Reiss | Gorman, Robert Hy | Harris, Danielle | Pettiet, Christopher | Claridge, Chris | Bollow, Jeff
Directors: Herek, Stephen
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The misadventures of five siblings, whose mother goes off on a two month vacation, leaving them under the care of a geriatric babysitter. The babysitter dies, and the fun begins. The oldest sibling, Sue Ellen, is left to fend for her younger siblings, who fight her every step of the way.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Broderick, Matthew | Ruck, Alan | Sara, Mia | Jones, Jeffrey | Grey, Jennifer | Pickett, Cindy | Ward, Lyman | McClurg, Edie | Sheen, Charlie | Stein, Ben | Close, Del | Capers, Virginia | Edson, Richard | Jenkins, Larry Flash | Swanson, Kristy
Directors: Hughes, John
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Ferris Bueller has played hooky numbers of times, and this time he’s got the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron Fry and girlfriend Sloane Peterson to his day of fun, while taking Cameron’s father’s precious Ferrari for transportation. All the while, the principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness and Ferris’s agitated sister Jeanie also has a goal to catch Ferris off guard. Ferris enjoys his day with his friends, until the mileage of the Ferrari reads one too many miles driven and Cameron has a blow out.

Uncle Buck (1989)

Friday, September 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Candy, John | Kelly, Jean Louisa | Hoffmann, Gaby | Culkin, Macaulay | Madigan, Amy | Bromka, Elaine | Brown, Garrett M. | Metcalf, Laurie | Underwood, Jay | Tarantina, Brian | Starr, Mike | Shepherd, Suzanne | Windom, William | Cockrum, Dennis | Robinson, Joel
Directors: Hughes, John
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Bob Russel, his wife Cindy Russel, and their three kids, 8-year-old Miles, 6-year old Maizy, and 15-year-old Tia, recently moved from Indianapolis to Chicago, and Tia resents Bob and Cindy for it because Tia, Miles, and Maizy were perfectly happy living in Indianapolis. Bob and Cindy are in bed one night when Cindy’s aunt calls and tells them that Cindy’s father has had a heart attack. Bob and Cindy immediately make plans to go to Indianapolis to visit Cindy’s father. After hearing this, Tia angrily tells Cindy that Tia would have a heart attack too if her family moved away from her, then Tia slams her bedroom door in Cindy’s face. With Cindy and Bob going to Indianapolis, the problem is who the babysitter will be. Even though Cindy doesn’t like the idea, they choose Bob’s brother Buck to babysit Tia, Miles, and Maizy. Cindy doesn’t like Buck because she thinks Buck is a sloppy person who doesn’t know how to do anything. While Cindy and Bob are in Indianapolis, Buck takes over the house, and Buck tries to do the best he can with the kids while he’s having problems with Chanice Kobolowski, who has been his girlfriend for the past 8 years. Buck bonds with Miles and Maizy and wins their love, but Buck has problems with Tia as he tries to protect Tia from her boyfriend Bug, because unknown to Tia, Bug only wants Tia for one reason sex.

Stealing Beauty (1996)

Monday, September 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: France | Italy | UK
Actors: Cecchi, Carlo | Cusack, Sinéad | Fiennes, Joseph | Flemyng, Jason | Gherardi, Anna-Maria | Irons, Jeremy | Marais, Jean | McCann, Donal | Moffett, D.W. | Oliva, Ignazio | Sandrelli, Stefania | Siciliano, Francesco | Sorgani, Mary Jo | Treviglio, Leonardo | Tyler, Liv
Directors: Bertolucci, Bernardo
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After her mother commits suicide, nineteen year old Lucy Harmon travels to Italy to have her picture painted. However, she has other reasons for wanting to go. She wants to renew her acquaintance with Nicolo Donati, a young boy with whom she fell in love on her last visit four years ago. She also is trying tosolve the riddle left in a diary written by her dead mother, Sara. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Tango in Paris).

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Williams, Robin | Leonard, Robert Sean | Hawke, Ethan | Charles, Josh | Hansen, Gale | Kussman, Dylan | Ruggiero, Allelon | Waterston, James | Lloyd, Norman | Smith, Kurtwood | Belver, Carla | Pownall, Leon | Martin, George | Aufiery, Joe | Carey, Matt
Directors: Weir, Peter
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Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each, in their own way, does this, and are changed for life.