Posts Tagged ‘television’

Sunshine Boys, The (1975)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthau, Walter | Burns, George | Benjamin, Richard | Abraham, F. Murray | Hesseman, Howard | Cranna, James | Rifkin, Ron | Feld, Fritz | Bernardi, Jack | Morales, Santos | Hahn, Archie | Gould, Sid | Spratley, Tom | Smith, Sammy | Resin, Dan
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Al Lewis and Willy Clark were once a popular vaudeville comedy team called Lewis and Clark, also known as The Sunshine Boys. After forty-three years as a team, they parted company over eleven years prior on not too friendly terms as Willy wanted to continue his career whereas Al wanted to retire. They have not spoken since. Willy’s nephew, Ben - a talent agent - has been trying to find acting jobs for his uncle since with little success as Willy’s age and declining ability is showing. But a lucrative opportunity comes up when one of the major networks is producing and airing a special on the history of comedy, and want The Sunshine Boys to appear. Ben has to try and convince the comedy team to reunite for just this one gig. Ben has to try and manage the individual quirks and personalities of each of The Sunshine Boys while putting on a good face to the network that there is harmony within The Sunshine Boys comedy team. Ben also has to manage the lives of two men in the twilight of their lives.

Funny Games U.S. (2007)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: Austria | France | Germany | Italy | UK | USA
Actors: Roth, Tim | Pitt, Michael | Corbet, Brady | Gearhart, Devon | Gaines, Boyd | LuPone, Robert
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In this exploration of our violent society and how depictions of violence reflect and shape our culture, a middle-class housewife Anna tells the story of how she and her husband George and their 10-year-old son Georgie submitted both physically and mentally to the torture, violence, and death foisted upon them by two young, unexpected, white-gloved visitors at their weekend vacation retreat near a lake.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Crime | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Judge, Mike | Willis, Bruce | Robert Stack | Bogosian, Eric | Brown, Kristofor | Darling, Tony | Doman, John | Dumaurier, Francis | Flaherty, Jim | Guinee, Tim | Letterman, David | Huss, Toby | Johnson, Sam | Linklater, Richard | Nayyar, Harsh
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MTV junkies Beavis and Butt-head awaken one day to find their beloved TV stolen. On their adventure to do a murderous smuggler’s wife (Demi Moore), they encounter an FBI agent (Robert Stack) with a predilection for cavity searches, two rather familiar looking ex-Motley Crue roadies, Mr. Van Driessen singing “Lesbian Seagull”, a little old lady, and, of course, Mr. Anderson and his trailer. Can the Great Cornholio save the day? Let’s hope so!

Videodrome (1983)

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Woods, James | Sonja Smits | Harry, Deborah | Dvorsky, Peter | Carlson, Leslie | Creley, Jack | Gorman, Lynne | Khaner, Julie | Schwartz, Reiner | Bolt, David | Cadeau, Lally | Gomez, Henry | Chao, Harvey | TsubĂ´chi, David | Hawtrey, Kay
Directors: Cronenberg, David
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Max runs a TV channel, and is looking for new material to show…he discovers - Videodrome. His girlfriend, Nicki Brand, goes to audition for Videodrome, and Max gets drawn into the underlying plot which uses Videodrome as its front.

Strange Wilderness (2007)

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Abel, Jake | Alejandro, Kevin | Baker, Joe Don | Beasor, Terrence | Borgnine, Ernest | Clark, Blake | Covert, Allen | Dante, Peter | Deutsch, Will | Farley, John | Jeff Garlin | Hamlin, Harry | Heffernan, Kevin | Hill, Jonah | Hippler, Tom
Directors: Wolf, Fred
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With the ratings dropping for a wilderness-themed TV show, two animal fans go to the Andes in search of Bigfoot.

Jackie Brown (1997)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Crosby, Denise | Grier, Pam | Jackson, Samuel L. | Forster, Robert | Fonda, Bridget | Keaton, Michael | De Niro, Robert | Bowen, Michael | Tucker, Chris | Hamilton, Lisa Gay | Lister Jr., Tom 'Tiny' | Winston, Hattie | Haig, David | Graham, Aimee | Williams, Ellis | Ambrose, Tangie
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin
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Jackie Brown is the name of a flight attendant who gets caught smuggling her boss’ gun money on the airline she works for. Luckily for her, the Fed Ray Nicolet and the LA Cop Mark Dargus decide to team up in order to arrest the arms dealer she works for, whose name they don’t even know. Here’s when she has to choose one way: tell Nicolet and Dargus about Ordell Robbie (the arms dealer) and get her freedom -except that if Ordell suspects you’re talking about him, you’re dead- or keep her mouth shut and do some time. That’s when she meets Max Cherry -her bail bondsman-, a late fifties, recently separated, burnt-out man, who falls in love with her. Then Jackie comes up with a plan to play the Feds off against Ordell and the guys he works with -Louis Gara and Melanie Ralston, among others- and walk off with their money. But she needs Max’s help. No one is going to stand in the way of his million dollar payoff…

Scream 2 (1997)

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Arquette, David | Campbell, Neve | Cox, Courteney | Gellar, Sarah Michelle | Kennedy, Jamie | Metcalf, Laurie | Neal, Elise | O'Connell, Jerry | Olyphant, Timothy | Pinkett Smith, Jada | Schreiber, Liev | Arquette, Lewis | Martin, Duane | Gayheart, Rebecca | de Rossi, Portia
Directors: Craven, Wes
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It has been two years since the tragic events at Woodsboro. Sidney Prescott and Randy Meeks are trying to get on with their lives, and are currently both students at Windsor College. Cotton Weary is out of prison, and is trying to cash in on his unfortunate incarceration. Gale Weathers has written a bestseller, “The Woodsboro Murders,” which has been turned into the film, “Stab,” starring Tori Spelling as Sidney. As the film’s play date approaches, the cycle of death begins anew. Dewey Riley immediately flies out of Woodsboro to try to protect Sidney, his “surrogate sister.” But in this sequel to the 1996 horror film, the number of suspects only goes down as the body count slowly goes up!

Scream (1996)

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Arquette, David | Campbell, Neve | Cox, Courteney | Ulrich, Skeet | McGowan, Rose | Lillard, Matthew | Kennedy, Jamie | Brown, W. Earl | Barrymore, Drew | Whipp, Joseph | Hecht, Lawrence | Jackson, Roger | Booth, David | Schreiber, Liev | Walls, Kevin Patrick
Directors: Craven, Wes
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A teenage girl (Neve Campbell) becomes the target of a killer who has stalked and killed one of her classmates. A tabloid news reporter (Courtney Cox) is determined to uncover the truth, insisting that the man who raped and killed Campbell’s mother one year earlier is the same man who is terrorizing her now. Campbell’s boyfriend (Skeet Ulrich) becomes the prime suspect.

To Die For (1995)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Kidman, Nicole | Dillon, Matt | Phoenix, Joaquin | Affleck, Casey | Douglas, Illeana | Folland, Alison | Hedaya, Dan | Knight, Wayne | Smith, Kurtwood | Taylor, Holland | Traylor, Susan | Tucci, Maria | Hopper, Tim | Rispoli, Michael | Henry, Buck
Directors: Van Sant, Gus
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Suzanne Stone (Maretto) knows exactly what she wants. She wants to be a television newscaster and she is willing to do ANYTHING to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.

Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael Rennie | Neal, Patricia | Marlowe, Hugh | Jaffe, Sam | Gray, Billy | Bavier, Frances | Martin, Lock | Davis, Elmer | Kaltenborn, H.V. | Pearson, Drew | Heatter, Gabriel | Bane, Holly | Bradford, Marshall | Brown, John | Burton, John
Directors: Wise, Robert
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A flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth. It lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears to save him and is able to melt tanks with the slightest bit of his power. The wounded alien orders Gort to stop his rampage and is taken to a hospital from which he escapes in order to learn more about this planet, even moving in as a boarder with an Earth family. When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy that will destroy the Earth if provoked.