Posts Tagged ‘uncle’

Dark City (1998)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Sewell, Rufus | Hurt, William | Sutherland, Kiefer | Connelly, Jennifer | O'Brien, Richard | Richardson, Ian | Spence, Bruce | Friels, Colin | Bluthal, John | Butel, Mitchell | George, Melissa | Gallacher, Frank | Singer, Ritchie | Monjo, Justin | Bell, Nicholas
Directors: Proyas, Alex
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John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him.

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.

Damien: Omen II (1978)

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: William Holden | Grant, Lee | Lew Eуres | Sylvia Sidney | Jonathan Scott-Taylor | Foxworth, Robert
Directors: Don Taylor
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Seven years later, 13-year-old Damien is just discovering who he really is, and what he is destined to do. Now living with his Aunt, Uncle, and cousin in a wealthy suburb of Chicago, Damien is anxious to inherit everything. Can Richard Thorn finish the job that Damien’s father (Ambassador Thorn) started?

Good Year, A (2006)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Highmore, Freddie | Finney, Albert | Crowe, Russell | Spall, Rafe | Panjabi, Archie | Coyle, Richard | Righton, Ben | Kennedy, Patrick | Rhodes, Ali | Daniel Mays | Aalia, Nila | Hudson, Stephen | Facio, Giannina | Hollander, Tom | Briand, Lionel
Directors: Scott, Ridley
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After years of no contact with his Uncle Henry, London banker and bond trader Max Skinner learns that Henry has died intestate, so Max inherits a château and vineyard in Provence. Max spent part of his childhood there, learning maxims and how to win and lose, and honing his killer instinct (at chess, which serves him well in finance). Max goes to France intent on selling the property. He spends a few days there, getting the property ready to show. Memories, a beautiful woman, and a young American who says she’s Henry’s illegitimate daughter interrupt his plans. Did Max the boy know things that Max the man has forgotten?

Postal (2007)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada | Germany | USA
Actors: Ward, Zack | Foley, Dave | Coppola, Chris | Tohn, Jackie | J.K. Simmons | Moeller, Ralf | Troyer, Verne | Spencer, Chris | Thomas, Larry | Paré, Michael | Avari, Erick | Hollister, Lindsay | Mendenhall, Brent | Hoffman, Rick | Benyaer, Michael
Directors: Boll, Uwe
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The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but political figures as well.

Razor’s Edge, The (1946)

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Power, Tyrone | Tierney, Gene | Payne, John | Baxter, Anne | Webb, Clifton | Marshall, Herbert | Watson, Lucile | Latimore, Frank | Lanchester, Elsa | Kortner, Fritz | Wengraf, John | Humphreys, Cecil | Pilcer, Harry | Wright Sr., Cobina | Adrian, George
Directors: Goulding, Edmund
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Well-to-do Chicagoan, Larry Darrell, breaks off his engagement to Isabel and travels the world seeking enlightenment, eventually finding his guru India. Isabel marries Gray, and following the crash of 1929, is invited to live in Paris with her rich, social climbing, Uncle Elliot. During a sojurn there, Larry, having attained his goal, is reunited with Isabel. While slumming one night Larry, Isabel and company are shocked to discover Sophie, a friend from Chicago. Having lost her husband and child in a tragic accident, Sophie is living the low-life with the help of drugs an abusive brute. Larry tries to rehabilitate her, but his efforts are sabotaged by Isabel who has tried in vain to reignite Larry’s interest in her.

Smart People (2008)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Quaid, Dennis | Church, Thomas Haden | Holmes, Ashton | Denman, David | Wadsworth, Don | Haley, Robert | Sebes, Patrick | Doyle, Kevin James | Huber, Paul | Walters, Richard John | Martin, Scott A. | Kroloff, Adam | Jordan, Patrick | Warner, Rick | Hackney, Barret
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Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.

Prom Night (2008)

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Porter, Scott | Pennie, Collins | Blatz, Kelly | Ransone, James | Lutz, Kellan | Schaech, Johnathon | Elba, Idris | Ashby, Linden | Phillips, Jay | Gould, Kevin | Tarantini, Tom | Hirsch, Charles | Oblak, Brian | Kaufman, David | Partridge, Ross
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Donnas senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, one of magic, beauty, and love. Surrounded by her best friends, she should be safe from the horrors of her past. But when the night turns from magic to murder there is only one man who could be responsible, the man she thought was gone forever. Now, Donna and her friends must find a way to escape the sadistic rampage of an obsessed killer, and survive their Prom Night.

Sleepwalking (2008)

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Stahl, Nick | Hopper, Dennis | Harrelson, Woody | Chin, Simon | Ennis, Mike | Rennie, Callum Keith | Scoular, Peter | Skog, Troy
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The drama follows an 11-year-old girl’s struggle to come to terms with her mother’s abandonment.

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.