Posts Tagged ‘victorian-era’

Prestige, The (2006)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Jackman, Hugh | Bale, Christian | Caine, Michael | Perabo, Piper | Hall, Rebecca | Johansson, Scarlett | Mahurin, Samantha | Bowie, David | Serkis, Andy | Davis, Daniel | Piddock, Jim | Neame, Christopher | Ryan, Mark | Rees, Roger | Harris, Jamie
Directors: Nolan, Christopher
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A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy — full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce enemies-for-life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them. Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Richardson, Ralph | Holm, Ian | Fox, James | Lambert, Christopher | MacDowell, Andie | Campbell, Cheryl | Charleson, Ian | Davenport, Nigel | Farrell, Nicholas | Geoffrey, Paul | Griffiths, Richard | McRae, Hilton | Suchet, David | Wells, John | Ravinder
Directors: Hudson, Hugh
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A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D’Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

Scrooge (1951)

Monday, March 31st, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy
Countries: UK
Actors: Sim, Alastair | Harrison, Kathleen | Johns, Mervyn | Baddeley, Hermione | Michael Hordern | Cole, George | Charlesworth, John | De Wolff, Francis | Anderson, Rona | Marsh, Carol | Worth, Brian | Malleson, Miles | Thesiger, Ernest | Dearman, Glyn | Dolan, Michael
Directors: Hurst, Brian Desmond
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Stingy old Ebenezer Scrooge is known as the meanest man in London. He overworks and underpays his humble clerk, Bob Cratchit, whose little son, Tiny Tim, is crippled and may soon die. He also has nothing to do with his nephew, Fred, because his birth cost the life of his beloved sister. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge has a haunting nightmare. He is visited by three ghosts and is given one last chance to change his ways and save himself from the grim fate that befell his business partner, Jacob Marley.

Dracula (1979)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Horror | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Oldman, Gary | Ryder, Winona | Hopkins, Anthony | Reeves, Keanu | Grant, Richard E. | Elwes, Cary | Campbell, Bill | Frost, Sadie | Waits, Tom | Bellucci, Monica | Bercu, Michaela | Kendrick, Florina | Robinson, Jay | Hobson, I.M. | Franks, Laurie
Directors: Coppola, Francis Ford
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When a schooner is wrecked off Whitby the only survivor is Count Dracula who has arrived with large amounts of Transylvanian soil to take up residence in Carfax Abbey. He takes the life or Lucy, who is engaged to Dr. Seward, who runs the local asylum. Lucy’s friend Mina, and her fiancĂ© Jonathan Harker, a solicitor, also make contact with Dracula. But almost immediately, Lucy dies from loss of blood, and just possibly this may not be a coincidence. The group calls on the aid of Prefessor Van Helsing, noted supernatural expert, and together they pursue the vampire.