Posts Tagged ‘washington-d.c.’

Naqoyqatsi: Life as War (2002)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Documentary | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Aikman, Troy | Beatles, The | Bin Laden, Osama | Brando, Marlon | Castro, Fidel | Christopher, Warren | Clinton, Bill | Edison, Thomas A. | Einstein, Albert | Hitler, Adolf | John, Elton | Khrushchev, Nikita | King, Martin Luther | Kissinger, Henry | Lama, Dalai
Directors: Reggio, Godfrey
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In this cinematic concert, mesmerizing images are plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques. The result is a chronicle of the shift from a world organized by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology, the synthetic and the virtual. Extremes of intimacy and spectacle, tragedy and hope fuse in a tidal wave of visuals and music, giving rise to a unique, artistic experience that reflects the vision of a brave new globalized world.

Day After Tomorrow, The (2004)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Quaid, Dennis | Gyllenhaal, Jake | Rossum, Emmy | Mihok, Dash | Sanders, Jay O. | Ward, Sela | Nichols, Austin | Smith, Arjay | Tomita, Tamlyn | Roiz, Sasha | Holm, Ian | Sharara, Nassim | Alacchi, Carl | Welsh, Kenneth | Samah, Michael A.
Directors: Emmerich, Roland
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This movie takes a big-budget, special-effects-filled look at what the world would look like if the greenhouse effect and global warming continued at such levels that they resulted in worldwide catastrophe and disaster, including multiple hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of the next Ice Age. At the center of the story is a paleoclimatologist (a scientist who studies the ways weather patterns changed in the past), Professor Jack Hall (Quaid), who tries to save the world from the effects of global warming while also trying to get to his son, Sam (Gyllenhaal), who was in New York City as part of a scholastic competition, when the city was overwhelmed by the chilling beginnings of the new Ice Age. In addition to all of the other challenges Dr. Hall faces, he’s also going against the flow as humanity races south to warmer climes, and he’s nearly the only one going north…

Traffic (2000)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Del Toro, Benicio | Vargas, Jacob | Chavez, Andrew | Saucedo, Michael | Milian, Tomas | Yenque, Jose | Rivera, Emilio | O'Neill, Michael | Douglas, Michael | Jones, Russell G. | Hetherington, Lorene | Collins, Eric | Holden, Beau | Stader, Peter | Lew, James
Directors: Soderbergh, Steven
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A modern day look at America’s war on drugs told through four separate stories that are connected in one way or another. A conservative politician who’s just been appointed as the US drug czar learns that his daughter is a drug addict. A trophy wife struggles to save her husband’s drug business, while two DEA agents protect a witness with inside knowledge of the spouse’s business. In Mexico, a corrupt, yet dedicated cop struggles with his conscience when he learns that his new boss may not be the anti-drug official he made himself out to be.

Sum of All Fears, The (2002)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Affleck, Ben | Freeman, Morgan | Cromwell, James | Jenkins, Ken | Schreiber, Liev | McGill, Bruce | Beasley, John | Bobbitt, Russell | Hall, Philip Baker | Vandecruys, Al | Cohee, Richard | Pretten, Philip | Darcy, Alison | Marner, Richard | Soroka, Ostap
Directors: Robinson, Phil Alden
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When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Stewart, Patrick | Jackman, Hugh | McKellen, Ian | Berry, Halle | Janssen, Famke | Paquin, Anna | Romijn, Rebecca | Grammer, Kelsey | Ashmore, Shawn | Page, Ellen | Foster, Ben | Stanford, Aaron | Williams, Olivia | Aghdashloo, Shohreh | Marsden, James
Directors: Ratner, Brett
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It has been several months since The X-Men stopped William Stryker, but that victory came at a price, they have lost Jean Gray when she tried to save them from the collapsed reservoir. Scott Summers (Cyclops) is still grieving about her loss. One day, he came out to the place which is where Jean Gray sacrificed herself. Then, Jean Gray appeared right in front of him. Though, it seemed that after that, Scott had disappeared. Meanwhille, the rift between humans and mutants had finally reached the boiling point. When humans discovered what causes humans to mutate, they have found a cure for the mutation. The X-Men were appalled at this idea. It was not long at all until the news about the cure came to Magneto. He decides to organize an army of mutants and wage his war against the humans. Then, it became clear that Jean Gray evolved into the Pheonix, her new mutant powers are so strong that she can not control her own body. Then, she kills off Professor X with her new powers. Now, The X-Men must stop Magneto again and put an end to the war against the humans, as well as stop Jean Gray’s Pheonix powers.

2010 (1984)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Scheider, Roy | Lithgow, John | Mirren, Helen | Balaban, Bob | Dullea, Keir | Rain, Douglas | Osborne, Madolyn Smith | Elcar, Dana | Jaffe, Taliesin | McEachin, James | Deschanel, Mary Jo | Baskin, Elya | Kramarov, Saveli | Rudnik, Oleg | Shneider, Natasha
Directors: Hyams, Peter
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In the year 2001, Dave Bowman was taken by the Jupiter monolith and transformed into a powerful being. Now, in the year 2010, Dr. Heywood Floyd, the man held responsible for Discovery’s failure, is going to Jupiter. He and his crewmates must reactivate the psychotic HAL-9000 computer, so they may learn what happened, and they must find out the meaning of Dave Bowman’s last transmission… “My God, it’s full of stars…”

Jackal, The (1997)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Japan | UK | USA
Actors: Willis, Bruce | Gere, Richard | Poitier, Sidney | Venora, Diane | May, Mathilda | J.K. Simmons | Lineback, Richard | Cunningham, John | Black, Jack | Harper, Tess | Phillips, Leslie | Spinella, Stephen | Okonedo, Sophie | Hayman, David | Bassett, Steve
Directors: Caton-Jones, Michael
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Russian mobster Terek Murad has declared open season on the Russian militia and the FBI over the shooting of his brother in a Moscow nightclub. He hires the Jackal, a nasty assassin whom nobody has even seen, to kill the Director of the FBI. With nowhere else to turn (except a woman who used to work with the Basque separatists, who is now in the USA but whose exact whereabouts in unknown to all save Mulqueen), FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (who was present at the Moscow shooting) and Major Valentina Koslova of the Russian milita (who pulled the trigger in that shooting) enlist the reluctant services of Declan Mulqueen, an imprisoned IRA sniper, to track the Jackal down, for Declan is the only other person who can positively identify the Jackal.

College Road Trip (2008)

Friday, July 4th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Lawrence, Martin | LeFevre, Adam | Jones III, Eugene | Grabeel, Lucas | Schlein, Matthew | Draper, Eshaya | Sasso, Will | Meyers, Josh | Ross, Lonny | Osmond, Donny | Kordula, Kristian | Mele, Nicholas Leiter | Kolotouros, Jason | Gannascoli, Joseph R. | Hessler, Chad
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When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father also decides to accompany her in order to keep her on the straight and narrow.

Contender, The (2000)

Friday, July 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Oldman, Gary | Bridges, Jeff | Slater, Christian | Elliott, Sam | Petersen, William | Rubinek, Saul | Hall, Philip Baker | Binder, Mike | Thomas, Robin | Urbanski, Douglas | Fryrear, Noah | Taylor, Joe | Geer, Kevin | Roberts, Doug | Appleton, Bev
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After his Vice-president suddenly dies, the President (Jeff Bridges) who is near the end of his final term, decides to leave a legacy by selecting a woman to fill the position. Enter a Senator (Joan Allen), who has shifted from the Republican Party to the Democratic. Initially appearing to be the perfect candidate, an allegation suddenly appears that she had been involved in a sexual orgy as a 19 year old in college. The confirmation committee chairman (Gary Oldman), a Republican, leaks the information to the press, while using the press discussion as a forum to bring it into the hearings. The chairman desires to get a Governor (William Petersen) into the office. The Governor had become a national hero when he attempted to rescue a young woman from a car that crashed from a bridge into deep water near where the Governor had been fishing.

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!