Posts Tagged ‘whimsical’

Weird Science (1985)

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Hall, Anthony Michael | Mitchell-Smith, Ilan | Paxton, Bill | Downey Jr., Robert | Rusler, Robert | Wells, Vernon | Leach, Britt | Berryman, Michael | Barry, Ivor | Kapelos, John | Scott, Fred D. | Townsend Jr., Vince | Williams, Chino 'Fats' | Langham, Wallace | Timko, Johnny
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Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Thier desperation to be liked leads them to “create” a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, who’s purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men. On their road to become accepted they encounter many hilarious obstacles which gives the movie an overall sense of silliness.

Time Bandits (1981)

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Cleese, John | Connery, Sean | Holm, Ian | Palin, Michael | Richardson, Ralph | Vaughan, Peter | Warner, David | Rappaport, David | Baker, Kenny | Dixon, Malcolm | Edmonds, Mike | Purvis, Jack | Ross, Tiny | Warnock, Craig | Daker, David
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A young boy’s wardrobe contains a time hole. Through this hole an assortment of short people (i.e. dwarfs) come while escaping from their master, the supreme being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic times to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, to the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness where they confront Evil.

Borrowers, The (1997)

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Goodman, John | Williams, Mark | Broadbent, Jim | Felton, Tom | Pickard, Raymond | Pierce, Bradley | Gillett, Aden | Laurie, Hugh | Dunford, Andrew | Goody, Bob | Monckton, Patrick | Ward, Dick | Yiasoumi, George | Winter, Alex | Hewitt, Michael
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The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, “borrowing” such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.

Penelope (2006)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Ricci, Christina | McAvoy, James | O'Hara, Catherine | Witherspoon, Reese | Dinklage, Peter | Grant, Richard E. | Woods, Simon | Ancona, Ronni | Thornton, Jason | Brand, Russell | Davey, Martin Nigel | Feast, Michael | Fosh, Christopher | Frost, Nick | Gorman, Burn
Directors: Palansky, Mark
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This is the story of a named Penelope, who is the victim of a curse placed on a wealthy family by a witch. After generations ago, a witch placed a curse on the Wilhern family that would result in the next girl being born into the clan having the face of a pig. The otherwise-normal girl Penelope is forced to endure life with a pig’s snout instead of a conventional nose, which has sent many a potential suitor running off into the streets, shouting in terror. Eventually, she runs away from her sheltered existence and overprotective parents, to explore the world on her own. As she meets new friends and a potential lover who doesn’t run away, she begins to discover happiness - while all the while her parents believe the only way she can be happy is through an arranged marriage, which will hopefully break her curse.

Kate & Leopold (2001)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Ryan, Meg | Jackman, Hugh | Schreiber, Liev | Meyer, Breckin | Lyonne, Natasha | Whitford, Bradley | Whitehead, Paxton | Gray, Spalding | Josh Stamberg | Sussman, Matthew | Ayanna, Charlotte | Bosco, Philip | Jack, Andrew | Tracy, Stan | Schaal, Kristen
Directors: Mangold, James
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Kate and her actor brother live in N.Y. in the 21st Century. Her ex-boy friend, Stuart, lives above her apartment and finds this space near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. He goes back to the eighteen hundreds and takes pictures of the place. Leopold, a man living in the 1870’s, was puzzled by Stuart’s tiny camera and decides to follow him and they both ended up in this century. Leopold is clueless about his new surroundings. He gets help and insights from Charlie who thinks that Leopold is an actor who is always in character. Leopold is a highly intelligent man and tries his best to learn and even improve the modern conveniences that he encounters.

Money Pit, The (1986)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Long, Shelley | Godunov, Alexander | Stapleton, Maureen | Mantegna, Joe | Bosco, Philip | Mostel, Josh | Smirnoff, Yakov | Caridi, Carmine | Backer, Brian | Lombardo, Billy | Dillon, Mia | Van Dreelen, John | Watson, Douglass | Dobrin, Lucille
Directors: Benjamin, Richard
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A young couple sinks their life savings into a house that was trashed by a rock group to the extent that it no longer has a main stairway or water. This creates strains on their relationship. Every home owner will recognize some of the situations they encounter.

Feast of Love (2007)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Freeman, Morgan | Kinnear, Greg | Mitchell, Radha | Burke, Billy | Blair, Selma | Davalos, Alexa | Hemingway, Toby | Katic, Stana | Marozsán, Erika | Alexander, Jane | Ward, Fred | Martindale, Margo | Pyle, Missi | Lucio, Shannon | Mentzel, Alex
Directors: Benton, Robert
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A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. and is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.

Beetle Juice (1988)

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Baldwin, Alec | Davis, Geena | McEnroe, Annie | Page, Maurice | Stanger, Hugo | Keaton, Michael | Mittelman, Rachel | O'Hara, Catherine | Saunders, J. Jay | Ettlinger, Mark | Jones, Jeffrey | Ryder, Winona | Shadix, Glenn | Martinez, Patrice | Daly, Cindy
Directors: Burton, Tim
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The Deetz’s gothic daughter discovers the Maitands in the attic and befriends them. She finds their after life handbook which is eventually confiscated by the family’s interior decorator who is fascinated by the paranormal, and during a seance,conjures up the Maitlands. Most of the trouble starts as the free lance bio-excorist, Beetlejuice gets involved.

Dragonheart (1996)

Friday, January 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Connery, Sean | Quaid, Dennis | Christie, Julie | Thewlis, David | Postlethwaite, Pete | Meyer, Dina | Isaacs, Jason | Thompson, Brian | Oakes, Lee | Christian, Wolf | O'Neill, Terry | Vejmelková, Eva | Bahúl, Milan | Hric, Peter | Kovacicova, Sandra | Cohen, Kyle | Baker, Thom
Directors: Cohen, Rob
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Set in the 10th Century, a man (Bowen) teams up with the last dragon to remind the people of a long lost code of honor, and inspire them to fight for their freedom from a tyrannical king.

Nanny Diaries, The (2007)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Johansson, Scarlett | Linney, Laura | Giamatti, Paul | Evans, Chris | Murphy, Donna | Keys, Alicia | Art, Nicholas | Corddry, Nathan | Huffman, Cady | Roderick, Brande | Garbiras, Nina | Roberts, Judith | Wright, Alison | Simms, Heather | Jaffrey, Sakina
Directors: Berman, Shari Springer
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A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.