Posts Tagged ‘wind’

Black Narcissus (1947)

Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Kerr, Deborah | Robson, Flora | Simmons, Jean | Farrar, David | Sabu | Knight, Esmond | Byron, Kathleen | Laird, Jenny | Furse, Judith | Hallatt, May | Noble, Shaun | Whaley Jr., Eddie | Roberts, Nancy | On, Ley | Foster, Maxwell
Directors: Powell, Michael
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Five young British nuns are invited to move to a windy “palace”, former house of the concubines of an old general, in the top of a mountain in Mopu, Himalaya, to raise the convent of Saint Faith Order, a school for children and girls, and an infirmary for the local dwellers. Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) is assigned as the superior sister, and her liaison with civilization is the rude government agent Mr. Dean (David Farrar). The lonely and exotic place and the presence of Mr. ‘Dean awake the innermost desires in the flesh of the sisters, and Sister Ruth (Kathleen Byron) becomes mad with the temptation.

Wild Bunch, The (1969)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Holden, William | Borgnine, Ernest | Ryan, Robert | O'Brien, Edmond | Oates, Warren | Sánchez, Jaime | Johnson, Ben | Fernández, Emilio | Martin, Strother | Jones, L. Q. | Dekker, Albert | Hopkins, Bo | Taylor, Dub | Harper, Paul | Russek, Jorge
Directors: Peckinpah, Sam
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A few months before World War I, an aging band of outlaws led by Pike Bishop rob a Texas bank intent on using the money to retire. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang is forced to flee to Mexico with Bishop’s reformed ex-partner, Deke Thornton, in hot pursuit. With nothing to show for the failed robbery, Bishop’s gang agrees to steal a shipment of guns for General “Mapache” Juerta, to restore their fortunes. With Thornton closing in, and their association with the evil Juerta trying their conscience, Bishop and co. prepare for their lawless past to catch up with them.

American Haunting, An (2005)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada | Romania | UK
Actors: Sutherland, Donald | Spacek, Sissy | D'Arcy, James | Hurd-Wood, Rachel | Marsh, Matthew | Fell, Thom | Thorne, Zoe | Brown, Gaye | Alexander, Sam | Brown, Miquel | Dobtcheff, Vernon | Shim, Shauna | Stan, Madalina | Hurdwood, Philip | Cruceru, Vlad
Directors: Solomon, Courtney
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In 2006, in Red River, Tennessee, a teenager has frequent nightmares. Her mother reads an old letter from 1817 written by her ancestor, Lucy Bell. After a dispute of lands judged by the church, her husband John Bell is cursed by his opponent Kathe Batts, who has a fame of being a witch. From this moment on, an entity threatens John and her daughter Betsy Bell, attacking the girl during the nights. With the support of Betsy’s school teacher Richard Powell, who tries to find rational explanations for the manifestation; her brother John Bell Jr.; and their friend James Johnston, who unsuccessfully tries to exorcize the entity from the house, the family does their best to protect Betsy in the haunted house.

Fifth Element, The (1997)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France
Actors: Willis, Bruce | Oldman, Gary | Holm, Ian | Jovovich, Milla | Tucker, Chris | Perry, Luke | James, Brion | Lister Jr., Tom 'Tiny' | Evans, Lee | Creed-Miles, Charlie | Tricky | Neville, John | Bluthal, John | Kassovitz, Mathieu | Fairbank, Christopher
Directors: Besson, Luc
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Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of Evil. Only the fifth element (played by Milla Jovovich) can stop the Evil from extinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years. She is helped by ex-soldier, current-cab-driver, Corben Dallas (played by Bruce Willis), who is, in turn, helped by Prince/Arsenio clone, Ruby Rhod. Unfortunately, Evil is being assisted by Mr. Zorg (Gary Oldman), who seeks to profit from the chaos that Evil will bring, and his alien mercenaries.

NeverEnding Story, The (1984)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA | West Germany
Actors: Oliver, Barret | McRaney, Gerald | Garrett, Drum | Cooksey, Darryl | Gilbert, Nicholas | Hill, Thomas | Roy, Deep | Prückner, Tilo | Gunn, Moses | Hathaway, Noah | Oppenheimer, Alan | Bromley, Sydney | Hayes, Patricia | Stronach, Tami
Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang
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Chased by school bullies, reprimanded by his father for daydreaming too much Bastian is lost in his own world. Bastian escapes school bullies one rainy day by hiding in an old used book store. After explaining his predicament to the old clerk Bastian notices a large leather bound book with a symbol of two snakes intertwined into an emblem. Soon after the clerk warns Bastian that this book is not for him Bastian, rushes away with it “borrowing” it, while the clerk is in another room. Taking refuge in the attic of his school Bastian opens the book, and a world of fantasy. Learning that the wonderous, beautiful land of Fantasia is being destroyed by a terrible “Nothing” Bastian is taken deeper into the story. Soon discovering the ChildLike Empress is deathly ill, the cause; she needs a new name. A young warrior named Atreyu is called and Bastian follows his adventures, unknowing that he, himself is slowly being written into the mysterious book. Soon realizing that he is now written in the book Bastian realizes that the only one who can save Fantasia is him.

Haunting, The (1999)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Taylor, Lili | Zeta-Jones, Catherine | Wilson, Owen | Dern, Bruce | Seldes, Marian | Koromzay, Alix | Field, Todd | Madsen, Virginia | Cavanaugh, Michael | Irwin, Tom | Gunning, Charles | Priever, Saul | Gainey, M.C. | Eure, Hadley
Directors: Bont, Jan de
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A remake of the classic 1963 movie “The Haunting” about a team of paranormal experts who look into strange occurrences in an ill-fated house. Through the course of the night some will unravel, some will question, and all will fight for their lives as the house fights back.

Twister (1996)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hunt, Helen | Paxton, Bill | Elwes, Cary | Gertz, Jami | Hoffman, Philip Seymour | Smith, Lois | Ruck, Alan | Whalen, Sean | Thomson, Scott | Field, Todd | Slotnick, Joey | Josepher, Wendle | Davies, Jeremy | Grenier, Zach | Sporleder, Gregory
Directors: Bont, Jan de
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TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team of stormchasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados.