Posts Tagged ‘wisconsin’

Deranged (1974)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Blossom, Roberts | Lee, Cosette | Carlson, Leslie | Warner, Robert | Diamond, Marcia | Smeagle, Brian | Gillen, Arlene | McHeady, Robert | Waldman, Marian | Mather, Jack | Moore, Micki | Orr, Pat
Directors: Gillen, Jeff
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A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies he misses her, so a year later he digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based closely on the true story of Ed Gein.

Love Actually (2003)

Monday, May 12th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Nighy, Bill | Fisher, Gregor | MacGregor, Rory | Firth, Colin | Guillory, Sienna | Neeson, Liam | Thompson, Emma | Popplewell, Lulu | Marshall, Kris | Makatsch, Heike | Freeman, Martin | Page, Joanna | Ejiofor, Chiwetel | Lincoln, Andrew | Knightley, Keira
Directors: Curtis, Richard
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Set almost entirely in London, England during five frantic weeks before Christmas follows a web-like pattern of inter-related, loosely related and unrelated stories of a dozen or more various individuals with their love lives, or lack of them. The central character is the new bachelor prime minister David who cannot express his growing feelings for his new personal assistant Natalie. The prime minister’s older sister Karen slowly grows aware of her husband Harry’s flirtation with an office worker named Mia. Karen’s friend Daniel is a recently widowed writer whose 11-year-old son asks for love advice about a girl he has a crush on. Meanwhile, Jamie is another writer who leaves his girlfriend after catching her cheating on him and travels to France to write a novel where he pursues a possible romance with his non-English speaking Portuguese maid Aurelia. Also, Harry’s American secretary Sarah questions a romance she pursues with the office hunk Karl, but her personal family problems get in the way. Other secondary characters involve a photographer who pursues his best friend’s new wife Juliet; a pair of movie stand-ins, named John and Judy, who grow closer after their simulated love scenes; a libidinous chum who wants to travel to Wisconsin, USA to score with women; and a burned-out former rock star named Billy Mack who is the main connection between all stories involved.

Night Listener, The (2006)

Friday, November 9th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Williams, Robin | Collette, Toni | Morton, Joe | Cannavale, Bobby | Culkin, Rory | Oh, Sandra | Cullum, John | Emery, Lisa | Lemos, Guenia | Haufrecht, Marcia | Gregory, Nick | Jewett, Ed | Baker, Becky Ann | Vann, Billy | Carroll, E.J.
Directors: Stettner, Patrick
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In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy’s identity come up, the host’s life is thrown into chaos.

Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Strathairn, David | Downey Jr., Robert | Clarkson, Patricia | Wise, Ray | Langella, Frank | Daniels, Jeff | Clooney, George | Donovan, Tate | McCarthy, Thomas | Ross, Matt | Diamond, Reed | Burke, Robert John | Heslov, Grant | Borstein, Alex | Abdoo, Rose
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In the early 1950’s, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator ‘Joseph McCarthy (II)’ (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter ‘Edward R. Murrow (I)’ (qv) and his producer ‘Fred W. Friendly’ (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history.

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Martin, Steve | Hunt, Bonnie | Perabo, Piper | Welling, Tom | Duff, Hilary | Schmidt, Kevin | Stoner, Alyson | Smith, Jacob | Landis, Forrest | Mumy, Liliana | York, Morgan | Woodruff, Blake | Kinsman, Brent | Kinsman, Shane | Electra, Carmen | Levy, Eugene
Directors: Shankman, Adam
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Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy

Prairie Home Companion, A (2006)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Harrelson, Woody | Jones, Tommy Lee | Kline, Kevin | Lohan, Lindsay | Madsen, Virginia | Streep, Meryl
Directors: Altman, Robert
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The movie is a celebrity version of Garrison Keillor’s radio show of the same name. The movie takes place during the last live performance of the show as the new radio network owners have sent an axeman (Tommy Lee Jones)to close the show. Another fantasy element is thrown in as an angel (Virginia Madsen) stalks the theater to take one of the performers. Keillor essentially plays himself, even using his own name for the character. Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep play the singing Johnson Sisters, with Lindsay Lohan as a suicide-obsessed daughter of Streep. Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly are hilarious as the slightly off-color singing cowboy duo, Dusty & Lefty. Kevin Kline is a security guard who act as the narrator. Maya Rudolph also appears as a pregnant stage coordinator. Contains some mild sexually-oriented jokes.