Sabtu, 28 November 2009
Turf Turf
Drama, Adventure, Action
USA / English
Morgan Hiller (James Spader), it's tough enough being the new kid in school. But when he tangles with a local gang, he becomes the lone target of some rough revenge. And when he falls for the gang leader's girlfriend, the situation turns from dangerous to deadly. Welcome to "Tuff Turf"--where enemies are made, reputations are earned, and love is the most risky affair of all.
Trust The Man
Comedy, Drama, Romance
USA / English
Two couples are trying to cope with their relationship problems. The couples include Toby (Billy Crudup) and Elaine (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who are in their late 30s and have been dating for 7 years. She is ready to get married and have babies, but he doesn’t seem to be catching on. The second couple is Elaine’s best friend and Toby’s sister (Julianne Moore), and Tom (David Duchovny) a house-dad who is struggling with his sex drive and an affair. In the end the audience is wondering if these are couples who are both bound to fail.
Tropic Thunder
Comedy, Adventure, Action
USA / English
This movie starts with an war rescue film going behind schedule and millions of dollars in debt within the first few days of shooting. The director Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan) takes some bad advice from the author of the book, John "Four Leaf" Tayback (Nick Nolte) and decides to shoot the film guerrilla-style. Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) gets kidnapped by a drug cartel named Flaming Dragon and when they make ransom demands they get his agent Rick Peck (Matthew McConaughey) who only wants to know if he has TiVo and producer Lee Grossman (Tom Cruise) who insults and threatens Flaming Dragon. The rescue attempt is made by his fellow actors who spend most of their time bickering among themselves. Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) keeps trying to be in charge while pretending to be an African American and only succeeds in making a fool of himself and offending Alpa Chino (Brandon Jackson). Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black) losses his "jelly beans" and has the DT's. The only person that is able to see past his own ego is Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel) who is also the only actor who bothered to read the script.
Tristan & Isolde
Romance, Action
USA / English
During the Dark Ages, the Irish overcome the British and split the tribes. Englishman Lord Marke (Rufus Sewell) takes responsibility for the upbringing of Tristan (James Franco) who shows warrior promise. Meanwhile, Isolde (Sophia Myles) is being raised as the daughter of a mean Irish king. The Irish attack Tristan's land, and he is left to die after battle. He is set to sea in a funeral boat, but Isolde recovers him. She nurtures him, and the two form a romantic bond. The two are separated and the star-crossed lovers must hide their love as Lord Marke makes Tristan find him a bride.
Tripper
Horror
USA / English
A 'love fest' is taking place inside the Redwood forest, (held by the man who played Pee-Wee Herman, Paul Reubens). Many hippies are attending, complete with the obligatory nudity and drug usage you'd expect from such an event. But what's this? An obsessed serial killer inspired by Ronald Reagan? A movie with more redneck hicks, holier-than-thou republicans, ignorant-than-thou liberals, and enough non-serious political commentary that reads like a history lesson to shake a stick at.
Triangle
Adventure, Mystery, Action
USA / English
This movie can be described as a mystery. The movie starts out in 1492. A quick minute or two showing Christopher Columbus and the spanish voyage coming into contact with something they have never seen before. green peace group is on a boat driven by Meeno Paloma (Lou Diamond Phillips) is involved in a mysterious explosion of a whaling boat. A shipping company named Benerall Shipping hires a group of four people Howard Thomas (Eric Stoltz), Emily Patterson (Catherine Bell), Stan Lathem (Bruce Davison), and Bruce Geller (Michael E. Rodgers) to solve the mystery of why Benerall’s ships are disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle. One of the groups first trips is to the site of a plane crash, where Stan Lathem (Bruce Davison) directs divers to the location of a mission girl. The group of four hire a submarine crew to explore the depths of the Bermuda triangle, where they quickly find out they are not supposed to be there. After the plane crash, the group begins to have visions of alternate realities that begin to affect them. The characters are pulled into alternate, just as they are about to solve the mystery of Benerall’s Ships.
Treasure Raiders
Adventure, Action
USA / English
Michael Nazzaro (Steven Brand) is a young American university professor who is visiting Russia in search of buried treasure. He is able to fund this expedition through organizing and participating in illegal street motorcycle races. He is quite successful, but he begins to come up a little short when a young Russian rider named Wolf (Alexander Nevsky) bests him. The two adversaries become friends when they team up to search for and hopefully find the hidden treasure which they have located in the area of Moscow. They are not the only ones who are looking for it though, and they must contend with an evil group of thieves if they are to retrieve the fortune.
Transsiberian
Thriller, Crime
USA / English
On the legendary train that links the Far East and Europe, running from China and Mongolia to Russia, Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) are going through a rocky patch. After a stay in Beijing the couple decides to try their relationship one last time. They discover that the days of the luxury on the Transsiberian’s rails have faded since the fall of the U. S.S. R. They are surrounded by cold steel carriages, introverted fellow passengers and drug traffickers. the company of a fellow western couple is their refuge. Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara) travel giving language classes and re-selling Russian Matryoshka dolls. Roy and Jessie find themselves in the middle of the world of smuggling and drug trafficking.
Transporter 3
Adventure, Crime, Action
USA / English
Pulled out of retirement, driver Frank Martin (Jason Statham) has a choice: take over the job of the guy that just blew up inside his house, or die. The job entails safely shuttling kidnap victim Valentina (Natalya Rudakova) across Europe and fending of anyone who gets in their way. And Valentina isn't just any girl, she's the daughter of Ukranian politician Leonid Vasilev (Jeroen Krabbe). Assuring Frank's commitment to the job is a special bracelet now affixed to his wrist; an explosive device programmed to detonate should he get too far away from his car and the girl. Employing the occasional help of his good pal Inspector Tarconi (Francois Berleand), Frank's driving and fighting skills are put to the test as he races to transport his package.
Transformers
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
USA / English
"Transformers" (2007) is a motion picture about the heroic Autobots fighting the evil Decepticons to recover the Allspark, a device of great power, that was lost from their home planet Cybertron. They find that the Allspark has landed on the planet Earth, and they both go to recover it. Sam Witwhicky (Shia LaBeouf), upon buying his first car, learns that his car is actually the Autobot Bumblebee (Mark Ryan) masquerading as a common vehicle. Bumblebee becomes his guardian, but as more and more Decepticons begin to launch attacks on Earth, the other Autobots intervene in order to protect the location of the Allspark for the leader of the Decepticons, Megatron (Hugo Weaving). Sam Witwhicky and his girlfriend Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox) must help Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) and the Autobots save Earth from the tyranny of Megatron.
Transamerica
Comedy, Drama, Adventure
USA / English
Bree (Felicity Huffman), a transsexual living on the West Coast, is eagerly working toward the final surgical procedure in her quest to become female when she receives a phone call from the son she didn’t know she had fathered. On his own in New York, Toby (Kevin Zegers) is a troubled young man who has just been arrested and is searching for his father, a persona that no longer exists. After her therapist urges her to deal with this part of her past, Bree reluctantly undertakes a cross-country trip with her unsuspecting son, whom she plans to remove from her life as quickly as possible. In the process, Bree and Toby both face their respective pasts and make important decisions about the future.
The Wrestler
Drama, Sports, Action
USA / English
Once a wrestling icon in the 80's, Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) is well past his prime. Living in New Jersey and wrestling among semi-pro youngsters to keep himself afloat, he is approached by a promoter and is offered one last shot at getting back on top. Dealing with debts and estrangement between himself and his own daughter (Evan Rachel Wood), Randy begins training to get back into top shape. But after a particularly brutal match involving many dangerous props, he suffers a heart attack and is told he can no longer wrestle. With the help of a stripper named Cassidy (Marisa Tomei), Randy finds a way back into the ring against his former nemesis, The Ayatollah (Ernest Miller), and back to the family that really cares about him: his fans.
The World Is Not Enough
Adventure, Thriller, Action
USA / English
After a prestigious businessman is murdered right in the heart of MI6, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) sets off to identify the assassin, a mission that puts him in touch with the late man's daughter, Elektra King (Sophie Marceau). Bond appoints himself as King's protector, fearing that the man responsible for her father's death with target her next as part of a scheme to shut down the King family oil pipeline. As loyalties are tested Bond must determine just who is really pulling the strings behind the murders and figure out just how a stolen nuclear submarine fits into the picture along with a terrorist who feels no pain at all.
The World Fastest Indian
Drama, Adventure, Biography
USA / English
Burt sets off from New Zealand with his prize Indian motorcycle. He has spent years working on this unit. He has spent years waiting for this moment. Bonneville Salt Flats is where everyone with a custom bike wants to be. It is clear that he is an underdog, everything points away from him being a success. Burt puts his heart and soul into being ready to succeed. On a very small chance, and with very little money, he makes things work. He is still a legend around bikers to this day. He beats the odds and finds an unlikely way to have his day in the sun.
The Woods
Horror, Mystery
USA / English
The story revolves around a young naughty girl Heather Fasula who is forced to be sent to a boarding in the woods by her mother Alice Fasulo (Emma Campbell) and father Joe Fasula (Bruce Campbell). Both of them are quite annoyed by Heather’s rebel attitude and in spite of their poor financial condition they take this decision. However Heather soon develops friendship with Marcy Turner. But they both have quite difficult time when they are quite tortured by their mate Samantha Wise (Rachel Nichols). The story progresses as Heather starts having horrifying nightmares and hears terrible sounds. Soon she feels that there is something very wrong. However her feeling turns into reality when her friend Marcy disappears.
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Drama, War
USA / English
Set in West Cork, in Ireland during the most turbulent period of modern Irish history, the Wind that Shakes the Barley is a story of siblings united in resistance towards British imperialism, only to later find themselves committed to causes that that see the brothers at war with themselves. Damien (Cillian Murphy), a recent university graduate, is due to leave Cork for London to take up a job as a trainee doctor. A great achievement at the time for a Catholic boy from Cork, his plans change when he witnesses the brutality that the British 'Black and Tans' are bringing to his country. He joins his experienced brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney) in active service with the Irish Republican Army and their pursuit of freedom for Ireland begins, but this dangerous quest will see the brothers fighting not only the British, but each other.
La Bamba
Drama, Music, Biography
USA / English
Biopic film about the rise to fame and tragedy of teen 1950's singer Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips). Born Richard Valenzuela, young Ritchie has a gift for guitar. Struggling to make it with his mother (Rosanna Desoto) and half-brother Bob (Esai Morlaes) in 1950's southern California, Ritchie begins to develop his music career to the chagrin of his disapproving brother. As a teen sensation, Ritchie struggles to maintain a normal life with girlfriend Donna (Danielle von Zerneck). As Valens becomes famous, his obligations to family are changed. He leaves school, family, and Donna, and goes on tour with Buddy Holly (Marshall Crenshaw) and The Big Bopper (Stephen Lee) after his hits "La Bamba" and "Donna" reach the top of the music charts. Enjoying his new friends but still trying to be a normal kid, Ritchie learns to value his friends and family more. Tragically, Ritchie, the Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly board an airplane in a snowstorm to get to the next gig but which crashes with no survivors. The film counterpoints the struggle of family to deal with the death of their son with the happy memories of someone who touched many lives.
The Ant Bully
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
USA / English
A 10 year old boy named Lucas Nickle is tormented and bullied by a local bully, Steve, and takes out his rage on ants. He inflicts various tortures on them and their colony. The ants have had enough! An ant wizard named Zoc (Nicolas Cage) takes action and turns Lucas into an ant-sized kid! Zoc's girlfriend (Julia Roberts) ends up teaching Lucas morals under the command of the head ant (Meryl Streep). In learning to live like an ant, Lucas comes to respect the colony. Eventually, he feels learns his most important life-lesson of all: how to stand up for himself!
The Adventures Of Tintin
Adventure, Animation, Family
USA / English
Originally appearing as a comic strip in a childrens' supplement to a Belgian newspaper in 1929, Tintin was written and illustrated by Georges Remi (that is R.G, and subsequently Herge.) In 1992 most of the books were faithfully and painstakingly animated in the spirit of the original adventures. Join the iconic boy reporter Tintin, and his faithful canine sidekick Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and The Thompson Twins in this compendium of thrilling Tintin tales.
Contents:
The Cigars of the Pharaoh, The Blue Lotus, Destination Moon, Explorers of the Moon, The Black Island, King Ottokar's Sceptre, The Red Sea Sharks, Tintin in Tibet, The Broken Ear, The Crab with the Golden Claws, Land of Black Gold, The Castafiore Emerald, The Seven Crystal Balls, Prisoners of the Son,
The Calculus Affair, Tintin and the Picaros, Tintin In America, The Shooting Star, Flight 714, The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackham's Treasure.
The Abandoned
Horror
USA / English
"The Abandoned" (2006) tells about the American film producer named Marie (Anastasia Hille). After years of working in USA she decides to return to Russia, to country where her biological parents should be. But, something strange happens, and her mother's body is found massacred in Russia. Marie decides to live in an old house which she inherited from her dead parents, but, it looks like that house in the mountains is damned. Marie tells that to local superstitions of the place, but no one believes her. However, one man, stranger and unknown to her (Carlos Reig) believes her, and seems to know everything about her. Then they embark on a journey but her guide mysteriously disappears, which leaves her alone on her journey...
Jumat, 27 November 2009
The Wild
Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Family
USA / English
In this animated comedy from Walt Disney pictures, a lion learns what life is really like in 'The Wild'. Samson the Wild (Kiefer Sutherland) is the star of New York City zoo, but his son Ryan just can't seem to learn how to roar properly. After one too many times of being told by his father that his roar is not that of a real lion, and after creating a stampede of gazelles at the zoo, Ryan decides that he must escape the zoo to learn to become a real lion. Samson decides to go after him with the help of his friends: Benny the squirrel (Jim Belushi), Bridget the giraffe (Janeane Garofalo), Larry the snake (Richard Kind) and Nigel the koala (Eddie Izzard). Along the way they must not only make their way through the wild of New York City, but also of Africa where they come up against Kazar (William Shatner) a crazed wildebeest who believes he is a prophet sent to convert all wildebeests in to meat eaters. Who knows if this ragtag group will survive in 'The Wild'?
The Whole Ten Yards
Comedy, Action
USA / English
A sequel to the comedic hit "The Whole Nine Yards," this movie features the return of hapless dentist Oz (Matthew Perry), his beautiful new wife, her former husband, gangster Jimmy the Tulip (Bruce Willis), and his new wife, Oz's former assistant, Jill (Amanda Peet). This hilarious love square agreed to split up so that their less-than-legal actions at the end of "The Whole Nine Yards" would go undiscovered. But a new get-rich-quick scheme involving the secrets of Jimmy's past brings them back together, and chaos ensues. Like any good gangster comedy, it has its share of violence, but no gore.
The Whole Nine Yards
Comedy, Adventure, Crime
USA / English
When a depressed and neurotic dentist, Nicholas 'Oz' Oseransky (Matthew Perry), living in Montreal realizes that he is living next door to a famous mob hitman, Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski (Bruce Willis), his life turns upside down. His wife wants him to go to Chicago and try to turn Jimmy into the Gogolak crime family against whom testified, hoping to get a big reward from them. He goes but won't turn him in and ends up meeting Jimmy's wife and falling for her, which makes life next door to Jimmy all the more dangerous for Oz. Apparently Jimmy has no problem with fulfilling a hit, but infidelity in marriage is too much for him. While still in Chicago Oz is confronted by Frankie Figs (Michael Clarke Duncan) another hitman, and admits to knowing his whereabouts. He quickly returns in the hopes of getting away from the whole things, but finds that it won't be so easy to get away from Jimmy, and also must escape his wife's attempts at putting a hit on him. Will he survive 'The Whole Nine Yards'?
The Wedding Date
Comedy, Romance
USA / English
Kat Ellis (Debra Messing) does not like the idea of attending her sister Amy's wedding as a single girl (particularly because her ex-fiance, Jeffrey, will be there) so she hires a male escort named Nick Mercer (Dermot Mulroney) to accompany her. Nick manages to convince everybody that the two of them are deeply in love, and eventually Kat falls for Nick. However, throughout the movie, Kat's sister admits she had an affair with Jeffrey, and it appears the wedding may not go on. Kat learns this is why Jeffrey dumped her, and the movie ends happily, with Amy getting married after admitting her guilt, and Kat and Nick falling in love.
The Weather Man
Comedy
USA / English
"The Weather Man" is a story about a small town weather man (Nicolas Cage) who seems to have his life together. He has a high paying job for which very little is expected of him. His career seems to bring him much hapiness. However, his family life is falling apart. His wife no longer wants to be married to him and he cannot seem to prove himself as a good role model for his two children in their times of need. Everyone seems to think that the Weather Man is a big screw up, especially his father who was diagnosed with a terminal illness. The Weather Man decides to turn his life around to prove to everyone that he is worth his own father's acceptance.
The Water Horse
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
USA / English
In The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Angus (Alex Etel) is a lonely, young boy who discovers an unusual egg on the side of Loch Ness in Scotland during the Second World War. The egg eventually hatches to reveal Crusoe, a mythical "Water Horse" who becomes Angus's treasured pet. However because of his ever increasing size and unusual nature plus the appearance of soldiers around the lake, Crusoe becomes ever more difficult to hide. The film details Angus's special and touching relationship with his unique Water Horse alongside his mother (Emily Watson) and the local handyman Lewis Mowbray (Ben Chaplin).
The Wash
Comedy
USA / English
Sean (Dr. Dre) needs a job. His buddy and roommate Dee Loc (Snoop Dogg) knows just where Sean could work; at The Wash. Dee Loc introduces Sean to Mr. Washington (George Wallace) who is the mean owner of the carwash. Mr. Washington likes what he sees and hires Sean to be the boss of Dee Loc. Of course, this cases some tension between the roommates. But now with Mr. Washington kidnapped, and anonymous threatening phone calls, the two must overcome their differences in order to save Mr. Washington. They need the help of all the guys at The Wash to band together in order to pay their kidnappers and get Mr. Washington back otherwise they will all be out of a job!
The Warlords
War, Action, History
Asia / English
One of the darkest times in Chinese history is the Qing Dynasty in the 1860’s. The Manchurians had invaded from the north and instituted imperialism. Ma Xinyi (Jet Li), general of the Qing army, is the only one left alive after a terrible slaughter. He is found and saved by Lian (Xu Jinglei), a beautiful woman with whom he becomes quite enamored. During his time of rest, Ma meets Cao Erhu (Andy Lau) and Lieutenant Zhang Wenxiang (Takeshi Kaneshiro). They band together and fight together, swearing a brotherhood to each other no matter what. Ma gains a growing obsession with power and victory, distancing him from the others, and when he finds out his love Lian is actually Cao’s wife, he decides to stop at nothing to get what he wants.
The Walker
Drama
USA / English
"The Walker" is the story of Carter Page (Woody Harrelson). Born to a prominent and wealthy Southern family, Page plays the role of a charming, impeccable, and impeccably gay escort who accompanies the wives of Washington, D. C.'s most powerful men. One frequent companion, Lynn (Kristin Scott Thomas), draws Page into a murder mystery when she runs screaming from the home of her lover, claiming that someone has stabbed him to death. Page tries to protect his friend from scandal. He suppresses evidence that might incriminate her, and only succeeds in incriminating himself. He soon finds himself embroiled in a complex, high-stakes political plot. Page is shunned by the scandal-fearing politicos of D. C., and begins to question whether he should have ever wanted to be part of this society at all.
The Untouchable
Thriller, Crime, Action
USA / English
In Prohibition-era Chicago, federal crimefighter Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) arrives in town intent on destroying an organized crime syndicate run by Al Capone (Robert De Niro). Since the corrupt Chicago police department is on Capone’s payroll, Ness enlists a streetwise beat cop, Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery), a fresh academy cadet, George Stone (Andy Garcia), and a nerdy accountant, Oscar Wallace (Charles Martin Smith) in an unlikely effort to build a case against Capone on the charge of tax evasion. Capone repeatedly thwarts Ness, enforcing his will with brutal violence. Malone warns Ness that he must respond “the Chicago way,” with an escalation of Capone’s methods. Ness, an an idealistic and incorruptible family man, finds himself forced to adopt Capone’s morally questionable tactics in his efforts to take Capone down.
The Uninvited
Horror, Thriller
USA / English
Anna (Emily Browning) is a teenage girl reeling from the untimely and unfortunate death of her mother (Maya Massar). After being released from a mental hospital for a failed suicide attempt, she is confronted with the fact that her father Steven (David Strathairn) and his overbearing new girlfriend Rachel Summers (Elizabeth Banks) plan on getting married soon. After many eerie premonitions, Anna and her sister Alex (Arielle Kebbel) realize that they are signs that something is heinously wrong with Rachel. Rachel’s seemingly shady past leads the girls to believe that she was responsible for their mother’s death and that she will stop at nothing to have their father to herself.
The Ultimate Gift
Drama, Adventure, Romance
USA / English
Jason Stevens (Drew Fuller) has been raised in a household where money was never an issue. He got everything he wanted his entire life, without having to work for anything. When his rich grandfather, Red Stevens (James Garner) passes away, Jason figures this is his chance to inherit the old man's enormous wealth. Confident that his grandfather passed along every cent to him, Jason looks forward to the reading of the will. However, he soon realizes his wishes may not come true after all, as what is written in the will is far more complicated. Instead of handing over the cash, Red has devised a list of tasks that Jason must complete before seeing a penny of the fortune! These tasks take him on a personal adventure where he learns more than he ever thought possible, and finally sees what the true gift of life is.
The TV Set
Comedy
USA / English
Mike Klein (David Duchovny) just had his dream come true. As a television producer, he has always wanted to come up with the perfect idea for a hit television show. When he finally sells his idea, he discovers that he has only just begun to get his idea on the TV set. Lenny (Sigourney Weaver) is married to her job as president of the network that bought the show. She expects everyone else to be equally devoted. Natalie Klein (Justine Bateman) is happy for her husband yet never sees him. Mike has to face the pressure of bringing his idea to fruition or risk never seeing his dreams come true.
The Time Machine
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
USA / English
Based in part on the classic H. G. Wells novel of the same name, the movie adaptation follows the adventures of scientist/professor Alexander Hartdegen (Guy Pearce). When a personal tragedy turns his interest in time travel into an obsession, he locks himself into his laboratory until he finally succeeds in inventing a working time machine. His own interests drive him into the past, where he is the first human being to learn whether events that happen once are fated to happen regardless of any interventions, or if the past is, indeed, changeable. His quest for more information then takes him into the near future, then finally into the far-flung future. Armed with the knowledge of centuries upon centuries of human history, he is faced with a puzzle he could never have conceived of when he began his journey. It is this dilemma that finally reveals secrets of the fundamental nature of time travel to its inventor.
The Tiger's Tail
Comedy, Thriller, Mystery
USA / English
Director John Boorman's ('Deliverance,' 'The General') 'The Tiger's Tail' is the story of Liam O'Leary (Brendan Gleeson), an Irish property developer of humble origins who has become rich and powerful on the back of the "Celtic Tiger" the name given to Ireland's illustrious economic boom. His hubris has led him into a scheme to build a national stadium, but a rival developer has connived to thwart his plans. Wildly over-extended, Liam finds himself struggling in a receding market. Stressed and over-stretched, he seems on the verge of a mental breakdown when, to his horror, he sees his Double. Who is this man? Is he for real or some kind of harbinger of death? As Liam searches for answers, his neglected wife, Jane (Kim Cattrall), and ignored son Connor (Briain Gleeson), distressed by his erratic behavior, treat his claim to have seen his Double as a hallucination. Only Liam's sister Oona (Sinead Cusack) and childhood friend Andy (Ciaran Hinds), a priest, believe him.
Confronting his Double, Liam discovers a shocking truth about his past, a truth that makes him ask himself and others.. "who am I?"
The Terminal
Comedy, Romance
USA / English
Tom Hanks plays Viktor Navorski, a man who has had the bad luck to fly into New York's JFK Airport on the day his (fictional Eastern European) country breaks out in war and ceases to exist in the eyes of the US Immigration service. He is unable to enter the USA on his (now invalid) passport, and he can not be deported either. He is forced to live in the airport until a solution can be found. The bulk of the movie features the adventures of Navorski as he makes a home for himself in the airport. Based on a true story.
The Ten Commandments
Animation
USA / English
The Ten Commandments is a feature length animated film about the story of Moses (Christian Slater) and the bible’s story of Exodus. It starts with the circumstances of his birth, which lead to his mother building a reed boat and set him on the river Nile where Pharaoh’s daughter finds him and makes him her son. We watch Moses grow into adulthood and as he finds out, he is a son of slaves instead of a prince of Egypt. Ramses (Alfred Molina) discovers his secret and has him exiled from Egypt. Once in the desert Moses discovers his destiny as God’s (Elliott Gould) liberator of the Jews from slavery. Moses’ journey of discovery, his return to Egypt, and the battle to free his people highlights the later half of the film.
The Ten Commandments
Adventure, War, Documentary, Action, History, Biography
USA / English
The ancient rulers of Egypt tempt fate by trying to change the outcome of a prophecy that predicts their downfall. The prophecy tells of a baby who will grow to overthrow the Pharaoh (Paul Rhys), bringing peace to enslaved Hebrews while destroying Egyptian domination. The Pharaoh orders the massacre of newborn Hebrew boys as a preemptive strike, but one mother sends her son Moses (Dougray Scott) down the Nile in a basket to save him. He is found by Pharaoh’s wife and raised as part of the royal family. He has no memory of his family, but after many years he discovers his heritage and his duty to God to liberate his people with the aid of God’s omnipotence.
The Ten
Comedy
USA / English
This movie is a series of sketches with each sketch relating to one of the 10 Commandments of the Old Testament. “Ten” is a blasphemous comedy that starts out with a man (Paul Rudd) who becomes estranged from his wife (Famke Janssen) and running off with his lover (Jessica Alba) and another woman, as this unfolds other sketches occur as follows: 1: A man jumps from an airplane and survives the fall but becomes stuck permanently and in the process he becomes a media sensation. 2: A Doctor leaves a surgical tool inside a patient as a practical joke but is arrested when the woman dies. 3: A Virgin (Gretchen Mol) has a romantic tryst in Mexico with Jesus Christ. 4: The Caucasian mother of two black boys reveals to them that Arnold Swarzeneggar (Oliver Platt) is there father. (Arnold is not played by himself but Oliver Platt). 5: Two neighbors seek to outdo each other buy purchasing cat-scan machines, numerous cat scan machines. 6: A prisoner in an all male prison (Rob Corddry) lusts after a fellow prisoners “Wife” also a prisoner at the male prison. 7: A married woman (Winona Ryder) falls in love with a Ventriloquist’s dummy. 8: An animated sketch about a Rhino that cries wolf and suffers for it. 9: A man doesn’t go to church and instead starts a strange cult-like pastime involving other naked men and Roberta Flacks songs.
The Tale Of Despereaux
Animation, Comedy, Adventure
USA / English
Desperaux (Matthew Broderick)is a tiny mouse stuck in a town full of oppression. They tell Desperaux what to fear and how to fear it. He finds none of the world scary, but instead sees it all as an adventure. This gets the poor mouse excommunicated from his home for not conforming. Finding good in the world Desperaux tries to help a princess (Emma Watson) who sees the world through a veil. With rat kings plotting human revenge and servant girls dreaming of becoming princesses, this movie is captivating. When faced with adversity our tiny hero by the name of Desperaux proves to us now matter what your size it all comes down to heart.
Kamis, 26 November 2009
The Spy Who Loved Me
Adventure, Thriller, Action
USA / English
James Bond (Roger Moore) teams up with Russian spy Major Anya Amosova (Barbara Bach) to track down two missing nuclear submarines hijacked by billionaire industrialist Carl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens). In order to prevent them from finding out what he has planned to do with the subs, Stromberg sends top hitman, Jaws (Richard Kiel), a steel-toothed giant, after the duo to kill them. Matters become more complicated when Anya's discovers that Bond was behind the death of her lover, another KGB agent. Returning to the series are M (Bernard Lee), Q (Desmond Llewelyn) and the inaffable Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell). Joining the series is General Anatol Gogol (Walter Gotell) as Anya's boss.
The Simpsons Movie
Animation, Comedy, Family
USA / English
The movie starts off with the popular cartoon series in the Simpsons, Itchy and Scratchy. Homer (Dan Castellaneta) complains about a movie based on a cartoon. Green Day wants to talk about the environment, but dies. At their funeral, Grampa has a vision, but only Marge (Julie Kavner) takes him seriously. Lisa (Yeardley Smith) talks to the city about pollution. The mayor orders everyone to stop polluting. Homer dares Bart (Nancy Cartwright) to skate naked. Bart is caught by Chief Wiggum (Hank Azaria). Homer arrives, and they go into Krusty Burger. Krusty (Dan Castellaneta) is about to kill a pig, when Homer adopts him. Homer dumps the pig's waste in the lake. The lake gets polluted, and the town gets trapped in a big dome. The town discovers Homer caused it, and goes after him. The Simpsons escape and moves to Alaska, where Marge discovers that the government is trying to destroy Springfield. Marge and the kids go to save it, while Homer stays. Homer then has a vision, and goes to save Springfield. The bomb is lowered through a hole, and the citizens try to escape through it. Homer arrives, and takes the bomb with Bart. They ride a motorcycle around the dome, and throw the bomb through the hole. The bomb explodes, causing the dome to shatter, and restoring Springfield to the way it was.
The Shepherd Border Patrol
Action
USA / English
A former Louisiana police detective, Jack Robideaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) decides to become a US Border Patrol agent to fight drugs moving into the US and the bad criminal element they bring with them. While working the streets of his newly assigned area, he soon learns that a renegade Special Forces Unit is about to smuggle millions of dollars of heroin in to the United States. He takes on the takes of stopping them in their tracks. To accomplish this he has to avoid or take out hired killers, traitors and double agents.
The Shawshank Redemption
Crime, Action
USA / English
Andy DuFresne (Tim Robbins), a successful banker, was convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Sentenced to life in prison, he learns prison life the hard way. He approaches Red (Morgan Freeman), a lifer who is known for procurement. Andy wants a poster of Rita Hayworth and a rock hammer. On work duty one day he overhears the head guard lamenting that the IRS will take a chunk of money he inherited. Andy offers to help him with a tax loophole so he won't have to pay the taxes. That leads to Andy being moved to work detail in the library and the beginning of his work doing taxes and legal matters for guards as well as being involved in money manipulations for the warden. A young man comes into the prison. He has proof that Andy is innocent. When the warden has him killed because Andy is too valuable to let go, Andy sees the handwriting on the wall. After having a chat with Red, Andy vanishes during the night. He visits banks he has put the warden's money into under a fake name, takes the money, and goes to Mexico. He sends reports of what has transpired in the prison to the authorities, which results in a major prison overhaul. Red gets paroled and follows Andy's last instructions to meet him in Mexico.
The Secret Of Moonacre
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
USA / English
"The Secret Of Moonacre" (2008) During the 1880s in London,sa young girl living with her wealthy dad Maria Mearriweather ( Dakota Blue Richards), faces death early in life when her father dies and an uncle she’s never met takes her into his life. Quite eccentric, Sir Benjamin (Ioan Gruffuddas), he calls himself, lives in a home that is a large manor he calls Moonacre. Something is quite different and mysterious at Moonacre, however. Maria’s uncle gives her the run of the house, but warns her never to go into the forest. Maria finds that she is a Moon Princess and finds herself in the middle of an old feud between her family and another family. She must find the source of the feud and help her family and friends find peace.
The Scorpion King
Adventure, Fantasy
USA / English
The Scorpion King, who is a bounty hunter, is hired to kill the kings sorcerer. When he and his brothers arrive at the camp to kill her, the rock is the only one that survives. He ends up kidnapping the sorcerer, who turns out to be a girl and with her help, he frees the kingdom from that evil Matthias. But before that he meets up with a mangy street person, an old scientist, a young boy. The old scientist provides explosives used later in the finale of the movie. The mangy street person is also a horse thief and provides comic relief.
The Salton Sea
Drama, Thriller, Crime
USA / English
“The Salton Sea” sees Danny Parker (Val Kilmer) thrust into a world where he is adrift in a sea of half-truths and nothing is any longer, as it seems. Along his trip of self discovery, Danny meets and befriends a slacker named Jimmy the Fin (Peter Sarsgaard) and is quickly roped into a plot to rescue his neighbor Colette (Debra Kara Unger) from her own inner turmoil. Along this daring rescue mission, Danny finds himself antagonized by Al Garcetti (Anthony Lapaglia) and Gus Morgan (Doug Hutchison) two narcotics agents as well as the sadistic Pooh Bear (Vincent D'Onofrio). Needless to say, Danny will either have to find himself or drown in this sea of surrealism.
The Ruins
Horror, Thriller
USA / English
Pre-med university student Jeff (Jonathan Tucker) and his beautiful girlfriend Amy (Jena Malone) are among a group of college students who decide to vacation at an archeological dig in Coba. There they enjoy the beautiful land as well as the weather, and meet up with various tourists from around the world. One of the tourists, Mathias (Joe Anderson), a young Greek man has lost his brother and asks the group for their help. They journey out into the jungle braving the heat and pests until they come upon an ancient Mayan village. The young people are ordered to leave immediately, but they do not obey and come upon Mayan ruins that will behold for them a fate much more terrifying than death alone.
The Rock
Thriller, Action
USA / English
A renegade US General and his soldiers seize a stockpile of chemical weapons, they storm Alcatraz island, taking hostages and threatening to kill millions of others, it is up to FBI chemist Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) and John Mason (Sean Connery), a former SAS soldier and escaped Alcatraz inmate, to disarm the weapons before they are unleashed upon San Francisco.
The Ringer
Comedy, Sports
USA / English
When Steve Barker (Johnny Knoxville) becomes down on his luck, he still feels indebted to a foreign man named Stavi (Luis Avalos). But when Stavi while under his watch becomes injured he feels compelled to call on some old debts to help. Unknown to him the enjoyment that his deadbeat uncle Gary Barker (Brian Cox) would have in store for him. Namely, pretending to be a handicap man named Jeffy in order to rig the special Olympics to win its cash prize. Within this insane idea, Steve finds friendship, love and a profound understanding that even the handicap can still throw a few good insults and more so punches.
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