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tt3741834 | Lion | BASED ON A TRUE STORY.We see various shots of a city in Central India. Five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) is standing on top of a hilltop, looking at a swarm of butterflies. His older brother, Guddu, encourages him to come along. Guddu sneaks on top of a coal train and steals coal. Saroo joins him. An officer yells at t... | flashback | train | imdb | null |
tt1682186 | Headshot | Note: Off of the TIFF websiteTul, a hitman, is shot in the head during an assignment. He wakes up after a three-month coma to find that he sees everything upside down, literally. Then he meets a girl that turns his world even more upside down. Who was trying to kill him in the first place?
TagsSouth East Asian | Thrill... | violence, flashback | train | imdb | A Nutshell Review: Headshot.
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang's critically acclaimed film Headshot may be a surprise selection for this year's edition of THIS Buddhist Film Festival, as this crime noir is drenched in murder and blood, revolving around the life of a cop turned hired gun, if not for one of its more obvious themes deal... |
tt4387040 | Airlift | The film opens in Kuwait (Aug 1990) with Indian businessman Ranjit Katiyal clinching a business deal with the Emir of Kuwait. Katiyal is a ruthless businessman who will go to any lengths to make a profit. He is successful and well connected in Kuwait and Iraq. Katiyal calls himself a Kuwaiti and is generally derisive t... | historical fiction | train | imdb | Move over commercial masala potboilers with item songs, hero smashing 10 guys with a single blow and typical song-dance routine – Raja Menon's Airlift will give you goosebumps with fast-paced gritting thrills and excitement.Based on a true story, Airlift speaks about the Ranjit Katyal (played by Akshay Kumar) who helps... |
tt0056262 | The Music Man | The movie opens with a number of traveling salesmen in a railroad car in 1912, lamenting the things that are making their livelihood difficult--changes in society and the economy, and dishonest salesmen who give them a bad name. They are particularly scornful of a certain "Professor" Harold Hill (Robert Preston), who g... | romantic | train | imdb | null |
tt1472082 | Getting That Girl | In the final days of her senior year Mandy Meyers (Gia Mantegna) is forced to change high schools when her father's business moves the family from Washington D.C. to Southern California. As attractive as she is intelligent, Mandy sees McDermott High as a chance to start fresh, have some fun, and try things shes never d... | romantic | train | imdb | null |
tt0446755 | The Painted Veil | On a brief trip back to London, earnest, bookish bacteriologist Walter Fane (Edward Norton) is dazzled by Kitty Garstin (Naomi Watts), a vain London socialite. He proposes; she accepts ("only to get as far away from [her] mother as possible"), and the couple honeymoon in Venice. They travel on to Walter's medical post ... | romantic, boring, sentimental, realism, flashback | train | wikipedia | Beautiful scenery and costumes, a cast of thousands, and enough background information to make you feel you are more educated about a time and place than you were before you saw the movie.What this film offers the fortunate viewer that many other movies of its kind do not, are lead characters you can actually empathize... |
tt0856288 | À l'intérieur | The film opens with gloomy footage of night-time Dublin and a female radio DJ talking about three girls who recently went missing in the city centre. While in a pawnshop a young man (Eoin Macken) pawns his ring for cash, offered €50 he demands €200, and eventually accepts €75 and a second hand camcorder. He discovers a... | suspenseful, cult, revenge, murder, violence | train | wikipedia | French horror seems to be all the rage among fellow genre fans these days, but where films like Haute Tension and Martyrs succeed at being more than envelope-pushing for the sheer hell of it, Inside fails miserably.I'm a fan of Béatrice Dalle.
Add to that a great twist that leads up to an ending that is one of the cree... |
tt0960144 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Zohan Dvir (Adam Sandler) is a superhuman Israeli counterterrorist and the finest and most respected soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. However, Zohan has become both disgusted and disenchanted by the constant fighting, secretly dreaming of moving to the USA and becoming a hairdresser. This reaches a breaking point ... | comedy, stupid, violence, flashback, humor, comic, revenge | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0107050 | Grumpy Old Men | John and Max are elderly neighbors in a cold Minnesota town. They both live alone in their homes since their wives have died, and exchange stories about how their friends are now dying when they are not busy insulting each other. They have a contemptuous rivalry that goes back over 50 years.A very attractive woman name... | comedy, entertaining | train | imdb | null |
tt0480669 | Los cronocrímenes | Héctor (Karra Elejalde) is a middle-aged ordinary man who has just moved to a lonely house with his wife Clara (Candela Fernández). They lead a quiet life. He receives a phone call, but the person doesn't say anything. Héctor calls that person back, but nobody answers.Later Héctor is looking through his binoculars; he ... | psychedelic, humor, murder, plot twist, flashback | train | imdb | It's very hard to review "Los cronocrímenes" without spoiling the fun of watching the movie and seeing how the different stories within the main plot outline keep unraveling ever so intelligently.
He follows his curiosity, and that will be the start of some extremely unusual, mysterious, and intriguing events involving... |
tt0075931 | Demon Seed | The film begins early one morning with Dr. Alex Harris (Fritz Weaver) overseeing the completion of Proteus IV, an artificial intelligence system incorporating organic elements (specifically RNA molecules) in a "quasi-neural matrix", and having the power of independent thought. After returning home to his entirely voice... | brainwashing, cult, murder | train | imdb | Susan Harris (Julie Christie), wife of a scientist working in the field of advanced robotics, becomes a prisoner in her own home when super-computer Proteus IV, who also wants to spread its seed by impregnating Susan, takes charge of her life.
I rented "Demon Seed" because I felt like watching something with a brain, a... |
tt1528071 | Horns | Ignatius Perrish (Daniel Radcliffe) was always seen by the people in town as an outsider. None of that mattered to him, because he was in love with Merrin Williams (Juno Temple). They are lying beneath a tree in the woods kissing. She asks him if he's horny. He says he's getting there. Ig promises to love Merrin for th... | cruelty, murder, paranormal, violence, flashback, romantic, revenge | train | imdb | It combines so many different movie genres into one fun, crazy, heart felt story that unfortunately is not going to be for everyone.Right off the bat I could tell I was going to enjoy this.
Daniel Radcliffe has come a long way since his stint as a wizard, and "Horns" is a great vehicle for him to continue to grow as an... |
tt0120738 | Lost in Space | In the year 2058, Earth will soon be uninhabitable after the irreversible effects of pollution. The United Global Space Force serves as the planetary government. Professor John Robinson (William Hurt), lead scientist of the Jupiter Mission, will lead his family, wife Maureen Robinson (Mimi Rogers), daughters Dr. Judy R... | psychedelic | train | imdb | I don't think Lost in Space was a bad movie.
The special effects are not as good as movies from the time period such as Armageddon or Godzilla.
I like the early episodes of the original series (particulary the first six), when the show had a more serious tone (and before Jonathan Harris sabotaged it by turning up the c... |
tt0114182 | Prime Suspect: The Lost Child | When his girlfriend wants to keep the light on while they have sex, Chris Hughes (Robert Glenister) is upset. We soon see him walk out the door while she asks him to talk to her. He runs through the neighbourhood. Meanwhile, Susan Covington (Beatie Edney) consoles her child. She goes downstairs and falls asleep in a ch... | murder | train | imdb | Robert Glenister's portrait of child abuser Chris Hughes.
After having seen The Lost Child for quite a number of times since its release in 1995, and having read the reader's comments (mostly about Jane Tennison's background and Helen Mirren's superb role in it), it strikes me more than ever that no comments are made u... |
tt0099939 | King of New York | Frank White (Christopher Walken), a wealthy and powerful drug lord, is released from Sing Sing prison on parole after serving time for drug dealing charges. He is picked up by a private limousine where his two female bodyguards/mistresses are inside. They are a petite young black woman named Raye (Theresa Randle) and a... | comedy, neo noir, murder, violence, cult, revenge | train | imdb | This film for many will be too much and by that I mean in every way possible; the amount of grim and grime in Abel Ferrara's portrayal of New York City at the turn of the '90's, the perpetual display of crime and gang activity, the almost impenetrable bad language, the shocking violence and the in-your-face portrayal o... |
tt0087892 | A Passage to India | The film is set in the 1920s during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj. Adela Quested (Judy Davis) and Mrs Moore (Peggy Ashcroft) sail from England to India, where Ronny Heaslop (Nigel Havers), Mrs Moore's son and Adela's suitor, is a magistrate in the provincial town... | melodrama, inspiring, flashback | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0830558 | The Girl Next Door | Based on Jack Ketchum's novel with the same title, which is based on the true story of Sylvia Likens, who was tortured and killed in 1965 in Indiana.(Warning: the following plot description, due to the content of the movie, is not for the squeamish)The movie starts in contemporary New York City when 50ish stock trader ... | cruelty, murder, dramatic, violence, cult, horror, flashback, tragedy, romantic, sadist | train | imdb | This is an excellent film and therefore in some ways it is a pleasure to watch, but anyone who has seen it will know that it's effectiveness in fact makes it almost unbearable to watch.The story revolves around two girls who have recently been orphaned and are sent to live with their aunt who has three young sons.
She ... |
tt0181689 | Minority Report | In Washington, D.C. in the year 2054, John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is head of a new police force called "PreCrime," which has completely eradicated murder in the DC area, by allowing the police to stop murders before they can even be committed. Data is obtained from "PreCogs," three mutated humans who can see into the fu... | mystery, neo noir, murder, paranormal, violence, flashback, psychedelic, action, tragedy, suspenseful, sci-fi, home movie | train | imdb | Here we have one of the greatest directors alive (Steven Spielberg), a very big star (Tom Cruise) with a great ensemble (Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell, Peter Stormare, Samantha Morton, Tim Blake Nelson) around him, a good cinematography (Janusz Kaminski) and a nice score by John Williams all packed in a great story (bas... |
tt0050681 | Man of a Thousand Faces | In the early 1900s, actor Lon Chaney (James Cagney) is working in vaudeville with his wife Cleva (Dorothy Malone). Chaney quits the show and Cleva announces that she is pregnant. Lon is happy and tells Cleva that he has been hired by the famous comedy team Kolb and Dill for an upcoming show.
Cleva pressures Lon to visi... | insanity | train | wikipedia | Playing the leading role in this marvellous biopic is James Cagney who gives an outstanding measured performance as Lon Chaney the strange tortured character actor of silent pictures who, ironically, died from throat cancer with the advent of the talkies.Crisply photographed in black & white Cinemascope by the great Ru... |
tt1179933 | 10 Cloverfield Lane | In the opening scene, a woman named Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is looking outside her window. She's on the phone with someone, arguing. Michelle then packs a bunch of her belongings and leaves her home.Michelle drives far from the city down to the rural area. Her fiance Ben (voice of Bradley Cooper) calls her. ... | suspenseful, comedy, murder, claustrophobic, flashback | train | imdb | null |
tt0083511 | 48 Hrs. | Convicted robber Albert Ganz is working as part of a road gang in California, when a big Native American man named Billy Bear drives up in a pickup truck and asks for water to cool off his trucks overheating radiator. Ganz and Billy end up in a fight with each other, and when the guards try to break up the fight, Billy... | comedy, suspenseful, neo noir, murder, violence, cult, action, revenge | train | imdb | null |
tt1563719 | Hunt to Kill | Four years ago, border patrol agent Jim Rhodes (Steve Austin) was stationed in Texas. Jim and his partner, his longtime friend Lee Davis (Eric Roberts), are staking out what looks like an empty trailer. As a gift, Lee gives Jim a watch that has a band made from climbing rope. The band can be unraveled and used in case ... | suspenseful, murder, violence, cult, good versus evil, revenge | train | wikipedia | Starring the only two known 'actors' Steve Austin and Eric Roberts (who has stumbled along on his acting career, never approaching his more famous sister Julia's prominence), Hunt to Kill starts out with a familiar formula: Two cop (southern border guard?) buddies, the two already mentioned, staking out a trailer in th... |
tt1924396 | La migliore offerta | The film tells a story of love and deceit, set in Europe (Trieste, Bolzano, Fidenza, Rome, Milan, Merano, Vienna, Prague) in the world of ultra high-end art auctions and antiques. The story revolves around Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush), an aging, wealthy, and esteemed, but somewhat standoffish and eccentric, managing d... | psychedelic, intrigue, plot twist, romantic | train | wikipedia | The Best Offer, with its tight screenplay, lush sets, brilliant performance by Geoffrey Rush and beautiful score by Ennio Morricone, also exemplifies the sophisticated expertise filmmaking.
I've always been a Geoffrey Rush fan, but in this movie, I've seen a very special Rush who, by the way his on screen persona goes ... |
tt0039689 | Out of the Past | Joe Stefanos arrives in a small town of Bridgeport, California, in search of Jeff Bailey. Jeff, owner of the town's gas station, is on a picnic with wholesome local girl Ann Miller. Stefanos sends Jeff's deaf young employee, The Kid, to retrieve Jeff. Stefanos informs Jeff that Whit Sterling wants to see him. Though An... | murder, cult, atmospheric, flashback, romantic, revenge | train | wikipedia | Jane Greer contributes her gorgeous dry contralto and Kirk Douglas adds a light, sneering counterpoint to an inspired group improvisation on the theme of disillusionment.Mitchum is Jeff Markham, alias Jeff Bailey, an ex-private eye who made a big mistake by falling for Kathie (Jane Greer), the gangster's mistress he wa... |
tt0425123 | Just Like Heaven | The first scene of Dr. Elizabeth Masterson (Witherspoon) as she sits in a pleasant looking garden surrounded by fog. The camera pans in around the fog and finally to her chair that is completely out of place in the elegant setting. Elizabeth wakes up in a hospital break room/cafeteria where she is told that she fell as... | paranormal, comedy, romantic, flashback | train | imdb | null |
tt1120985 | Blue Valentine | The film depicts a married couple, Dean Pereira (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy Heller (Michelle Williams), shifting back and forth in time between their courtship and the dissolution of their marriage several years later.Present Day: The film begins with a little girl (Frankie) calling for her lost dog, Megan. After the dog ... | boring, depressing, bleak, dramatic, violence, flashback, home movie, romantic, sentimental | train | imdb | Flitting back and forth in the marriage, it asks: Is romantic love the ultimate form of masochism?Fine young actors Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams play Dean and Cindy, who unite through a dogged courtship.
This one probably won't save any marriages, but it is worth seeing just to watch Ryan Gosling and Michelle Wil... |
tt0471042 | Tower Heist | Josh Kovacs is the building manager of The Tower, a high-rise luxury apartment complex on Central Park West in New York City whose employees include concierge Charlie, his brother in law; Enrique, an elevator operator; Lester, the doorman nearing retirement; Odessa, a maid; and Miss Iovenko, who furtively studies for h... | revenge, comedy, humor | train | imdb | Alan Alda makes for a good slimy villain, and Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, and Matthew Broderick (as well as their co-stars) make a likable bunch of people with a goal that you hope they will be able to reach.
I hadn't seen a good Eddie Murphy movie in some time and when I saw the trailer I thought it was going to be a v... |
tt1530983 | Red Hill | Shane Cooper (Ryan Kwanten), a young police officer, relocates to the small town of Red Hill with his pregnant wife Alice (Claire van der Boom). On his first day on the job, he is shown hostility from Old Bill (Steve Bisley), the head of the police force, for being unable to find his gun and getting shot on duty when h... | revenge, suspenseful, murder, violence, flashback | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0103352 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | A group of Canadian kids, from elementary to high school ages, of different cultural and economic backgrounds, come together once a week at night and share their love of horror by telling scary stories. Their ritual is that each week one kid in the group tells a story. He/she throws sugar into a campfire and declares t... | good versus evil, paranormal, psychedelic, horror, storytelling | train | imdb | null |
tt0070656 | Scream Blacula Scream | After a dying Voodoo queen, Mama Loa, chooses an adopted apprentice, Lisa Fortier (Pam Grier) as her successor, her arrogant son and true heir, Willis, (Richard Lawson) is outraged. Seeking revenge, he buys the bones of Mamuwalde the vampire from the former shaman of the voodoo cult, and uses voodoo to resurrect the va... | blaxploitation | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0468820 | Noriko no shokutaku | The film starts on December 12th, 2001 with a young girl named Noriko Shimabara (Kazue Fukiishi) arriving at Tokyo Station with a bag of rolling luggage. She walks upto Ginza, 'pretending to have returned from a long trip'.Chapter 1: NorikoNoriko describes her family: a father (Ken Mitsuishi), a mother (Sanae Miyata) a... | psychedelic, cult | train | imdb | -Yes, this is a continuation of sorts of the story started in Jisatsu saakuru (Suicide Club).
-Yes, as is stated, this is a long movie, and requires an open mind, and patienceIt has been stated on several reviews of the first film that it meant to serve as a social commentary on the overly complacent stance taken by th... |
tt1129428 | Mum & Dad | The film begins at Heathrow Airport, where Lena, a polish immigrant (Olga Fedori) is working her shift as a cleaner. While there, her colleague Birdie (Ainsley Howard) helps her to clean the toilets. Lena talks about her family and living alone in Hounslow. Lena pulls out a mirror that her grandmother left her, and Bir... | brainwashing, violence, murder | train | imdb | While some might call it another variation on the crazy family theme, it holds more in common with a film like Killers (or Real Killers, as it is also known) than it does with the Chainsaw Massacre or Rob Zombie flicks.One thing about horror flicks is that you can often derive a lot from the title of the film.
Mum and ... |
tt2004420 | Neighbors | Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne) Radner try to have spontaneous sex in their dining room. Their six-month-old baby daughter Stella (Elise and Zoey Vargas) wont stop watching them, so they give up. Having a baby and owning a house doesnt make them old, they declare. When Mac leaves for work, he and Kelly see a bi... | boring, stupid, bleak, flashback, humor, revenge, entertaining | train | imdb | null |
tt1674784 | Trespass | Kyle Miller (Nicolas Cage), a diamond broker, drives down a country road in his convertible Porsche trying to make a deal. He enters his sprawling, gated waterfront home, picks up a gold Zippo lighter by the pool and enters the kitchen. Sarah Miller (Nicole Kidman) and teen daughter Avery (Liana Liberato) are arguing a... | murder, flashback | train | imdb | Trespass provides that mindless entertainment in spades, with a few head-scratches along the way.The premise of Trespass is simple: Nic Cage plays a diamond dealer who lives in a beautiful house with his wife and daughter, and some thugs break into the house one day to steal his stash.
Also Ben Mendelsohn's performance... |
tt0042044 | The Wind in the Willows | Rat and Mole are called to the estate of Toad Hall by Mr. McBadger. The owner of Toad Hall, J Thadddeus Toad, has once again gone off and fallen into another extravagant hobby. This pains McBadger, who has been trying to straighten out Toad's financial situation for some time. Toad is currently 'rampaging across the co... | good versus evil | train | imdb | Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
A Walt Disney Cartoon Short Subject.The enthusiasms of a wealthy & irrepressible Toad and his passion for motorcars brings hilarious turmoil to the lives of his friends along the Riverbank.Disney's THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, originally the first half of THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR.
TOAD (1949),... |
tt1242422 | Celda 211 | Juan Oliver wants to make a good impression at his new job as a prison officer and reports to work a day early, leaving his pregnant wife, Elena, at home. During his tour of the prison, an accident occurs that knocks him unconscious. He is rushed to the empty but visibly haunted walls of cell 211. As this diversion unf... | murder, flashback | train | imdb | null |
tt0101484 | (Blooper) Bunny! | The cartoon opens with a short special, celebrating Bugs Bunny's 51½ Anniversary. Once that is finished, what happened earlier that day is shown, with a backstage look at the characters (featuring 3D rendering of the scenery). Bugs is shown rehearsing his one line in the special. Elmer Fudd is shown trying to use minox... | psychedelic | train | wikipedia | The only really great BB 'toon since the '60s!!!.
Although he is no replacement for the late Mel Blanc, Rick Bergman does the voice recreations a lot of justice, and this short, Blooper Bunny, is the funniest and best cartoon since the Golden Age ended back in the mid-60s.
Honestly funny and reminiscent of the wacky sh... |
tt0430922 | Role Models | Danny (Paul Rudd) and Wheeler (Seann William Scott) are two energy drink salesmen who promote a drink called "Minotaur" to school children, and encourage kids to stay off drugs. Wheeler loves the job, but Danny hates it, viewing it as a pointless, dead-end career. Danny's depression results in the collapse of his relat... | pornographic, fantasy, comedy, romantic, entertaining, storytelling | train | wikipedia | After seeing the trailer for Role Models, I thought it looked like a funny movie, but I wasn't expecting much, I was thinking they might have just shown the great parts in the trailer and that would be it.
But I took the opportunity and saw Role Models the other day and I have to say this is completely opposite from wh... |
tt2404233 | Gods of Egypt | An opening voice-over states that according to a legend, Egypt was the birthplace of civilization. The gods co-existed among the mortals and created the flourishing land for them to share. The son of Ra, Osiris, ruled over the land, while his brother Set was relegated to the desert, to his anger. The time has come for ... | comedy, murder, violence, flashback, good versus evil, psychedelic, humor, romantic, tragedy, revenge | train | imdb | It is an excellent movie, it is fun, full of action and actually does not insult ancient Egyptian religion..
I thought this movie had great effects, a pretty good story line, and very likable characters.
In this spectacular action-adventure inspired by the classic mythology of Egypt, the survival of mankind hangs in th... |
tt1905040 | The Dyatlov Pass Incident | Note: The Dyatlov Pass Incident was a real-life incident which occurred in February 1959 on the Kholat Syakhl mountain, part of the Ural Mountain range in what was then the territory of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Nine hikers of Russian origin died in sub-zero conditions after fleeing their tents into the night on ... | murder | train | imdb | Thought the first half of the film was pretty good, was like Blair Witch in the snow, going through the motions of interviewing people, getting a bit of a background on what they are trying to do.When they set of on their own and the 'strange' things start happening, it kept you intrigued, but then when you find out wh... |
tt0098333 | Sinbad of the Seven Seas | In the city of Basra, the evil vizier Jaffar has clouded the caliph's mind and imprisoned his daughter, Princess Alina in order to marry her. Jaffar has four of the town's five sacred gems sent to dangerous and evil places where they will be carefully guarded by magical forces. Sinbad and his crew arrive at the caliph'... | brainwashing, storytelling | train | imdb | Sinbad is easily more entertaining than Plan 9 from Outer Space, which is more commonly considered the best bad movie ever.I won't give away all the details that make this movie so laughably awful, but I'll mention a few that I hope will convince you to find and watch this film.
(You can read a more comprehensive revie... |
tt0286106 | Signs | The Hess family lives on a farm in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) is a former Episcopal priest who lost his faith in God after his wife, Colleen, died in a horrific traffic accident caused by a veterinarian named Ray Reddy (played by M. Night Shyamalan). Additionally, Graham cannot com... | suspenseful, murder, stupid, horror, atmospheric, flashback, humor, revenge | train | imdb | null |
tt0082163 | Nice Dreams | Cheech and Chong have set up a new business- selling ice cream from a large, odd-looking ice cream truck! However, this isn't regular ice cream- it's actually scientifically-experimented marijuana, sold in the form of ice cream. They've dubbed their business "Happy Herb's Nice Dreams Ice Cream".
Day by day, the 2 drive... | absurd, humor, adult comedy | train | imdb | Cheech and Chong's third film: Nice Dreams..
Watch NICE DREAMS and you'll find out!!Another funny film from the team of Cheech and Chong.
Just a funny movie that stars everyone's favorite stoners.Recommended..
Cheech and Chong's first movie, Up in Smoke (1978), was the most successful and it set the scene for the five ... |
tt0111070 | The Santa Clause | Scott Calvin is attending a large office party at his toy company, where he is winning an award for his salesmanship ability. As he drives home, he leaves a message for his ex-wife, Laura, apologizing for being late when she is dropping off their son Charlie, who is to spend Christmas night with him. When he arrives, h... | revenge, humor, psychedelic, entertaining, fantasy | train | imdb | Scott Calvin (Allen) is an executive with a toy manufacturing company, he's divorced and has a young son, Charlie (Eric Lloyd), who still believes in Santa, but is at an age at which doubt is beginning to creep into the picture.
The relationships examined in this film-- the whole situation with Scott, Charlie, Laura an... |
tt0475783 | Welkkeom tu Dongmakgol | A U.S. Navy pilot, Neil Smith, is caught in a mysterious storm of butterflies and crash-lands his plane whilst flying over a remote part of Korea. He is found by local villagers who nurse him back to health. Within the small village(Dongmakgol), time appears to stand still. They have no knowledge of modern technology, ... | anti war | train | imdb | null |
tt0069768 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Told as a flashback to the early 21st century with a wraparound sequence narrated by the orangutan Lawgiver (John Huston) in "North America - 2670 A.D.", this sequel follows the ape leader Caesar (Roddy McDowall) years after a global nuclear war has destroyed civilization. In this post-nuclear society, Caesar tries to ... | violence | train | wikipedia | So the final entry in the Planet of the Apes series takes liberties with the timeline and the plot wanders through other prior installments, but I feel the movie delivers a degree of pathos seldom seen in a sequel.
The bookend scenes involving the Lawgiver, John Huston in heavy make up, speaking to a group of schoolchi... |
tt0106926 | Flesh and Bone | While helping his grifter father burgle a house in rural Texas, young Arlis Sweeney watches him murder the entire family, leaving only a crying baby. Fast forward 30 years. Arlis has settled into a bleak routine restocking vending machines on a route that includes "a place to eat, a place to sleep, and a woman" in ever... | murder | train | imdb | null |
tt0451094 | Chinjeolhan geumjassi | Geum-ja Lee (Yeong-ae Lee) has spent thirteen years in prison for the murder of a little boy and is about to be released. We see a group of carolers dressed in bright red Santa Claus suits, waiting for her release. One of them remarks that Geum-ja is rumored to be an angel. A man dressed in normal clothes, the Preacher... | comedy, suspenseful, neo noir, murder, cult, violence, flashback, psychedelic, revenge | train | imdb | "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" is a surprisingly poetic finale to Park's excellent Revenge Trilogy.
The film is nowhere near as violent as its predecessors, although a good deal of mayhem takes place offscreen.Yeong-ae Lee is outstanding as the troubled protagonist Geum-ja, the ex-convict who is seeking redemption as mu... |
tt0058371 | The Moon-Spinners | Nicky Ferris and her aunt Frances are traveling on a bus to Crete. When they arrive at their hotel, the Moon Spinners, a village wedding is in progress. The proprietress, Sophia, did not receive the telegram Nicky sent to reserve a room. She says there are no rooms available. Nicky and Frances are exhausted and after S... | suspenseful, murder | train | imdb | From Walt Disney, an overly-involved story of jewel thieves and a young girl swept away by intrigue while vacationing in Crete.
Also fabulous: the dizzying sequence where Mills escapes villainous Eli Wallach by jumping from a windmill (beautiful camera-work and direction).
Terrific Terry Gilkyson theme song, fine suppo... |
tt0790736 | R.I.P.D. | A monstrous, hulking like figure busts through a door after Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds) gives a voiceover saying he's probably had a tougher day at work than the viewer. He then says the monstrous hulk isn't him. Nick and his partner chase the hulking figure into the streets, where it bounds off a truck and onto the si... | murder, paranormal, violence, good versus evil, psychedelic, humor | train | imdb | The second half steps it up in both action and comedy and the climactic ending was great.Overall I enjoyed R.I.P.D. It was just a fun movie that you don't need to think about!.
1. I love Ryan Reynolds Jeff Bridges and Kevin Bacon.
The movie basically follows the three act formula, and although the crusty veteran and ou... |
tt0118564 | Affliction | Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) drives his daughter Jill (Brigid Tierney) to a Halloween party, as his brother Rolfe (Willem Dafoe) narrates the opening story. Wade is the sheriff of Lawford, a small New Hampshire town, and knows everyone in town. Wade is divorced from his wife, and Jill doesn't want to be at the party. W... | violence, depressing, murder, flashback | train | imdb | The movie looks into the life of a struggling person named Wade Whitehouse, played with extreme intensity by the descriptive Nick Nolte.
Wade's alcoholic father, Glen (James Coburn in an Oscar worthy performance), who abused him and his brother Rolfe (Willem Dafoe) as children, continues to abuse him emotionlly.
The mo... |
tt0092106 | The Transformers: The Movie | Unicron, a mechanical planet that devours other worlds, approaches the planet Lithone. The mechanoid inhabitants on the planet watch helplessly in horror as their planet is destroyed and ingested by Unicron. Only one ship, with a sole passenger, Kranix, escapes the death of his world. Unicron, newly fueled thanks to th... | dark, cruelty, murder, stupid, cult, violence, good versus evil, tragedy, sadist | train | imdb | null |
tt1220198 | The Fourth Kind | An interview between Dr. Abigail Emily Tyler and Olatunde Osunsanmi (the director) kicks off the movie.Tyler (Milla Jovovich) begins to discuss a hypnotism session performed on her by a colleague, Dr. Abel Campos (Elias Koteas), in an attempt to remember back to the night her husband Will (Julian Vergov) was murdered b... | paranormal, psychological, murder | train | imdb | Now whether or not you believe in this is entirely up to you, but give this movie a chance, if nothing else then for its entertainment value."The Fouth Kind" is a unique mix of documentary and ordinary movie, and it worked out well, though sometimes it was a bit too much with the actual footage, it was disruptive in so... |
tt0015864 | The Gold Rush | It is in the middle of the Gold Rush. A Lone Prospector (Charlie Chaplin) searches the tundra for gold. But he finds more than gold; he finds love, and an uproarious adventure that forever change the lives of the people he meets.As far as an exact synopsis with the REQUIRED spoilers goes, the Lone Prospector barges int... | romantic, comedy, entertaining | train | imdb | Charlie and Big Jim are left alone and without food when Larson goes off to face the storm looking for food (having drawn the lowest card in another amusing scene), and the scenes in the cabin are some of the best in the entire film.
I am still amazed every time I watch the film at how realistic it looks when there is ... |
tt0105414 | Single White Female | In the opening shot, two young twin girls, about 8-years old, are playing with their mother's make-up.Years later, an old apartment building in New-York on a quiet summer night. In her apartment, Allison "Allie" Jones (Bridget Fonda) is making love with her fiancé, Sam Rawson (Steven Weber), who has divorced his first ... | mystery, insanity, violence, suspenseful, murder | train | imdb | The basic plot is that Allison (Bridget Fonda) gets a roommate for her Manhattan apartment (has anyone ever seen an apartment this large in NYC??) after her skirt-crazy live-in lover Sam (played by "Wings" star Steven Weber) runs around on her.
It stars Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman ... |
tt1840417 | The Words | Clayton Hammond (Dennis Quaid), a famous author, attends a public reading of his new book, The Words, centered on Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper), an aspiring writer who lives in New York City with his girlfriend, Dora (Zoe Saldana). With the help of his father (J. K. Simmons), Rory gets a job as a mail supervisor in a li... | dramatic, romantic | train | imdb | Hammond's reading takes us into the life of his character, Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper), a young author struggling to publish his books make ends meet.
Rory publishes the manuscript under his own name and struggles with the repercussions, while in "real life," Hammond flirts with a young college student named Daniella ... |
tt0047985 | The Desperate Hours | The Griffin brothers, Hal and Glenn, and their accomplice Sam Kobish have escaped from the state prison. An all-points bulletin is issued for them as they are armed and dangerous. Their destination is a quiet neighborhood where they can hide for a day or two. They plan to take a family hostage, preferably one with chil... | murder | train | imdb | null |
tt0043274 | Alice in Wonderland | On the bank of a tranquil river, Alice (Kathryn Beaumont) grows bored listening to her older sister read aloud from a history book about William I of England. Alice's sister scolds her, gently but firmly, for her lack of attention. At that moment, Alice dreams of living in a world of nonsense ("A World of My Own", as s... | fantasy, whimsical, cute, alternate reality, psychedelic, entertaining | train | imdb | null |
tt0062467 | Wait Until Dark | The film opens in a Montreal apartment during a cold wintery morning, where a woman named Lisa (Samantha Jones) waits for an old man to sew bags of heroin into the cloth body of an old-fashioned doll. As she leaves the apartment with the doll, we see the man watching her leave, then dialing someone on the phone. Lisa t... | mystery, suspenseful, horror, murder | train | imdb | In "Wait Until Dark", I really felt sorry for Audrey Hepburn's Susy Hendrix: blind, lied to by a 'nice' guy who is actually in cahoots with a murderer, sassed by the bespectacled neighbor girl, and then--after a hellish night spent being terrorized by thugs--husband Efrem Zimbalist Jr. walks in and doesn't even give he... |
tt1302011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Years before the events of the first film, Lord Shen (Gary Oldman), the scion of a peacock clan that rules Gongmen City in ancient China, seeks to weaponize gunpowder, which had recently been invented to create fireworks. After discovering from the court's goat Soothsayer (Michelle Yeoh) that "a warrior of black-and-wh... | insanity, revenge, flashback | train | wikipedia | Well, I'm happy to say it's Toy Story 2 kind of animated sequel - a genuine good movie that takes risks and succeeds rather than rehashing the first movie.Po isn't as much of a gastro-kung-fu fighter and fanboi from the first movie but has grown in his personality; he's less the Jack Black as a panda and more of a char... |
tt1160996 | The Colony | A terrified woman (Alex Paxton-Beesley) and a man (Eric Murdoc) run in a corridor. They are running away from something or someone. They reach the end of the corridor and they bang on the door, shouting for somebody else to open up the door.In a grim future world, when people have to live underground because on our pla... | dark, boring, murder | train | imdb | There are several stories going on, the efforts to survive, the well-meaning but not entirely successful leadership of Briggs (Laurence Fishbourne) the love story between Sam (Kevin Zegers) a young resident loyal to Briggs and pretty botanist Kai (Charlotte Sullivan) who is in charge of the seed inventory, and militant... |
tt0410952 | Charas: A Joint Effort | Charas (marijuana) is being forested in large quantities in north India. A young British botany student, Sam Higgins (Adam Bedi), is missing for 18 months after wandering these jungles. He was on an independent study of ayurvedic herbs. On the urge of his parents, a London based policeman of Indian descent, Dev Anand (... | flashback | train | imdb | A definitive watch for those people who think Bollywood is all stereotypical. In my review of ROG, I had mentioned that I have pledged myself to try and watch every movie Irfan Khan acts in. Charas falls within that line of study, and I am again kept far away from disappointment.Charas, "A work of fiction based on real... |
tt0144084 | American Psycho | Text is too large - max size is 60,000 characters.
A white background. Red drops begin to fall past the opening credits. The drops become a red sauce on a plate. A slab of meat is cut with a knife and garnished with raspberries, then placed on a table. The camera moves over various dishes, most of which are very sm... | dark, suspenseful, comedy, murder, neo noir, boring, fantasy, psychological, cult, violence, insanity, humor, satire, revenge, entertaining, queer | train | imdb | null |
tt6335022 | Dominique Corti: un cammino per la vita | Physician Dominique Corti is the daughter of renowned Canadian surgeon, Lucille Teasdale, and Italian pediatrician, Piero Corti. Dominique was born in northern Uganda, where her parents founded the Lacor Hospital. Through a journey that brings us to Canada, Italy, and Uganda, this documentary explores Dominiques strugg... | non fiction | train | imdb | null |
tt0486674 | What Just Happened | Ben (Robert De Niro), a veteran Hollywood producer, is suffering a number of professional and personal problems. His latest film, Fiercely, has a disastrous test screening, mostly because of its ending which features the murder of its main character (played by Sean Penn, who plays himself elsewhere in the film) along w... | comedy, boring, satire | train | wikipedia | I just got back from an AFI screening of Barry Levinson's satirical comedy, "What Just Happened?", an inside look into the movie business and big studio politics.
Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line", the film version tells the story of a successful Hollywood producer, Ben, played by Robert Deniro, as he juggles... |
tt0115536 | El amor perjudica seriamente la salud | Diana Balaguer (Penélope Cruz in a minor role) meets Santi García (Gabino Diego), the bellboy in a luxurious hotel in Madrid. She wants to meet John Lennon in the Beatles' only visit to Spain. Santi hides Diana under the bedroom, while John tries to shag an unknown girl who can't speak a word of English. Both Santi and... | comedy, romantic, flashback | train | imdb | Fun romantic comedy with a Spanish-star-cast and dealing with a likable couple during several decades.
In the 60s , Madrid , Beatles are in Spain , two young people, a gorgeous girl named Diana (Penelope Cruz) and the bellboy named Santi (Gabino Diego) meet at a luxurious hotel room as a result of their devotion to Joh... |
tt2140315 | Raaz 3: The Third Dimension | The Movie is on Jealousy and what an Human do for success. In India it's common every where as every family and homes suffering from this. Lots of people are victim of black magic in India . Marriages and Jobs are effected.
The story touches the secrets of Indian Society. Only difference in Movies is Sanaya Plays Role ... | good versus evil, revenge | train | imdb | null |
tt0330452 | The Interrogation of Michael Crowe | This is a tragic tale on several levels; for the family of Stephanie, the murdered little girl, for Michael, the 14-year-old brother who is accused of her murder, and particularly for the police who refuse to accept the possibility that someone else may have killed her.The story focuses on the48 hours of intense and re... | brainwashing, murder | train | imdb | This isn't a horror movie - at least not in the sense of genre.
But it is a truly frightening true story about the abuse of police power.Basically, the story is quite simple.
12 year old Stephanie Crowe is brutally murdered in her own home in Escondido, California while her family sleeps.
Without any real evidence, the... |
tt0084787 | The Thing | In the opening shot, an alien spaceship flies through space and enters Earth's atmosphere near Antarctica. Whether or not the ship crashes or lands on Earth is unknown.In Antarctica, the winter months of 1982, a helicopter flies hurriedly after a husky. The man riding next to the pilot shoots a rifle and drops grenades... | psychological, gothic, murder, cult, violence, horror, claustrophobic, suspenseful | train | imdb | "The Thing" is John Carpenter's masterpiece and one of the best classic horror films!.
I love Escape From New York and I love Escape From L.A. but I also love The Thing so much better this is definitely the best Carpenter film a truly masterpiece classic I love R.J. MacReady - Kurt Russell I love everything about this ... |
tt0099817 | Dark Angel | An executive entrepreneur is driving his 70,000 brand new car. He puts on a CD of classical music, but it starts blurring away and connecting to the radio. The CD is pushed out of the machine and it distracts this gentleman, who almost has a car accident. He has to steer wildly away from an incoming truck and his car g... | cult, humor, action, violence | train | imdb | Lundgren had been responsible for the far more stern and serious action flicks Red Scorpion and the under-rated Punisher film yet Dark Angel was one of a string of 3 films Dolph did, very much in the trend of Schwarzenegger's simpler action films like Red Heat, Running Man and Raw Deal.
The concept of the Alien brings ... |
tt0031455 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | The gypsy Esmeralda captures the hearts of many men, including those of Captain Phoebus and Pierre Gringoire, but especially Quasimodo and his guardian Archdeacon Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust for Esmeralda and the rules of the Notre Dame Cathedral. He orders bandits to kidnap her, but the hu... | tragedy, romantic, cruelty, murder, melodrama | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0068182 | Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes | Opening titles lay out the background of the story. After the conquest and plundering of the Inca Empire by Spain, natives invented the legend of El Dorado, supposedly situated in the headwaters of the Amazon. In 1560 a Spanish expedition set off from Peru. This is the story of the expedition based on the surviving dia... | murder, cult, violence, insanity, psychedelic, tragedy, suspenseful, historical | train | imdb | Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski's masterful achievement - Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) is a rich and powerful film set deep in the the South American rain forest.
It is too fictionalized (yet plausible) to fit comfortably in the "historical fiction" shoebox; the dialog is as much a presentistic b... |
tt0095631 | Midnight Run | Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Grodin) is an accountant who embezzled $15 million from Las Vegas gangster Jimmy Serrano (Dennis Farina) and skipped bail. He is hiding in New York when his Los Angeles bail bondsman, Eddie Moscone (Joe Pantoliano), hires bounty hunter Jack Walsh (De Niro) to bring the accountant in. To ge... | comedy, neo noir, entertaining | train | imdb | DeNiro is (Jack Walsh) a self-righteous ex-cop so unpopular with the Chicago police department, now wanting to make one final 'midnight run' that'll pay big so he can buy a nice coffee shop
He is hired by an hysterical bondsman to find and bring back a former Mob accountant called Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Grodin) ... |
tt0091080 | Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI | A year has passed since the events of the previous film, and Crystal Lake has been renamed to Forest Green. Tommy Jarvis, still suffering from hallucinations ever since his past encounter with Jason Voorhees, returns with his friend Allen Hawes, hoping to cremate Jason's body and therefore stop his hallucinations. At t... | gothic, murder, paranormal, cult, horror, violence, flashback, insanity, entertaining | train | wikipedia | This movie has everything I just love to death from the setting, from the music from the actors just everything it has in here.Tommy Jarvis goes to the graveyard to get rid of Jason Voorhees' body once and for all, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead.
Martin Becker made special effects and he was great I ... |
tt1192628 | Rango | In the back of a small car, in a small aquarium, resides a small, unnamed chameleon (Johnny Depp). The only living creature in his 'environment,' Rango has fancied himself as an actor, with several inanimate object as his friends and fellow thespians. In his self-contained world, Rango's 'friends' tell him that even th... | western, revenge, boring | train | imdb | null |
tt0034248 | Suspicion | Lina McLaidlaw (Joan Fontaine) is a prim, proper English lady, and Johnnie Aysgarth (Cary Grant) is a suave, charming playboy. They're as surprised as anyone when they fall madly in love with each other, but since Lina's stuffy parents would never approve of her romance with a cad like Aysgarth, she must elope. Setting... | romantic, murder | train | imdb | The movie gets quite a lot out of a relatively simple plot.Joan Fontaine gives an excellent performance as Lina, a quiet young woman who finds herself swept away by, and suddenly married to, the charming but irresponsible Johnnie, played by Cary Grant.
Not everyone likes the way that it all ends, but it is worth seeing... |
tt2089654 | Britney Spears: Criminal | At a swanky party, all chandeliers and fancy dress, Britney's privileged, rich-guy boyfriend shows his true colors by deriding her, for looking bored, in public, there on the dancefloor.. Humiliated, she rushes herself off for a pitstop to the bathroom. As she returns, he is chatting up another girl (fringe hairstyle y... | pornographic | train | imdb | better than it is given credit for. Yes, better than it is given credit for. It's only flaw is that this is child star/teenage pop idol Britney, and now that she has grown up, the fanfare has died down, and we just long for the old days. Indeed, the first scene of the music video, she looks bored, as well she should be... |
tt0317705 | The Incredibles | The film opens with a series of short interviews between three famous superheroes including Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson), who possesses super strength, Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), able to stretch her body with amazing flexibility, and Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson), gifted with the ability to create ice.While en route ... | comedy, murder, paranormal, violence, cute, flashback, action, satire, revenge, entertaining | train | imdb | Not all people are equally talented (just compare Pixar to Dreamworks), but this is no reason to keep the talented people from not reaching their full potential just because it makes the less talented ones feel bad."The Incredibles", while maybe not as hilarious as I had hoped (though it's still very funny), is nonethe... |
tt0373469 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | The movie opens in flashback to about 1980 at a fair in Indiana of some sort with pie eating contests, etc. The camera settles on a boy magician named "Harry the Great", who is about to perform a trick where he saws a girl in a box in half with a chainsaw. Midway, the girl lets loose with a series of piercing screams, ... | comedy, dark, neo noir, murder, boring, mystery, bleak, cult, violence, flashback, clever, humor, satire, plot twist, entertaining | train | imdb | Directed and co-written by Shane Black; based on a novel, "Bodies Are Where You Find Them" written by Brett Halliday; and starring Robert Downey Jnr, Val Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan.A terrific opening credit sequence easily sets up the audacity and chagrin of the film for an appreciative audience.
Even the clichés are... |
tt0105156 | Poison Ivy | Sylvie Cooper (Melissa Gilbert) is a alienated and misanthropic teenage girl at a private high school for the wealthy. She first meets "Ivy" (Drew Barrymore), a poor but intelligent and highly trashy girl, at a local hangout where Ivy enjoyed rope-swinging from a tree. A young boy runs up and says, "Come on! A dog got ... | murder, melodrama | train | imdb | Drew Barrymore turns in the most memorable performance of her career, in this strange, beautifully filmed tale of betrayal and teenage alienation.
The atmosphere is almost haunting, and the relationships between the characters (especially the two teenage girl leads) are well developed enough to hold your interest.Sara ... |
tt0060097 | Amanti d'oltretomba | NIGHTMARE CASTLE AKA NIGHT OF THE DOOMED synopsis AKA LOVERS BEYOND THE TOMB, THE FACELESS MONSTER, ORGASMO**NOTE: In the Italian version all actors are listed by their real Italian names. In the US version they are listed by more American-sounding names. Below they are listed by their real Italian names.**Muriel Hampt... | paranormal, insanity, revenge, gothic, murder | train | imdb | This movie uses Steele to full advantage, and even casts the sultry, sinister star in a dual role, much like Mario Bava's classic BLACK SUNDAY.
However, her hubby finds that this may not have been the great revenge he thought it would be because his wife left her inheritance to her mentally unbalanced sister(Steele aga... |
tt0118248 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | The film begins on a rainy night with a haunting nightmare experienced by Professor Pierre Arronax; water seeps in through under the door and as he opens it, he is submerged in water and is falling toward a sea monster. He lands in a net and struggles to get out. He wakes up to see water outside of his window and then ... | sci-fi | train | imdb | null |
tt0040458 | I Remember Mama | Upon completing the last lines of her autobiographical novel, youthful Katrin Hanson reminisces about her family life: In 1910, in a modest San Francisco house, Katrin's Norwegian-born mother, Marta Hanson, computes the weekly budget with help from her husband Lars, daughters Katrin, Christine and Dagmar and son Nels. ... | romantic, storytelling | train | imdb | One Saturday afternoon in 1984 I saw the film was to be shown on T.V.I was going to go to my mothers house to tell her but couldn't be bothered as I had other things to do.Later that day I received a phone call to say she had a heart attack and a few hours afterwards died.I am now 61 years old and 8 weeks ago joined a ... |
tt0069124 | Private Parts | Young Cheryl (pronounced "CHAIR-ul") is a runaway shacking up with her friend Judy. After Judy throws her out for watching her have sex with a guy, Cheryl packs her suitcase and takes off, along with Judy's wallet, and heads out into the sleaziest part of L.A. looking for her long-lost Aunt Martha's rundown hotel.Aunt ... | insanity, comedy, murder | train | imdb | null |
tt0058333 | The Masque of the Red Death | THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH Grandmother (Sarah Brackett) is gathering kindling. The Man in Red (John Westbrook) calls to her, sitting under a tree. Causing a white rose to turn red, he gives it to her, telling her to take it to her village with the message that the day of their deliverance is at hand. She takes it and ... | mystery, gothic, murder, cult, atmospheric, philosophical, revenge | train | imdb | Although the film really is an incorporation of two Poe stories....The Masque of the Red Death and Hop-Frog...it is an excellent, atmospheric, quality piece of entertainment.
At the core of the film's strength are the performance of Price as the evil, malignant, malicious Prince Prospero, follower of the devil and crue... |
tt2096673 | Inside Out | A girl named Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is born, and in her mind, Joy (Amy Poehler) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith) are created. As she grows into a young kid, the emotions Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black) and Disgust (Mindy Kaling) form, each one coloring the memories that power the islands in her mind. Since her first me... | romantic, flashback | train | imdb | null |
tt2309260 | The Gallows | In October 1993, there is a high school performance of "The Gallows". The parents of Charlie Grimille record the play and admire their son's performance. Near the end of the play, Charlie's character is set to be hung at the gallows. Tragedy strikes when the door beneath Charlie's feet opens and he falls through with a... | suspenseful, murder, paranormal, horror, flashback, revenge, prank | train | imdb | Do not, I repeat, Do not fall for the made up 10 star reviews...( It's obvious those affiliated with producing this garbage want to pique the interest of others so they give fake ratings & reviews, hoping others will be interested enough to see it- & they make more $$) Take it from me, Wasting my $ & time on this terri... |
tt0049223 | Forbidden Planet | Opening sceneIt is late in the 22nd Century. United Planet cruiser C57D is a year out from Earth base on the way to Altair for a special mission. Commander J.J Adams (Leslie Neilsen) orders the crew to the deceleration booths as the ship drops from light speed to normal space.Adams orders pilot Jerry Farman (Jack Kelly... | comedy, psychological, murder, cult, psychedelic, suspenseful, sci-fi | train | imdb | old and found this movie both highly entertaining and very frightening and unlike any other movie I had seen up until that time.BASIC PLOT: An expedition is sent out from Earth to the fourth planet of Altair, a great mainsequence star in constellation Aquilae to find out what happened to a colony of settlers which lan... |
tt1216492 | Leap Year | Successful real estate stager Anna Brady (Amy Adams) is frustrated that her cardiologist boyfriend Jeremy Sloane (Adam Scott) still has not proposed to her after four years. She decides to travel from Boston to Dublin, to propose to him on February 29, leap day, while he is there at a conference. According to Irish tra... | boring, storytelling | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0338188 | The Missing | Set in 1885 in New Mexico, an estranged father shows up at his daughter's ranch and it's made clear he isn't welcome back into her life. He abandoned his family years ago to "go injun." His older granddaughter is kidnapped by a band of assorted thugs of different ethnicities who are taking her to Mexico to sell her int... | good versus evil, cult, suspenseful | train | imdb | The girls playing the daughters were excellenttoo, specially the youngest one, who had a number of intense emotional scenes.I liked the bleak feeling presented in the film...the raw climate, the hopelessness combined with determination that the characters portrayed.
Very reminiscent of 'The Searchers', probably the bes... |
tt0426592 | Superhero Movie | Rick Riker (Drake Bell) is an unpopular student at Empire High with his only friend Trey (Kevin Hart), living with his uncle Albert (Leslie Nielsen) and Aunt Lucielle (Marion Ross). His crush Jill Johnson (Sara Paxton), who hardly notices him, is dating Rick's bully Lance Landers (Ryan Hansen). Rick and Trey are then s... | absurd, murder, flashback | train | imdb | null |
tt0092005 | Stand by Me | A man (Richard Dreyfuss) sits in his car reading the headline of a newspaper article about a man who had been stabbed to death at a fast food restaurant. He is overcome with a wave of nostalgia and begins to narrate the story of when he was 12 years old and the time he first saw a dead human being.Gordie (Gordon) Lacha... | dramatic, cult, flashback, insanity, suspenseful, storytelling | train | imdb | null |
tt0093171 | Hell Comes to Frogtown | This film is set in an post-apocalyptic wasteland where few fertile men and women exist due to atomic fallout. As a result, the government places a high priority on those that can still breed. Shortly before the movie opens, a group of mutant amphibians (who have been exiled to the desert by humans) capture a group of ... | cult, humor | train | wikipedia | Some cool special effects (the frog creatures look really good), bad acting, cheesy plot....Leave your brain at the front door, there's some entertainment to be found here..
So, he is forced by a largely female government called MedTech to go to Frogtown (ruled by mutated Frog people known as Greeners) to rescue fertil... |
tt0024210 | The Kennel Murder Case | Philo Vance's dog does not make it into the final of the Long Island Kennel Club's dog show. Fellow competitor Archer Coe (Robert Barrat) is disappointed, having hoped to savor a victory over Vance. Coe is found dead the next morning in his bedroom, locked from the inside. District Attorney Markham (Robert McWade) and ... | mystery, murder | train | wikipedia | In the 1920s and 1930s Philo Vance became a household name with publication of the wildly popular S.S. Van Dine (alias for Willard Huntington Wright) novels featuring the patrician amateur detective.Though Kennel is one of the better Philo Vance novels, this adaptation of the eponymous book represents the rare case whe... |
tt0043265 | The African Queen | An English spinster, Rose (Katharine Hepburn), is the sister of a missionary, Rev. Samuel Sayer (Robert Morley). The two Christian missionaries are in a remote African village with grass huts and a little wooden church, which is located somewhere deep in a German African colony during WWI near the Ulanga River. The Ger... | suspenseful, cute, humor, boring, romantic | train | imdb | For more about the conditions it was created under, I suggest you read Katherine Hepburn's The Making of The African Queen or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind.
Based on the famous C.S. Forester novel, which it follows quite closely, THE African QUEEN is the simple story of pra... |
tt0065148 | Una sull'altra | San Francisco, California. George Dumurrier (Jean Sorel) is a wealthy and good-looking businessman doctor with the emphasis on the business. He runs a clinic with his younger brother Henry (Alberto De Mendoza), but leaves care of his asthma-stricken wife Susan (Marisa Mell) to her sister Martha (Faith Domergue) and a l... | insanity, pornographic, murder | train | imdb | This little Italian number is superficially similar to the famous Hitchcock film "Vertigo" in its basic premise and in its San Francisco location.
She also has copious nude scenes (if you're into that sort of thing).You might also have heard of the director of this one, guy named Lucio Fulci, made a few zombie movies o... |
tt1055292 | Life as We Know It | Holly Berenson (Katherine Heigl) is the owner of a small Atlanta bakery, and Eric Messer (Josh Duhamel), (often just known as "Messer") is a promising television technical sports director for the Atlanta Hawks. Their best friends Peter (Hayes MacArthur), an attorney, and Alison Novak (Christina Hendricks) set them up o... | dramatic, comedy, entertaining, romantic, sentimental | train | wikipedia | Katherine Heigl is a known, reliable entity who's graced many a movie, but the real discovery for me was Josh Duhamel who conveyed all of his feelings to me, another guy, extremely well in situations I've never really encountered, perhaps better and more agreeably than any other male lead I can think of.
3 years ago Jo... |
tt0469640 | Bathory | The film is based on the story of Erzsébet Bathory, a Hungarian countess in the 16th and 17th centuries. Her story takes place in a part of the Kingdom of Hungary that is now Slovakia. In this retelling, the Countess is a healer who conducts medical experiments and rudimentary autopsies in a "hospital" beneath her cast... | boring, murder, violence, horror, magical realism, psychedelic, romantic, historical | train | wikipedia | And a false myth is born.Although there is a complex epic plot, the film feels more like a series of still pictures.
Apart from the story, the Bathory also takes some time to explain how myths are created and abused to serve one’s needs.
The acting is outstanding but does not stand out as much as the Hungarian costumes... |
tt0022231 | One More Time | Foxy is a policeman on the beat. He handily subdues a criminal who pops out of a trashcan and sprays bullets with a machine gun. Foxy has his own gun. It shoots out an expandable arm with a platform on the end. A mouse with a mallet stands on the platform and knocks the criminal unconscious; Foxy slams the lid back on ... | psychedelic | train | imdb | An early Merrie Melodie shows its pedigree..
"One More Time" is an antique cartoon: a relic from an era when sound was new and characters had huge, googly eyes adapted for a harsh world in black and white.
The story is boilerplate cops and robbers, and gets its title from the song the characters sing throughout its len... |
tt0775539 | Stomp the Yard | DJ Williams (Columbus Short) is a young man in inner-city Los Angeles. He and his younger brother Duron (Chris Brown) compete in local dance competitions as members of a crew known as the "Goon Squad". During the battle there are backs and forths, but in the end of the battle the Goon Squad win a cash-prize, and the le... | romantic, murder | train | wikipedia | The performances - acting and dancing - were very good.It's a shame that so many people have such hatred in their hearts that they won't expand their own minds by learning of cultures outside of their own.
STOMP THE YARD comes as a pleasant surprise to those of us who have yet to be introduced to 'stepping' - a sport/d... |
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