Archive for May, 2007

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Japan | USA
Actors: Whitaker, Forest | Tormey, John | Gorman, Cliff | Liu, Dennis | Minucci, Frank | Portnow, Richard | Vessey, Tricia | Silva, Henry | Ruffini, Gene | Adonis, Frank | Argo, Victor | Whitaker, Damon | Guay, Kenny | Viverito, Vince | Grills, Gano
Directors: Jarmusch, Jim
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In Jersey City, an African American hit man follows “Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai.” He lives alone, in simplicity with homing pigeons for company, calling himself Ghost Dog. His master, who saved his life eight years ago, is part of the local mob. When the boss’ daughter witnesses one of Ghost Dog’s hits, he becomes expendable. The first victims are his birds, and in response, Ghost Dog goes right at his attackers but does not want to harm his master or the young woman. On occasion, he talks with his best friend, a French-speaking Haitian who sells ice cream in the park, and with a child with whom he discusses books. Can he stay true to his code? And if he does, what is his fate?

40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Hartnett, Josh | Sossamon, Shannyn | Costanzo, Paulo | Trese, Adam | Vaugier, Emmanuelle | Heath, Lorin | Trainor, Aaron | Fitzgerald, Glenn | Mazur, Monet | Chatelain, Christine | Tracy, Keegan Connor | Maronna, Michael C. | Shaw, Vinessa | von Pfetten, Stefanie | Anderson, Stanley
Directors: Lehmann, Michael
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Nicole broke up with Matt months ago and is now engaged to someone else. He’s very good-looking and has no trouble finding other lovers, but that doesn’t help because he’s still obsessed with wanting her back. Then he gets the inspiration that swearing off sex for Lent (all forms of sexual activity, even kissing or masturbation) will give him the perspective he needs. So of course a few days later he meets a woman and they fall in love. Now Matt sees his vow as a personal matter, and won’t even tell her about it, but his friends think otherwise, and now the complications begin…

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Fisher, Frances | Cage, Nicolas | Ribisi, Giovanni | Jolie, Angelina | Cross, T.J. | Scott, William Lee | Caan, Scott | Duval, James | Patton, Will | Lindo, Delroy | Olyphant, Timothy | McBride, Chi | Duvall, Robert | Eccleston, Christopher | Jones, Vinnie | Zabriskie, Grace
Directors: Sena, Dominic
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Car theft in Long Beach went down 47% when Randall “Memphis” Raines walked away from the life. He gets dragged back into it by assuming the job his brother Kip screwed up for stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri: steal 50 exotic cars and have them on a container ship by 8 AM Friday morning, and he got this news on a Monday. With Calitri threatening to kill him and Kip, and the police GRAB unit breathing down his neck, Memphis reassembles his old crew and attempts to pull off the logistically impossible.

Pulse (2006)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bell, Kristen | Hanyok, Tate | Ian Somerhalder | Milian, Christina | Gonzalez, Rick | Lindhome, Riki | Tucker, Jonathan | Tepe, Amanda | Levine, Samm | Talley, Steve | Gatt, Joseph | Cummins, Corryn
Directors: Sonzero, Jim
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Imagine our wireless technologies made a connection to a world beyond our own. Imagine that world used that technology as a doorway into ours. Now, imagine the connection we made can’t be shut down. When you turn on your cell phone or log on to your e-mail, they’ll get in, you’ll be infected and they’ll be able to take from you what they don’t have anymore — life.

Wake of Death (2004)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Van Damme, Jean-Claude | Yam, Simon | Tan, Philip | Tian, Valerie | Schiena, Tony | Hernandez, Claude | King, Lisa | Fridjohn, Anthony | Keogh, Danny | Marais, Pierre | Grier, Warrick | Chan, Jacqui | Kwouk, Burt | Wu, Tom | Chong, Joon
Directors: Martinez, Philippe
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Ben Archer (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a thug/enforcer for a criminal organization. Tiring of the work, he tells his coworkers that he’s ready to retire. His wife Cynthia is a social worker for the INS. She brings a Chinese refugee girl to their home. Soon, Sun Quan (Simon Yam) wants his daughter back. Cynthia Archer is murdered, and Ben’s son Nicholas disappears, along with the Chinese girl. Ben must save the children and avenge his wife’s murder.

Love & Sex (2000)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Janssen, Famke | Favreau, Jon | Emmerich, Noah | Magnuson, Ann | Oteri, Cheri | Hopkins, Josh | Knepper, Robert | Ventresca, Vincent | Zang, Kristen | Steinberg, David | Nelson, Elimu | Brunner, Don | Zima, Yvonne | Fitzgerald, Melissa | Swanson, Rob
Directors: Breiman, Valerie
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When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back over her own various experiences, and to wondering if she is in much of a position to write on the subject.

Shrek 2 (2004)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Myers, Mike | Murphy, Eddie | Diaz, Cameron | Andrews, Julie | Banderas, Antonio | Cleese, John | Everett, Rupert | Saunders, Jennifer | Warner, Aron | Cameron, Cody | Knights, Christopher | Smith, David P. | Moseley, Mark
Directors: Adamson, Andrew | Asbury, Kelly | Vernon, Conrad
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The film picks up right where the first movie ended… Shrek and Fiona return from their honeymoon to find a letter from Fiona’s parents inviting the newlyweds over for dinner. The only problem is that they have no idea that their daughter is now an ogre.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Biel, Jessica | Vogel, Mike | Balfour, Eric | Bryniarski, Andrew | Leerhsen, Erica | German, Lauren | Evans, Terrence | Marich, Marietta | Kafka, Heather | Lamkin, Kathy | Leland, Brad | Meek, Mamie
Directors: Nispel, Marcus
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A group of college kids, on their way back from scoring drugs in Mexico, run into a hitchhiker who has just survived a horrific massacre from the night before. They try to help the girl, but in the process end up falling prey to her mysterious fear. It happens to be wielding a chainsaw…

Seed of Chucky (2004)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Dourif, Brad | Tilly, Jennifer | Boyd, Billy | Redman | Spearritt, Hannah | Waters, John | Castle, Keith-Lee | Lawton, Steve | Gardner, Tony | Flemyng, Jason | Rowe, Nicholas | Chambers, Stephanie | Morgan, Simon James | Simons-Danville, Bethany | Santos, Rebecca
Directors: Mancini, Don
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The killer doll is back! The all-new film is the fifth in the popular series of Chucky (”Child’s Play”) horror comedies. Making his directorial debut is the franchise creator and writer of all five films, Don Mancini. The film introduces Glen (voiced by “The Lord of the Rings” star Billy Boyd), the orphan doll offspring of the irrepressible devilish-doll-come-to-life Chucky (again voiced by series star Brad Dourif) and his equally twisted bride Tiffany (again voiced by Jennifer Tilly). When production starts on a movie detailing the urban legend of his parents’ lethal exploits, Glen heads for Hollywood where he brings his bloodthirsty parents back from the dead. The family dynamics are far from perfect as Chucky and Tiffany go Hollywood and get rolling on a new spree of murderous mayhem; much to gentle Glen’s horror. Chucky can’t believe that his child doesn’t want to walk in his murdering footsteps, and star-struck Tiffany can’t believe that the movie will star her favorite actress, Jennifer Tilly (playing herself), who soon becomes an unwitting hostess to this new family in more ways than one…

Die Hard (1988)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Willis, Bruce | VelJohnson, Reginald | Johnson, Reginald | Bedelia, Bonnie | Godunov, Alexander | Gleason, Paul | Atherton, William | White, De'voreaux | Bochner, Hart | Rickman, Alan | Hayden, Dennis | Gilyard Jr., Clarence | Doyon, Bruno | Wisniewski, Andreas | Shigeta, James | Davi, Robert
Directors: McTiernan, John
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New York cop John McClane, who has been a cop for 11 years, has just arrived in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve. For the past six months, John’s wife Holly and their two kids Lucy McClane and John McClane Jr have been living in Los Angeles without John. In New York, Holly had a good job that turned into a career, and Holly was promoted to a powerful position in the Nakatomi Corporation. The promotion called for Holly to move to Los Angeles to work in the Nakatomi Plaza, a 40 story building. John stayed in New York because he didn’t think Holly would make it out in Los Angeles, and that she would come crawling back to him in New York, so John figured that there was no reason to pack his things for the move to Los Angeles. A limo driver named Argyle drives John to the Nakatomi Plaza, and John heads to the 30th floor, where a Christmas party is going on. John gets into an argument with Holly in the office of her drug-snorting co-worker Harry Ellis because Holly uses her maiden name Gennero instead of the name McClane on her nameplate in her office. Holly leaves the room to give a speech. While John is by himself in the office, John is wishing that the argument hadn’t happened. A few minutes later, a group of German terrorists led by Hans Gruber and his right hand man Karl enter the building and take everyone hostage on the 30th floor. John is able to avoid being taken hostage because Hans and his men don’t even know that John is in the building. John heads to the upper floors, which are still under construction. Hans takes Holly’s boss Joseph Yashinobo Takagi to an office, where Hans demands that Takagi give him the computer code key that will allow Hans and his men to start opening the building’s safe so they can steal the $640,000,000 in negotiable bearer bonds that are in the safe. Takagi refuses to cooperate with Hans, so Hans kills Takagi, and John witnesses it. Hans tells his technology expert Theo to start working on getting the safe opened, and Theo thinks it’ll take a couple of hours to do it. John frantically tries to find a way to alert the LAPD, realizing that the main phone lines in the building have been cut. Once the police do arrive, they prove to be incompetent under the command of arrogant deputy chief Dwayne T. Robinson, so it’s up to John to rescue the hostages.