Posts Tagged ‘dead-child’

Anna and the King (1999)

Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Genres: Drama | History | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Foster, Jodie | Chow, Yun-Fat | Bai, Ling | Felton, Tom | Alwi, Syed | Kim, Randall Duk | Lim, Kay Siu | Campbell, Melissa | Chin, Keith | Maniam, Mano | Venugopal, Shanthini | Yusoff, Deanna | Palmer, Geoffrey | Firbank, Ann | Stewart, Bill
Directors: Tennant, Andy
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This is the story of Anna Leonowens, the English schoolteacher who came to Siam in the 1860s to teach the children of King Mongkut. She becomes involved in his affairs, from the tragic plight of a young concubine to trying to forge an alliance with Britain to a war with Burma that is orchestrated by Britain. In the meantime, a subtle romance develops between them.

Lonesome Dove (1989)

Sunday, July 12th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Duvall, Robert | Jones, Tommy Lee | Glover, Danny | Lane, Diane | Urich, Robert | Forrest, Frederic | Sweeney, D.B. | Schroder, Rick | Huston, Anjelica | Cooper, Chris | Scott, Timothy | Headly, Glenne | Corbin, Barry | Sanderson, William | Tubb, Barry
Directors: Wincer, Simon
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Retired Texas Rangers Gus McRae and Woodrow Call are content to live out their remaining years in the tiny Texas town of Lonesome Dove. Then their old friend Jake comes to town, and tells them about the incredible oppurtunities for cattle ranching in Montana. Encouraged by this, Call convinces Gus and many other townspeople to go on a perilous cattle drive to Montana. Gus has another agenda though: his former sweetheart now lives in Nebraska, and he hopes for a second chance with her. As the drive goes on it takes on an epic scale, ultimately becoming what could well be called the central event in the lives of all involved.

I Dreamed of Africa (2000)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Basinger, Kim | Perez, Vincent | Aiken, Liam | Strommen, Garrett | Saint, Eva Marie | Craig, Daniel | Reddick, Lance | Chiume, Connie | Ngobese, James | Scott, Joko | Boraine, Nick | Danford, Susan | Roberts, Ian | Monteregge, Susan | Perritt, Jessica
Directors: Hudson, Hugh
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Kuki, a divorced Italian socialite, changes her life after a serious car crash. She accepts a marriage proposal from Paolo Gallmann, a man she doesn’t know well, and she moves to Kenya with him and her young son to start a cattle ranch. Challenges beset her, not the least of which is Paulo’s love of danger and his leaving for days on end to hunt and fish with pals. She must face fierce storms, roving lions, venomous snakes, and murderous poachers, and she must find accommodation with a neighboring tribe. Her mother entreats her to return home. Can Kuki live her dream, tame Paolo, guide her son safely past the perils and errors of youth, and serve Africa?

Civil Action, A (1998)

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Travolta, John | Duvall, Robert | Shalhoub, Tony | Macy, William H. | Ivanek, Zeljko | Norris, Bruce | Lithgow, John | Quinlan, Kathleen | Jacobson, Peter | Mara, Mary | Gandolfini, James | Fry, Stephen | Hedaya, Dan | Thornton, David | Pollack, Sydney
Directors: Zaillian, Steven
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Jan Schlichtmann is a successful lawyer whose practically his own entrepreneur. He’s a humble bachelor with a nice car, a nice house, and a career that has amassed huge rewards. Not to mention being the founder and practice of the lucrative law firm he runs with his Boston partners, all in a case’s settlement. However, when the families of deceased children sue a giant food conglomerate, with the accusation of their companies are responsible for poisoning their children and afflicting them fatally with cancer. Jan comes to the rescue, thinking it’s one more case he can easily knock out of the park and make a fortune, as well as a name for he and his firm. With a class action lawsuit to file, Jan willingly puts himself and his firm as representatives of those families. However, it’s one case that could ruin Jan: his pride, his ambition, and ultimately, his career. As the pressures of the case begin to take their turn on both the prosecution, the defense, as well as the families, Jan is about to realize that he has taken on the biggest case of his life, and there is a price to pay.

Black Christmas (1974)

Friday, March 13th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada
Actors: Cassidy, Katie | Trachtenberg, Michelle | Chabert, Lacey | Cloke, Kristen | Martin, Andrea | Winstead, Mary Elizabeth | Lowe, Crystal | Hudson, Oliver | Harmon, Jessica | Savasta, Leela | Kole, Kathleen | Konoval, Karin | Mann, Robert | Friss, Dean | Wiebe, Cainan
Directors: Morgan, Glen
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This 98-minute film is a stark and stylish horror/thriller that turns everyone’s favorite time of the year inside out. Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder star among an ill-fated houseful of sorority sisters celebrating the holiday season. Festivities turn fatal when obscene phone calls break the serenity and it becomes clear that a psychopath is stalking the house.

Dead Zone, The (1983)

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Walken, Christopher | Adams, Brooke | Skerritt, Tom | Lom, Herbert | Zerbe, Anthony | Dewhurst, Colleen | Sheen, Martin | Campbell, Nicholas | Sullivan, Sean | Burroughs, Jackie | Kovács, Géza | Weiss, Roberta | Craig, Simon | Dvorsky, Peter | Heathwood, Julie-Ann
Directors: Cronenberg, David
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Teacher Johnny Smith gets in a horrible accident which forces him into a coma for five years. Once Johnny wakes up, he discovers he has the ability to read a person’s life just by making physical contact with them. When the local police find out about Johnny’s “powers”, they bring him in on a murder case. Soon Johnny’s abilities gets him into more trouble then he may be able to handle.

Planet of the Apes (1968)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Wahlberg, Mark | Roth, Tim | Bonham Carter, Helena | Duncan, Michael Clarke | Giamatti, Paul | Warren, Estella | Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki | Warner, David | Kristofferson, Kris | Avari, Erick | Elliott, Lucas | Parke, Evan | Shadix, Glenn | Shen, Freda Foh | Ellis, Chris
Directors: Burton, Tim
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After having their ship crash on a mysterious planet, two US astronauts wander across the desert plain. Thinking they are alone, the surprise comes when life forms appear, not just as mute human but as apes. Walking, talking apes. The apes see themselves as the original beings on the planet and do anything to keep all humans locked up.

Holy Mountain, The (1973)

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Countries: Mexico | USA
Actors: Salinas, Horácio | Saunders, Zamira | Ferrara, Juan | Page, Adriana | Kleiner, Burt | Jodorowsky, Valerie | Nichols, Nicky | Rutowski, Richard | Lomeli, Luis | De Sade, Ana | Chucho-Chucho | Robles, Letícia | De La Mora, Connie | Kapralik, David
Directors: Jodorowsky, Alejandro
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A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful individuals, each representing a planet in the solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide’s assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek out the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.

Watchers (1988)

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: Canada
Actors: Ironside, Michael | Cary, Christopher | Campbell, Graeme | O'Dowd, Dan | Sloatman, Lala | Haim, Corey | Wilson, Dale | Mankuma, Blu | Winton, Colleen | Fraser, Duncan | Williams, Barbara | Bollo, Lou | Priestley, Jason | Hill, Matt | Morkey, Andrew
Directors: Hess, Jon
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Based on a novel by Dean Koontz. A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that its an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unknow to him, the dog is being stalked by another escaped creature thats not quite so friendly.

D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Genres: Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Hurt, Mary Beth | McKean, Michael | Walker, Kathryn | Camp, Colleen | Sommer, Josef | Frazier, Ron | Ryan, Steve | Wohl, David | Corkill, Danny | Linker, Amy | Oliver, Barret | Grady, Ed | McGuire, Tucker | Hammatt, Richard | Gudger, Charlie
Directors: Simon Wincer
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A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way home. In the meantime, they notice that the boy seems to have certain special abilities, not usually found in kids his age, or even fully-grown adults.