Posts Tagged ‘hatred’

Edmond (2005)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Macy, William H. | Bay, Frances | Pidgeon, Rebecca | Mantegna, Joe | Richards, Denise | Thompson, Wendy | Guastaferro, Vincent | Bai, Ling | Landers, Matt | Hill, Dulé | Hornsby, Russell | Hodge, Aldis | Mazar, Debi | Suvari, Mena | Combs, Jeffrey
Directors: Gordon, Stuart
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A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller’s for a Tarot reading: “You are not where you belong,” she tells him. That evening he quits his marriage and walks the streets of New York, passing from a classy bar to a gentleman’s club, then to a high-class bordello, a mugging, a pawnshop, and a diner where someone does listen. He shares his insights with her and later with others. Violence, disappointment, and musings entwine as Edmond loses his moorings while believing he’s found them. Where does he belong?

Candyman (1992)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Madsen, Virginia | Todd, Tony | Berkeley, Xander | Lemmons, Kasi | Williams, Vanessa | Guy, DeJuan | Lowery, Carolyn | Alston, Barbara | Grant, Sarina C. | Culkin, Michael | DeSantis, Stanley | Elliott, Marianna | Raimi, Ted | Pavia, Ria | Daniels, Mark
Directors: Rose, Bernard
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Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) is writing a paper on urban legends when she hears about the Candyman (Tony Todd), who was once an ex-slave-turned-artist name Daniel Robitaille, who had an affair his client’s daughter. Robitaille’s right hand was sawn off, he was covered in honey, and stung to death by bees. If anyone says the word “Candyman” five times in a mirror, he’ll appear behind that person, a bloody hook as a replacement for his hand, and kill him. A series of unsolved murders is happening in the Cabrini Green projects and Helen is using this to help with her paper. The residents say the Candyman is to blame, but Helen doesn’t believe it. Until she meets the man with a hook for a hand. Now, he’s begun to murder her friends and no one believes her. Can Helen clear her name and stop the Canydman from killing anyone else?

American History X (1998)

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Norton, Edward | Furlong, Edward | D'Angelo, Beverly | Brooks, Avery | Lien, Jennifer | Suplee, Ethan | Keach, Stacy | Balk, Fairuza | Gould, Elliott | Torry, Guy | Russ, William | Cortese, Joseph | Smith, Jason Bose | Lyons, Antonio David | Sol, Alex
Directors: Kaye, Tony
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A Neo Nazi skinhead, named Derek Vineyard (Edward Norton) goes to jail for 3 years after committing a murder of 2 black guys. In the meanwhile, his younger brother, Danny Vineyard (Edward Furlong) goes in the same way and makes the same mistakes (racism and hatred) his eldest brother did (this is the result of the Neo Nazi environment he grows up into, and the influence Derek left behind). While Derek is in jail he realize that he choose the wrong path. after coming back from jail, Derek try to convince his brother not to go in his own way.

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | History | War
Countries: Germany | Spain
Actors: Hancock, Martin | Green, Eva | Sheen, Michael | Gleeson, Brendan | Cox, Nathalie | Irons, Jeremy | Norton, Edward | Ebouaney, Eriq | Ahola, Jouko | Thewlis, David | Neeson, Liam | Glenister, Philip | Bloom, Orlando | Webb, Bronson | McKidd, Kevin | Coster-Waldau, Nikolaj | Robertson, Steven | Csokas, Marton | Siddig, Alexander
Directors: Scott, Ridley
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It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian’s father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In Jerusalem at that moment–between the Second and Third Crusades–a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military restraint of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin. But Baldwin’s days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism, greed, and jealousy among the Crusaders threaten to shatter the truce. King Baldwin’s vision of peace–a kingdom of heaven–is shared by a handful of knights, including Godfrey of Ibelin, who swear to uphold it with their lives and honor. As Godfrey passes his sword to his son, he also passes on that sacred oath: to protect the helpless, safeguard the peace, and work toward harmony between religions and cultures, so that a kingdom of heaven can flourish on earth. Balian takes the sword and steps into history.

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: McGregor, Ewan | Portman, Natalie | Christensen, Hayden | McDiarmid, Ian | Jackson, Samuel L. | Smits, Jimmy | Oz, Frank | Daniels, Anthony | Lee, Christopher | Castle-Hughes, Keisha | Carson, Silas | Laga'aia, Jay | Spence, Bruce | Pygram, Wayne | Morrison, Temuera
Directors: Lucas, George
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A maturing Anakin Skywalker goes to the dark side of The Force and becomes Sith Lord Darth Vader. We experience the transformation in a dark, scary yet thrilling climax. The story here logically sets up the events of Episode IV, the original 1977 Star Wars movie in which Darth Vader goes to war against his own children, Luke and Leia.

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Burstyn, Ellen | Leto, Jared | Connelly, Jennifer | Wayans, Marlon | McDonald, Christopher | Lasser, Louise | Kurtz, Marcia Jean | Sarno, Janet | Shepherd, Suzanne | Gordon, Joanne | Aronofsky, Charlotte | Margolis, Mark | Kaycheck, Michael | O'Connell, Jack | Mastin, Chas
Directors: Aronofsky, Darren
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Drugs. They consume mind, body and soul. Once you’re hooked, you’re hooked. Four lives. Four addicts. Four failures. Doing their best to succeed in the world, but failing miserably, four people get hooked on various drugs. Despite their aspirations of greatness, they succumb to their addictions. Watching the addicts spiral out of control, we bear witness to the dirtiest, ugliest portions of the underworld addicts reside in. It is shocking and eye-opening but demands to be seen by both addicts and non-addicts alike.

Passion of the Christ, The (2004)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Rosalinda Celentano | Rubini, Sergio | Caviezel, James | Morgenstern, Maia | Jivkov, Hristo | De Vito, Francesco | Bellucci, Monica | Sbragia, Mattia | Bertorelli, Toni | Lionello, Luca | Shopov, Hristo | Gerini, Claudia | Sartor, Fabio | Ferro, Giacinto | Mincer, Olek | Mokhtari, Sheila | Allocca, Lucio
Directors: Gibson, Mel
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The Passion of The Christ focusses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s life. The film begins in the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus has gone to pray after sitting the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.

Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Gleeson, Brendan | Osment, Haley Joel | O'Connor, Frances | Robards, Sam | Thomas, Jake | Law, Jude | Hurt, William | Leung, Ken | Gregg, Clark | Sussman, Kevin | Gallop, Tom | Osment, Eugene | Grace, April | Winston, Matt | Grdevich, Sabrina | Greenly, Theo
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting raise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching to the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve him. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his “mother”, Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically. A futuristic adaptation of the tale of Pinocchio, with David being the “fake” boy who desperately wants to become “real”.

Laramie Project, The (2002)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Ricci, Christina | Buscemi, Steve | Linney, Laura | Phoenix, Summer
Directors: Kaufman, Moisés
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‘Moisés Kaufman’ (qv) and members of New York’s Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of ‘Matthew Shepard (I)’ (qv). This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. It follows and in some cases re-enacts the chronology of Shepherd’s visit to a local bar, his kidnap and beating, the discovery of him tied to a fence, the vigil at the hospital, his death and funeral, and the trial of his killers. It mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers, and other Laramie residents in their own words. It concludes with a Laramie staging of “Angels in America” a year after Shephard’s death.