Posts Tagged ‘homelessness’

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Adams, Amy | Alexander, David | Clifford, Clare | Cole, Christina | Cole, Stephanie | Edney, Beatie | Henderson, Shirley | Hinds, Ciarán | Kants, Sarah | Leonard, Sally | McDormand, Frances | Murphy, Katy | Pace, Lee | Payne, Tom | Potter, Tim
Directors: Nalluri, Bharat
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Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.

Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Hartnett, Josh | Morris, Kathryn | Goyo, Dakota | Alda, Alan | Nichols, Rachel | Hatcher, Teri | Shaw, Kristen | Sandow, Nick | Paymer, David | Lennix, Harry J. | Coyote, Peter | McDonald, Ryan | Ippolito, Chris | Trenholm, Jameson
Directors: Rod Lurie
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Up-and-coming sports reporter (Hartnett) rescues a homeless man (”Champ”, Jackson) only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ’s story and escape the shadow of his father’s success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Trading Places (1983)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Elliott, Denholm | Aykroyd, Dan | Woods, Maurice | Fisher Jr., Richard D. | Gallagher, Jim | DiSabatino, Anthony | Behrend, Bonnie | Merrill, Sunnie | Newell, James | St. John, Mary | Tremena, Bonnie | Schwartz, David | Bellamy, Ralph | Ameche, Don | Degidon, Tom
Directors: Landis, John
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Louis Winthorpe III is a successful Philadelphia commodity broker with mansion, manservant and girlfriend to match. Billy Ray Valentine is a hustling beggar. Winthorpe’s employers, the elderly Duke brothers, make a bet that by switching the lifestyle of the two Billy Ray will make good and their man will take to a life of crime. Suddenly Louis finds himself uncomprehendingly with no job, no home and only a new acquaintance, glamorous hooker Ophelia, prepared to help him. So at least in one way things could actually be worse.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: Hong Kong | USA
Actors: Turco, Paige | Caso, Mark | Warner, David | Sisti, Michelan | Tilden, Leif | Scott, Kenn | Clash, Kevin | Reyes Jr., Ernie | Chau, François | Obata, Toshirô | Serra, Raymond | Ginther, Mark | Bryant, Kurt | Nash, Kevin | Amodei, Joseph
Directors: Pressman, Michael
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The turtles find out where the Ooze, the substance which made them mutate, came from. Unfortunately Shredder learns about it too, and uses it to enhance himself. So the turtles have to prove again who’s the better ninja fighter.

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Clooney, George | Zeta-Jones, Catherine | Rush, Geoffrey | Cedric the Entertainer | Herrmann, Edward | Adelstein, Paul | Jenkins, Richard | Thornton, Billy Bob | Duffy, Julia | Hadary, Jonathan | Aldredge, Tom | Travis, Stacey | Kyle, Jack | Keyes, Irwin | Drake, Judith
Directors: Coen, Joel | Coen, Ethan
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Miles Massey, a prominent Los Angeles divorce attorney has everything—and in some cases, two of everything. Despite his impressive client list, a formidable win record, the respect of his peers and an ironclad contract (the Massey pre-nup) named after him, he’s reached a crossroads in his life. Sated on success, boredom has set in and he’s looking for new challenges. All that changes when Miles meets his match in the devastating Marylin Rexroth. Marylin is the soon-to-be ex-wife of his client Rex Rexroth, a wealthy real estate developer and habitual philanderer. With the help of hard charging private investigator Gus Petch, she has Rex nailed and is looking forward to the financial independence a successful divorce will bring. But thanks to Miles’ considerable skills, she ends up with nothing. Not to be outdone, Marylin schemes to get even and as part of her plan, quickly marries oil tycoon Howard Doyle. Miles and his unflappable associate, Wrigley, unwittingly dig themselves in deeper and deeper as they go head-to-head with Marylin. Underhanded tactics, deceptions and an undeniable attraction escalate as Marylin and Miles square off in this classic battle of the sexes.

Pursuit of Happyness, The (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Smith, Will | Smith, Jaden | Newton, Thandie | Howe, Brian | Karen, James | Castellaneta, Dan | Fuller, Kurt | Fischer, Takayo | West, Kevin | Cheung, George | Silverman, David Michael | Bove, Domenic | Callan, Geoff | Raven, Joyful | Klace, Scott
Directors: Muccino, Gabriele
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Chris Gardner has big dreams for him and his family but it doesn’t seem to come together for him. Chris has an opportunity to be a stock broker but first he has to go through a grueling internship which means no pay. Chris decides to do it but when his wife leaves and he is evicted, he has to take care of his son on his own. So they find themselves sometimes living on the street and struggling to get by. But Chris is determined to make it.

Stay Alive (2006)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Foster, Jon | Armstrong, Samaire | Muniz, Frankie | Simpson, Jimmi | Pierce, Wendell | Ventimiglia, Milo | Bush, Sophia | Goldberg, Adam | Slaughter, Billy | Oppermann, Nicole | Wood, April | Monica, Monica | Hackford, Rio | Louviere, Billy | Nash, J. Richey
Directors: Bell, William Brent
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After the brutal death of a friend, a group of friends find themselves in possession of a video-game called “Stay Alive,” a blood-curdling true story of a 17th century noblewoman known as the Blood Countess. After playing the game when they know they shouldn’t, however, the friends realize that once they die in the game—they die for real. As their numbers begin dropping and as they begin dying in the ways they died in the game, the remaining friends realize they must defeat the Blood Countess or accept their fates.

American Psycho (2000)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Bale, Christian | Theroux, Justin | Lucas, Josh | Sage, Bill | Sevigny, Chloë | Witherspoon, Reese | Mathis, Samantha | Ross, Matt | Leto, Jared | Dafoe, Willem | Seymour, Cara | Turner, Guinevere | Bogaert, Stephen | Meier, Monika | Cathey, Reg E.
Directors: Harron, Mary
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Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.

House of Sand and Fog (2003)

Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Connelly, Jennifer | Kingsley, Ben | Eldard, Ron | Fisher, Frances | Dickens, Kim | Aghdashloo, Shohreh | Ahdout, Jonathan | Rawat, Navi | Gómez, Carlos | Jam, Kia | Modjallal, Jaleh | Damavandi, Samira | Simonian, Matthew | Gujral, Namrata Singh | Faris, Al
Directors: Vadim Perelman
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Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant, has spent most of his savings trying to enhance his daughter’s chances of a good marriage. Once she is married, he spends the remaining funds on a house at an auction, unwittingly putting himself and his family in the middle of a legal tussle with the house’s former owner. What begins as a legal struggle turns into a personal confrontation, with tragic results.

Life of David Gale, The (2003)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Winslet, Kate | King, Cleo | Jones, Constance | Spacey, Kevin | Linney, Laura | Ritchey, Lee | Mann, Gabriel | Craven, Matt | Little, Brandy | Waite, Cindy | Beaver, Jim | Rippy, Leon | De Luna, Jesse | Grote, Vernon | Mitra, Rhona
Directors: Parker, Alan
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Dr. David Gale, an advocate of eliminating the death penalty, is falsely accused of rape and murder. Once convicted, he ends up on death row in Texas himself, telling his story to a reporter through a series of flashbacks.