Posts Tagged ‘imaginary-friend’

Rohtenburg (2006)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany
Actors: Russell, Keri | Kretschmann, Thomas | Huber, Thomas | Meissner, Rainier | Bartsch, Angelika | Martschewski, Alexander | Dommning, Nils | Lucas, Marcus | Andres, Pascal | Gebelhoff, Stefan | Gruber, Jonas | Heyn, Bojan | Kinski, Nikolai | Reimers, Jörg | Reissig, André
Directors: Weisz, Martin
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In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen’s and the thousands of people like him.

Dark Water (2005)

Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Connelly, Jennifer | Reilly, John | Roth, Tim | Scott, Dougray | Postlethwaite, Pete | Manheim, Camryn | Gade, Ariel | Haney-Jardine, Perla | Monk, Debra | Emond, Linda | Buell, Bill | Horne, J.R. | Löwensohn, Elina | Belle, Warren | Sealy-Smith, Alison
Directors: Salles, Walter
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Dahlia Williams is starting a new life; newly separated with a new job and a new apartment, she’s determined to put her relationship with her estranged husband behind her and devote herself to raising her daughter, Ceci. But when the strained separation disintegrates into a bitter custody battle, her situation takes a turn for the worse. Her new apartment—dilapidated, cramped, and worn—seems to take on a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water, and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, sending her on a puzzling and mystifying pursuit to find out who is behind the endless mind games. As Dahlia frantically searches for the links between the riddles, the dark water seems to close around her. But one thing trumps all others in Dahlia’s world: no matter what it is that’s out there, she’ll stop at nothing to find it.

Mr. Brooks (2007)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Costner, Kevin | Moore, Demi | Cook, Dane | Hurt, William | Helgenberger, Marg | Santiago-Hudson, Ruben | Panabaker, Danielle | Aisha Hinds | Crouse, Lindsay | Lewis, Jason | Aylesworth, Reiko | Schulze, Matt | Delawari, Yasmine | Dinwiddie, Traci | Cole, Michael
Directors: Evans, Bruce A.
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The story follows a man with a murderous alter ego. Tracy Atwood is a tough detective whose devotion to her craft catches the attention and respect of the serial killer she is hunting, which leads to a symbiotic relationship.

Hide and Seek (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Fanning, Dakota | Janssen, Famke | Shue, Elisabeth | Irving, Amy | Baker, Dylan | Leo, Melissa | Burke, Robert John | Grant Kallins, Molly | Chandler, David | Summers, Stewart | Baumer, Jake Dylan | Flitter, Josh | Sexton III, Brendan | Lovell, Jacqueline
Directors: Polson, John
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Hide and Seek revolves around a widower (Robert DeNiro) and his daughter (Dakota Fanning). They move to upstate and Emily (Fanning) soon creates an imaginary friend named Charlie…but this act takes an unexpected and terrifying turn, where her father and doctor (Famke Janssen) start to worry about Emily’s gruesome habits.

Cast Away (2000)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Sanchez, Paul | White, Lari | Citer, Leonid | Brooks, David Allen | Popovic, Yelena | Suradikov, Semion | Hanks, Tom | Hunt, Helen | Berg, Peter | Boudrine, Dmitri S. | Duhamel, François | Forest, Michael | Davis, Viveka | Searcy, Nick | Choe, Jennifer
Directors: Zemeckis, Robert
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Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him, often at a moment’s notice, to far-flung locales - and away from his girlfriend Kelly, played by Helen Hunt. Chuck’s manic existence abruptly ends when, after a plane crash, he becomes isolated on a remote island - cast away into the most desolate environment imaginable. Stripped of the conveniences of everyday life, he first must meet the basic needs of survival, including water, food and shelter. Chuck, the consummate problem solver, eventually figures out how to sustain himself physically. But then what? Chuck begins his true personal journey. After four years, fate gives Chuck a chance to fight his way back to civilization, only to find an unexpected emotional challenge greater than all the earlier physical ones. His ability to persevere and to hope are a product of his life-changing experience.

Chocolat (2000)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Binoche, Juliette | Molina, Alfred | Depp, Johnny | Moss, Carrie-Anne | Dench, Judi | Parent Koenig, Aurelien | Gil-Martinez, Antonio | Cardona, Hélène | Pratt, Harrison | Connell, Gaelan | Commelin, Elisabeth | Cook, Ron | Tardieu, Guillaume | O'Conor, Hugh | Wood, John | Olin, Lena | Stormare, Peter | Caron, Leslie
Directors: Hallström, Lasse
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1960, small town France. Vianne Rocher and her pre-teen daughter move into town and open a chocolate shop just as lent is beginning. The town’s small-minded mayor can’t accept this and does his best to shut her down, but her warm personality and incredible chocolates manage to win over many townsfolk. Things get shaken up even more when a group of river drifters, led by Roux, stop into town (to the even greater distress of the mayor) and Vianne takes up with him. Meanwhile, she’s been helping Josephine out of her abusive marriage and her equally freethinking landlord, Amande Voisin, get together with her grandson, Luc, whose mother doesn’t approve of Amande’s ways.

Donnie Darko (2001)

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Barrymore, Drew | Malone, Jena | Gyllenhaal, Jake | Osborne, Holmes | Gyllenhaal, Maggie | Chase, Daveigh | McDonnell, Mary | Duval, James | Taxier, Arthur | Swayze, Patrick | Hoffman, Mark | St. James, David | Tangen, Tom | Mahannah, Jazzie | Purdy, Jolene | Stone, Stuart | Lundy, Gary
Directors: Kelly, Richard
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Donnie Darko gets along badly with his family, with his teachers and with his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him; and he has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank, who is either a large purple bunny, or man in a large purple bunny costume. Either way, Donnie is the only one who can see him. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his room, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie’s escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie’s mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure.

Beautiful Mind, A (2001)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Crowe, Russell | Harris, Ed | Connelly, Jennifer | Plummer, Christopher | Bettany, Paul | Goldberg, Adam | Lucas, Josh | Rapp, Anthony | Gray-Stanford, Jason | Hirsch, Judd | Pendleton, Austin | Cardone, Vivien | Simon, Jill M. | Steinbach, Victor | Clarke, Tanya
Directors: Howard, Ron
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A biopic of the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash Jr., a math prodigy able to solve problems that baffled the greatest of minds. And how he overcame years of suffering through schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.