Posts Tagged ‘mentor’

Boiler Room (2000)

Friday, July 18th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ribisi, Giovanni | Diesel, Vin | Katt, Nicky | Caan, Scott | Rifkin, Ron | Kennedy, Jamie | Nichols, Taylor | Sage, Bill | Scott, Tom Everett | Affleck, Ben | Griesemer, John | Younger, David | Harper, Russel | Webber, Mark | Fitzgerald, Christopher
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A young man has dropped out of Queens College but desperately wants to please his father, a federal judge who’s harsh with his son. At his father’s insistence, Seth Davis closes a casino he operates in his own house, mostly for college students. Thinking he’ll please dad, he takes a job in a small brokerage house, an hour from Manhattan, where trainees make cold calls to lists of well-paid men, and then apply high-pressure tactics to sell initial public offerings exclusive to the firm. He’s terrific at sales. Once training is over, the pay is phenomenal, and Seth wonders why. Curiosity leads him to ethical dilemmas, encounters with the Feds, and new territory with his father.

Karate Kid, The (1984)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Macchio, Ralph | Morita, Pat | Kove, Martin | Zabka, William | Thomas, Ron | Garrison, Rob | McQueen, Chad | O'Dell, Tony | Juarbe, Israel | Bassett, William | Scott, Larry B. | Avalon, Frank Burt | Fishman, Jeff | Daly, Ken | Fridley, Tom
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Daniel is new in town, and is getting picked on by the local bullies, who all are adept in karate. Determined to stick up for himself, Daniel begins to teach himself karate, only to discover that the caretaker at his apartment seems to be a grand master in karate. Agreeing to teach Daniel, Mr. Miyagi shows Daniel that there is more to karate than violence, and perhaps the best way to solve the problem he has with the bullies is in the All Valley Karate Championship.

First Blood (1982)

Monday, April 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Stallone, Sylvester | Crenna, Richard | Dennehy, Brian | McKinney, Bill | Starrett, Jack | Talbott, Michael | Mulkey, Chris | McLiam, John | Humphreys, Alf | Caruso, David | Crowley, David L. | MacKay, Don | Tamburro, Charles A. | Petersen, David | Huston, Craig
Directors: Kotcheff, Ted
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John Rambo is a disoriented Vietnam Vet. He is hitchhiking from town to town to see friends from the war. A sheriff tries to make him leave town and when he refuses, arrests him for vagrancy. While in jail, a deputy takes delight in abusing him. Rambo escapes showing his old Vietnam fighting skills and takes to the woods as the sheriff and deputies try and find him in his element. Things get out of hand as Colonel Trautman Rambo’s old commander appears to shed light on the situation.

Italian Job, The (2003)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Wahlberg, Mark | Theron, Charlize | Sutherland, Donald | Statham, Jason | Green, Seth | Def, Mos | Norton, Edward | Callegarini, Fausto | Petronelli, Stefano | Scarpa, Fabio | Bonora, Cristiano | Greco, Tiberio | Shubert, Jimmy | Cubilette, Tammi | Portser, Mary
Directors: Gray, F. Gary
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A gang of robbers, lead by career criminal Charlie Croker, create the largest traffic jam in Los Angeles history, giving them time to pull off a theft of gold bullion. They get away in their Mini Coopers, which are small enough to drive on sidewalks so they can make a clean get away before the traffic jam clears.

Score, The (2001)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Norton, Edward | Brando, Marlon | Angela Bassett | Farmer, Gary | Harrold, Jamie | Oz, Frank
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Nick Wells, a professional criminal, decides to leave the business for good, since he nearly got caught on his last job. His plan is to live in peace with his girl Diane, running his Montreal jazz club NYC. Soon Max, his good friend and financial partner in the illegal affairs, comes along with an offer Nick can’t refuse: A historical and priceless French sceptre has been discovered while being smuggled into the country. It is now under massive surveillance in the Montreal Customs House, and soon to be returned to France. Nick has to team up with Max’ man inside, the young, talented and aggressive thief Jackie Teller to get the precious item, and suffer no more financial problems ever. Only one question remains: Who will trick whom out of their share?

Master of Disguise, The (2002)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Carvey, Dana | Esposito, Jennifer | Gould, Harold | Brolin, James | Spiner, Brent | McClurg, Edie
Directors: Perry Andelin Blake
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A sweet-natured Italian waiter named Pistachio Disguisey at his father Fabbrizio’s restaurant, who happens to be a member of a family with supernatural skills of disguise. But moments later the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped Fabbrizio’s former arch-enemy, Devlin Bowman, a criminal mastermind in an attempt to steal the world’s most precious treasures from around the world. And it’s up to Pistachio to track down Bowman and save his family before Bowman kills them!

TMNT (2007)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: Hong Kong | USA
Actors: Evans, Chris | Gellar, Sarah Michelle | Mako | Smith, Kevin | Stewart, Patrick | Fishburne, Laurence | Zhang, Ziyi | Whitfield, Mitchell | Taylor, James Arnold | Kelley, Mikey | North, Nolan | John DiMaggio | Mattioli, Paula | Richardson, Kevin Michael | Tatasciore, Fred
Directors: Munroe, Kevin
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Strange events are occurring in New York City, and the Turtles are needed more than ever, but Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo have become lost and directionless. With the city at stake, it’s up to Leonardo and Zen Master Splinter to restore unity and ninja discipline to the Turtles.

Love Song for Bobby Long, A (2004)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Travolta, John | Johansson, Scarlett | Macht, Gabriel | Unger, Deborah Kara | Rhodes, Dane | Jensen, David | Crawford, Clayne | Shroyer, Sonny | Breaux, Walter | Sutton, Carol | Kole, Warren | Johnson, Bernard | Bernal, Gina 'Ginger' | Griffin, Douglas M. | Maddox, Earl
Directors: Gabel, Shainee
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Upon hearing of her mother’s death, jaded teenage loner Purslane Hominy Will returns to New Orleans for the first time in years, ready to reclaim her childhood home. Expecting to find her late mother’s house abandoned, Pursy is shocked to discover that it is inhabited by two of her mother’s friends: Bobby Long, a former literature professor, and his young protégé, Lawson Pines. These broken men, whose lives took a wrong turn years before, have been firmly rooted in the dilapidated house for years, encouraged only by Lawson’s faltering ambitions to write a novel about Bobby Long’s life. Having no intention of leaving, Pursy, Bobby Long and Lawson are all forced to live together. Yet as time passes, their tenuous, makeshift arrangement unearths a series of buried personal secrets that challenges their bonds, and reveals just how inextricably their lives are intertwined.

Lords of Dogtown (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Robinson, John | Hirsch, Emile | De Mornay, Rebecca | Mapother, William | Mechoso, Julio Oscar | Rasuk, Victor | Reed, Nikki | Ledger, Heath | Laresca, Vincent | Zarate, Brian | Schreiber, Pablo | Henson, Elden | Angarano, Michael | Hedberg, Mitch | Nurick, Benjamin
Directors: Hardwicke, Catherine
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A fictionalized take on the group of brilliant young skateboarders raised in the mean streets of Dogtown in Santa Monica, California. The Z-Boys, as they come to be known, perfect their craft in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting suburban homeowners, pioneering a thrilling new sport and eventually moving into legend.

Two for the Money (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Sport | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | McConaughey, Matthew | Russo, Rene | Assante, Armand | Piven, Jeremy | King, Jaime | Chapman, Kevin | Garman, Ralph | Watanabe, Gedde | Pope, Carly | Carroll, Charles | Plunkett, Gerard | Veroni, Craig | Kirk, James | Austin, Chrislyn
Directors: D.J. Caruso
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Brandon Lang loves football: an injury keeps him from the pros, but his quarterback’s anticipation makes him a brilliant predictor of games’ outcomes. Needing money, he leaves Vegas for Manhattan to work for Walter Abrams advising gamblers. Walter has a doting wife, a young daughter, and a thriving business, but he has problems: a bum heart, a belief he’s a master manipulator, and addictions barely kept in check. He remakes Brandon, and a father-son relationship grows. Then, things go awry. Walter may be running a con. The odds against Brandon mount.