Posts Tagged ‘parenthood’

Raising Arizona (1987)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Cage, Nicolas | Hunter, Holly | Wilson, Trey | Goodman, John | Forsythe, William | McMurray, Sam | McDormand, Frances | Cobb, Randall 'Tex' | Kuhn, T.J. | Kitei, Lynne Dumin | Benedek, Peter | Smith, Charles 'Lew' | Keith, Warren | Kendrick, Henry | Dawson, Sidney
Directors: Coen, Ethan
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Colourful and unconventional slapstick comedy. Ex-con Hi and ex-cop Ed meet, marry and long for a child in the wilds of Arizona. When Ed discovers she’s barren the God-given solution is presented: to snatch a baby from a set of quins. Thus begins a series of kidnappings, capers and rum goings-on that revolve around the helpless yet universally-loveable child. Hi’s convict friends, his boss, and even the Lone Biker Of The Apocalypse become involved in the ever-twisting plot in the quest to own the baby.

Forgotten, The (2004)

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Moore, Julianne | Kovaleski, Christopher | Pleszewicz, Matthew | Edwards, Anthony | Hecht, Jessica | Roache, Linus | Sinise, Gary | West, Dominic | Cooper, Katie | Nicholson, Scott | Morrison, P.J. | Wisdom, Robert | Kang, Tim | Faughnan, Kathryn | Woodard, Alfre
Directors: Ruben, Joseph
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A grieving mother, Telly Paretta, is struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist and her husband tell her that she has created eight years of memories of a son she never had. But when she meets the father of one of her son’s friend who is having the same experience, Telly embarks on a mission to prove her son’s existence and her sanity.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Furlong, Edward | Patrick, Robert | Boen, Earl | Morton, Joe | Merkerson, S. Epatha | Guerra, Castulo | Cooksey, Danny | Goldstein, Jenette | Berkeley, Xander | Hamilton, Linda | Gibbel, Ken | Winley, Robert | Schrum, Peter
Directors: Cameron, James
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Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.

Little Children (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Winslet, Kate | Wilson, Patrick | Connelly, Jennifer | Edelman, Gregg | Goldstein, Sadie | Simpkins, Ty | Emmerich, Noah | Haley, Jackie Earle | Somerville, Phyllis | Carey, Helen | Wolf, Catherine | McCann, Mary B. | Trini Alvarado | Dietlein, Marsha | Adams, Jane
Directors: Field, Todd
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Echoes of “Madame Bovary” in the American suburbs. Sarah’s in a loveless marriage, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is a househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two years for indecent exposure - living with his mother; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie’s mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead?

Look Who’s Talking (1989)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Travolta, John | Alley, Kirstie | Dukakis, Olympia | Segal, George | Vigoda, Abe | Willis, Bruce | Caplan, Twink | Schaller, Jason | Waterhouse, Jaryd | Haines, Jacob | Aydon, Christopher | Boushel, Joy | Davis, Don S. | Heckerling, Louis | Crichlow, Brenda
Directors: Heckerling, Amy
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Mollie is a single mum who’s on the lookout for a reliable and normal boyfriend. Her son Mikey, (unbeknownst to her) seems to have a better idea of which of the men she dates would make a good father figure! If only she could understand him…

Daddy Day Care (2003)

Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Murphy, Eddie | Jeff Garlin | Zahn, Steve | King, Regina | Nealon, Kevin | Katz, Jonathan | Fallon, Siobhan | Edelstein, Lisa | Chabert, Lacey | Kightlinger, Laura | Arcieri, Leila | Huston, Anjelica | Griffin, Khamani | Burkholder, Max | Young, Arthur
Directors: Carr, Steve
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In the hilarious comedy Daddy Day Care, two fathers (Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin) lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon, the two dads open their own day care facility, “Daddy Day Care”, and employ some fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of caring for children. As “Daddy Day Care” starts to catch on, it launches them into a highly comedic rivalry with Chapman Academy’s tough-as-nails director (Anjelica Huston) …who has driven all previous competitors out of business.

Deep End of the Ocean, The (1999)

Friday, August 24th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Pfeiffer, Michelle | Williams, Treat | Goldberg, Whoopi | Jackson, Jonathan | Buck, Cory | Merriman, Ryan | Vega, Alexa | McGrady, Michael | Strong, Brenda | McElroy, Michael | Musante, Tony | Gregorio, Rose | Kapelos, John | Jenney, Lucinda | Roselius, John
Directors: Grosbard, Ulu
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The Deep End of The Ocean is a film about a family’s reaction when Ben, the youngest son is kidnapped and then found ten years later, living in the same town.

Banger Sisters, The (2002)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Hawn, Goldie | Sarandon, Susan | Rush, Geoffrey | Christensen, Erika | Thomas, Robin | Amurri, Eva | Carey, Matthew | Ware, Andre | Tomei, Adam | Lopez, Sal | Sudduth, Kohl | Grimes, Tinsley | Krask, Larry | Garrett, Marlayna | Todd, Josh
Directors: Dolman, Bob
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When fiftysomething Suzette loses her job as a bartender she decides to make a road trip to visit her old friend Vinnie who she hasn’t seen since their days as groupies back in the day. On the way she meets Harry, a nervous writer who says he is going home to confront his father, then shows her his gun. Once they reach their destination Suzette finds that Vinnie is now Lavinia, a conservative housewife who is reluctant to reexperience the flower power of her youth, and Harry finds confrontation with himself rather than with his father.

Click (2006)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Sandler, Adam | Beckinsale, Kate | Walken, Christopher | Cain, Katheryn
Directors: Coraci, Frank
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The architect Michael Newman has a typical middle-class family with his lovely and gorgeous wife Donna and their son Ben and daughter Samantha, and a constant visit of his parents. However, Michael is workaholic and under stress, trying to satisfy his boss with overwork and get a partnership in his company, giving priority to his work and neglecting the family issues. When the tired Michael goes to a department store to buy an universal remote control, he rests on a bed and he meets the weird salesman Morty that offers him a remote control capable of controlling his own universe. Michael uses too much and loses the control of the device, having his own life controlled by the remote control. Then Michael sees the worthwhile parts of his personal life he missed while working, and in the end of his life he lately concludes that the family comes first.

American Beauty (1999)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Spacey, Kevin | Bening, Annette | Birch, Thora | Bentley, Wes | Suvari, Mena | Cooper, Chris | Gallagher, Peter | Janney, Allison | Bakula, Scott | Robards, Sam | Del Sherman, Barry | Celi, Ara | Cho, John | Atkinson, Fort | Casey, Sue
Directors: Mendes, Sam
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Lester and Carolyn Burnham are on the outside, a perfect husband and wife, in a perfect house, in a perfect neighborhood. But inside, Lester is slipping deeper and deeper into a hopeless depression. He finally snaps when he becomes infatuated with one of his daughters friends. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky who lives with a homophobic father.