Posts Tagged ‘rivalry’

Promotion, The (2008)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Scott, Seann William | Reilly, John C. | Bellows, Gil | Armisen, Fred | Hansen, Steven H. | Gunther, Jaide | Gunther, Emerald | Gunther, Krystyl | McIntyre, Betsy | Adloff, Nathan | Albert Jr., Anthony | Andre, Chris | Armon, Michael | Caputo, Brent Allen | Cilia, Robert
Directors: Conrad, Steve
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Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.

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.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Allen, Karen | Freeman, Paul | Lacey, Ronald | Rhys-Davies, John | Elliott, Denholm | Molina, Alfred | Kahler, Wolf | Higgins, Anthony | Tablian, Vic | Fellows, Don | Hootkins, William | Reimbold, Bill | Sorenson, Fred | Durkin, Patrick
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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Spring 1936. In the thick jungle of the South American continent, a renowned archeologist and expert on the occult is studying fragments of a map, when one of his exploration party pulls a gun. The archeologist pulls out a bullwhip and with such disarms the turncoat, sending him running - thus does Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones stay alive. He and a guide enter a dank and oppressively vast cave that contains several traps created by the ancient race which hid inside a famous handheld statue; Indy barely escapes such traps but is cornered by native tribesmen served by Belloq, an old enemy who arrogantly makes off with the statue, while Indy must flee for his life and escape on a friend’s seaplane. Back in the US two agents from US Army intelligence tell him of Nazi German activities in archeology, including a gigantic excavation site in Egypt - a site that an intercepted cable indicates to Indy is the location of the Ark of the Covenant, the powerful chest bearing the Ten Commandments, that the Nazis can use to obliterate any enemy. Indy must recruit a former girlfriend (the daughter of his old professor) and an old chum in Cairo to infiltrate the Nazi site and make off with the Ark, but along the way Indy gets involved in a series of fights, chases, and traps, before the Nazis learn the full power of the Ark.

Anna Karenina (1997)

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Marceau, Sophie | Bean, Sean | Molina, Alfred | Kirshner, Mia | Fox, James | Shaw, Fiona | Huston, Danny | Law, Phyllida | Schofield, David | Wickham, Saskia | Hall, Jennifer | Calder-Marshall, Anna | Shelokhonov, Petr | Braddell, Valerie | Buggy, Niall
Directors: Rose, Bernard
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Anna is a young and elegant wife of Mr. Karenin, who is wealthy and old. She meets the handsome Count Vronsky. Anna and Vronsky fall in love with each other, and he comes to be with her in St. Petersburg. They are very happy together and make a great looking couple, but soon their happiness gets under social pressures. Anna is hopelessly begging Mr. Karenin for a divorce, but he wants to keep the mother of their child. She has another baby born from her lover Vronsky. Conflict between her untamed desires and painful reality causes her a depression…

Super Troopers (2001)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Andre Vippolis | Kern, Joey | Geoffrey Arend | Stolhanske, Erik | Lemme, Steve
Directors: Chandrasekhar, Jay
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Thorny, Mac, Rabbit, Foster and Farva are Vermont state troopers out to have a good time. Stationed in a remote area near the Canadian border, the troopers, avid pranksters with an affinity for syrup, have a knack for screwing up on the job. But when budget cuts in the town of Spurbury threaten their livelihood and pit them against arch-rival Spurbury P.D., the five friends try to straighten up and fly right. That is, until a dead body is discovered and a possible drug ring is unearthed. The super troopers spring into action attempting to solve the crime, save their jobs, and outdo the local police department.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Ferrell, Will | Applegate, Christina | Rudd, Paul | Carell, Steve | Koechner, David | Willard, Fred | Parnell, Chris | Hahn, Kathryn | Armisen, Fred | Rogen, Seth | Tompkins, Paul F. | Trejo, Danny | Robinson, Scot | Roberts, Ian | Donavan, Darcy
Directors: McKay, Adam
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Ron Burgundy (Ferrell) is the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the ’70s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Applegate), Ron is willing to play along at first-as long as Veronica stays in her place, covering cat fashion shows, cooking, and other “female” interests. But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it’s more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor-persons… it’s war.

Toy Story (1995)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Allen, Tim | Rickles, Don | Varney, Jim | Shawn, Wallace | Ratzenberger, John | Potts, Annie | Morris, John | von Detten, Erik | Metcalf, Laurie | Ermey, R. Lee | Freeman, Sarah | Jillette, Penn | Angel, Jack | Aste, Spencer
Directors: Lasseter, John
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A little boy named Andy loves to be in his room, playing with his toys, especially his doll named “Woody”. But, what do the toys do when Andy is not with them, they come to life. Woody believes that he has life (as a toy) good. However, he must worry about Andy’s family moving, and what Woody does not know is about Andy’s birthday party. Woody does not realize that Andy’s mother gave him an action figure known as Buzz Lightyear, who does not believe that he is a toy, and quickly becomes Andy’s new favorite toy. Woody, who is now consumed with jealousy, tries to get rid of Buzz. Then, both Woody and Buzz are now lost. They must find a way to get back to Andy before he moves without them, but they will have to pass through a ruthless toy killer, Sid Phillips.

Ice Princess (2005)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Trachtenberg, Michelle | Cusack, Joan | Stewart, Amy | Ross, Steve | Panettiere, Hayden | Cattrall, Kim | Blumas, Trevor | Olson, Kirsten | Lai, Jocelyn | Ray, Connie | Lee, Paul Sun-Hyung | Bradshaw, Roy | Hird, Mark | Gilbank, Ben | Campbell, Cole
Directors: Fywell, Tim
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A high-school bookworm transforms into a swan in Walt Disney Pictures’ “ICE PRINCESS.” Brainy Casey Carlyle (’Michelle Trachtenberg’ (qv)) has never quite fit in. Caught between her fantasy of becoming a championship figure skater and her strong-willed mother (’Joan Cusack’ (qv)), who has her on the fast track to Harvard, she can only hope to be like Nikki, Tiffany and Gen (’Hayden Panettiere’ (qv))—three elite skating prodigies who are ruthlessly competing on the US National circuit (and have attitudes to match). But when Casey gets the chance to train with Gen and her coach, a disgraced former skating champion who also happens to be Gen’s mother (’Kim Cattrall’ (qv)), she must dash her own mother’s hopes in order to pursue her dream. Now, with only the support of Gen’s teenage brother, a hunky Zamboni driver (’Trevor Blumas’ (qv)), Casey takes on the challenge of her life when she finds herself competing against the best to make it into the championship circuit and become a real “ice princess.”

Purple Rain (1984)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Prince | Kotero, Apollonia | Day, Morris | Karlatos, Olga | Williams III, Clarence | Benton, Jerome | Sparks, Billy | Jones, Jill | Huntsberry, Charles | Dickerson, Dez | Bennett, Brenda | Moonsie, Susan | Gershman, Sandra Claire | Upsher, Kim | Leeds, Alan
Directors: Magnoli, Albert
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A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn’t all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father’s self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.

Uncommon Valor (1983)

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Genres: Action | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Hackman, Gene | Robert Stack | Ward, Fred | Brown, Reb | Cobb, Randall 'Tex' | Swayze, Patrick | Sylvester, Harold | Thomerson, Tim | Lai, Lau Nga | Lim, Kwan Hi | Junkerman, Kelly | Allen, Todd | Strickland, Gail | Kaczmarek, Jane | Stroock, Gloria
Directors: Kotcheff, Ted
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A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese. Supported his father (a retired military man himself) and a rich businessman whose son was also a POW, the group engages in a dangerous and violent adventure trying to rescue the POWs and at the same time re-direct their lives.