Posts Tagged ‘roadblock’

D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Genres: Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Hurt, Mary Beth | McKean, Michael | Walker, Kathryn | Camp, Colleen | Sommer, Josef | Frazier, Ron | Ryan, Steve | Wohl, David | Corkill, Danny | Linker, Amy | Oliver, Barret | Grady, Ed | McGuire, Tucker | Hammatt, Richard | Gudger, Charlie
Directors: Simon Wincer
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A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way home. In the meantime, they notice that the boy seems to have certain special abilities, not usually found in kids his age, or even fully-grown adults.

Gothika (2003)

Monday, April 7th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Dutton, Charles S. | Berry, Halle | Downey Jr., Robert | Lynch, John Carroll | Hill, Bernard | Cruz, Penélope | Harewood, Dorian | Mantel, Bronwen | Mackey, Kathleen | Taylor, Matthew G. | Perron, Michel | Sheldon, Andrea | Rydvald, Anana | Mitchell, Laura | Sloan, Amy
Directors: Kassovitz, Mathieu | Oliphant, Thom
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A criminal psychologist (Berry) awakens to find herself a patient in the institution where she works, with no memory of the murder she’s accused of committing. As she tries to regain her memory - and her freedom - a vengeful spirit manipulates her.

28 Days Later… (2002)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Palmer, Alex | De Stoppani, Bindu | Hiltunen, Jukka | Schneider, David | Murphy, Cillian | Sedgwick, Toby | Harris, Naomie | Huntley, Noah | Dunne, Christopher | Hitching, Emma | Delamere, Alexander | McGarrity, Kim | Gleeson, Brendan | Burns, Megan | Hackney, Justin
Directors: Boyle, Danny
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A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realising that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them.

French Connection, The (1971)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hackman, Gene | Rey, Fernando | Scheider, Roy | Lo Bianco, Tony | Bozzuffi, Marcel | Pasquale, Frédéric de | Hickman, Bill | Rebbot, Ann | Gary, Harold | Farber, Arlene | Egan, Eddie | Ernotte, André | Grosso, Sonny
Directors: Friedkin, William
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William Friedkin’s gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between ‘Popeye’ Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Thomas, Henry | Wallace-Stone, Dee | MacNaughton, Robert | Barrymore, Drew | Coyote, Peter | Martel, K.C. | Frye, Sean | Howell, C. Thomas | O'Dell, David M. | Swingler, Richard | Toth, Frank | Barton, Robert | Darrell, Michael | Berkson, David | Carlberg, David
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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While visiting the Earth at Night, a group of alien botanists is discovered and disturbed by an approaching human task force. Because of the more than hasty take-off, one of the visitors is left behind. The little alien finds himself all alone on a very strange planet. Fortunately, the extra-terrestrial soon finds a friend and emotional companion in 10-year-old Elliot, who discovered him looking for food in his family’s garden shed. While E.T. slowly gets acquainted with Elliot’s brother Michael, his sister Gertie as well as with Earth customs, members of the task force work day and night to track down the whereabouts of Earth’s first visitor from Outer Space. The wish to go home again is strong in E.T., and after being able to communicate with Elliot and the others, E.T. starts building an improvised device to send a message home for his folks to come and pick him up. But before long, E.T. gets seriously sick, and because of his special connection to Elliot, the young boy suffers, too. The situation gets critical when the task force finally intervenes. By then, all help may already be too late, and there’s no alien spaceship in sight.

Collateral Damage (2002)

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Neri, Francesca | Koteas, Elias | Curtis, Cliff | Leguizamo, John | Turturro, John | Garcia, Jsu | Posey, Tyler | Milhoan, Michael | Worthy, Rick | Cruz, Raymond | Frost, Lindsay | Dampf, Ethan | Zepeda, Jorge | Sandoval, Miguel
Directors: Davis, Andrew
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Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio “The Wolf” Perrini. Frustrated with the official investigation and haunted by the thought that the man responsible for murdering his family might never be brought to justice, Brewer takes matters into his own hands and tracks his quarry ultimately to Colombia.