Posts Tagged ‘satire’

Postal (2007)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada | Germany | USA
Actors: Ward, Zack | Foley, Dave | Coppola, Chris | Tohn, Jackie | J.K. Simmons | Moeller, Ralf | Troyer, Verne | Spencer, Chris | Thomas, Larry | Paré, Michael | Avari, Erick | Hollister, Lindsay | Mendenhall, Brent | Hoffman, Rick | Benyaer, Michael
Directors: Boll, Uwe
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The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but political figures as well.

Murder Party (2007)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Barnett, Alex | Blair, Macon | Clomegah, Michael | da Costa, Andre | Du Laney, Alton | Goldblatt, Paul | Lacey, William | Lindsay, Damon | Reeves, B. | Sharp, Chris | Sia, Beau | Tangradi, Bill | Zellerford, David
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A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.

Bonfire of the Vanities, The (1990)

Friday, July 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Willis, Bruce | Rubinek, Saul | Freeman, Morgan | Hancock, John | Dunn, Kevin | James, Clifton | Giambalvo, Louis | Heyman, Barton | Parker, Norman | Moffat, Donald | King, Alan | Fuller, Kurt | LeFevre, Adam | Libertini, Richard
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Financial “Master of the Universe” Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a black boy with his car. When yellow journalist Peter Fallow enflames public opinion with a series of distorted tabloid articles on the accident, the case is seized upon by opportunists like Reverend Bacon and mayoral candidate D.A. Abe Weiss.

V for Vendetta (2005)

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Portman, Natalie | Weaving, Hugo | Rea, Stephen | Fry, Stephen | Hurt, John | Pigott-Smith, Tim | Graves, Rupert | Allam, Roger | Miles, Ben | Cusack, Sinéad | Wightman, Natasha | Standing, John | Marsan, Eddie | Ashborn, Clive | Field-Rayner, Emma
Directors: McTeigue, James
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The futuristic tale unfolds in a Great Britain that’s a fascist state. A freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman) from the secret police, and she becomes his unlikely ally.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Galligan, Zach | Glover, John | Prosky, Robert | Picardo, Robert | Lee, Christopher | Miller, Dick | Watanabe, Gedde | Luke, Keye | Stanton, Don | Stanton, Dan | Nelson, Shawn | Hahn, Archie | Fassler, Ron | Winters, Time | Presson, Jason
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Yesterday it was rural Kingston Falls. Today it’s the Big Apple — and lots of wild, anarchic comedy — because a new batch of mischievous green meanies is on the loose. We told you. Remember the rules. You didn’t listen. Now you’ll have to face up to the hilarious consequences.

College Road Trip (2008)

Friday, July 4th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Lawrence, Martin | LeFevre, Adam | Jones III, Eugene | Grabeel, Lucas | Schlein, Matthew | Draper, Eshaya | Sasso, Will | Meyers, Josh | Ross, Lonny | Osmond, Donny | Kordula, Kristian | Mele, Nicholas Leiter | Kolotouros, Jason | Gannascoli, Joseph R. | Hessler, Chad
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When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father also decides to accompany her in order to keep her on the straight and narrow.

L.A. Story (1991)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Martin, Steve | Grant, Richard E. | Pollak, Kevin | McMurray, Sam | Stewart, Patrick | Amador, Andrew | De Harp, Eddie | Shan, M.C. | Hinkley, Tommy | Miller, Larry | Simmons, Thornton | Dragon, Dennis | Stahl, Richard | Lustig, Aaron | Winters, Time
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In this spin on the traditional romantic comedy, Harris K. Tellemacher, a Shakespeare-quoting, Los Angeles TV weatherman is looking for something meaningful for his life. The Los Angeles Freeway sign informs him that the weather will change his life in two ways, and Harris begins to search for the meaning behind that message.

Breakfast Club, The (1985)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Estevez, Emilio | Hall, Anthony Michael | Nelson, Judd | Gleason, Paul | Kapelos, John | Dean, Ron | Gamble, Tim | Crawford, Perry | Hughes, John
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When five high school students, Andrew, John, Allison, Brian, and Claire, meet in detention one day. The principal wants them to write an essay, and they think they are in for a boring 8 hours of doing nothing. At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some marijuana, they pour their hearts out to each other, and tell about their fears, secrets, and their deepest emotions, and problems.

Get Shorty (1995)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gandolfini, James | Linda Hart | Sandoval, Miguel | Ferrero, Martin | Lindo, Delroy | Travolta, John | DeVito, Danny | Farina, Dennis | Russo, Rene | Paymer, David | Gries, Jon
Directors: Sonnenfeld, Barry
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Some guys get all the luck, whether they like it or not. Chili Palmer (John Travolta) happens to be in Hollywood collecting a gambling debt when he’s struck by lightning (not literally). Called a natural for the movie business, he’s snagged up by a producer. The rest is history.

Brazil (1985)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: UK
Actors: Pryce, Jonathan | De Niro, Robert | Helmond, Katherine | Holm, Ian | Hoskins, Bob | Palin, Michael | Richardson, Ian | Vaughan, Peter | Greist, Kim | Broadbent, Jim | Hicks, Barbara | McKeown, Charles | O'Connor, Derrick | Pogson, Kathryn | Pringle, Bryan
Directors: Gilliam, Terry
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Sam Lowry is a harried technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. He dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the woman of his dreams. While trying to rectify the wrongful arrest of one Harry Buttle, Lowry meets the woman he is always chasing in his dreams, Jill Layton. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy has fingered him responsible for a rash of terrorist bombings, and both Sam and Jill’s lives are put in danger.