Posts Tagged ‘single-parent’

Tightrope (1984)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Eastwood, Clint | Hedaya, Dan | St. John, Marco | Paul, Graham | Holliday, Bill | Wilmot, John | Houck Jr., Joy N. | Baker-Bergen, Stuart | Barber, Donald | Harvey, Robert | Gural, Ron | Martens, Layton | Boyle, Richard Charles | Sachar, Jonathan | Ferbos, Lionel
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A New Orleans detective is leading an investigation into a killer who is raping and murdering women. His enquiries lead him into the seedy side of town where he is no stranger off-duty. All this contrasts with his home life as a single parent with two young girls. Then on the case he meets rape counsellor Beryl Thibodeaux with whom a relationship possibly offering some normalcy starts to develop.

American History X (1998)

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Norton, Edward | Furlong, Edward | D'Angelo, Beverly | Brooks, Avery | Lien, Jennifer | Suplee, Ethan | Keach, Stacy | Balk, Fairuza | Gould, Elliott | Torry, Guy | Russ, William | Cortese, Joseph | Smith, Jason Bose | Lyons, Antonio David | Sol, Alex
Directors: Kaye, Tony
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A Neo Nazi skinhead, named Derek Vineyard (Edward Norton) goes to jail for 3 years after committing a murder of 2 black guys. In the meanwhile, his younger brother, Danny Vineyard (Edward Furlong) goes in the same way and makes the same mistakes (racism and hatred) his eldest brother did (this is the result of the Neo Nazi environment he grows up into, and the influence Derek left behind). While Derek is in jail he realize that he choose the wrong path. after coming back from jail, Derek try to convince his brother not to go in his own way.

No Reservations (2007)

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Zeta-Jones, Catherine | Eckhart, Aaron | Breslin, Abigail | Clarkson, Patricia | Wade, Jenny | Balaban, Bob | O'Byrne, Brian F. | Rabe, Lily | Silver, Eric | Bareikis, Arija | McMartin, John | Weston, Celia | Kravitz, Zöe | Rauch, Matthew | Molloy, Dearbhla
Directors: Hicks, Scott
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A master chef, Kate (CATHERINE ZETA-JONES) lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan—with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivattes and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, preparing delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection.

Juice (1992)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Epps, Omar | Shakur, Tupac | Hopkins, Jermaine 'Huggy' | Kain, Khalil | Herron, Cindy | Laresca, Vincent | Jackson, Samuel L. | Gore II, George | Garland, Grace | Latifah, Queen | Harris, Bruklin | Campos, Victor | Payne, Eric | Cook, Sharon | Berry, Darien
Directors: Dickerson, Ernest R.
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4 Harlem teens, Q, Bishop, Raheem and Steel, are out skipping school one day when they find out an old friend was killed in a shootout at a bar. After this, Bishop tells his friends that they have no respect, or juice. To get some, they rob a corner grocery store, but the lunatic Bishop intentionally shoots the clerk for no apparent reason. They run into an alley where Raheem tells Bishop to give him the gun, they fight, and Raheem gets shot. Only the other 3 know what happened, and Bishop wants to get rid of them too.

As Good as It Gets (1997)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Hunt, Helen | Kinnear, Greg | Gooding Jr., Cuba | Ulrich, Skeet | Knight, Shirley | Smith, Yeardley | Ontiveros, Lupe | Dog, Jill the | Dog, Timer the | Dog, Billy the | Osterwald, Bibi | Bleckner, Ross | Balagtas, Bernadette | Cohen, Jaffe
Directors: James L. Brooks
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New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

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…

Saw III (2006)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bell, Tobin | Smith, Shawnee | Macfadyen, Angus | Soomekh, Bahar | Wahlberg, Donnie | Meyer, Dina | Leigh Whannell | Koaho, Mpho | Flatman, Barry | Bent, Lyriq | LaRose, J. | McCabe, Debra | Mandylor, Costas | Russell, Betsy | Luk, Jane
Directors: Bousman, Darren Lynn
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Jigsaw has disappeared. Now aided by his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him, Dr. Lynn Denlon is unaware that she is about to become the latest pawn on his vicious chessboard. One night, after finishing a shift at her hospital, Lynn is kidnapped by the deranged Amanda and taken to an abandoned warehouse where she meets Jigsaw, aka: John Kramer, who’s now bedridden and on the verge of death. Lynn is told that she must keep the madman alive for as long as it takes Jeff, another of his victims, to complete a game of his own. Racing against the ticking clock of Jigsaw’s own heartbeat, Lynn and Jeff struggle to make it through each of their vicious tests, unaware that Jigsaw and Amanda have a much bigger plan for both of them…

Erin Brockovich (2000)

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Roberts, Julia | Brisbin, David | Didawick, Dawn | Finney, Albert | Rodriguez, Valente | Ferrell, Conchata | Sullivan, George Rocky | Skipper, Pat | Gill, Jack | López, Irene Olga | Marks, Emily | Marks, Julie | Leavenworth, Scotty | de la Peña, Gemmenne | Brockovich-Ellis, Erin
Directors: Soderbergh, Steven
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Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.

About a Boy (2002)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: France | Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Grant, Hugh | Hoult, Nicholas | Collette, Toni | Weisz, Rachel | Small, Sharon | Cook, Madison | Cook, Jordan | Hutchison, Nicholas | Speechley, Ryan | Speechley, Joseph | Tena, Natalia | Kennington, Laura | Swaby, Tanika | McNicholl, Peter | Webster, Christopher
Directors: Weitz, Chris | Weitz, Paul
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Will Freeman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself as a single father, he starts to meet a string of single mums, confident in his ability to leave them behind when they start to ask for a commitment. But Will’s hope of a continued bachelorhood is interrupted when he meets 12-year old Marcus, in many ways his complete opposite.

How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog (2000)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Branagh, Kenneth | Wright Penn, Robin | Hofrichter, Suzi | Redgrave, Lynn | Harris, Jared | Riegert, Peter | Krumholtz, David | Schaech, Johnathon | Hopkins, Kaitlin | Joachim, Suzy | Rickaby, Brett | Jenney, Lucinda | Kellock, Derek | Hogue, Stacy | Gilpin, Peri
Directors: Kalesniko, Michael
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Shy, chain-smoking, insomniac Peter McGowan is an L.A. playwright with a string of hits that preceded his current ten years of failed productions. His mother-in-law is sinking into senility, a stranger is meandering the neighborhood claiming to be him, neighbors have a new dog that barks all night; his wife wants to have a child, and he does not: he’s become impotent. He’s working on a new play when a single mom moves in next door with her 8-year-old daughter. His wife immediately invites the girl into the McGowan household. Will this child stir Peter’s paternal feelings? Will she also help him get his dialogue right? And what of his doppelganger and the neighbor’s dog?