Posts Tagged ‘spider’

Covenant, The (2006)

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Strait, Steven | Stan, Sebastian | Kitsch, Taylor | Crawford, Chace | Hemingway, Toby | Schmid, Kyle | McHattie, Stephen | Welsh, Kenneth | Baril, Christian | Burns, Rob | Crooks, Robert | Crowder, Steven | Day, Larry | DeFilippo, Vito | Deveau, Jonathan
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In 1692, in the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts, five families of powerful witches commit to a covenant of silence to protect themselves against the witch hunters, but one of the families transgress their pact and is banished from their lands. Along the centuries, the power and the covenant are transmitted through their descendants and when the eldest son is eighteen years old, he ascends to a higher power. However, the use of magic addicts and if used in excess, ages the warlock. In the present days, four wizards teenage friends are in high school and their leader Caleb Danvers is close to his eighteenth birthday and consequently to ascend. He has just met Sarah Wenham and they are dating, when the appearance of darkling and supernatural dreams haunt the group. Sooner they find an evil warlock, descendant of the fifth ancient family that wants to strip Caleb’s power.

Nim’s Island (2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Butler, Gerard | Carman, Michael | Brady, Mark | Simcoe, Anthony | Baker, Christopher | Joyce, Maddison | Callan, Peter | Butler, Russell | Gibson, Colin | Probets, Bryan | Nason, Andrew | Bellette, Tony | Dornan, Jeff | Laga'aia, Jay | Walton, John
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A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she’s reading. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world’s greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim’s father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim’s Island.

MirrorMask (2005)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Barry, Jason | Brydon, Rob | Fry, Stephen | Hamilton, Andy | Harvey, Simon | Henry, Lenny | Llewellyn, Robert | Robson, Nik | Allen, Rick | Schofield, Simon | Tate, Mark | Thompson, Richard | Thompson, Robin | Ballamy, Iain | Batchelor, Chris
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Helena, a 15-year-old girl in a family of circus entertainers, often wishes she could run off and join real life. After a fight with her parents about her future plans, her mother falls quite ill and Helena is convinced that it is all her fault. On the eve of her mother’s major surgery, she dreams that she is in a strange world with two opposing queens, bizarre creatures, and masked inhabitants. All is not well in this new world - the white queen has fallen ill and can only be restored by the MirrorMask, and it’s up to Helena to find it. But as her adventures continue, she begins to wonder whether she’s in a dream, or something far more sinister.

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.

Krull (1983)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: UK
Actors: Marshall, Ken | Anthony, Lysette | Jones, Freddie | Annis, Francesca | Armstrong, Alun | Battley, David | Bresslaw, Bernard | Neeson, Liam | Welsh, John | McGrath, Graham | Church, Tony | Archard, Bernard | Mayne, Belinda | Ashworth, Dicken | Carty, Todd
Directors: Yates, Peter
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The planet Krull has been invaded by the evil monster The Beast and his army The Slayers, two rival kingdoms have formed a alliance against The Beast and The Slayers, as Prince Colwyn, the son of King Turlord marries Princess Lyssa, daughter of King Eirig, where Prince Colwyn and Princess Lyssa’s marriage will unite the two kingdoms and both Colwyn and Lyssa will rule the lands of Krull. But during the wedding, The Slayers attack and Lyssa is kidnapped. Setting out to rescue Lyssa, Colwyn joined by a fellowship companions: the Seer Ynyr, a band of escaped convicts led by Torquil, Rell, a one-eyed giant, Ergo, a cowardly magician, Emerald, a blind Seer and a young boy named Titch set off in search of The Black Fortress where Lyssa is being held captive, where The Beast intends to marry Lyssa in it’s evil goal to rule Krull along with many other worlds. Armed with a powerful weapon “The Glave” a disc with five blades, Colwyn and his companions set off in search of The Black Fortress which changes location every sunrise, where Colwyn vows to rescue Lyssa and defeat The Beast and The Slayers.

Spider Woman, The (1944)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rathbone, Basil | Bruce, Nigel | Sondergaard, Gale | Hoey, Dennis | Downing, Vernon | Craig, Alec | Hohl, Arthur | Gordon, Mary | Infuhr, Teddy | Benge, Wilson | Burton, John | Cording, Harry | Logan, Stanley | Roche, John | Rogers, John
Directors: Neill, Roy William
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Alarmed by a series of baffling suicides of prominent gamblers popularly dubbed “The Pajama Murders” by the newspapers, Holmes fakes his own death and assumes the identity of Rajni Singh, a retired Indian military man with a paralyzed arm. After losing a large sum in a casino and writing a bad check to cover his losses, he appears to try to take his own life. He is prevented by the mysterious and sophisticated Andrea Spedding with an offer of a loan with his life insurance policy as collateral. Shortly thereafter, there is an attempt on his life with a rare but deadly spider with the only other clue a child’s footprint. A resurfaced Holmes consults arachniolgists in an effort to solve the mystery.

Severance (2006)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK
Actors: Stephens, Toby | Blakley, Claudie | Nyman, Andy | Ceesay, Babou | McInnerny, Tim | Harris, Laura | Dyer, Danny | Gilliam, David | Drajkó, Juli | Viktor, Judit | Boros, Sándor | Törköly, Levente | Oláh, János | Ferencz, Attila | Kasi, Bela
Directors: Smith, Christopher
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When a weapons multi-national Palisade Defence reward their European sales division with a team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe, comedy blends with horror as the team fight first amongst themselves, and later for survival against a group of war-crazed killers intent on revenge.

Down to You (2000)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Prinze Jr., Freddie | Stiles, Julia | Blair, Selma | Hatosy, Shawn | Orth, Zak | Kutcher, Ashton | Dawson, Rosario | Winkler, Henry | Arnaz, Lucie | German, Lauren | Harding, Zay | Hunter, Chloe | Barfield, Amanda | Green, Granger | Stevenson, Joseff
Directors: Isacsson, Kris
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Imogen and Al meet at college in New York City when she’s a frosh and he’s a sophomore. She’s a talented artist; he wants to be a chef, following in his father’s footsteps. They fall in love, she picks a song for them, they make love. But she fears losing her youth, committing too soon, having a child before she’s ready. He’s worried that this may be an illusion, not true love. She sleeps with someone else; he’s hurt; the relationship ruptures. She leaves for San Francisco; he goes into an alcohol-assisted depression. He even drinks her shampoo, hoping to cure his obsession. Can anything help him recover?

Charlotte’s Web (2006)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Roberts, Julia | Buscemi, Steve | Cleese, John | Winfrey, Oprah | Cedric the Entertainer | Bates, Kathy | McEntire, Reba | Redford, Robert | Church, Thomas Haden | Benjamin, André | Kay, Dominic Scott | Shepard, Sam | Benrubi, Abraham | Fanning, Dakota | Anderson, Kevin
Directors: Winick, Gary
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Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Chestnut, Morris | Messner, Johnny | Strickland, KaDee | Marsden, Matthew | Gonzalez, Nicholas | Byrd, Eugene | Yune, Karl | Richardson, Salli | Anderson, Andy | Nicholas Hope | Peter Curtin | Arndt, Denis | Do, Khoa | Aireti | Tandjung, Andre
Directors: Dwight H. Little
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In New York, the ambitious Dr. Jack Byron and his associate Gordon Mitchell present the research of his assistant Sam Rogers to the CEO and board of directors of a corporation to sponsor a scientific expedition to Borneo. The objective is to find a flower, Blood Orchid, that flourishes for a couple of weeks every seven years and could be a fountain of youth, prolonging the expectation of life of human beings. They are succeeded and once in Borneo, they realize that it is the raining season and there is no boat available to navigate on the river. They pay US$ 50,000.00 to convince Captain Bill Johnson and his partner Tran to sail to the location. After an accident in a waterfall, the survivors realize that a pack of anacondas have gathered for mating and their nest is nearby the plantation of Blood Orchid, which made them bigger and bigger.