Posts Tagged ‘television-news’

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.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Cazale, John | Durning, Charles | Sarandon, Chris | Boyar, Sully | Broderick, James | Marriott, John | Springer, Gary | Henriksen, Lance | Chianese, Dominic | Levine, Floyd | Foresta, Carmine | Bogert, William | Cummins, Ron | Gerber, Jay
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Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Flatbush, Brooklyn, was held siege by a gay bank robber determined to steal enough money for his male lover to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Brooklyn is held up by Sonny and Sal, two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there’s actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Police Captain Moretti, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city’s entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonny nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees’ safety.

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.

Superhero Movie (2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bell, Drake | McDonald, Christopher | Nielsen, Leslie | Hart, Kevin | Hansen, Ryan | David, Keith | Spiner, Brent | Joy, Robert | Tambor, Jeffrey | Hays, Robert | Cohen, Sam | Morgan, Tracy | Bierko, Craig | Tillman, Richard | Rex, Simon
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Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.

Howling, The (1981)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Wallace, Dee | Macnee, Patrick | Dugan, Dennis | Stone, Christopher | Balaski, Belinda | McCarthy, Kevin | Carradine, John | Pickens, Slim | Brooks, Elisabeth | Picardo, Robert | Impert, Margie | Willingham, Noble | Murtaugh, James | McKrell, Jim | Tobey, Kenneth
Directors: Dante, Joe
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There is a serial killer on the loose, Karen White is the only reporter he communicates with. After a near fatal encounter with him at a Pussycat Theater, she is ordered to take a vacation. Eddie was killed by Police, but Karen doesn’t want to let it go and discovers that he came from a tiny community in the woods and that’s where she decides to vacation with boyfriend Chris. Big mistake, because Eddie was an outcast of a pack of Werewolves who is trying to keep a low profile and doesn’t want any interviews. Can Karen and Chris escape the village of the wolf?

War of the Worlds (2005)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Cruise, Tom | Fanning, Dakota | Chatwin, Justin | Otto, Miranda | Robbins, Tim | Gonzalez, Rick | Vazquez, Yul | Venito, Lenny | Walter, Lisa Ann | Robinson, Ann | Barry, Gene | Basche, David Alan | Abrams, Roz | Brownlee, Michael | Sanes, Camillia
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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Ray Ferrier is a dock worker who is finishing a night of work in the morning, because he works the night shift. But when he gets home his young daughter Rachel and teenage son Robbie are staying with him at his house in Bayonne, New Jersey, while his pregnant ex-wife Mary Anne and her new husband Tim visit her parents in Boston for the weekend. But then the unthinkable and, ultimately, the unexpected happens to him in an extraordinary sense! Witnessing, and barely escaping the horror, first-hand, it’s up to Ray to protect his two kids from terrorist and races up to Boston before one of them gets murdered by a large tripod machine in its path!

Italian Job, The (2003)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Wahlberg, Mark | Theron, Charlize | Sutherland, Donald | Statham, Jason | Green, Seth | Def, Mos | Norton, Edward | Callegarini, Fausto | Petronelli, Stefano | Scarpa, Fabio | Bonora, Cristiano | Greco, Tiberio | Shubert, Jimmy | Cubilette, Tammi | Portser, Mary
Directors: Gray, F. Gary
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A gang of robbers, lead by career criminal Charlie Croker, create the largest traffic jam in Los Angeles history, giving them time to pull off a theft of gold bullion. They get away in their Mini Coopers, which are small enough to drive on sidewalks so they can make a clean get away before the traffic jam clears.

Fearless (1993)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Bridges, Jeff | Rossellini, Isabella | Perez, Rosie | Hulce, Tom | Turturro, John | Del Toro, Benicio | O'Connell, Deirdre | de Lancie, John | Vrooman, Spencer | Cerny, Daniel | Roberts, Eve | Rose, Robin Pearson | Monk, Debra | Mace, Cynthia | Mell, Randle
Directors: Weir, Peter
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After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla Rodrigo, who is racked with grief and guilt since her baby died in the crash which she and Max survived.

Score, The (2001)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Norton, Edward | Brando, Marlon | Angela Bassett | Farmer, Gary | Harrold, Jamie | Oz, Frank
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Nick Wells, a professional criminal, decides to leave the business for good, since he nearly got caught on his last job. His plan is to live in peace with his girl Diane, running his Montreal jazz club NYC. Soon Max, his good friend and financial partner in the illegal affairs, comes along with an offer Nick can’t refuse: A historical and priceless French sceptre has been discovered while being smuggled into the country. It is now under massive surveillance in the Montreal Customs House, and soon to be returned to France. Nick has to team up with Max’ man inside, the young, talented and aggressive thief Jackie Teller to get the precious item, and suffer no more financial problems ever. Only one question remains: Who will trick whom out of their share?

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.