Posts Tagged ‘1800s’

BloodRayne II: Deliverance (2007)

Friday, April 11th, 2008
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Horror | Western
Countries: Canada | Germany
Actors: Natassia Malthe | Zack Ward | Michael Paré | Chris Coppola | Chris Spencer | Brendan Fletcher | Sarah-Jane Redmond | Michael Teigen | Michael Eklund | John Novak | Tyron Leitso | Jodelle Ferland | Mike Dopud | Vincent Gale | John Tench
Directors: Uwe Boll
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It’s a hundred years later, and the dhampir Rayne has arrived in the town of Deliverance, Montana where a group of vampire cowboys have emerged. Led by Billy the Kid, hell-bent on creating is own kingdom, he slaughters townspeople and rounds up children. He spares the life of Chicago Chronicle reported Newton Pyles. Rayne aligns herself with Pat Garret, a member of the long-thought-dead Brimstone society, a dishonest preacher, and a low life named Franson, to stop Billy the Kid and show the world how the West was really won.

Nomad (2005)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | War
Countries: France | Kazakhstan
Actors: Kuno Becker | Jay Hernandez | Jason Scott Lee | Doskhan Zholzhaksynov | Ayana Yesmagambetova | Mark Dacascos | Ashir Chokubayev | Zhanas Iskakov | Almaikhan Kenzhebekova | Tungyshbai Dzhamankulov | Erik Zholzhaksynov | Dilnaz Akhmadieva | Termirkhan Tursingaliev | Asylbolat Ismagulov | Sabit Orazbaev
Directors: Sergei Bodrov
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An historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan, where a young man is destined to unite the country’s three warring tribes.

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Ray Milland | John Wayne | Paulette Goddard | Raymond Massey | Robert Preston | Lynne Overman | Susan Hayward | Charles Bickford | Walter Hampden | Louise Beavers | Martha O'Driscoll | Elisabeth Risdon | Hedda Hopper | Victor Kilian | Oscar Polk
Directors: Cecil B. DeMille
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In 1840, there’s work on the Florida Keys for honest salvagers (like the Claibornes) and outright pirates like King Cutler, who bribes sailors to cause wrecks. When Capt. Stuart’s ship is wrecked, Loxi Claiborne rescues him, falls for him, and travels to Charleston to convince the owners the wreck wasn’t his fault; company lawyer Steve Tolliver returns with them to Key West to investigate. Tolliver and Stuart’s rivalry for Loxi’s hand complicates their swashbuckling adventures in pursuit of Cutler, ending in a trial and a dangerous dive for evidence.

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Friday, September 14th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: James Fleet | Tom Wilkinson | Harriet Walter | Kate Winslet | Emma Thompson | Gemma Jones | Hugh Grant | Emilie François | Elizabeth Spriggs | Robert Hardy | Ian Brimble | Isabelle Amyes | Alan Rickman | Greg Wise | Alexander John
Directors: Ang Lee
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When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and three daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of both practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy Edward Ferrars, his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs. Jennings tries to match the worthy (and rich) Colonel Brandon to her, Marianne finds the dashing and fiery Willoughby more to her taste. Both relationships are sorely tried. But this is a romance, and through the hardships and heartbreak, true love and a happy ending will find their way for both the sister who is all sense and the one who is all sensibility.

Nanny McPhee (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Emma Thompson | Colin Firth | Kelly Macdonald | Celia Imrie | Derek Jacobi | Patrick Barlow | Imelda Staunton | Thomas Sangster | Angela Lansbury
Directors: Kirk Jones
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Mr. Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) has just lost his wife and is now left with his seven children who misbehave so much that all the nannies have run away. Now he is told by a mysterious voice that he should get Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) who is a magical woman with special powers.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Russell Crowe | Paul Bettany | James D'Arcy | Edward Woodall | Chris Larkin | Max Pirkis | Jack Randall | Max Benitz | Lee Ingleby | Richard Pates | Robert Pugh | Richard McCabe | Ian Mercer | Tony Dolan | David Threlfall
Directors: Peter Weir
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During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, HMS Surprise, and a much larger French warship, the Acheron, with greater fire power, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Russell Crowe brings great intensity to the role of Captain Jack Aubrey. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. While the naval battle sequences are quite fantastic, the film is successful because director Weir chose to build the story to get to know the men who are locked aboard the tight quarters of a small ship and how they interact everyday. The officers and the mates are well-known by the time the final battle comes. Paul Bettany offers a strong performance as the surgeon and naturalist who balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the scientist. He is the captain’s friend and confidant, the two frequently playing violin and cello duets together. The horrors of the injuries from the war are frequently implied, but vividly depicted in the reactions of the characters.

The Last Samurai (2003)

Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: Japan | New Zealand | USA
Actors: Shin Koyamada | Ken Watanabe | Tom Cruise | William Atherton | Chad Lindberg | Ray Godshall Sr. | Billy Connolly | Tony Goldwyn | Masato Harada | Masashi Odate | John Koyama | Timothy Spall | Shichinosuke Nakamura | Togo Igawa | Satoshi Nikaido | Shintaro Wada
Directors: Edward Zwick
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In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial Omura cabinet’s first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy and even refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded Algren’s courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto spare his life; once nursed to health he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and participates as advisor in Katsumoto’s failed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressive laws enacted- he must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of the embittered sides when the conflict returns to the battlefield…