Posts Tagged ‘1800s’

BloodRayne II: Deliverance (2007)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
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.

The Elephant Man (1980)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Anthony Hopkins | John Hurt | Anne Bancroft | John Gielgud | Wendy Hiller | Freddie Jones | Michael Elphick | Hannah Gordon | Helen Ryan | John Standing | Dexter Fletcher | Lesley Dunlop | Phoebe Nicholls | Pat Gorman | Claire Davenport
Directors: David Lynch
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Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick, a 19th-century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring congenital disease. With the help of kindly Dr. Frederick Treves, Merrick attempts to regain the dignity he lost after years spent as a side-show freak.

Vanity Fair (2004)

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Gabriel Byrne | Angelica Mandy | Roger Lloyd-Pack | Ruth Sheen | Kate Fleetwood | Reese Witherspoon | Lillete Dubey | Romola Garai | Tony Maudsley | Deborah Findlay | John Franklyn-Robbins | Paul Bazely | Rhys Ifans | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Charlie Beall
Directors: Mira Nair
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The British Empire flowers; exotic India colors English imaginations. Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of a painter and a singer, leaves a home for girls to be a governess, armed with pluck, a keen wit, good looks, fluent French, and an eye for social advancement. Society tries its best to keep her from climbing. An episodic narrative follows her for 20 years, through marriage, Napoleonic wars, a child, loyalty to a school friend, the vicissitudes of the family whose daughters she instructed, and attention from a bored marquess who collected her father’s paintings. Honesty tempers her schemes. No aristocrat she, nor bourgeois, just spirited, intelligent, and irrepressible.

Murder by Decree (1979)

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada | UK
Actors: Christopher Plummer | James Mason | David Hemmings | Susan Clark | Anthony Quayle | John Gielgud | Frank Finlay | Donald Sutherland | Geneviève Bujold | Chris Wiggins | Tedde Moore | Peter Jonfield | Roy Lansford | Catherine Kessler | Ron Pember
Directors: Bob Clark
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Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London’s East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons. Homes races to save the life of Annie Crook who has been forcibly incarcerated in an insane asylum and that of her friend Mary Kelly, in whom she has entrusted her secret.

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Sean Connery | Michael Caine | Christopher Plummer | Saeed Jaffrey | Doghmi Larbi | Jack May | Karroom Ben Bouih | Mohammad Shamsi | Albert Moses | Paul Antrim | Graham Acres | The Blue Dancers of Goulamine | Shakira Caine | Gurmuks Singh | Kimat Singh
Directors: John Huston
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” The Man Who Would Be King” is about two ambitious ex-soldiers stationed in India who set out to become the rulers of an entire country. After finishing their tour of duty in India, Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnehan have decided that India is “too small for the likes of them,” so they decide to bribe a local ruler and extort money from him, in order to buy twenty Martini rifles, which they will use to take over villages in Kafristan. They face many challenges and perils along the way, including difficult terrain, hostile natives, freezing temperatures, and an avalanche high in the mountains. They eventually come to a small village, Urheb, where they meet Ootah and Billy Fish, an Indian who speaks English; he then becomes their translator. They then train the natives of this village to use the rifles, and soon conquer village after village. During a battle, Daniel is struck by an arrow that seemingly sticks out of his chest. The ignorant natives believe that he must be a God for not having died, and fall down and begin worshiping him. Daniel and Peachy decide that it would be easier for a “God ” to take over the country, so they pretend that Daniel is a god, the son of Alexander the Great who has returned after 2200 years to again rule Kafristan. The entire country celebrated the return of their new ruler, the Son of Segunda (”Alexander”). As a token of their admiration, the holiest of holy men gives Daniel all of the gold and riches left by Alexander in 328 B.C. It is enough to make them the richest men in the world . . . All goes well until Daniel’s ego and greed gets the best of him. He asks Peachy to bow when he walks in front of him. He later tells Peachy that he has decided to stay, and now believes that he is the son of Alexander ( ‘in spirit, anyways”), and that to fulfill his destiny, he will marry Roxanne, like his “father” Alexander did before him. The Kafiri’s believe that a mortal cannot marry a God, but Daniel goes ahead anyway. Peachy was set to leave with his share of the treasure, but Daniel convinced him to stay ” for old time’s sake” for the wedding. At the ceremony, Roxanne, believing that she would soon die, bites Daniel, drawing blood. The entire crowd realizes that since Danny is bleeding, that he is a man, not a God, and that he has been deceiving them the entire time. Peachy grabs Daniel and they run off with their twenty soldiers, shooting at the crowd of monks who set out to kill them. They are eventually captured, and Daniel is forced to walk out on a rope bridge. The monks cut the ropes, and Daniel bravely falls to his death. Peachy is later crucified; when they come to see him the next day, he is still alive, and they say that it is a miracle that he lived and they cut him down. He eventually climbs down into the valley and retrieves Danny’s head, still wearing the crown. He brings it back to Rudyard Kipling, a writer for the Northern Star, as proof that Daniel accomplished his goal, and became the King of Kafristan. Themes developed in the story: 1. ambition 2. friendship 3. taking risks 4. perseverance (not giving up) 5. power 6. honor and dignity

Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)

Friday, April 25th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Benjamin Bratt | Gina Bernard Forbes | Giovanna Mezzogiorno | Javier Bardem | Marcela Mar | Juan Ángel | Liliana Gonzalez | Catalina Botero | Miguel Angel Pazos Galindo | Maria Cecilia Herrera | Luis Fernando Hoyos | Carlos Duplat | Francisco Raul Linero | Unax Ugalde | Liev Schreiber
Directors: Mike Newell
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In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader. Ariza is persistent, writing her constantly, serenading, speaking poetically of love. Her father tries to keep them apart, and then, one day, she sees this love as an illusion. She’s soon married to Urbino, a cultured physician, and for years, Ariza carries a torch, finding solace in the arms of women, loving none. After Urbino’s fall, are Ariza’s hopes delusional?

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.


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