Posts Tagged ‘1910s’

The Aviator (2004)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: Germany | Japan | USA
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio | Cate Blanchett | Kate Beckinsale | John C. Reilly | Alec Baldwin | Alan Alda | Ian Holm | Danny Huston | Gwen Stefani | Jude Law | Adam Scott | Matt Ross | Kelli Garner | Frances Conroy | Brent Spiner
Directors: Martin Scorsese
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The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese’s favorite films, Hell’s Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.

Legends of the Fall (1994)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Brad Pitt | Anthony Hopkins | Aidan Quinn | Julia Ormond | Henry Thomas | Karina Lombard | Gordon Tootoosis | Christina Pickles | Paul Desmond | Tantoo Cardinal | Robert Wisden | John Novak | Kenneth Welsh | Bill Dow | Sam Sarkar
Directors: Edward Zwick
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Set in the Rocky Mountains of Montana in the early 1900s, this is a tale of love, betrayal, and brotherhood. After being discharged, Colonel Ludlow decides to raise his three sons in the wilds of Montana, where they can grow up away from the government and society he has learned to dispise. The three brothers mature and seem to have an unbreakable bond, until Susanna enters their lives. When Samuel, the youngest of the three, returns from college he brings with him his beautiful fiance, Susanna. The eldest son, Alfred, soon finds himself in love with his brother’s fiance, and things get worse when he discovers a growing passion between Susanna and Tristan. Colonel Ludlow’s favorite son, Tristan is willful and as wild as the mountains. As the brothers set out to fight a war in Europe, suspicion and jelousy threatens to tear apart their once indestructable bond.

The Fifth Element (1997)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France
Actors: Bruce Willis | Gary Oldman | Ian Holm | Milla Jovovich | Chris Tucker | Luke Perry | Brion James | Tom 'Tiny' Lister Jr. | Lee Evans | Charlie Creed-Miles | Tricky | John Neville | John Bluthal | Mathieu Kassovitz | Christopher Fairbank
Directors: Luc Besson
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Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of Evil. Only the fifth element (played by Milla Jovovich) can stop the Evil from extinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years. She is helped by ex-soldier, current-cab-driver, Corben Dallas (played by Bruce Willis), who is, in turn, helped by Prince/Arsenio clone, Ruby Rhod. Unfortunately, Evil is being assisted by Mr. Zorg (Gary Oldman), who seeks to profit from the chaos that Evil will bring, and his alien mercenaries.

The Last Emperor (1987)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: China | France | Italy | UK
Actors: John Lone | Joan Chen | Peter O'Toole | Ruocheng Ying | | Dennis Dun | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Maggie Han | Ric Young | Vivian Wu | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Jade Go | Fumihiko Ikeda | Richard Vuu | Tsou Tijger
Directors: Bernardo Bertolucci
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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People’s Republic.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Sean Connery | John Rhys-Davies | Kevork Malikyan | Denholm Elliott | Julian Glover | River Phoenix | Michael Byrne | Alison Doody | Robert Eddison
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Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, returns for the 3rd and final Indy film. Teaming up with his father, Indiana sets out to try and find the Holy Grail. Once again, the Nazis are after the same prize, and try to foil Indianas plans.

Fist of Fury (aka Chinese Connection) (1972)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama
Countries: Hong Kong
Actors: Bruce Lee | Nora Miao | James Tien | Maria Yi | Robert Baker | Fu Ching Chen | San Chin | Yin-Chieh Han | Riki Hashimoto | Jun Arimura | Chung-Hsin Huang | Quin Lee | Feng Tien | Yin Chi Lee | Tony Liu
Directors: Wei Lo
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Chen Chen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher’s death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on with his mastery of martial arts while investigating his teacher’s murder.