Posts Tagged ‘arizona’

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Abigail Breslin | Greg Kinnear | Paul Dano | Alan Arkin | Toni Collette | Steve Carell | Marc Turtletaub | Jill Talley | Brenda Canela | Julio Oscar Mechoso | Chuck Loring | Justin Shilton | Gordon Thomson | Steven Christopher Parker | Bryan Cranston
Directors: Jonathan Dayton
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The Hoover family is the dictionary definition for the word “dysfunctional”. The dad Richard is a man who gives lectures on winners and losers, the wife is Sheryl, a chain-smoking, frazzled wife and working mother whose idea of a home cooked meal frequently consists of a bucket of chicken. Her gay brother Frank recently attempted suicide. The grandpa is Edwin, a drug addict. The son is Dwayne a rebel who has vowed not to talk until he gets into the Air Force. And then there is Olive, a seven-year old girl who dreams of going to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. So what happens when they do?

Night Skies (2007)

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jason Connery | A.J. Cook | George Stults | Ashley Peldon | Joseph Sikora | Gwendoline Yeo | Michael Dorn | Jerry L. Jackson | John McCain
Directors: Roy Knyrim
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On March 13th, 1997 one of the largest UFO sightings ever recorded took place across the southwestern United States. The event became known as the ‘Phoenix Lights’ and was witnessed by community leaders, members of law enforcement, as well as thousands of everyday citizens. This true story, based on transcripts from actual hypnosis-therapy sessions, finally reveals what happened after the infamous incident ended and how six people, stranded by chance on a forgotten road, encountered more than just lights in the sky.

Raising Arizona (1987)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicolas Cage | Holly Hunter | Trey Wilson | John Goodman | William Forsythe | Sam McMurray | Frances McDormand | Randall 'Tex' Cobb | T.J. Kuhn | Lynne Dumin Kitei | Peter Benedek | Charles 'Lew' Smith | Warren Keith | Henry Kendrick | Sidney Dawson
Directors: Ethan Coen
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Colourful and unconventional slapstick comedy. Ex-con Hi and ex-cop Ed meet, marry and long for a child in the wilds of Arizona. When Ed discovers she’s barren the God-given solution is presented: to snatch a baby from a set of quins. Thus begins a series of kidnappings, capers and rum goings-on that revolve around the helpless yet universally-loveable child. Hi’s convict friends, his boss, and even the Lone Biker Of The Apocalypse become involved in the ever-twisting plot in the quest to own the baby.

High Plains Drifter (1973)

Monday, March 31st, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Verna Bloom | Marianna Hill | Mitch Ryan | Jack Ging | Stefan Gierasch | Ted Hartley | Billy Curtis | Geoffrey Lewis | Scott Walker | Walter Barnes | Paul Brinegar | Richard Bull | Robert Donner | John Hillerman
Directors: Clint Eastwood
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A mysterious gunfighter without a name rides across the desert landscape and arrives in the mining town beside the sea “Lago” to stay for the night. After gunning down three desperado’s who tried to kill him, the town hires the gunfighter to help defend the town from three murderous outlaws, Stacey Bridges, Bill Borders and Cole Carlin who have been released from jail after they brutally whipped to death the town’s local lawman Marshal Jim Duncan who is in his grave with a unmarked gravestone, the three outlaws set out to return to “Lago” to get their vengeance. Can the mysterious gunfighter without a name stop the three outlaws?

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Gene Wilder | Jack Albertson | Peter Ostrum | Roy Kinnear | Julie Dawn Cole | Leonard Stone | Denise Nickerson | Nora Denney | Paris Themmen | Ursula Reit | Michael Bollner | Diana Sowle | Aubrey Woods | David Battley | Günter Meisner
Directors: Mel Stuart
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Charlie Bucket, a poor boy who is barely able to support his family, is fortunate to be chosen as one of the 5 people to go inside the most popular and powerful chocalate factory in the world: The Willy Wonka Chocalate Factory. But a stranger, named Arthur Slugworth, tempts the kids to steal a piece of candy and give it to him. In exchange, he will make them rich. Willy Wonka, played by ‘Gene Wilder’(qv), soon introduces them to the factory, and starts the grand tour around the factory. Once inside, the 5 winners start to run amuck. One by one, the 5 kids start to disappear, until it is only Charlie that remains. At this point, Wonka starts to ignore Charlie, and then tells him why: because Charlie and Grandpa Joe, played by ‘Jack Albertson’ (qv), drank some forbidden product without permission. Will Charlie turn against Wonka? Or will he discover that he was wrong and make up what he has done?

Home at the End of the World, A (2004)

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Andrew Chalmers | Ryan Donowho | Asia Vieira | Quancetia Hamilton | Jeff J.J. Authors | Lisa Merchant | Ron Lea | Erik Smith | Harris Allan | Matt Frewer | Sissy Spacek | Colin Farrell | Dallas Roberts | Robin Wright Penn | Shawn Roberts
Directors: Michael Mayer
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Two childhood friends face their past relationships, including their own, alongside a new friend in the 1980’s in New York City. Their friendship becomes a love triangle as they struggle with a father’s death and an unexpected pregnancy. Together, the shall face each other as they realize that everything they have may not be what they expected.

Raise Your Voice (2004)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Hilary Duff | Oliver James | David Keith | Dana Davis | Johnny Lewis | Rita Wilson | Lauren C. Mayhew | Kat Dennings | Jason Ritter | Rebecca De Mornay | John Corbett | Carly Reeves | James Avery | Robert Trebor | Steven T. Palmer
Directors: Sean McNamara
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Hilary Duff stars in Raise Your Voice as a young woman from a small town who spends the summer in a performing arts school in Los Angeles. She encounters big city circumstances and romance that challenge her small town upbringing. Sean McNamara directs.

Tombstone (1993)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Romance | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | Val Kilmer | Sam Elliott | Bill Paxton | Powers Boothe | Michael Biehn | Charlton Heston | Jason Priestley | Jon Tenney | Stephen Lang | Thomas Haden Church | Dana Delany | Paula Malcomson | Lisa Collins | Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Directors: George P. Cosmatos
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After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend Doc Holliday. A band of outlaws that call themselves The Cowboys are causing problems in the region with various acts of random violence, and inevitably come into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps, which leads to a shoot-out at the OK Corral.

Auto Focus (2002)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Greg Kinnear | Willem Dafoe | Rita Wilson | Maria Bello | Ron Leibman | Bruce Solomon | Michael E. Rodgers | Kurt Fuller | Christopher Neiman | Lyle Kanouse | Donnamarie Recco | Ed Begley Jr. | Michael McKean | Cheryl Lynn Bowers | Don McManus
Directors: Paul Schrader
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Capitalizing on his fame as the star of “Hogan’s Heroes,” Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear) dove into the freewheeling spirit of the 60s and 70s with relish, having affairs with numerous women. Eventually, Crane teamed up with video technician John Carpenter to document his exploits, an association that may very well have led to his murder in a Scottsdale, Arizona motel room in 1978, which remains officially unsolved to this day.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Ming-Na | Alec Baldwin | Ving Rhames | Steve Buscemi | Peri Gilpin | Donald Sutherland | James Woods | Keith David | Jean Simmons | Matt McKenzie
Directors: Hironobu Sakaguchi | Moto Sakakibara
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In the year 2065, the next great assault against an invading race of phantom-like aliens is about to be launched. Dr. Aki Ross, a brilliant young scientist, races to find the invaders’ secrets, not only to save the planet, but herself as well after her body is infected by alien particles. She teams up with the prestigious Deep Eyes military squadron, led by her old friend Grey Edwards. But as Aki, her mentor Dr. Sid, and Grey work toward a peaceful end, the scheming General Hein devises a plot to eradicate the aliens in one swift, destructive blow…even if it destroys the Earth right along with them.