Posts Tagged ‘asthma’

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Al Pacino | John Cazale | Charles Durning | Chris Sarandon | Sully Boyar | James Broderick | John Marriott | Gary Springer | Lance Henriksen | Dominic Chianese | Floyd Levine | Carmine Foresta | William Bogert | Ron Cummins | Jay Gerber
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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.

Without a Paddle (2004)

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthew Price | Andrew Hampton | Jarred Rumbold | Carl Snell | Antony Starr | Dax Shepard | Matthew Lillard | Seth Green | Nadine Bernecker | Danielle Cormack | David Stott | Bonnie Somerville | Scott Adsit | Morgan Reese Fairhead | Liddy Holloway
Directors: Steven Brill
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The legendary high jacker is actually Dan Cooper. DB Cooper is the name of the man arrested shortly after the real high jacker jumped from the plane but was quickly cleared by the authorities. Unfortunately, the newspapers picked up DB Cooper’s name instead of Dan Cooper and the name stuck.

30 Days of Night (2007)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Josh Hartnett | Danny Huston | Melissa George | Ben Foster | Mark Boone Junior | Mark Rendall | Amber Sainsbury | Manu Bennett | Megan Franich | Joel Tobeck | Elizabeth Hawthorne | Nathaniel Lees | Craig Hall | Chic Littlewood | Peter Feeney
Directors: David Slade
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This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town’s husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: George Clooney | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Geoffrey Rush | Cedric the Entertainer | Edward Herrmann | Paul Adelstein | Richard Jenkins | Billy Bob Thornton | Julia Duffy | Jonathan Hadary | Tom Aldredge | Stacey Travis | Jack Kyle | Irwin Keyes | Judith Drake
Directors: Joel Coen | Ethan Coen
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Miles Massey, a prominent Los Angeles divorce attorney has everything—and in some cases, two of everything. Despite his impressive client list, a formidable win record, the respect of his peers and an ironclad contract (the Massey pre-nup) named after him, he’s reached a crossroads in his life. Sated on success, boredom has set in and he’s looking for new challenges. All that changes when Miles meets his match in the devastating Marylin Rexroth. Marylin is the soon-to-be ex-wife of his client Rex Rexroth, a wealthy real estate developer and habitual philanderer. With the help of hard charging private investigator Gus Petch, she has Rex nailed and is looking forward to the financial independence a successful divorce will bring. But thanks to Miles’ considerable skills, she ends up with nothing. Not to be outdone, Marylin schemes to get even and as part of her plan, quickly marries oil tycoon Howard Doyle. Miles and his unflappable associate, Wrigley, unwittingly dig themselves in deeper and deeper as they go head-to-head with Marylin. Underhanded tactics, deceptions and an undeniable attraction escalate as Marylin and Miles square off in this classic battle of the sexes.

Femme Fatale (2002)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: France
Actors: Rebecca Romijn | Antonio Banderas | Peter Coyote | Eriq Ebouaney | Edouard Montoute | Rie Rasmussen | Thierry Frémont | Gregg Henry | Fiona Curzon | Daniel Milgram | Jean-Marc Minéo | Jean Chatel | Stéphane Petit | Olivier Follet | Eva Darlan
Directors: Brian De Palma
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International con artist/thief Laure Ash helps pull off a diamond robbery in Cannes during the annual film festival. She double-crosses her partners-in-crime and makes off with the diamonds to Paris where she accidently assumes the identy of a distraught woman who commits suicide and then leaves the country. Seven years later, Laure (now called Lily Watts) re-surfaces as the wife of the new American ambassador to France where a certain Nicolas Barto, a Spanish photographer, takes her picture which sets the stage for a motion of events as the evil Laure resorts to low, underhanded means to protect her former identity by emotionally and financially destroying Nicolas while evading her former partners-in-crime still looking for her to reclaim the stolen diamonds.

As Good as It Gets (1997)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Nicholson | Helen Hunt | Greg Kinnear | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Skeet Ulrich | Shirley Knight | Yeardley Smith | Lupe Ontiveros | Jill the Dog | Timer the Dog | Billy the Dog | Bibi Osterwald | Ross Bleckner | Bernadette Balagtas | Jaffe Cohen
Directors: James L. Brooks
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New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

Goal! (2005)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Kuno Becker | Alessandro Nivola | Marcel Iures | Anna Friel | Stephen Dillane | Kieran O'Brien | Sean Pertwee | Cassandra Bell | Tony Plana | Miriam Colon | Gary Lewis | Frances Barber | Emma Field-Rayner | Kevin Knapman | Brian Johnson
Directors: Danny Cannon
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Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer. However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.

I, Robot (2004)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Genres: Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Will Smith | Bridget Moynahan | Alan Tudyk | James Cromwell | Bruce Greenwood | Adrian Ricard | Chi McBride | Jerry Wasserman | Fiona Hogan | Peter Shinkoda | Terry Chen | David Haysom | Scott Heindl | Sharon Wilkins | Craig March
Directors: Alex Proyas
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Set in a future Earth (2035 A.D.) where robots are common assistants and workers for their human owners, this is the story of “robotophobic” Chicago Police Detective Del Spooner’s (Smith) investigation into the murder of Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), who works at U.S. Robotics, in which a robot, Sonny (Tudyk), appears to be implicated, even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics, which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws, there’s nothing to stop them from taking over the world, as humans have grown to become completely dependent upon their robots. Or maybe… they already have? Aiding Spooner in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin (Moynahan), who specializes in the psyches of robots.

Superman Returns (2006)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Brandon Routh | Kate Bosworth | Kevin Spacey | James Marsden | Parker Posey | Frank Langella | Sam Huntington | Eva Marie Saint | Marlon Brando | Kal Penn | Tristan Lake Leabu | David Fabrizio | Ian Roberts | Vincent Stone | Jack Larson
Directors: Bryan Singer
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After eliminating General Zod & the other Kryptonian arch-villains, Ursa & Non, Superman leaves Earth to try to find his former home world of Krypton after astronomers have supposedly found it. When he finds nothing but remnants, he returns home to Earth - to find out that Lois Lane is engaged to a relative of his boss, and that Lex Luthor is at it again - after swindling an elderly, terminally ill woman. The psychopathic Luthor, whose plans to destroy California failed because of Superman’s heroics, vows vengeance against the Man of Steel and contrives a new sinister plot - using the crystals of Krypton to build a continent that will wipe out most of North America! Embedded in the continent’s structure is Kryptonite - the lethal substance that is Superman’s only weakness. Upon learning of Luthro’s sinister scheme, Superman must again race against time to stop the psychopathic Luthor before millions - possibly billions - are killed.

Single White Female (1992)

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bridget Fonda | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Steven Weber | Peter Friedman | Stephen Tobolowsky | Frances Bay | Michele Farr | Tara Karsian | Christiana Capetillo | Jessica Lundy | Renée Estevez | Tiffany Mataras | Krystle Mataras | Amelia Campbell | Kenneth Tobey
Directors: Barbet Schroeder
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When a ‘Single White Female’ places an ad in the press for a similar woman to rent a room (to replace the boyfriend she’s just left), all the applicants seem weird. Then along comes a level headed woman who seems to be just right. The new lodger has a secret past which haunts her.