Posts Tagged ‘based-on-novel’

Red (2008)

Monday, November 10th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Brian Cox | Noel Fisher | Tom Sizemore | Kyle Gallner | Shiloh Fernandez | Keith Buterbaugh | Robert Englund | John-Luke Montias | Richard Riehle | Greg Stuhr | Delaney Williams | Marcia Bennett | Lauren Birkell | Kacee DeMasi | Kim Dickens
Directors: Trygve Allister Diesen
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An older, reclusive man’s best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named “Red”. When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means available to him.

Fugitive Pieces (2007)

Friday, November 7th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | Greece
Actors: Stephen Dillane | Rade Serbedzija | Rosamund Pike | Ayelet Zurer | Robbie Kay | Ed Stoppard | Rachelle Lefevre | Nina Dobrev | Themis Bazaka | Diego Matamoros | Sarah Orenstein | Larissa Laskin | Giorgos Karamihos | Danai Skiadi | Memos Begnis
Directors: Jeremy Podeswa
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A child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.

Carlito’s Way (1993)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Al Pacino | Sean Penn | Penelope Ann Miller | John Leguizamo | Ingrid Rogers | Luis Guzmán | James Rebhorn | Joseph Siravo | Viggo Mortensen | Richard Foronjy | Jorge Porcel | Frank Minucci | Adrian Pasdar | John Ortiz | Ángel Salazar
Directors: Brian De Palma
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Carlito Brigante is released from jail after serving five years of a much longer stretch. He vows to go straight and to live life as a fine, upstanding citizen. He even rekindles a romance with his ex-lover. However, Carlito’s associates cannot seem to leave him in peace…his nephew involves him a pool-room gunfight, his lawyer asks him for “favours” which spiral out of control, and even an old friend (now a wheelchair bound paraplegic) tries to get him into trouble with the law. Carlito decides to make a run for Florida and the promise of a new life, but has one final dramatic escape to make from some hoods who believe (wrongly) that he was behind the murder of their boss.

The Missing (2003)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Thriller | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones | Cate Blanchett | Evan Rachel Wood | Jenna Boyd | Aaron Eckhart | Val Kilmer | Sergio Calderón | Eric Schweig | Steve Reevis | Jay Tavare | Simon Baker | Ray McKinnon | Max Perlich | Ramon Frank | Deryle J. Lujan
Directors: Ron Howard
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In 19th-century New Mexico, a father (Tommy Lee Jones) comes back home, hoping to reconcile with his adult daughter Maggie (Cate Blanchett). Maggie’s daughter is kidnapped, forcing father and estranged daughter to work together to get her back.

The Prestige (2006)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Hugh Jackman | Christian Bale | Michael Caine | Piper Perabo | Rebecca Hall | Scarlett Johansson | Samantha Mahurin | David Bowie | Andy Serkis | Daniel Davis | Jim Piddock | Christopher Neame | Mark Ryan | Roger Rees | Jamie Harris
Directors: Christopher Nolan
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A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy — full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce enemies-for-life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them. Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London.

Adaptation. (2002)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicolas Cage | Meryl Streep | Chris Cooper | Cara Seymour | Tilda Swinton | Bill Livingston | Brian Cox | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Judy Greer | Jim Beaver | Litefoot | Jim Tavaré | Doug Jones | Stephen Tobolowsky | Roger Willie
Directors: Spike Jonze
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Frequently cynical screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has just taken on a new assignment. That is, to adapt writer Susan Orlean’s “The Orchid Thief” into a screenplay, all of it based on the life of the eccentric John Laroche, an exotic plant collector based out of Florida. While his easygoing twin brother Donald, is writing scripts with ease, Charlie finds himself on a perpetual struggle that never seems to end.

D-Tox (2002)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Kris Kristofferson | Tom Berenger | Dina Meyer | Sylvester Stallone | Charles S. Dutton | Jeffrey Wright | Polly Walker
Directors: Jim Gillespie
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Stallone plays a cop who comes undone after witnessing a brutal scene on the job. He checks into a rehab clinic that specializes in treating law enforcement officials. Soon, he finds that his fellow patients are being murdered one by one.

The Body (2001)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Germany | Israel | USA
Actors: Antonio Banderas | Olivia Williams | John Shrapnel | Derek Jacobi | Jason Flemyng | John Wood | Lillian Hurst | Makram Khoury | Vernon Dobtcheff | Ian McNeice | Muhamed Bakri | Yoav Dekelbaum | Sami Samir | Jordan Licht | Limor Goldstein
Directors: Jonas McCord
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An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man’s tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities test while risking their lives to unearth the truth

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Ben Affleck | Morgan Freeman | James Cromwell | Ken Jenkins | Liev Schreiber | Bruce McGill | John Beasley | Russell Bobbitt | Philip Baker Hall | Al Vandecruys | Richard Cohee | Philip Pretten | Alison Darcy | Richard Marner | Ostap Soroka
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson
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When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

The Thing (1982)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | Wilford Brimley | T.K. Carter | David Clennon | Keith David | Richard A. Dysart | Charles Hallahan | Peter Maloney | Richard Masur | Donald Moffat | Joel Polis | Thomas G. Waites | Norbert Weisser | Larry J. Franco | Nate Irwin
Directors: John Carpenter
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An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realises that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don’t know who may already have been taken over.