Posts Tagged ‘cafe’

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Action | Comedy | Music | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: John Belushi | Dan Aykroyd | James Brown | Cab Calloway | Ray Charles | Aretha Franklin | Steve Cropper | Donald Dunn | Murphy Dunne | Willie Hall | Tom Malone | Lou Marini | Matt Murphy | Alan Rubin | Carrie Fisher
Directors: John Landis
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After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church stopped its support and will sell the place to the education authority, and the only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their “mission from god” they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?

Chariots of Fire (1981)

Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Genres: Drama | History | Sport
Countries: UK
Actors: Nicholas Farrell | Nigel Havers | Ian Charleson | Ben Cross | Daniel Gerroll | Ian Holm | John Gielgud | Lindsay Anderson | Nigel Davenport | Cheryl Campbell | Alice Krige | Dennis Christopher | Brad Davis | Patrick Magee | Peter Egan
Directors: Hugh Hudson
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The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a Sunday, refuses to run despite pressure from the Olympic committee. A compromise is reached when a nobleman allows Eric to compete in his 400 meter slot. Eric and Harold win their respective races and go on to achieve fame as missionary and businessman/athletic advocate, respectively.

The Client (1994)

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Susan Sarandon | Tommy Lee Jones | Mary-Louise Parker | Anthony LaPaglia | J.T. Walsh | Anthony Edwards | Brad Renfro | Will Patton | Bradley Whitford | Anthony Heald | Kim Coates | Kimberly Scott | David Speck | William H. Macy | Ossie Davis
Directors: Joel Schumacher
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A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry ‘The Blade’ Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of Senator Boyd Boyette is buried. Mark escapes, and Clifford shoots himself. Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says. Mark decides he needs a lawyer, and goes looking for one. He finds Reggie Love, who also becomes convinced that Mark knows more than he says, but Mark isn’t talking…

Roman Holiday (1953)

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Gregory Peck | Audrey Hepburn | Eddie Albert | Hartley Power | Harcourt Williams | Margaret Rawlings | Tullio Carminati | Paolo Carlini | Claudio Ermelli | Paola Borboni | Alfredo Rizzo | Laura Solari | Gorella Gori | Heinz Hindrich | John Horne
Directors: William Wyler
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Princess Anne embarks on a highly publicized tour of Europian capitals. When she and her royal entourage arrive in Rome, she begins to rebel against her restricted, regimented schedule. One night Anne sneaks out of her room, hops into the back of a delivery truck and escapes her luxurious confinement. However, a sedative she was forced to take earlier starts to take effect, and the princess is soon fast asleep on a public bench. She is found by Joe Bradley, an American newspaper reporter stationed in Rome. He takes her back to his apartment. The next morning Joe dashes off to cover the Princess Anne press conference, unaware that she is sleeping on his couch! Once he realizes his good fortune, Joe promises his editor an exclusive interview with the princess.

Of Human Bondage (1934)

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Leslie Howard | Bette Davis | Frances Dee | Kay Johnson | Reginald Denny | Alan Hale | Reginald Sheffield | Reginald Owen | Desmond Roberts | Harry Allen | Ray Atchley | Frank Baker | Douglas Gordon | Frankie Grandetta | Tommy Hughes
Directors: John Cromwell
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Abandoning artistic ambitions, sensitive and club-footed Philip Carey enrolls in medical school and falls in love with illiterate waitress Mildred Rogers. She rejects him, runs off with a salesman and returns unmarried and pregnant. Philip gets her an apartment and they become engaged. Mildred runs off with another medical student. Philip takes her back again when she returns with her baby. She wrecks his apartment and burns the securities he needs to pay tuition. He gets a job as a salesman, has surgery on his foot, receives an inheritance, and returns to school where he learns Mildred is dying.

American in Paris, An (1951)

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Genres: Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Gene Kelly | Leslie Caron | Oscar Levant | Georges Guétary | Nina Foch | The American In Paris Ballet | Robert Ames | Charles Bastin | Rodney Bieber | Dino Bolognese | Eugene Borden | Peter Camlin | Andre Charisse | Bill Chatham
Directors: Vincente Minnelli
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Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is “discovered” by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry’s art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist, while romantic complications abound.

Out of the Past (1947)

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Robert Mitchum | Jane Greer | Kirk Douglas | Rhonda Fleming | Richard Webb | Steve Brodie | Virginia Huston | Paul Valentine | Dickie Moore | Ken Niles | Brooks Benedict | Oliver Blake | Eumenio Blanco | Wesley Bly | Hubert Brill
Directors: Jacques Tourneur
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For the last three years, Jeff Bailey has been laying low and trying to live a normal life. He’s been running his own gas station but prior to that, had been a pretty good private detective. His last job had been for a gangster, Whit Sterling, who him to find Kathy Moffat, who just happens to have shot him, and recover the $40,000 she stole. Jeff found her in Mexico but fell in love with her. She eventually ran out on him and he decided it might be better if he found a new line of work. When one of Sterling’s henchmen happens to see him pumping gas, he’s summoned to the gangster’s Lake Tahoe estate. Sterling’s offer is quite simple: recover some incriminating tax files and all will be forgotten. Jeff soon realizes however that he’s being set up and framed for murder.

The Puffy Chair (2005)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Mark Duplass | Kathryn Aselton | Rhett Wilkins | Julie Fischer | Larry Duplass | Bari Hyman | Gerald Finnegan | Henry Barendse | Cindy Duplass | David Parsons | Jose Manuel Alvarado | Daniel Gonzalez | Ora Aselton | Bill Leighton | Jim Whalen
Directors: Jay Duplass
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Josh Sagers drives cross-country on a mission to deliver his father’s birthday gift - a giant purple LazyBoy.

Must Love Dogs (2005)

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Diane Lane | John Cusack | Elizabeth Perkins | Christopher Plummer | Dermot Mulroney | Stockard Channing | Ali Hillis | Brad William Henke | Julie Gonzalo | Glenn Howerton | Ben Shenkman | Jordana Spiro | Kirk Trutner | Victor Webster | Michael Spound
Directors: Gary David Goldberg
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The preschool teacher Sarah (Diane Lane) divorced from her beloved husband eight moths ago, but she is still very vulnerable and alone. Her family presses her to find a new Mr. Right, and her sister Carol (Elizabeth Perkins) puts her profile on the site PerfectMatch.com. She has blind dates with odd guys, but she particularly likes Jake (John Cusack), who divorced three months ago and still misses his former wife. Jake likes her too, but Sarah has one night stand with Bob (Dermot Mulroney), the father of one of her students, and Jake gives-up on her. Later Sarah finds that Jake is her perfect match.

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Monday, July 7th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: John Travolta | Karen Lynn Gorney | Barry Miller | Joseph Cali | Paul Pape | Donna Pescow | Bruce Ornstein | Julie Bovasso | Martin Shakar | Sam Coppola | Nina Hansen | Lisa Peluso | Denny Dillon | Bert Michaels | Robert Costanzo
Directors: John Badham
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Tony is an uneducated Brooklyn teenager. The highlight of his week is going to the local disco, where he is the king of the dancefloor. Tony meets Stephanie at the disco and they agree to dance together in a competition. Stephanie resists Tony’s attempts to romance her, as she aspires to greater things; she is moving across the river to Manhattan. Gradually, Tony also becomes disillusioned with the life he is leading and he and Stephanie decide to help one another to start afresh.