Posts Tagged ‘car-trouble’

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?

11:14 (Eleven Fourteen, The Movie) (2003)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Henry Thomas | Blake Heron | Barbara Hershey | Clark Gregg | Hilary Swank | Shawn Hatosy | Stark Sands | Colin Hanks | Ben Foster | Patrick Swayze | Rachael Leigh Cook | Jason Segel | Rick Gomez
Directors: Greg Marcks
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In Middletown, at 11:14 PM, two cars accidents happen at the same time, affecting the lives of five different groups of people. A drunken driver hits a man in a lonely road near a bridge; three young men hits a woman with a van, one of the passenger has a severed penis while another man on the road shoots them; a young man robs a convenience store, with the support of the clerk; a man finds a body in a cemetery and gets rid off it; and a young woman pretending to be pregnant tries to raise money for an abortion. All of these characters and their fates are very connected.

The Karate Kid (1984)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Ralph Macchio | Pat Morita | Martin Kove | William Zabka | Ron Thomas | Rob Garrison | Chad McQueen | Tony O'Dell | Israel Juarbe | William Bassett | Larry B. Scott | Frank Burt Avalon | Jeff Fishman | Ken Daly | Tom Fridley
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Daniel is new in town, and is getting picked on by the local bullies, who all are adept in karate. Determined to stick up for himself, Daniel begins to teach himself karate, only to discover that the caretaker at his apartment seems to be a grand master in karate. Agreeing to teach Daniel, Mr. Miyagi shows Daniel that there is more to karate than violence, and perhaps the best way to solve the problem he has with the bullies is in the All Valley Karate Championship.

Taps (1981)

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: George C. Scott | Timothy Hutton | Ronny Cox | Sean Penn | Tom Cruise | Brendan Ward | Evan Handler | John P. Navin Jr. | Billy Van Zandt | Giancarlo Esposito | Donald Kimmel | Tim Wahrer | Tim Riley | Jeff Rochlin | Rusty Jacobs
Directors: Harold Becker
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An announcement that the venerable Bunker Hill Military Academy, a 141 year old institute, is to be torn down and replaced with condos sets off the young cadets led by their stodgy commander (George C. Scott). Under the command of a student cadet major (Timothy Hutton), the cadets seize the campus, refuse entry of the construction crews and ultimately confront the real military.

The Ice Harvest (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: John Cusack | Billy Bob Thornton | Connie Nielsen | Lara Phillips | Randy Quaid | Bill Noble | Oliver Platt | Brad Smith | Ned Bellamy | Mike Starr | T.J. Jagodowski | Meghan Maureen McDonough | Tab Baker | William Dick | David Pasquesi
Directors: Harold Ramis
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A wickedly funny thriller that takes moviegoers on a wild ride brimming with larceny, lust and lethal behavior. In icebound Wichita, Kansas, it’s Christmas Eve, and this year Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) just might have something to celebrate. Charlie, an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, and his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton) have just successfully embezzled $2 million from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). But the real prize for Charlie is the stunning Renata (Connie Nielsen), who runs the Sweet Cage strip club. Charlie hopes to slip out of town with Renata. But as daylight fades and an ice storm whirls, everyone from Charlie’s drinking buddy Pete Van Heuten (Oliver Platt) to the local police begin to wonder just what exactly is in Charlie’s Christmas stocking - and the 12 hours of Christmas Eve are filled with surprises.

The Queen (2006)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: France | Italy | UK
Actors: Helen Mirren | James Cromwell | Alex Jennings | Roger Allam | Sylvia Syms | Tim McMullan | Robin Soans | Lola Peploe | Douglas Reith | Joyce Henderson | Pat Laffan | Amanda Hadingue | John McGlynn | Gray O'Brien | Dolina MacLennan
Directors: Stephen Frears
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The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public’s demand for an overt display of mourning.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Steve Martin | John Candy | Laila Robins | Michael McKean | Kevin Bacon | Dylan Baker | Carol Bruce | Olivia Burnette | Diana Douglas | Martin Ferrero | Larry Hankin | Richard Herd | Susan Kellerman | Matthew Lawrence | Edie McClurg
Directors: John Hughes
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All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, Shower Curtain Ring Salesman and all-around blabbermouth, who is never short of advice, conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal….

Scanner Darkly, A (2006)

Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Genres: Animation | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rory Cochrane | Robert Downey Jr. | Mitch Baker | Keanu Reeves | Sean Allen | Cliff Haby | Steven Chester Prince | Winona Ryder | Natasha Valdez | Mark Turner | Woody Harrelson | Chamblee Ferguson | Angela Rawna | Eliza Stevens | Sarah Menchaca
Directors: Richard Linklater
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The L.A. of a not-too-distant future suffers a surge of drug abuse involving a new ultra-addictive and eventually brain-damaging substance simply named “D”. Bob Arctor is an undercover narc leading a double life, dutifully reporting to his superiors while effectively having abandoned whatever normal existence he had for a “D” user/dealer career. But this schizophrenic situation and the drug-induced memory and concentration lapses put Bob under mounting stress.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jessica Biel | Mike Vogel | Eric Balfour | Andrew Bryniarski | Erica Leerhsen | Lauren German | Terrence Evans | Marietta Marich | Heather Kafka | Kathy Lamkin | Brad Leland | Mamie Meek
Directors: Marcus Nispel
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A group of college kids, on their way back from scoring drugs in Mexico, run into a hitchhiker who has just survived a horrific massacre from the night before. They try to help the girl, but in the process end up falling prey to her mysterious fear. It happens to be wielding a chainsaw…

The Life of David Gale (2003)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Kate Winslet | Cleo King | Constance Jones | Kevin Spacey | Laura Linney | Lee Ritchey | Gabriel Mann | Matt Craven | Brandy Little | Cindy Waite | Jim Beaver | Leon Rippy | Jesse De Luna | Vernon Grote | Rhona Mitra
Directors: Alan Parker
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Dr. David Gale, an advocate of eliminating the death penalty, is falsely accused of rape and murder. Once convicted, he ends up on death row in Texas himself, telling his story to a reporter through a series of flashbacks.