Posts Tagged ‘children’

The Others (2001)

Monday, March 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: France | Spain | USA
Actors: Nicole Kidman | Fionnula Flanagan | Christopher Eccleston | Alakina Mann | James Bentley | Eric Sykes | Elaine Cassidy | Renée Asherson | Gordon Reid | Keith Allen | Michelle Fairley | Alexander Vince | Ricardo López | Aldo Grilo
Directors: Alejandro Amenábar
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A woman named Grace (Kidman) is living with her two children Anne and Nicholas (Mann and Bentley) on an almost empty island in their huge mansion. Grace’s husband is a soldier in WWII and Grace has given her husband up for dead. Everything seems peaceful for her, but when three mysterious servants are given jobs at the house, terrifying secrets are unlocked that even Grace cannot handle.

In a Dark Place (2006)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Luxembourg | UK
Actors: Leelee Sobieski | Tara Fitzgerald | Christian Olson | Gabrielle Adam | Graham Pountney | Jonathan Fox | Thomas Sanne | Cleo Rotunno | Jean Schimdt | Patrice Ristic | Paul Schroeder | Chris Bearne | Gintare Parulyte
Directors: Donato Rotunno
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She thought she was their Guardian Angel, but was she really their Nanny from Hell? A chilling modern ghost story, inspired by a classic of the genre, In A Dark Place is the suspenseful, erotic story of a young woman fighting to redeem the souls of two children seduced by dark influences beyond the grave. Anna Veigh, a recently qualified art therapist and teacher, is finding work at her inner city special school a tougher psychological challenge than she can cope with. The offer of a new post minding two wealthy young orphans whilst their wealthy uncle is away on business seems a perfect escape for her. It is a welcome escape. Her new workplace is Bly House, a remote country estate with beautiful grounds and a small resident staff. Miles and Flora, the children, seem sweet and charming, if a little strange, and Anna thinks that she has really “landed on her feet” after the rigors of her previous job. The only fly in the ointment is the frosty estate manager, Miss Grose, who seems remote and unfriendly to the new arrival. Very soon, moreover, Anna makes disquieting discoveries. Miles, the boy, has been expelled from his school, for a sin so dreadful the headmaster will not even discuss it. Anna then learns that her predecessor in the job, one Miss Jessel, died in suspicious circumstances. To add to her unease, she begins to catch glimpses of unknown sinister figures lurking in the grounds, but nobody else admits to seeing them. Anna confronts the Miss Grose with her suspicions about these intruders, but is surprised by the force of Miss Grose’s reaction. The figures Anna describes are unmistakably those of two ex-employees at the house. The only problem is that these employees are dead. Anna senses that the ghostly manifestations are malevolent in their intent. Not only is the psychological welfare of the children in very real jeopardy, but their lives and their souls are also at risk. But Anna is forced to confront dark secrets buried deep in her own psyche as she fights to cleanse the children’s souls of darkness, with terrifying consequences for all concerned.

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 Tailor of Panama (2001)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Ireland | USA
Actors: Pierce Brosnan | Geoffrey Rush | Brendan Gleeson | Jamie Lee Curtis | Catherine McCormack |
Directors: John Boorman
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John LeCarre’s spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy (Pierce Brosnan) is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador’s mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor (Geoffrey Rush) with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal. But what the two do is concoct a tremendous fictional tale about former mercenaries who are ready to topple the current government and are willing to work with Britain and the US to do so.

When a Stranger Calls (2006)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Camilla Belle | Tommy Flanagan | Katie Cassidy | Tessa Thompson | Brian Geraghty | Clark Gregg | Derek de Lint | Kate Jennings Grant | David Denman | Arthur Young | Madeline Carroll | Steve Eastin | John Bobek | Brad Surosky | Karina Logue
Directors: Simon West
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A young high school student babysits for a very rich family. She begins to receive strange phone calls threatening the children. When she finally realizes that it’s not a joke, she calls the police, only to find that the call is coming from inside the house

Helter Skelter (2004)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Jeremy Davies | Clea DuVall | Allison Smith | Eric Dane | Mary Lynn Rajskub | Michael Weston | Hal Ozsan | Rick Gomez | Robert Joy | Graham Beckel | Chris Ellis | Isabella Hofmann | Robert Costanzo | Yvonne Delarosa | Crystal Rivers
Directors: John Gray
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A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Steve Martin | Bonnie Hunt | Piper Perabo | Tom Welling | Hilary Duff | Kevin Schmidt | Alyson Stoner | Jacob Smith | Forrest Landis | Liliana Mumy | Morgan York | Blake Woodruff | Brent Kinsman | Shane Kinsman | Carmen Electra | Eugene Levy
Directors: Adam Shankman
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Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy

Daddy Day Care (2003)

Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Eddie Murphy | Jeff Garlin | Steve Zahn | Regina King | Kevin Nealon | Jonathan Katz | Siobhan Fallon | Lisa Edelstein | Lacey Chabert | Laura Kightlinger | Leila Arcieri | Anjelica Huston | Khamani Griffin | Max Burkholder | Arthur Young
Directors: Steve Carr
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In the hilarious comedy Daddy Day Care, two fathers (Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin) lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon, the two dads open their own day care facility, “Daddy Day Care”, and employ some fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of caring for children. As “Daddy Day Care” starts to catch on, it launches them into a highly comedic rivalry with Chapman Academy’s tough-as-nails director (Anjelica Huston) …who has driven all previous competitors out of business.

Hocus Pocus (1993)

Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Bette Midler | Sarah Jessica Parker | Kathy Najimy | Omri Katz | Thora Birch | Vinessa Shaw | Amanda Shepherd | Larry Bagby | Tobias Jelinek | Stephanie Faracy | Charles Rocket | Doug Jones | Karyn Malchus | Sean Murray | Steve Voboril
Directors: Kenny Ortega
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More than 300 years ago, 3 witches were sentenced to die in Salem, Massachusetts and a boy was turned into a cat (a black cat, naturally). Now it’s Halloween, and the witches (who fly on [I kid you not] vacuum cleaners) are back. This time, they’ve got their eyes on immortal life and have turned their wrath on trick-or-treaters and it’s up to the 300-year-old cat to save the day.

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: David Spade | Mary McCormack | Craig Bierko | Scott Terra | Jenna Boyd | John Farley | Bobby Slayton | Michael Buffer | Fred Wolf | Alyssa Milano | Emmanuel Lewis | Joey Diaz | Kevin Grevioux | Brian Clark | Leif Garrett
Directors: Sam Weisman
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TV child star of the ’70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a family to help him replay his childhood and assume the identity of an average, everyday kid. Several folk who are also involved in Dickie’s special world include: Sidney, Dickie’s longtime friend and agent; Cyndi, his on-again, off-again girlfriend; Peggy, Dickie’s real mother; George, Dickie’s adopted father figure; and Grace, his adopted mother figure.