Posts Tagged ‘compassion’

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Edward Furlong | Robert Patrick | Earl Boen | Joe Morton | S. Epatha Merkerson | Castulo Guerra | Danny Cooksey | Jenette Goldstein | Xander Berkeley | Linda Hamilton | Ken Gibbel | Robert Winley | Peter Schrum
Directors: James Cameron
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Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.

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.

Oliver Twist (2005)

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: Czech Republic | France | Italy | UK
Actors: Barney Clark | Jeremy Swift | Ian McNeice | Richard Durden | Timothy Bateson | Andy de la Tour | Filip Hess | Andreas Papadopoulos | Laurie Athey | Joseph Tremain | Peter Copley | Andy Linden | John Nettleton | Tony Noble | Michael Heath
Directors: Roman Polanski
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Oliver Twist (Clark) is an orphan, who is soon kicked out of the orphanage and thrown into a terrible home. The bad treatment Oliver receives, forces him to run off to London. Here, he is soon picked up by the Artful Dodger (Eden) and taken to Fagin (Kingsley). Fagin treats Oliver well, but is it the life Oliver really wants?

Children of Men (2006)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Japan | UK | USA
Actors: Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi | Michelle Hussain | Rob Curling | Jon Chevalier | Rita Davies | Kim Fenton | Chris Gilbert | Phoebe Hawthorne | Rebecca Howard | Atalanta White | Laurence Woodbridge | Clive Owen | Maria McErlane | Michael Haughey | Paul Sharma
Directors: Alfonso Cuarón
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With this dystopian world ravished by war, paranoia and the frustrations of Man the Orwellian vision of Nineteen Eighty-Four, the totalitarian future is now complete and amongst us. With female fertility becoming obsolete, Man cannot reproduce, and no child has been born on the face of the planet for eighteen years. Man, and his future, is dying. Soon he shall be extinct. Theo, the beaten, downtrodden and middle-aged ex-political activist will, unwittingly, become involved in a war of an underground revolt. Here he is active once more, in the perilous journey across England’s Home Counties, with a young girl, Kee, who, to Theo’s bewilderment is pregnant. The first pregnant woman for more than eighteen years. This secret must be protected, at all cost, and mother and child must flee to the mysterious and enigmatic Human Project, across the seas. Their flight is a constant fight for survival. Who can be trusted? Who can keep a secret?

The New Guy (2002)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: DJ Qualls | Eliza Dushku | Zooey Deschanel | Jerod Mixon | Parry Shen | Lyle Lovett | Eddie Griffin | Sunny Mabrey | Ross Patterson | Matt Gogin | Horatio Sanz | Tony Hawk | Geoffrey Lewis | Charlie O'Connell | Gene Simmons
Directors: Ed Decter
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Dizzy Harrison is an unpopular, high school geek going through a hellish senior year. In an attempt to make a new identity for himself, Dizzy gets himself expelled from his high school, learns the technics of being cool from a prison inmate, and enrolls at a new high school under the alias Gil Harris, to make new friends where he soon gains respect from the jocks and geeks alike. Dizzy then gets noticed by the head cheerleader, Danielle, and helps the school football team gain self-respect to win games. But things unknowingly begin to turn sour when Danielle’s disgruntled boyfriend begins investigating into “Gil Harris’” past to uncover any dirt on him.

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.

Panic Room (2002)

Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jodie Foster | Kristen Stewart | Forest Whitaker | Dwight Yoakam | Jared Leto | Patrick Bauchau | Ann Magnuson | Ian Buchanan | Andrew Kevin Walker | Paul Schulze | Mel Rodriguez | Richard Conant | Paul Simon | Victor Thrash | Ken Turner
Directors: David Fincher
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After her divorce, Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah move into an old-fashioned house with one very modern addition: a “panic room” which is virtually impossible to break into, designed for refuge during a home invasion. In their first night in the house a trio of thieves do break in and Meg and Sarah rush into the panic room. However, the intruders are looking for something inside the panic room, and given the recent move the room’s hotline to the police hasn’t been hooked up yet. Worse, Sarah is diabetic and the room doesn’t contain any sugar…

House of Sand and Fog (2003)

Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Jennifer Connelly | Ben Kingsley | Ron Eldard | Frances Fisher | Kim Dickens | Shohreh Aghdashloo | Jonathan Ahdout | Navi Rawat | Carlos Gómez | Kia Jam | Jaleh Modjallal | Samira Damavandi | Matthew Simonian | Namrata Singh Gujral | Al Faris
Directors: Vadim Perelman
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Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant, has spent most of his savings trying to enhance his daughter’s chances of a good marriage. Once she is married, he spends the remaining funds on a house at an auction, unwittingly putting himself and his family in the middle of a legal tussle with the house’s former owner. What begins as a legal struggle turns into a personal confrontation, with tragic results.

Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Anthony Hopkins | Anton Yelchin | Hope Davis | Mika Boorem | David Morse | Alan Tudyk | Tom Bower | Celia Weston | Adam LeFevre | Will Rothhaar | Timothy Reifsnyder | Deirdre O'Connell | Terry Beaver | Joe T. Blankenship | Brett Fleisher
Directors: Scott Hicks
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This is a gentle, innocent film about the reflections of an aging man (David Morse), who returns to his home town after the death of his best friend. Memories of life at age 11 floods back as it was a magical time that changed his life. Three 11 year old children (Anton Yelchin as Bobby, Mika Boorem as Carol, and Will Rothaar as Sully) share their lives. Carol & Bobby have a special affection for one another including sharing a kiss “by which all others will be measured”. Bobby lives with his mother (Hope Davis), a bitter, vain woman who looks for pleasures for herself without sharing much with her son. Into their lives comes a mysterious new boarder (Anthony Hopkins), who befriends the boy but generates distrust from the mother. As time passes, the man and boy share confidences and special powers are revealed. The man warns the boy to be on the lookout for the “lowmen”, who were seeking him. The two share a summer’s adventures and come to love one another before the inevitable happens. A confrontation with a school bully (Timothy Reifsnyder) also changes everyone.

Mr. Deeds (2002)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Adam Sandler | Winona Ryder | John Turturro | Allen Covert | Peter Gallagher | Jared Harris | Erick Avari | Peter Dante | Conchata Ferrell | Harve Presnell | Steve Buscemi | Blake Clark | John McEnroe | J.B. Smoove | Tom McNulty
Directors: Steven Brill
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When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds. Of course, Deeds’ sincere naiveté has Babe falling in love with him instead. Ultimately, Deeds comes to find that money truly has the power to change things, but it doesn’t necessarily need to change him.