Posts Tagged ‘controversial’

Redacted (2007)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | War
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Sahar Alloul | Happy Anderson | Francois Caillaud | Patrick Carroll | Andrew Cullen | Rob Devaney | Izzy Diaz | Mike Figueroa | Qazi Freihat | Paul Hijazin | Suhail Abdel Hussein | Ty Jones | Dhiaa Kahlil | Yanal Kassay | Ohad Knoller
Directors: Brian De Palma
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A montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern forms of media covering the war.

The Kite Runner (2007)

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Khalid Abdalla | Atossa Leoni | Shaun Toub | Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada | Zekeria Ebrahimi | Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada | Mir Mahmood Shah Hashimi | Homayoun Ershadi | Nabi Tanha | Elham Ehsas | Bahram Ehsas | Tamim Nawabi | Mohamad Nabi Attai | Mohamad Nadir Sarwari | Mustafa Haidari
Directors: Marc Forster
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In the 70’s in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir’s father house, playing and kitting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassam to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father’s best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kitting, Hassam runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir’s kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam’s bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption.

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)

Friday, November 14th, 2008
Genres: Documentary
Countries: USA
Actors: Ben Stein | David Berlinski | Anderson Cooper | Richard Dawkins | William Dembski | Michael Egnor | Guillermo Gonzalez | Adolf Hitler | Nikita Khrushchev | Robert J. Marks II | Stephen Meyer | Stephen C. Meyer | Paul Zachary Myers | Paul Nelson | William Provine
Directors: Nathan Frankowski
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Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom … What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel! That rebel, Ben Stein (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) travels the world on his quest, and learns an awe-inspiring truth … that educators and scientists are being ridiculed, denied tenure and even fired – for the crime of merely believing that there might be evidence of design in nature, and that perhaps life is not just the result of accidental, random chance. To which Ben Says: Enough! And then gets busy. NOBODY messes with Ben.

Kids (1995)

Friday, November 14th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Leo Fitzpatrick | Sarah Henderson | Justin Pierce | Joseph Chan | Johnathan Staci Kim | Adriane Brown | Sajan Bhagat | Billy Valdes | Billy Waldeman | Javier Núñez | Luis Núñez | Christian Bruna | Alex Glen | Chloë Sevigny | Rosario Dawson
Directors: Larry Clark
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Disturbing, dark, low-budget independent film about teen-agers growing up in poverty in New York City. The story focuses on Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), a teen who has a goal to de-flower as many virgins as he can. When one of his old encounters discovers that she is H.I.V.-positive, after only one encounter with a guy, Telly remains undaunted.

The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Aaron Stanford | Kathleen Quinlan | Vinessa Shaw | Emilie de Ravin | Dan Byrd | Tom Bower | Billy Drago | Robert Joy | Ted Levine | Desmond Askew | Ezra Buzzington | Michael Bailey Smith | Laura Ortiz | Gregory Nicotero | Maisie Camilleri Preziosi
Directors: Alexandre Aja
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Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of the same name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. But their trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Government for nuclear testing that was intended to be empty…or so they thought? When the Carter’s car breaks down at the old site, they’re stranded…or are they? As the Carters may soon realize that what seemed like a car casually breaking down, might actually be a trap. This trap might be perpetrated by the inhabitants of the site who aren’t pulling a prank, but are out to set up a gruesome massacre.

RoboCop (1987)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Peter Weller | Nancy Allen | Dan O'Herlihy | Ronny Cox | Kurtwood Smith | Miguel Ferrer | Robert DoQui | Ray Wise | Felton Perry | Paul McCrane | Jesse D. Goins | Del Zamora | Calvin Jung | Rick Lieberman | Lee de Broux
Directors: Paul Verhoeven
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In a near future, the Motor City known as Detroit slowly becomes the spawn-ground for Crime as a gang of Cop Killers goes on the rise. Private organism, Omni Consomer Products (OCP) eventually seizes control of local law enforcement to ensure a secure an Urban pacification program. Just assigned to the Metro West Precint, Officer Alex Murphy is massacred to death by this gang, as his partner Anne Lewis is barely able to do nothing. At the same time, a young visionary executive, Bob Morton, seizes the chance when the ED-209 law enforcement Droid shows lack of perfection by killing a fellow executive to create the Perfect Cop. The near death Murphy is used as the subject. With his memories erased, he is resurrected as Robocop, the future of law enforcement. As he sweeps away with crime, case by case, he eventually becomes involved with the Cop Killing Gang, and Anne Lewis herself. All of this, triggering his dormant memories of his past life as he searches for who he really is, and uncover a conspiracy going deep in OCP with the Senior Vice President himself.

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.

Chasing Amy (1997)

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ethan Suplee | Ben Affleck | Scott Mosier | Jason Lee | Jason Mewes | Casey Affleck | Kevin Smith | Dwight Ewell | Joey Lauren Adams | Guinevere Turner | Carmen Lee | Brian O'Halloran | Matt Damon | Alexander Goebbel | Tony Torn | Rebecca Waxman | Paris Petrick
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Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything’s going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she’s a lesbian.

Rohtenburg (2006)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany
Actors: Keri Russell | Thomas Kretschmann | Thomas Huber | Rainier Meissner | Angelika Bartsch | Alexander Martschewski | Nils Dommning | Marcus Lucas | Pascal Andres | Stefan Gebelhoff | Jonas Gruber | Bojan Heyn | Nikolai Kinski | Jörg Reimers | André Reissig
Directors: Martin Weisz
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In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen’s and the thousands of people like him.

Postal (2007)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada | Germany | USA
Actors: Zack Ward | Dave Foley | Chris Coppola | Jackie Tohn | J.K. Simmons | Ralf Moeller | Verne Troyer | Chris Spencer | Larry Thomas | Michael Paré | Erick Avari | Lindsay Hollister | Brent Mendenhall | Rick Hoffman | Michael Benyaer
Directors: Uwe Boll
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The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but political figures as well.