Posts Tagged ‘courtroom’

Mrs. Harris (2005)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Annette Bening | Ben Kingsley | Cloris Leachman | Lawrence O'Donnell | Frank Whaley | Bill Smitrovich | Frances Fisher | Michael Gross | Ronald Guttman | John Patrick Amedori | Brad McCoy | John Rubinstein | Brett Butler | Lee Garlington | Ellen Burstyn
Directors: Phyllis Nagy
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Fact-based story about Jean Harris (Annette Bening), a woman who was accused of murdering famed Scarsdale Diet Dr. Herman (Hi) Tarnower (Ben Kingsley) after being in a relationship with him for 14 years. Depicted as a womanizer, Dr. Tarnower had earlier asked Mrs. Harris, a divorced school teacher, to marry him. But when faced with upcoming nuptials, he backed out. The story depicts Mrs. Harris as a distraught and obsessive woman who may have been suffering from some mental illness and based on a note sent to the doctor, may have been suicidal at the time of the murder. She contended that Dr. Tarnower was shot while the two wrestled with a gun she was going to use to kill herself. Contains profanity and sexual situations, including implied masturbation.

Liar Liar (1997)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Jim Carrey | Maura Tierney | Justin Cooper | Cary Elwes | Anne Haney | Jennifer Tilly | Amanda Donohoe | Jason Bernard | Swoosie Kurtz | Mitch Ryan | Christopher Mayer | Eric Pierpoint | Randall 'Tex' Cobb | Cheri Oteri | SW Fisher
Directors: Tom Shadyac
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The truth shall set you free — or get you into a heap of trouble! Fletcher Reede (Carrey) is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max (Justin Cooper) blows out the candles on his fifth birthday cake, he has just one wish — that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max’s wish miraculously comes true, Fletcher discovers that his biggest asset — his mouth — has suddenly become his biggest liability! Havoc ensues as Fletcher tries to keep his practice afloat and his ex-wife Audrey (Maura Tierney) from taking their son and moving to Boston. Co-starring Jennifer Tilly, Swoosie Kurtz, Amanda Donohoe and Cary Elwes.

Her Alibi (1989)

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Selleck | Paulina Porizkova | William Daniels | James Farentino | Hurd Hatfield | Ronald Guttman | Victor Argo | Patrick Wayne | Tess Harper | Bill Smitrovich | Bobo Lewis | Jane Welch | Austin Hay | W. Benson Terry | Joan Copeland
Directors: Bruce Beresford
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A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers’ block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows more and more interesting abilities (such as knife throwing) he begins to doubt his first assessment. He is still falling for her, but more and more nervous as time passes, and there are more close calls with death on his part.

Jagged Edge (1985)

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Glenn Close | Maria Mayenzet | Jeff Bridges | Peter Coyote | Dave Austin | Richard Partlow | Lance Henriksen | William Allen Young | Ben Hammer | James Karen | Sanford Jensen | Woody Eney | Al Ruscio | Sharon Hanian | Sarah Cunningham
Directors: Richard Marquand
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San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn’t handled a criminal case for many years. There’s a certain chemistry between them and Teddy soon finds herself defending the man she loves.

Carlito’s Way (1993)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Al Pacino | Sean Penn | Penelope Ann Miller | John Leguizamo | Ingrid Rogers | Luis Guzmán | James Rebhorn | Joseph Siravo | Viggo Mortensen | Richard Foronjy | Jorge Porcel | Frank Minucci | Adrian Pasdar | John Ortiz | Ángel Salazar
Directors: Brian De Palma
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Carlito Brigante is released from jail after serving five years of a much longer stretch. He vows to go straight and to live life as a fine, upstanding citizen. He even rekindles a romance with his ex-lover. However, Carlito’s associates cannot seem to leave him in peace…his nephew involves him a pool-room gunfight, his lawyer asks him for “favours” which spiral out of control, and even an old friend (now a wheelchair bound paraplegic) tries to get him into trouble with the law. Carlito decides to make a run for Florida and the promise of a new life, but has one final dramatic escape to make from some hoods who believe (wrongly) that he was behind the murder of their boss.

The Prestige (2006)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Hugh Jackman | Christian Bale | Michael Caine | Piper Perabo | Rebecca Hall | Scarlett Johansson | Samantha Mahurin | David Bowie | Andy Serkis | Daniel Davis | Jim Piddock | Christopher Neame | Mark Ryan | Roger Rees | Jamie Harris
Directors: Christopher Nolan
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A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy — full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce enemies-for-life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them. Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London.

Traffic (2000)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Benicio Del Toro | Jacob Vargas | Andrew Chavez | Michael Saucedo | Tomas Milian | Jose Yenque | Emilio Rivera | Michael O'Neill | Michael Douglas | Russell G. Jones | Lorene Hetherington | Eric Collins | Beau Holden | Peter Stader | James Lew
Directors: Steven Soderbergh
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A modern day look at America’s war on drugs told through four separate stories that are connected in one way or another. A conservative politician who’s just been appointed as the US drug czar learns that his daughter is a drug addict. A trophy wife struggles to save her husband’s drug business, while two DEA agents protect a witness with inside knowledge of the spouse’s business. In Mexico, a corrupt, yet dedicated cop struggles with his conscience when he learns that his new boss may not be the anti-drug official he made himself out to be.

The Untouchables (1987)

Friday, September 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Costner | Sean Connery | Charles Martin Smith | Andy Garcia | Robert De Niro | Richard Bradford | Jack Kehoe | Brad Sullivan | Billy Drago | Patricia Clarkson | Vito D'Ambrosio | Steven Goldstein | Peter Aylward | Don Harvey | Robert Swan
Directors: Brian De Palma
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Federal agent Elliot Ness assembles a personal team of mob fighters to bring Chicago crime boss Al Capone to justice using unconventional means during the mob wars of the 1920s. This fictionalized account of the arrest of Al Capone is heavy on style and gunfire. The end shootout combines a baby carriage and stairs with a nod to Eisenstein’s _The Battleship Potemkin_.

Defending Your Life (1991)

Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael Ahl | Meryl Streep | James Eckhouse | Gary Beach | Julie Cobb | Peter Schuck | Time Winters | Rip Torn | Sharlie Stuart | Beth Black | Clayton Norcross | Jim McKrell | Wil Albert | Sage Allen
Directors: Albert Brooks
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Yuppie Daniel Miller is killed in a car accident and goes to Judgment City, a waiting room for the afterlife. During the day, he must prove in a courtroom-style process that he successfully overcame his fears (a hard task, given the pitiful life we are shown); at night, he falls in love with Julia, the only other young person in town. Nights are a time of hedonistic pleasure, since you can (for instance) eat all you want without getting fat.

Baby Mama (2008)

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Amy Poehler | Tina Fey | Greg Kinnear | Dax Shepard | Romany Malco | Sigourney Weaver | Steve Martin | Maura Tierney | Stephen Mailer | Holland Taylor | James Rebhorn | Denis O'Hare | Kevin Collins | Will Forte | Fred Armisen
Directors: Michael McCullers
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Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she’s finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. Simple enough … After learning from the steely head of their surrogacy center that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But the executive’s well-organized strategy is turned upside down when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby’s arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-war, they’ll discover two kinds of family: the one you’re born to and the one you make.