Posts Tagged ‘daughter’

Absolute Power (1997)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gene Hackman | Ed Harris | Laura Linney | Scott Glenn | Dennis Haysbert | Judy Davis | E.G. Marshall | Melora Hardin | Kenneth Welsh | Penny Johnson | Richard Jenkins | Mark Margolis | Elaine Kagan | Alison Eastwood
Directors: Clint Eastwood
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Luther Whitney is a professional thief, who only works occasionally. He is planning what is suppose to be his last job, and everything is going smoothly until some come in before he can leave. He hides in a secret room and from behind a one-way mirror sees that it’s the wife of the owner of the house he is robbing and another man. They are fooling around when the guy decides to liven things up by striking her, she get away but he corners her, she then grabs a letter opener and is about to stab him when he cries out for help when two men come in and shoot her dead. It seems that the man is Alan Richmond, the President of the United States and the two men are the secret service agents assigned to him. Later, a woman, Gloria Russell, who is his Chief of Staff enters and upon learning of what has happened, decides to cover it up and make it appear that she was killed by a burglar. After sanitizing the room, they are about to leave but they forget the letter opener, Whitney comes out of the room and takes it and makes his getaway but when they returned for the letter opener they discover Whitney and chase him but he gets away. The police investigate the murder and there are so many inconsistencies, which makes the investigator, Seth Frank suspect that something is going on. Frank then discovers that Whitney is a possible suspect but the only thing is that he doesn’t believe that Whitney is a killer. Whitney tries to leave town but when he learns just how corrupt and amoral Richmond is he decides to play mind games with him and the others. Richmond, at the same time, tells them that Whitney must be silenced permanently.

Meet Wally Sparks (1997)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Rodney Dangerfield | Debi Mazar | David Ogden Stiers | Burt Reynolds | Rita McKenzie | Lisa Thornhill | Mark L. Taylor | Cindy Williams | Gilbert Gottfried | Tony Danza | Karen Duffy | Eamonn Roche | Sir Mix a Lot | Michael Weatherly | Glenn Walker Harris Jr.
Directors: Peter Baldwin
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Wally Sparks is a tabloid TV show reporter who’s trying to boost ratings on his show. He goes to the governor’s mansion to uncover a sex scandal.

Puffball (2007)

Friday, November 14th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada | Ireland | UK
Actors: Kelly Reilly | Miranda Richardson | Rita Tushingham | Oscar Pearce | William Houston | Donald Sutherland | Leona Igoe | Tina Kellegher | Pat Deery | Ronald Daniels | Declan Reynolds | Dan Weldon | Elaine Gormley | Suzanne McAuley | Caoimhe McErlean
Directors: Nicolas Roeg
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Powerful supernatural forces are unleashed when a young architect (Kelly Reilly) becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated and mysterious valley to build a house. And when the neighbouring farmers take against the unborn child, it’s her very survival that is threatened.

Poltergeist (1982)

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Craig T. Nelson | JoBeth Williams | Beatrice Straight | Dominique Dunne | Oliver Robins | Heather O'Rourke | Michael McManus | Virginia Kiser | Martin Casella | Richard Lawson | Zelda Rubinstein | Lou Perryman | Clair E. Leucart | James Karen | Dirk Blocker
Directors: Tobe Hooper
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While living an an average family house in a pleasant neighborhood, the youngest daughter of the Freeling family, Carol Anne (Heather O’Rourke), seems to be connecting with the supernatural through a dead channel on the televison. It is not for long when the mysterious beings enter the house’s walls. At first seeming like harmless ghosts, they play tricks and amuse the family, but they take a nasty turn- they horrify the family to death with angry trees and murderous dolls, and finally abduct Carol Anne into her bedroom closet, which seems like the entrance to the other side.

The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

Friday, July 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Hanks | Bruce Willis | Saul Rubinek | Morgan Freeman | John Hancock | Kevin Dunn | Clifton James | Louis Giambalvo | Barton Heyman | Norman Parker | Donald Moffat | Alan King | Kurt Fuller | Adam LeFevre | Richard Libertini
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Financial “Master of the Universe” Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a black boy with his car. When yellow journalist Peter Fallow enflames public opinion with a series of distorted tabloid articles on the accident, the case is seized upon by opportunists like Reverend Bacon and mayoral candidate D.A. Abe Weiss.

Species III (2004)

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Robin Dunne | Robert Knepper | John Paul Pitoc | Michael Warren | Christopher Neame | Joel Stoffer | James Leo Ryan | Reed Frerichs | Marc D. Wilson | Matthew Yang King | Christopher R. Gillum | Billy Bacon | Jim Cody Williams | Mark Zecca | Sean Ching
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While being transported in a military ambulance and supposed dead, Eve delivers an offspring and is killed by a half-breed. The baby girl is abducted by Dr. Abbot, and a couple of days later she grows up, reaching adulthood and becoming a gorgeous young woman called Sara. Dr. Abbot expects to develop a perfect DNA using Sara’s eggs and win the Nobel Prize, and invites the student Dean to be his assistant and share his research and future awards. But while Sara unsuccessfully chases a perfect mate for her to generate a perfect being, the flawed half-breeds leaded by Amelia try to reproduce with her to survive their species.

Tightrope (1984)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Clint Eastwood | Dan Hedaya | Marco St. John | Graham Paul | Bill Holliday | John Wilmot | Joy N. Houck Jr. | Stuart Baker-Bergen | Donald Barber | Robert Harvey | Ron Gural | Layton Martens | Richard Charles Boyle | Jonathan Sachar | Lionel Ferbos
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A New Orleans detective is leading an investigation into a killer who is raping and murdering women. His enquiries lead him into the seedy side of town where he is no stranger off-duty. All this contrasts with his home life as a single parent with two young girls. Then on the case he meets rape counsellor Beryl Thibodeaux with whom a relationship possibly offering some normalcy starts to develop.

Pale Rider (1985)

Friday, March 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael Moriarty | Carrie Snodgress | Chris Penn | Richard Dysart | Sydney Penny | Richard Kiel | Doug McGrath | John Russell | Charles Hallahan | Marvin J. McIntyre | Fran Ryan | Richard Hamilton | Graham Paul | Chuck Lafont
Directors: Clint Eastwood
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Clint Eastwood is a mysterious preacher who comes to a gold mining camp near a small town in the mountains. The miners are in grave danger as a ruthless landowner decides to take their land, with the support of the sheriff. The only one who seems brave enough to save them is this preacher who came from nowhere and nobody knows his past or his real name. Why is the sheriff afraid of him? Why is he such a good shooter? Is he really a preacher?

Don’t Look Now (1973)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Italy | UK
Actors: Julie Christie | Donald Sutherland | Hilary Mason | Clelia Matania | Massimo Serato | Renato Scarpa | Giorgio Trestini | Leopoldo Trieste | David Tree | Ann Rye | Nicholas Salter | Sharon Williams | Bruno Cattaneo | Adelina Poerio
Directors: Nicolas Roeg
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John and Laura Baxter are living in Venice when they meet a pair of elderly sisters, one of whom claims to be psychic. She insists that she sees the spirit of the Baxters’ daughter, who recently drowned. Laura is intrigued, but John resists the idea. He, however, seems to have his own psychic flashes, seeing their daughter walk the streets in her red cloak, as well as Laura and the sisters on a funeral gondola.

The Host (2006)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: South Korea
Actors: Kang-ho Song | Hie-bong Byeon | Hae-il Park | Ah-sung Ko | Du-na Bae | David Joseph Anselmo | Philip Hersh | Paul Lazar | Clinton Morgan | Dal-su Oh | No-shik Park | Brian Rhee | Scott Wilson | Pil-Sung Yim
Directors: Joon-ho Bong
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The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. Park runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, but maybe a bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong’s elder son Gang-du is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago. Nam-il is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du’s daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears. All the family members are in a great agony because they lost someone very dear to them. But when they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her.