Posts Tagged ‘fish-out-of-water’

Michael (1996)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: John Travolta | Andie MacDowell | William Hurt | Bob Hoskins | Robert Pastorelli | Jean Stapleton | Teri Garr | Wallace Langham | Joey Lauren Adams | Carla Gugino | Tom Hodges | Catherine Lloyd Burns | Richard Schiff | Calvin Trillin | Donald J. Lee Jr.
Directors: Nora Ephron
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Frank Quinlan and Huey Driscoll, two reporters from a Chicago-based tabloid, along with Dorothy Winters, an ‘angel expert’, are asked to travel to rural Iowa to investigate a claim from an old woman that she shares her house with a real, live archangel named Michael. Upon arrival, they see that her claims are true - but Michael is not what they expected: he smokes, drinks beer, has a very active libido and has a rather colourful vocabulary. In fact, they would never believe it were it not for the two feathery wings protruding from his back. Michael agrees to travel to Chicago with the threesome, but what they don’t realise is that the journey they are about to undertake will change their lives forever.

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

Friday, November 28th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Australia
Actors: Magda Szubanski | James Cromwell | Mary Stein | Mickey Rooney | Elizabeth Daily | Danny Mann | Glenne Headly | Steven Wright | James Cosmo | Nathan Kress | Myles Jeffrey | Stanley Ralph Ross | Russi Taylor | Adam Goldberg | Eddie Barth
Directors: George Miller
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After Babe’s great victory in the shepherding contest, Farmer Arthur Hoggett turns down all offers to make money with his pig’s talents. But when he gets hurt severely in the well, his wife has to take up farming. She does her best but cannot meet the bank’s requirements, which results in the necessity of getting back to Babe. Soon, Esme Hoggett is sitting in a plane headed for “the” city. There, Babe unwillingly causes deep trouble. He has to stay with Mrs. Hoggett in the only hotel in town that accepts pets. Friendly neighbours send officials who catch all animals from the hotel: Cats, dogs, chimpanzees and many others. Babe, who managed to stay free, decides to help his new friends and gets unexpected help - not only by Ferdinand, who flew all the way to the city.

The Freshman (1990)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Marlon Brando | Matthew Broderick | Bruno Kirby | Penelope Ann Miller | Frank Whaley | Jon Polito | Paul Benedict | Richard Gant | Kenneth Welsh | Pamela Payton-Wright | B.D. Wong | Maximilian Schell | Bert Parks | Tex Konig | Leonardo Cimino
Directors: Andrew Bergman
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Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine “Jimmy the Toucan” Sabatini, an “importer” bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. When Sabatini makes Clark an offer he can’t refuse, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.

Mr. Baseball (1992)

Friday, November 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance | Sport
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Tom Selleck | Ken Takakura | Aya Takanashi | Dennis Haysbert | Toshi Shioya | Kosuke Toyohara | Toshizo Fujiwara | Mak Takano | Kenji Morinaga | Joh Nishimura | Norihide Goto | Kensuke Toita | Naoki Fuji | Takanobu Hozumi | Leon Lee
Directors: Fred Schepisi
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A Major Leaguer down on his percentages gets traded to the Chuunichi Dragons , and has trouble adjusting to Japanese customs. He resists what he considers ridiculous and arbitrary rules of the club and belittles the etiquette expected of him as a representative of his team. When he starts seeing the interactions of his coach with the owners of the team, and falls in love with his trainer’s daughter, he begins to rethink his attitude.

Uncle Buck (1989)

Friday, September 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: John Candy | Jean Louisa Kelly | Gaby Hoffmann | Macaulay Culkin | Amy Madigan | Elaine Bromka | Garrett M. Brown | Laurie Metcalf | Jay Underwood | Brian Tarantina | Mike Starr | Suzanne Shepherd | William Windom | Dennis Cockrum | Joel Robinson
Directors: John Hughes
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Bob Russel, his wife Cindy Russel, and their three kids, 8-year-old Miles, 6-year old Maizy, and 15-year-old Tia, recently moved from Indianapolis to Chicago, and Tia resents Bob and Cindy for it because Tia, Miles, and Maizy were perfectly happy living in Indianapolis. Bob and Cindy are in bed one night when Cindy’s aunt calls and tells them that Cindy’s father has had a heart attack. Bob and Cindy immediately make plans to go to Indianapolis to visit Cindy’s father. After hearing this, Tia angrily tells Cindy that Tia would have a heart attack too if her family moved away from her, then Tia slams her bedroom door in Cindy’s face. With Cindy and Bob going to Indianapolis, the problem is who the babysitter will be. Even though Cindy doesn’t like the idea, they choose Bob’s brother Buck to babysit Tia, Miles, and Maizy. Cindy doesn’t like Buck because she thinks Buck is a sloppy person who doesn’t know how to do anything. While Cindy and Bob are in Indianapolis, Buck takes over the house, and Buck tries to do the best he can with the kids while he’s having problems with Chanice Kobolowski, who has been his girlfriend for the past 8 years. Buck bonds with Miles and Maizy and wins their love, but Buck has problems with Tia as he tries to protect Tia from her boyfriend Bug, because unknown to Tia, Bug only wants Tia for one reason sex.

The 13th Warrior (1999)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Diane Venora | Antonio Banderas | Vladimir Kulich | Dennis Storhoi | Daniel Southern | Neil Maffin | John DeSantis | Clive Russell | Mischa Hausserman | Oliver Sveinall | Asbjørn 'Bear' Riis | Richard Bremmer | Tony Curran | Albie Woodington | Omar Sharif | Erick Avari
Directors: John McTiernan | Michael Crichton
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In AD 922, an important emissary who is banished from his homeland. The nomadic outcast comes across a band of Norse warriors who coerce him into joining them when they are summoned to fight mysterious creatures legendary for consuming every living thing in their path. Eventually surrounded by the frightening and ferocious foe, Ibn must conquer his personal fears and help battle the illusive invaders—who emerge out of the shroud of fog in the black of the night.

We’re No Angels (1989)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Robert De Niro | Sean Penn | Hoyt Axton | Bruno Kirby | Ray McAnally | James Russo | Wallace Shawn | John C. Reilly | Jay Brazeau | Ken Buhay | Bill Murdoch | Frank C. Turner | Matthew Walker | Sean Hoy | Lloyd Berry
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A couple of escaped convicts on the run find refuge with the Church when they are mistaken for two priests. The two are keen to flee but are unable to do so without the help of Molly.

The Jungle Book (1994)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jason Scott Lee | Cary Elwes | Lena Headey | Sam Neill | John Cleese | Jason Flemyng | Stefan Kalipha | Ron Donachie | Anirudh Agarwal | Faran Tahir | Sean Naegeli | Joanna Wolff | Liza Walker | Rachel Robertson | Natalie Morse
Directors: Stephen Sommers
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A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of Mowgoli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the “civilization” of Colonial India which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are.

First Blood (1982)

Monday, April 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Sylvester Stallone | Richard Crenna | Brian Dennehy | Bill McKinney | Jack Starrett | Michael Talbott | Chris Mulkey | John McLiam | Alf Humphreys | David Caruso | David L. Crowley | Don MacKay | Charles A. Tamburro | David Petersen | Craig Huston
Directors: Ted Kotcheff
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John Rambo is a disoriented Vietnam Vet. He is hitchhiking from town to town to see friends from the war. A sheriff tries to make him leave town and when he refuses, arrests him for vagrancy. While in jail, a deputy takes delight in abusing him. Rambo escapes showing his old Vietnam fighting skills and takes to the woods as the sheriff and deputies try and find him in his element. Things get out of hand as Colonel Trautman Rambo’s old commander appears to shed light on the situation.

Decoys (2004)

Friday, April 11th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: Canada
Actors: Corey Sevier | Stefanie von Pfetten | Kim Poirier | Elias Toufexis | Meghan Ory | Enis Esmer | Krista Morin | Marc Trottier | Carrie Colak | Richard Burgi | Nicole Eggert | Don Hastings | Sarah Smyth | Leah Graham | Mike Lobel
Directors: Matthew Hastings
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Luke and Roger are just another couple of college guys trying to lose their virginity. But when Luke sees something unusual, he begins to suspect that the girls on campus aren’t exactly…human.