Posts Tagged ‘foreigner’

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.

The Railway Children (2000)

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Genres: Family
Countries: UK
Actors: Jack Blumenau | Clare Thomas | Jemima Rooper | Jenny Agutter | Michael Kitchen | Valerie Minifie | Melanie Clark Pullen | Georgie Glen | Gregor Fisher | Amanda Walker | Clive Russell | Richard Attenborough | David Bamber | Jane Wood | Ian Gain
Directors: Catherine Morshead
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The film opens in a happy, comfortable upper middle-class home in Victorian London. One night the three children see their father usher two strangers into his study. After an argument he leaves with them and does not return. They and their mother fall on hard times and eventually move to a cottage in the country. Yet they keep their spirits up and find ways to help others. Fascinated by the nearby railroad, they wave to the passengers faithfully every day, and their vigilance and courage prevent an accident. Their kindness makes friends of some important people who can help solve the mystery of their missing father.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Harrison Ford | Kate Capshaw | Jonathan Ke Quan | Amrish Puri | Roshan Seth | Philip Stone | Roy Chiao | David Yip | Rick Young | Chua Kahjoo | Rex Ngui | Philip Tan | Dan Aykroyd | Dr. Akio Mitamura | Michael Yama
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Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is back in action in the 2nd Indy film. He teams up with a night club singer and a 12 year old named Short Round. They end up in an Indian village, where the people believe evil spirits have taken their children away after a sacred stone was stolen. Indiana agrees to try and retrieve the stone for the villagers.

The Last Samurai (2003)

Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: Japan | New Zealand | USA
Actors: Shin Koyamada | Ken Watanabe | Tom Cruise | William Atherton | Chad Lindberg | Ray Godshall Sr. | Billy Connolly | Tony Goldwyn | Masato Harada | Masashi Odate | John Koyama | Timothy Spall | Shichinosuke Nakamura | Togo Igawa | Satoshi Nikaido | Shintaro Wada
Directors: Edward Zwick
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In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial Omura cabinet’s first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy and even refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded Algren’s courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto spare his life; once nursed to health he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and participates as advisor in Katsumoto’s failed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressive laws enacted- he must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of the embittered sides when the conflict returns to the battlefield…