Posts Tagged ‘orphan’

Hannibal Rising (2007)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | France | Italy | UK
Actors: Aaran Thomas | Gaspard Ulliel | Li Gong | Helena-Lia Tachovská | Richard Leaf | Dominic West | Rhys Ifans | Michele Wade | Richard Brake | Martin Hub | Kevin McKidd | Ingeborga Dapkunaite | Joerg Stadler | Stephen Walters | Ivan Marevich
Directors: Peter Webber
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Based on Thomas Harris’ book of the same name, this prequel shows a young Hannibal Lecter in three different phases of his life from childhood in Lithuania to his ten years in England up to his time in Russia before his capture by FBI agent Will Graham in Red Dragon.

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Thriller | War
Countries: Italy | South Africa | UK | USA
Actors: Xolani Mali | Don Cheadle | Desmond Dube | Hakeem Kae-Kazim | Tony Kgoroge | Rosie Motene | Neil McCarthy | Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole | Nick Nolte | Fana Mokoena | Jeremiah Ndlovu | Sophie Okonedo | Lebo Mashile | Antonio David Lyons | Leleti Khumalo
Directors: Terry George
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Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda–and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages.

Babe (1995)

Friday, November 28th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Christine Cavanaugh | Miriam Margolyes | Danny Mann | Hugo Weaving | Miriam Flynn | Russi Taylor | Evelyn Krape | Michael Edward-Stevens | Charles Bartlett | Paul Livingston | Roscoe Lee Browne | James Cromwell | Magda Szubanski | Zoe Burton | Paul Goddard
Directors: Chris Noonan
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Farmer Hoggett wins a runt piglet at a local fair and young Babe, as the piglet decides to call himself, befriends and learns about all the other creatures on the farm. He becomes special friends with one of the sheepdogs, Fly. With Fly’s help, and Farmer Hoggett’s intuition, Babe embarks on a career in sheepherding with some surprising and spectacular results.

10,000 BC (2008)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Steven Strait | Camilla Belle | Cliff Curtis | Joel Virgel | Affif Ben Badra | Mo Zinal | Nathanael Baring | Mona Hammond | Marco Khan | Reece Ritchie | Joel Fry | Omar Sharif | Kristian Beazley | Junior Oliphant | Louise Tu'u
Directors: Roland Emmerich
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A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter named D’Leh’s journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. When a band of mysterious horse-riding warlords raid the Yaghal camp and kidnaps his heart’s desire - the beautiful Evolet along with many others, D’Leh is forced to lead a small group of hunters south to pursue the warlords to the end of the world to save her. Driven by destiny, the unlikely band of warriors must battle saber-toothed cats and terror birds in the Levant.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: John Cleese | Alan Rickman | Rupert Grint | Emma Watson | Daniel Radcliffe | Maggie Smith | Robbie Coltrane | Saunders Triplets | Richard Harris | Fiona Shaw | Harry Melling | Richard Griffiths | Derek Deadman | Ian Hart | Ben Borowiecki | Warwick Davis | Verne Troyer | John Hurt | Richard Bremmer
Directors: Chris Columbus
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series based off the novels by J.K. Rowling. It is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted.

Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Martin Lawrence | James Earl Jones | Cedric the Entertainer | Michael Clarke Duncan | Mike Epps | Damani Roberts | Louis C.K. | Brandin Jenkins | Reginald Davis Jr. | Gus Hoffman | Affion Crockett | Robin McGee | Werner Richmond | Rich Medina | Ted Ferguson
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A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South.

Superhero Movie (2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Drake Bell | Christopher McDonald | Leslie Nielsen | Kevin Hart | Ryan Hansen | Keith David | Brent Spiner | Robert Joy | Jeffrey Tambor | Robert Hays | Sam Cohen | Tracy Morgan | Craig Bierko | Richard Tillman | Simon Rex
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Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.

The Secret Garden (1993)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Kate Maberly | Heydon Prowse | Andrew Knott | Maggie Smith | Laura Crossley | John Lynch | Walter Sparrow | Irène Jacob | Frank Baker | Valerie Hill | Andrea Pickering | Peter Moreton | Arthur Spreckley | Colin Bruce | Parsan Singh
Directors: Agnieszka Holland
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After losing her self-indulging parents in an earthquake, a bitter young girl named Mary Lennox is sent to live in England with her reclusive Uncle. Eventually she discovers her bedridden cousin and a ’secret garden’ that once belonged to her deceased aunt. With the help of her cousin, the kindly Dikon, and a little ‘magic’, can Mary find a way to bring love back to her family?

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.

The Witches (1990)

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Genres: Family | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: UK
Actors: Anjelica Huston | Mai Zetterling | Jasen Fisher | Jane Horrocks | Anne Lambton | Rowan Atkinson | Bill Paterson | Brenda Blethyn | Charlie Potter | Sukie Smith | Rose English | Jenny Runacre | Annabel Brooks | Emma Relph | Nora Connolly
Directors: Nicolas Roeg
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A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot to rid the world of all children.