Posts Tagged ‘playground’

Naqoyqatsi: Life as War (2002)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Documentary | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Troy Aikman | The Beatles | Osama Bin Laden | Marlon Brando | Fidel Castro | Warren Christopher | Bill Clinton | Thomas A. Edison | Albert Einstein | Adolf Hitler | Elton John | Nikita Khrushchev | Martin Luther King | Henry Kissinger | Dalai Lama
Directors: Godfrey Reggio
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In this cinematic concert, mesmerizing images are plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques. The result is a chronicle of the shift from a world organized by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology, the synthetic and the virtual. Extremes of intimacy and spectacle, tragedy and hope fuse in a tidal wave of visuals and music, giving rise to a unique, artistic experience that reflects the vision of a brave new globalized world.

Choke (2008)

Monday, April 27th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Kathryn Alexander | Teodorina Bello | Kate Blumberg | Jonah Bobo | Willi Burke | Heather Burns | David Wolos-Fonteno | Matt Gerald | Joel Grey | Viola Harris | Brad William Henke | Paz de la Huerta
Directors: Clark Gregg
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Victor Mancini, a sex-addicted med-school dropout, who keeps his increasingly deranged mother, Ida, in an expensive private medical hospital by working days as a historical re-enactor at a Colonial Williamsburg theme park. At night, Victor runs a scam by deliberately choking in upscale restaurants to form parasitic relationships with the wealthy patrons who “save” him. When, in a rare lucid movement, Ida reveals that she has withheld the shocking truth of his father’s identity, Victor enlists the aid of his best friend, Denny and his mother’s beautiful attending physician, Dr. Paige Marshall, to solve the mystery before the truth of his possibly divine parentage is lost forever.

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Dustin Hoffman | Meryl Streep | Jane Alexander | Justin Henry | Howard Duff | George Coe | JoBeth Williams | Bill Moor | Howland Chamberlain | Jack Ramage | Jess Osuna | Nicholas Hormann | Ellen Parker | Shelby Brammer | Carol Nadell
Directors: Robert Benton
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Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. When he has learned to adjust his life to these new responsibilities, Joanna resurfaces and wants Billy back. Ted however refuses to give him up, so they go to court to fight for the custody of their son.

25th Hour (2002)

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Edward Norton | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Barry Pepper | Rosario Dawson | Anna Paquin | Brian Cox | Tony Siragusa | Levani Outchaneichvili | Tony Devon | Misha Kuznetsov | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Michael Genet | Patrice O'Neal | Al Palagonia | Aaron Stanford
Directors: Spike Lee
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The 25th Hour depicts the last day of freedom for a young man before he begins serving a seven-year jail term for drug dealing. Prowling through the city until dawn with his two close male friends and his girlfriend, he is forced to re-examine his life and how he got himself into his predicament, which leads to a shocking, disturbing finale.

In Bruges (2008)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama
Countries: Belgium | UK
Actors: Rudy Blomme | Olivier Bonjour | Mark Donovan | Colin Farrell | Jean-Marc Favorin | Ralph Fiennes | Brendan Gleeson | Eric Godon | Zeljko Ivanek | Louis Nummy | Jordan Prentice | Jérémie Renier | Theo Stevenson | Angel Witney | Ciarán Hinds
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Bruges, the most well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming destination for travellers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray and Ken, it could be their final destination; a difficult job has resulted in the pair being ordered right before Christmas by their London boss Harry to go and cool their heels in the storybook Flemish city for a couple of weeks. Very much out of place amidst the gothic architecture, canals, and cobbled streets, the two hit men fill their days living the lives of tourists. Ray, still haunted by the bloodshed in London, hates the place, while Ken, even as he keeps a fatherly eye on Ray’s often profanely funny exploits, finds his mind and soul being expanded by the beauty and serenity of the city. But the longer they stay waiting for Harry’s call, the more surreal their experience becomes, as they find themselves in weird encounters with locals, tourists, violent medieval art, a dwarf American actor shooting a European art film, Dutch prostitutes, and a potential romance for Ray in the form of Chloë, who may have some dark secrets of her own. And when the call from Harry does finally come, Ken and Ray’s vacation becomes a life-and-death struggle of darkly comic proportions and surprisingly emotional consequences.

The Forgotten (2004)

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Julianne Moore | Christopher Kovaleski | Matthew Pleszewicz | Anthony Edwards | Jessica Hecht | Linus Roache | Gary Sinise | Dominic West | Katie Cooper | Scott Nicholson | P.J. Morrison | Robert Wisdom | Tim Kang | Kathryn Faughnan | Alfre Woodard
Directors: Joseph Ruben
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A grieving mother, Telly Paretta, is struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist and her husband tell her that she has created eight years of memories of a son she never had. But when she meets the father of one of her son’s friend who is having the same experience, Telly embarks on a mission to prove her son’s existence and her sanity.

Buster (1988)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Phil Collins | Julie Walters | Larry Lamb | Stephanie Lawrence | Ellie Beaven | Michael Attwell | Ralph Brown | Christopher Ellison | Sheila Hancock | Martin Jarvis | Clive Wood | Anthony Quayle | Michael Byrne | Harold Innocent | Rupert Vansittart
Directors: David Green
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Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can’t contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.

Shoot ‘Em Up (2007)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Clive Owen | Paul Giamatti | Monica Bellucci | Stephen McHattie | Greg Bryk | Daniel Pilon | Sidney Mende-Gibson | Lucas Mende-Gibson | Kaylyn Yellowlees | Ramona Pringle | Julian Richings | Tony Munch | Scott McCord | Wiley M. Pickett | Stephen R. Hart
Directors: Michael Davis
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Late at night, in an unnamed U.S. city, a solitary man sits at a bus stop. A pregnant woman runs by, pursued by a man with a gun. With reluctance, the man at the bus stop rescues her and assists with the baby’s delivery, while additional pursuers fire at them, including the gang’s particularly nasty leader, an intuitive man named Hertz. Our hero, known only as Smith, determines to save the child and find out why Hertz wants the baby dead. At a local bordello, he tries to employ a lactating hooker to watch the child, but things quickly escalate, and this makeshift family is soon on the run. Heavy metal music calms the baby. Why? A laboratory, a gun factory, and a presidential campaign all figure in Smith’s search for the child’s ultimate safety.

West Side Story (1961)

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Natalie Wood | Richard Beymer | Russ Tamblyn | Rita Moreno | George Chakiris | Simon Oakland | Ned Glass | William Bramley | Tucker Smith | Tony Mordente | David Winters | Eliot Feld | Bert Michaels | David Bean | Robert Banas
Directors: Jerome Robbins
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This movie transplants the classic tale of “Romeo and Juliet” to New York City in the 1950s. The two feuding families are replaced by brawling street gangs. The Montagues become the Anglo Jets, led by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), and the Capulets become the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo (George Chakiris). At a dance, Tony (Richard Beymer), former leader of the Jets and Riff’s best friend, and Maria (Natalie Wood), Bernardo’s little sister, see each other across the room and it’s love at first sight. With opposition from both sides, they meet secretly and their love grows deeper. However, the gangs are plotting one last rumble, a fight that will finally end the battle for control of the streets. Will Tony and Maria’s love carry through a battle that threatens to destroy the people they love around them? With a young, talented cast, a gorgeous score and dance sequences that need to be seen to believe, West Side Story is a must-see!

Little Children (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Kate Winslet | Patrick Wilson | Jennifer Connelly | Gregg Edelman | Sadie Goldstein | Ty Simpkins | Noah Emmerich | Jackie Earle Haley | Phyllis Somerville | Helen Carey | Catherine Wolf | Mary B. McCann | Trini Alvarado | Marsha Dietlein | Jane Adams
Directors: Todd Field
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Echoes of “Madame Bovary” in the American suburbs. Sarah’s in a loveless marriage, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is a househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two years for indecent exposure - living with his mother; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie’s mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead?