Posts Tagged ‘san-francisco-california’

This Christmas (2007)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Delroy Lindo | Idris Elba | Loretta Devine | Chris Brown | Keith Robinson | Laz Alonso | Columbus Short | Sharon Leal | Lauren London | Lupe Ontiveros | Jessica Stroup | Mekhi Phifer | Regina King | David Banner | Ricky Harris
Directors: Preston A. Whitmore II
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A Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family’s first holiday together in four years.

Jagged Edge (1985)

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Glenn Close | Maria Mayenzet | Jeff Bridges | Peter Coyote | Dave Austin | Richard Partlow | Lance Henriksen | William Allen Young | Ben Hammer | James Karen | Sanford Jensen | Woody Eney | Al Ruscio | Sharon Hanian | Sarah Cunningham
Directors: Richard Marquand
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San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn’t handled a criminal case for many years. There’s a certain chemistry between them and Teddy soon finds herself defending the man she loves.

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | Kim Cattrall | Dennis Dun | James Hong | Victor Wong | Kate Burton | Donald Li | Carter Wong | Peter Kwong | James Pax | Suzee Pai | Chao Li Chi | Jeff Imada | Rummel Mor | Craig Ng
Directors: John Carpenter
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Somewhere in the 80s, trucker Jack Burton arrives in a small town to deliver his cargo and win a few bucks playing cards with the locals down at the Chinese market. Practically bankrupting nearly all of his opponents, his friend Wang bets him a game of “double or nothing” to try and regain his cash and loses. Jack wants his well earned money, but Wang explains he doesn’t have the cash on him and that’ll he pay later because he’s due to pick up a long, lost girlfriend from the airport. Convinced Wang’s pulling something sly, Jack insists he drive Wang to the airport so they can stick together. However, at the airport Wang’s girlfriend is captured by the Lords of Death, a streetwise Chinatown gang. She is essential for an upcoming plan to revive a thousand year old Chinese sorcerer and bring him back to the world as a mortal again. So begins a daring adventure to rescue Wang’s girl and stop the ruthless operation that’s going on down in Little China. Teaming up with a cast of very different individuals, Jack and Wang delve deep into an uncovering conspiracy in which everything’s not exactly as it seems. Here comes big trouble…

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Patrick Stewart | Hugh Jackman | Ian McKellen | Halle Berry | Famke Janssen | Anna Paquin | Rebecca Romijn | Kelsey Grammer | Shawn Ashmore | Ellen Page | Ben Foster | Aaron Stanford | Olivia Williams | Shohreh Aghdashloo | James Marsden
Directors: Brett Ratner
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It has been several months since The X-Men stopped William Stryker, but that victory came at a price, they have lost Jean Gray when she tried to save them from the collapsed reservoir. Scott Summers (Cyclops) is still grieving about her loss. One day, he came out to the place which is where Jean Gray sacrificed herself. Then, Jean Gray appeared right in front of him. Though, it seemed that after that, Scott had disappeared. Meanwhille, the rift between humans and mutants had finally reached the boiling point. When humans discovered what causes humans to mutate, they have found a cure for the mutation. The X-Men were appalled at this idea. It was not long at all until the news about the cure came to Magneto. He decides to organize an army of mutants and wage his war against the humans. Then, it became clear that Jean Gray evolved into the Pheonix, her new mutant powers are so strong that she can not control her own body. Then, she kills off Professor X with her new powers. Now, The X-Men must stop Magneto again and put an end to the war against the humans, as well as stop Jean Gray’s Pheonix powers.

Sudden Impact (1983)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Clint Eastwood | Pat Hingle | Bradford Dillman | Paul Drake | Jack Thibeau | Michael Currie | Albert Popwell | Mark Keyloun | Kevyn Major Howard | Joe Bellan | Wendell Wellman | Russ McCubbin | Robert Sutton | Carmen Argenziano | Bill Reddick
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After destroying a case involving a crime lord, Harry Callahan is sent down to San Paulo to investigate the killing of a man found dead in a car. Jennifer (the killer of the man in the car) is murdering all the rapists who brutally raped both her and her sister 10 years ago, and she has returned to San Paulo to exact her revenge. Harry becomes inadvertently involved in Jennifer’s own troubles during his investigations, all the while not suspecting she is the killer.

Magnum Force (1973)

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Clint Eastwood | Hal Holbrook | Ryan Mitchell | David Soul | Tim Matheson | Kip Niven | Robert Urich | Felton Perry | Maurice Argent | Margaret Avery | Richard Devon | Tony Giorgio | Jack Kosslyn | Bob March | Bob McClurg
Directors: Ted Post
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San Francisco Police Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan and his new partner, Early Smith have been temporarily reassigned from Homicide to Stakeout Duty. Meanwhile, those of the city’s criminals who manage to avoid punishment by the courts are nevertheless being killed by unknown assassins. Callahan begins to investigate the murders despite the orders of his superior officer, Lieutenant Briggs. A man has to know his limitations…

The Dead Pool (1988)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Clint Eastwood | Liam Neeson | Evan C. Kim | David Hunt | Michael Currie | Michael Goodwin | Darwin Gillett | Anthony Charnota | Christopher P. Beale | John Allen Vick | Jeff Richmond | Patrick Van Horn | Jim Carrey | Nicholas Love | John X. Heart
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After Harry’s arrest of a gambling kingpin results in a conviction for murder, a group of thugs shoot up Harry’s car and try to kill him. Harry overpowers them and is paired with a new partner, Insp. Al Quan (Evan Kim). Within days of this assignment Harry and Al find themselves working on a mysterious death of a rock star, who was on location filming a movie directed by Peter Swan (Liam Neeson). After one of Swan’s crew is killed in a Chinatown robbery that is foiled by Al & Harry, Al discovers a list of celebrities on the dead man that includes the dead rock star and one Inspector Harry Callahan. They soon discover that this is part of a strange game called the Dead Pool, and it isn’t long before other people on the list turn up dead…and someone starts making attempts on Harry’s life…

Nim’s Island (2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Gerard Butler | Michael Carman | Mark Brady | Anthony Simcoe | Christopher Baker | Maddison Joyce | Peter Callan | Russell Butler | Colin Gibson | Bryan Probets | Andrew Nason | Tony Bellette | Jeff Dornan | Jay Laga'aia | John Walton
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A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she’s reading. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world’s greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim’s father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim’s Island.

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Diane Lane | Sandra Oh | Lindsay Duncan | Raoul Bova | Vincent Riotta | Mario Monicelli | Roberto Nobile | Anita Zagaria | Evelina Gori | Giulia Steigerwalt | Pawel Szajda | Valentine Pelka | Sasa Vulicevic | Massimo Sarchielli | Claudia Gerini
Directors: Audrey Wells
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Academy Award nominee ‘Diane Lane (I)’ (qv) stars as ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv), a 35-year-old San Francisco writer whose perfect life has just taken an unexpected detour. Her recent divorce has left her with terminal writer’s block and extremely depressed, and her best friend, Patti, is beginning to think she might never recover. Frances decides to take a break and she buys a villa in the beautiful Tuscan countryside and decides to begin anew. Restoring her new home, she eventually finds the fulfillment she was searching for, including love. Based on ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv)’ memoir of the same name.

48 Hrs. (1982)

Friday, April 11th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nick Nolte | Eddie Murphy | Annette O'Toole | Frank McRae | James Remar | David Patrick Kelly | Sonny Landham | Brion James | Kerry Sherman | Jonathan Banks | James Keane | Tara King | Greta Blackburn | Margot Rose | Denise Crosby
Directors: Walter Hill
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Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.