Posts Tagged ‘small-town’

Field of Dreams (1989)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Costner | Amy Madigan | Gaby Hoffmann | Ray Liotta | Timothy Busfield | James Earl Jones | Burt Lancaster | Frank Whaley | Dwier Brown | James Andelin | Mary Anne Kean | Fern Persons | Kelly Coffield | Michael Milhoan | Steve Eastin
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson
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Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn field tell him, “If you build it, he will come.” He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field.

Officer and a Gentleman, An (1982)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Richard Gere | Debra Winger | David Keith | Robert Loggia | Lisa Blount | Lisa Eilbacher | Louis Gossett Jr. | Tony Plana | Harold Sylvester | David Caruso | Victor French | Grace Zabriskie | Tommy Petersen | Mara Scott-Wood | David Greenfield
Directors: Taylor Hackford
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Zack Mayo is a young man who has signed up for Navy Flight School. He is a Navy brat who has a bad attitude problem. Sgt. Foley is there to train and evaluate him and will clearly find Zack wanting. Zack meets Paula, a girl who has little beyond family and must decide what it is he wants to do with his life.

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Nicholson | Karen Black | Billy Green Bush | Fannie Flagg | Sally Struthers | Marlena MacGuire | Richard Stahl | Lois Smith | Helena Kallianiotes | Toni Basil | Lorna Thayer | Susan Anspach | Ralph Waite | William Challee | John P. Ryan
Directors: Bob Rafelson
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Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson) comes from a well-bred family of musicians, and once showed great promise as a concert pianist. By nature a restless, angry individual, Bobby left his family and his music when he could no longer endure the dull, cloistered routine of daily practice. He took to the road, wanting to “see the world,” and hopefully find something or someone to quell his inner turmoil. He has settled in a small town as an oil rigger, where his life consists of going to work, arguing with his dimwitted but loving girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black), and bowling every night with his friend Elton (Billy “Green” Bush). Not surprisingly, this routine begins to disgust Bobby and, fed up, he decides to travel to Puget Sound, Washington to pay his family a visit. Leaving Rayette at a nearby motel, Bobby goes home and is reunited with his family.

Doc Hollywood (1991)

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael J. Fox | Julie Warner | Barnard Hughes | Woody Harrelson | David Ogden Stiers | Frances Sternhagen | George Hamilton | Bridget Fonda | Mel Winkler | Helen Martin | Roberts Blossom | Tom Lacy | Macon McCalman | Raye Birk | Eyde Byrde
Directors: Michael Caton-Jones
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Benjamin Stone is a young doctor driving to L.A where he was offered a new job as a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills. He gets off the highway to avoid a traffic jam, but gets lost and ends up crashing into a fence in the small town of Grady. He is sentenced to 32 hrs of community service at the local hospital. All he wants is to serve the sentence and get moving, but gradually the locals become attached to the new doctor, and he falls for the pretty ambulance driver, Lou. Will he leave?

Postal (2007)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada | Germany | USA
Actors: Zack Ward | Dave Foley | Chris Coppola | Jackie Tohn | J.K. Simmons | Ralf Moeller | Verne Troyer | Chris Spencer | Larry Thomas | Michael Paré | Erick Avari | Lindsay Hollister | Brent Mendenhall | Rick Hoffman | Michael Benyaer
Directors: Uwe Boll
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The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but political figures as well.

Leatherheads (2008)

Monday, August 4th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: George Clooney | John Krasinski | Jonathan Pryce | Stephen Root | Wayne Duvall | Keith Loneker | Malcolm Goodwin | Matt Bushell | Tommy Hinkley | Tim Griffin | Robert Baker | Nick Paonessa | Nicholas Bourdages | Jack Thompson | Jason Drago
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A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America’s nascent pro-football league in 1925. Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country’s attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America’s favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that’s the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter’s war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter…

Hard Rain (1998)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Denmark | France | Japan | New Zealand | UK | USA
Actors: Morgan Freeman | Christian Slater | Randy Quaid | Edward Asner | Michael A. Goorjian | Dann Florek | Ricky Harris | Mark Rolston | Peter Murnik | Wayne Duvall | Richard Dysart | Ray Baker | Jay Patterson | Michael Monks | Mackenzie Bryce
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Heavy Rainfall causes a Indiana river to swell and flood the town. All inhabitants are forced by public services to leave instantly. Tom and his uncle Charlie work for a money transport firm and their assignment is to evacuate all cash from the banks along the flooding river. So, their truck is loaded with about three million Dollars. Hank tries to prevent further flooding, as he’s the guy responsible for the dam up the river, but he has to open one gate in order to save the old dam from breaking. Only the police under the Sheriff’s leadership stay in town to prevent looting. As the water level rises, Tom and Charlie’s Truck gets stuck in the flooded road. This is the moment, Jim, an elderly thief, and his gang have been waiting for. In an attempt to get the money from the truck, Charlie gets shot and Tom swims off to save the cash bags. While trying to hide, he meets Karen, who resisted to leave the old church she has been restoring for eight months. She thinks he is a looter, and calls the cops to bring him in. But as the Sheriff finds out about that much cash in a situation like this, he radios his old pal Hank, up at the dam…

The Stickup (2001)

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Genres: Action | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: James Spader | David Keith | John Livingston | Robert Miano | Alf Humphreys | Tim Henry | Mark Holden | Scott Heindl | Alex Zahara | Alvin Sanders | Leonard George | Curtis Ahenakew | Richard Ian Cox | Danny Wattley | Jay Kramer
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It’s a quiet little town where nothing happens - until the day the bank is hit for half a million dollars of Indian casino money by a thief wearing a clowns mask. From here the story follows a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse between bank robber and former cop Parker (James Spader) and small-town police officer Ray DeCarlo (David Keith) determined to catch him. Parker doesn’t help himself by holing up with a nurse who happens to be DeCarlo’s former wife. Throw in a rookie FBI agent, Indians who want their money back, some former friends of Parker who are not so friendly anymore and his fate seems sealed.

Two Rode Together (1961)

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Genres: Western
Countries: USA
Actors: James Stewart | Richard Widmark | Andy Devine | John McIntire | Paul Birch | Willis Bouchey | Henry Brandon | Harry Carey Jr. | Ken Curtis | Chet Douglas | David Kent | John Qualen | Ford Rainey | Woody Strode | O.Z. Whitehead
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The US Army is under pressure from the desperate relatives of white prisoners of the Comanches to secure their rescue. A cynical and corrupt marshal, Guthrie McCabe, is persuaded by an army lieutenant to assist in the negotiations with the Comanches. However, just two captives are released; and their reintegration into white society proves highly problematic.

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.