Posts Tagged ‘winter’

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

Monday, April 14th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Burl Ives | Billie Mae Richards | Paul Soles | Larry D. Mann | Stan Francis | Paul Kligman | Janet Orenstein | Alfie Scopp | Carl Banas | Corinne Conley | Peg Dixon
Directors: Kizo Nagashima
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Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his beaming honker, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudoph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa’s sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea…

To Die For (1995)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Nicole Kidman | Matt Dillon | Joaquin Phoenix | Casey Affleck | Illeana Douglas | Alison Folland | Dan Hedaya | Wayne Knight | Kurtwood Smith | Holland Taylor | Susan Traylor | Maria Tucci | Tim Hopper | Michael Rispoli | Buck Henry
Directors: Gus Van Sant
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Suzanne Stone (Maretto) knows exactly what she wants. She wants to be a television newscaster and she is willing to do ANYTHING to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.

Fargo (1996)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: William H. Macy | Steve Buscemi | Peter Stormare | Kristin Rudrüd | Harve Presnell | Tony Denman | Gary Houston | Sally Wingert | Kurt Schweickhardt | Larissa Kokernot | Melissa Peterman | Steve Reevis | Warren Keith | Steve Edelman | Sharon Anderson
Directors: Joel Coen | Ethan Coen
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Fargo is based on true events that occurred in Minnesota in 1987 with the names changed to protect the victims. Jerry works in his father-in-law’s car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn’t seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the blood shed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.

My Little Eye (2002)

Monday, March 17th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada | France | UK | USA
Actors: Sean Cw Johnson | Kris Lemche | Stephen O'Reilly | Laura Regan | Jennifer Sky | Bradley Cooper | Nick Mennell
Directors: Marc Evans
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Five young people apply to live in an isolated house together for six months whilst their every move is filmed by numerous cameras. Each has their reason for wanting to be there - fame, money, adventure. The prize - $1 million. The rules - if one person leaves, everyone loses. It becomes the ultimate morality test. When Danny’s beloved grandfather dies, does his greed overcome his love? When the skittish Emma finds blood on her pillow why does she still stay behind? And what dark secret does the house harbour that leaves them feeling as though they’re being watched by more than just a million pairs of eyes?

Whisper (2007)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Josh Holloway | Blake Woodruff | Joel Edgerton | Sarah Wayne Callies | Dulé Hill | Teryl Rothery | Michael Rooker | Connor Christopher Levins | Cory Monteith | Robert Musnicki | Brad Sihvon | Cainan Wiebe | Aidan Williamson | Elizabeth Bowen | Erika-Shaye Gair
Directors: Stewart Hendler
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When the ten-year-old son, David, (Blake Woodruff) of a wealthy New England socialite is abducted, his kidnapper Max Harper (Josh Holloway) and his seedy associates assume it will be a routine kidnapping in exchange for a large ransom. Unknown to the kidnappers, the shy and reserved David actually has a hidden agenda of his own, and a mysterious way of tapping into the minds of others. Soon, Max will wish that he had never kidnapped David, much less even heard of him.

Trading Places (1983)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Denholm Elliott | Dan Aykroyd | Maurice Woods | Richard D. Fisher Jr. | Jim Gallagher | Anthony DiSabatino | Bonnie Behrend | Sunnie Merrill | James Newell | Mary St. John | Bonnie Tremena | David Schwartz | Ralph Bellamy | Don Ameche | Tom Degidon
Directors: John Landis
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Louis Winthorpe III is a successful Philadelphia commodity broker with mansion, manservant and girlfriend to match. Billy Ray Valentine is a hustling beggar. Winthorpe’s employers, the elderly Duke brothers, make a bet that by switching the lifestyle of the two Billy Ray will make good and their man will take to a life of crime. Suddenly Louis finds himself uncomprehendingly with no job, no home and only a new acquaintance, glamorous hooker Ophelia, prepared to help him. So at least in one way things could actually be worse.

Home Alone 4 (2002)

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: French Stewart | Jason Beghe | Mike Weinberg | Joanna Going | Clare Carey | Erick Avari
Directors: Rod Daniel
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Kevin McCallister’s parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father’s rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two movies, partners up with a new criminal named Vera to hit Natalie’s mansion.

Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Embeth Davidtz | Honor Blackman | Renée Zellweger | Gemma Jones | Celia Imrie | James Faulkner | Jim Broadbent | Colin Firth | Charmian May | Hugh Grant | Paul Brooke | Felicity Montagu | Shirley Henderson | Sally Phillips | James Callis | Charlie Caine | Gareth Marks
Directors: Sharon Maguire
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Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her many imperfections. As a New Year’s Resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss (Hugh Grant) takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones and the ups and downs of their ill-fated relationship prove hilarious and touching at once. Thrown into the mix are Bridget’s band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance (Colin Firth) who Bridget cannot seem to stop running into or help finding quietly attractive.

Grumpy Old Men (1993)

Friday, September 14th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Lemmon | Walter Matthau | Ann-Margret | Burgess Meredith | Daryl Hannah | Kevin Pollak | Ossie Davis | Buck Henry | Christopher McDonald | Steve Cochran | Joe Howard | Isabell O'Connor | Buffy Sedlachek | John Carroll Lynch | Charles Brin
Directors: Donald Petrie
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John and Max are elderly men living next door to each other. They’re continuously arguing and insulting each other, and have been this way for over 50 years. One day, Ariel, moves into the street. Both men are attracted to her, and their rivalry steps up a gear.

Pathfinder (2007)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Karl Urban | Russell Means | Moon Bloodgood | Jay Tavare | Clancy Brown | Nathaniel Arcand | Ralf Moeller | Kevin Loring | Wayne Charles Baker | Burkely Duffield | Ray G. Thunderchild | Duane Howard | Brandon Oakes | Alain Hudon | Cyler Point
Directors: Marcus Nispel
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A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savior in a fight against the Norsemen.