Posts Tagged ‘wish’

Liar Liar (1997)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Jim Carrey | Maura Tierney | Justin Cooper | Cary Elwes | Anne Haney | Jennifer Tilly | Amanda Donohoe | Jason Bernard | Swoosie Kurtz | Mitch Ryan | Christopher Mayer | Eric Pierpoint | Randall 'Tex' Cobb | Cheri Oteri | SW Fisher
Directors: Tom Shadyac
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The truth shall set you free — or get you into a heap of trouble! Fletcher Reede (Carrey) is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max (Justin Cooper) blows out the candles on his fifth birthday cake, he has just one wish — that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max’s wish miraculously comes true, Fletcher discovers that his biggest asset — his mouth — has suddenly become his biggest liability! Havoc ensues as Fletcher tries to keep his practice afloat and his ex-wife Audrey (Maura Tierney) from taking their son and moving to Boston. Co-starring Jennifer Tilly, Swoosie Kurtz, Amanda Donohoe and Cary Elwes.

Weird Science (1985)

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Anthony Michael Hall | Ilan Mitchell-Smith | Bill Paxton | Robert Downey Jr. | Robert Rusler | Vernon Wells | Britt Leach | Michael Berryman | Ivor Barry | John Kapelos | Fred D. Scott | Vince Townsend Jr. | Chino 'Fats' Williams | Wallace Langham | Johnny Timko
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Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Thier desperation to be liked leads them to “create” a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, who’s purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men. On their road to become accepted they encounter many hilarious obstacles which gives the movie an overall sense of silliness.

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.

Bee Movie (2007)

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Jerry Seinfeld | Renée Zellweger | Matthew Broderick | Patrick Warburton | John Goodman | Chris Rock | Kathy Bates | Barry Levinson | Larry King | Ray Liotta | Sting | Oprah Winfrey | Larry Miller | Megan Mullally | Rip Torn
Directors: Steve Hickner
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Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry’s life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.

Martian Child (2007)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: John Cusack | Bobby Coleman | Amanda Peet | Sophie Okonedo | Joan Cusack | Oliver Platt | Bud | Richard Schiff | Taya Calicetto | David Kaye | Braxton Bonneville | Samuel Charles | Zak Ludwig | Samuel Patrick Chu | Ryan Morrissette
Directors: Menno Meyjes
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A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he’s really from Mars.

Five Children and It (2004)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Tara Fitzgerald | Freddie Highmore | Alex Jennings | Jonathan Bailey | Jessica Claridge | Poppy Rogers | Alec Muggleton | Zak Muggleton | Zoë Wanamaker | Kenneth Branagh | Alexander Pownall | Eddie Izzard | Georgio Serafini | John Sessions | Kim Fenton
Directors: John Stephenson
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‘It’ is a Psammead (voiced by Eddie Izzard), an ancient, ugly and irritable sand fairy the children find one day on a secret beach at their uncle’s mansion. It grants them one wish per day, lasting until sunset. But they soon learn it is very hard to think of really sensible wishes, and each one gets them into unexpected difficulties. Magic, the children find, can be as awkward as it is enticing.

Aquamarine (2006)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Emma Roberts | Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque | Sara Paxton | Jake McDorman | Arielle Kebbel | Claudia Karvan | Bruce Spence | Tammin Sursok | Roy Billing | Julia Blake | Shaun Micallef | Lulu McClatchy | Natasha Cunningham | Dichen Lachman | Lincoln Lewis
Directors: Elizabeth Allen
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After a vicious storm , half the ocean washes into the beach club swimming pool. Two teenagers, Haley and Claire, discover a mermaid in the pool. She tells them that she needs to find love in three days, and they agree to help her because helping a mermaid means you get a wish, and they decide that they can use their wish to try and stop Haley from moving to Australia.

Bedazzled (2000)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Brendan Fraser | Elizabeth Hurley | Frances O'Connor | Miriam Shor | Orlando Jones | Paul Adelstein | Toby Huss | Gabriel Casseus | Brian Doyle-Murray | Jeff Doucette | Aaron Lustig | Rudolf Martin | Julian Firth | Iain Rogerson | Biddy Hodson
Directors: Harold Ramis
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Elliot Richards, a socially incompetent technical advisor working at a call-center, has had a crush on Alison Gardner for nearly four years. One evening, which already started particularly bad for Elliot, she ditches him. Elliot wishes for her to be in his life with all his heart - and is heard. An incredibly beautiful young lady addresses Elliot, and after introducing herself as the Devil, Lucifer, the Princess of Darkness, she offers him a deal: Seven wishes for him, his Soul for her. Quickly, Elliot is convinced and accepts. But every wish he gets fulfilled has massive disadvantages as well, and soon Elliot wants to get out of the contract. The only thing that matters to him now is being able to take his chances by himself.

Aladdin (1992)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Scott Weinger | Robin Williams | Linda Larkin | Jonathan Freeman | Frank Welker | Gilbert Gottfried | Douglas Seale | Bruce Adler | Brad Kane | Lea Salonga | Charles Adler | Jack Angel | Corey Burton | Philip L. Clarke | Jim Cummings
Directors: Ron Clements | John Musker
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Aladdin is a street-urchin who lives in a large and busy town long ago with his faithful monkey friend Abu. When Princess Jasmine gets tired of being forced to remain in the palace that overlooks the city, she sneaks out to the marketplace, where she accidentally meets Aladdin. Under the orders of the evil Jafar (the sultan’s advisor), Aladdin is thrown in jail and becomes caught up in Jafar’s plot to rule the land with the aid of a mysterious lamp. Legend has it that only a person who is a “diamond in the rough” can retrieve the lamp from the Cave of Wonders. Aladdin might fight that description, but that’s not enough to marry the princess, who must (by law) marry a prince.

Interstate 60 (2002)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | Amy Smart | Matthew Edison | Paul Brogren | Wayne Robson | Gary Oldman | Michael J. Fox | James Marsden | Melyssa Ade | John Bourgeois | Roz Michaels | Amy Stewart | Christopher Lloyd | Jonathon Whittaker | Mark Lutz | Krista Leis | Michael Rhoades
Directors: Bob Gale
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Neal Oliver is a young artist, but his father doesn’t like his choice and wants him to go to Oxford. Everything changes after Neal’s meeting with O.W.Grant, who grants exactly one wish per person, as his name suggests. Neal wishes for answers, and so he must travel to the nonexistent Danver by the nonexistent Interstate 60. In this trip he hopes to find the girl of his dreams, following the trail of her photos on the advertising stands along the route. Many encounters await him ahead. Will he receive what he asked for?