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tt0067116 | The French Connection | In December 1970 in Marseilles, France, a plainclothes policeman is observing former longshoreman turned entrepreneur Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey) chatting with some unsavory types. Charnier is being tailed by the undercover cop because he is a kingpin in smuggling heroin overseas - a fact that costs the cop his life ... | mystery, neo noir, realism, murder, dramatic, atmospheric, action, suspenseful | train | imdb | Look here instead for gut wrenching nihilism, frustration with the unfairness of criminal justice in the hands of bureaucracy, and a solid, plot-driven story about a couple of cops who are just trying to do their jobs as best they can.And by all means, don't watch this film if you aren't fully awake and willing to be t... |
tt0020697 | Der blaue Engel | It should first be mentioned that there was an English-language version of the film shot simultaneously with the German-language version. Both versions are nearly identical, but there are a few exceptions in the story. Due to the classic nature of the film, this synopsis is based on the original German version of the f... | cult, romantic, melodrama | train | imdb | null |
tt0060437 | Funeral in Berlin | Berlin in the 1960s is a city divided between Cold War lines with inhabitants of the Communist East trying to escape to the West. Even with the infamous Berlin Wall these escapes are common and successful.Colonel Stok (Oskar Homolka), the head of intelligence in Russia's Berlin section and the one responsible for preve... | murder | train | imdb | Similarly, the scenes with Col. Stock show great flashes of sarcastic wit, juxtaposed with attending to the serious Cold War business at hand.But the more serious fun is the wonderfully executed plot development, interweaving the various characters such as Johnny Vulcan, Col. Stock, Hallam, Ross (the boss), Kreutsmann,... |
tt0428856 | La moustache | This synopsis is especially detailed in the hope that it will help interpret this enigmatic film.La moustache starts with a view of waves in darkness. The first words, in darkness, are "What if I shaved my moustache off?" Now, we see Marc (Vincent Lindon) shaving, and his girlfriend Agnes (Emmanuelle Devos) responds "I... | insanity | train | imdb | null |
tt0109266 | Bang | An out of work actress (Darling Narita) is evicted from her apartment in Los Angeles. She goes to an audition at a producer's house in Beverly Hills, but he turns out to be a sleaze. Outside his house, a crazy guy (Peter Greene) throws trash cans in the street, bringing a motorcycle cop to the scene. The cop chases the... | revenge, murder | train | imdb | null |
tt0071222 | Black Christmas | The film opens at night on a snow-covered college campus. There is a Christmas party underway in one of the sorority houses, a large converted mansion. The sorority sisters and many of their boyfriends are inside. Outside in the snow, a point-of-view shot illustrates someone looking into the windows. The person breathe... | comedy, avant garde, dark, murder, mystery, cult, horror, suspenseful | train | imdb | Major credit must go to director Bob Clark (who went on to direct the epic "Citizen Kane" remake and because of legal reasons had to change it's title to "Porky's") who like John Carpenter in "Halloween", is able to create a current and simplistic creepy atmosphere.
"Black Christmas" is indeed very similar to "Hallowee... |
tt0050280 | The Curse of Frankenstein | The movie opens with text over a red background that reads, "More than a hundred years ago, in a mountain village in Switzerland, lived a man whose strange experiments with the dead have since become legend. The legend is still told with horror the world over...It is the legend of..." A clever segway into the title: Th... | suspenseful, gothic, murder, cult, violence, horror, flashback, revenge | train | imdb | While Hammer was preparing "Quatermass 2", they gave Terence Fisher the chance to resurrect Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", and Hammer Horror was born.In "The Curse of Frankenstein", Peter Cushing plays Baron Victor Frankenstein, who after losing his family at a young age, hires scientist Paul Krempe (Robert Urquhart) a... |
tt1079980 | Death in Love | What burdens do the survivors of those who survived carry? A young woman in a Nazi concentration camp saves her life by seducing the young doctor who performs medical experiments on prisoners. Cut to decades later, when that same woman (Bisset) is living in New York City and married with two grown sons.The two siblings... | cruelty, flashback | train | imdb | Intense adult drama about repercussions of violence and war.
This movie tells a story held secret by most people who write about the Holocaust, which is the crippling effect of the Survivors' war experiences on their children.
Studies have shown that the children of Nazi Holocaust Survivors share many if not all of the... |
tt0280609 | Dog Soldiers | A couple is seen camping in the Scottish Highlands. The woman gives the man a silver letter opener as a present; shortly afterwards they are killed in their tent by an unseen assailant. Meanwhile, Private Cooper is seen running through a forest in North Wales. He attacks his pursuers but is overwhelmed and wrestled to ... | cult, horror, violence, atmospheric, humor, action, claustrophobic, entertaining | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0443489 | Dreamgirls | Backstage at an R&B amateur talent show at the Detroit Theatre in 1962, young car salesman Curtis Taylor Jr. meets a black girl group known as "The Dreamettes": lead singer Effie White and back-up singers Deena Jones and Lorrell Robinson. Curtis presents himself as The Dreamettes' new manager and arranges for the girls... | romantic | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0829482 | Superbad | Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) are about to graduate from high school. Best friends for years, they face an uncertain future: Evan has been accepted into Dartmouth but Seth will have to attend the local state university. Both boys are notably horny but still virginal, something they want to correct before le... | pornographic, comedy, cult, violence, flashback, humor, entertaining | train | imdb | null |
tt0120901 | Wrongfully Accused | World-famous violinist Ryan Harrison (Leslie Nielsen, who had guest starred in two early episodes of The Fugitive television series in the 1960s) is seen giving a concert. Afterwards, he goes to a party where he meets Hibbing Goodhue (Michael York), a millionaire who sponsors Harrison's performances, as well as Goodhue... | murder | train | wikipedia | I read another reviewer's comments about Wrongfully Accused, and I am continually amazed at how many people judge movies like this as though they are meant to be serious cinematic endeavors.
Leslie Nielsen's films, literally, are jokes, and if you can't take them that way then maybe it would be better if you didn't wat... |
tt0070030 | Emperor of the North Pole | Shack (Ernest Borgnine) is a merciless, inhumane, and sadistic bully of a conductor on an Oregon railroad during the Great Depression. He takes it upon himself to ensure that no one would ever ride his freight train for free, and that anyone who has would no longer live. Shack has an arsenal of makeshift weapons: a ham... | depressing, murder, violence, cult, good versus evil, sadist | train | wikipedia | This film is one of the unsung gems of the seventies, part adventure film, part social drama, part road movie.Set during the depression when riding the rails was a way of life for desperate men (and women), the film follows three characters - Lee Marvin, as Number One, a legend among the grizzled hobos congregating alo... |
tt0419706 | Doom | On Mars in the year 2046, in the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC)-owned Olduvai Research Facility, scientists are attacked and pulled into the darkness by an unseen monster. Doctor Carmack (Robert Russell) transmits a warning about a Level 5 security breach before the door behind him is torn open. He turns around and ... | murder, violence, horror, good versus evil, humor, suspenseful | train | imdb | null |
tt0419677 | Dead Man's Shoes | The story details the return of Richard to his home town of Matlock, Derbyshire in the Peak District, England, after serving as a paratrooper in the British Army. Richard and his younger, mentally-impaired brother Anthony, camp at an abandoned farm near the town. Flashbacks reveal Anthony's abuse by a group of drug dea... | cruelty, murder, violence, atmospheric, flashback, haunting, revenge, sadist | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0051500 | The Cry Baby Killer | The first motion picture starring Jack Nicholson starts with title and credits shown over a section of brick wall. Jimmy Wallace (Jack Nicholson) is in an alley and gets into a fight with Manny Cole (Brett Halsey) over a woman. Three more join the fight and hold Jimmy while Manny beats him unconscious.At the Klix resta... | revenge, murder, violence | train | imdb | You'd know why you'd want to find this film, as it's the ultra-low budget, barely-a-drive-in quickie that features the great Jack Nicholson in his feature debut at the tender age of 21 (he was a mailman at MGM in his previous years in Hollywood).
Cry Baby Killer, The (1958) *** (out of 4) This is somewhat of a Holy Gra... |
tt0091991 | Soul Man | Mark Watson, a recent college graduate, plans to go to law school at Harvard. Mark feels secure that his tuition and other fees for law school will be paid for by his wealthy parents, who had saved money for him. However, during a conversation with his father, he finds out that his parents have reneged and spent the mo... | satire | train | imdb | null |
tt1502712 | Fantastic Four | In the year 2007, young Reed Richards does a presentation for his class and states that he wants to be the first person to teleport through dimensions. His classmates laugh at him and his teacher Mr. Kenny (Dan Castellaneta) mocks his goal, but Ben Grimm takes an interest in Reed's words.Later that night, Reed sneaks i... | good versus evil, revenge, psychedelic, murder, violence | train | imdb | null |
tt0034303 | Topper Returns | Wealthy heiress Ann Carrington (Carole Landis), and her best friend Gail Richards (Joan Blondell) are riding in a speeding taxi driven by Bob (Dennis OKeefe), along the coast. A figure dressed all in black, with covered face and hat, aims a rifle with a telescopic sight with crosshairs at the cab from a distance and sh... | murder | train | imdb | null |
tt0074434 | Drive In Massacre | A opening title card reads that on August 10th, at a rural California drive-in, the horror began. A young couple arrives at a local drive-in to watch the movie playing that is currently playing. They park their car and talk about having a baby. The woman suggests procreating at the drive-in, but the man, Alan, wants to... | cult, mystery, murder, violence | train | imdb | null |
tt1190080 | 2012 | In 2009, American geologist Adrian Helmsley visits astrophysicist Satnam Surtani in India and learns that neutrinos from a huge solar flare are heating Earth's core. Helmsley presents his information to White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser, who brings him to the president.
In 2010, during a chaotic mass protest in ... | mystery, action, stupid | train | wikipedia | So to sum up: If you feel like turning your brain off and watching special effects and big explosions with a very shallow storyline then this movie is for you.
Emmerich certainly pushes "suspension of disbelief" to its limit.John Cusack and Woody Harrelson are the only actors that attempt to hold the film together, whi... |
tt0101748 | Dogfight | Prologue: Greyhound bus headed for San Francisco. Seems to be the heyday of the Haight-Ashbury scene. We meet a limping, grizzled Birdlace (River Phoenix): he chain smokes, doesn't eat much as we hear the week's numbers from Vietnam on TV: 141 dead, 391 wounded, 47 missing. Back on the bus, as Birdlace daydreams throug... | romantic, melodrama | train | imdb | Love story, Vietnam bound Marine & a hip '60's San Francisco anti-war girl..
The movie also accurately portrayed how young G.I.'s bond with other young guys who in civilian life they might not have bothered to befriend.The love story involves a girl invited to the 'Dogfight' (a contest to see who could bring the uglies... |
tt0063255 | Mad Doctor of Blood Island | A woman running naked through the jungle on Blood Island is killed by something that resembles a man. At the same time, a ship arrives at the island carrying American pathologist Bill Foster (Ashley), who is investigating the discovery of green blood; Sheila Willard (Pettyjohn), who has come to find her father; and Car... | violence | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0430357 | Miami Vice | The movie opens in a night club on an upper story in a Miami high rise. Detectives James 'Sonny' Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx), along with their partners Trudy Joplin (Naomie Harris), Larry Zito (Justin Theroux), and Gina Calabrese (Elizabeth Rodriguez), are mingling in the club, obviously wai... | dark, neo noir, murder, violence, psychedelic, suspenseful | train | imdb | null |
tt0095484 | Lady in White | The film begins with a successful horror author returning to his hometown of Willowpoint Falls. Stopping at a cemetery to visit a pair of gravestones, he begins to tell his driver their story. On Halloween 1962, 9-year-old Franklin "Frankie" Scarlatti (Lukas Haas) tells a scary story to his classmates. Afterwards, two ... | murder, cult, horror, violence, psychedelic, revenge, sadist | train | imdb | This movie isn't any kind of masterpiece, but I still enjoyed it.Starring Lukas Haas (the Amish boy in "Witness"), Len Cariou, Alex Rocco (Moe Greene in "The Godfather") and Katherine Helmond..
Just like Taboada's "Hasta el viento tiene miedo", LaLoggia's "Lady in White" is an absolutely astonishing movie in every part... |
tt0327162 | The Stepford Wives | The premise involves the married men of the fictional town of Stepford, Connecticut and their fawning, submissive, impossibly beautiful wives. The protagonist is Joanna Eberhart, a talented photographer newly arrived from New York City with her husband and children, eager to start a new life. As time goes on, she becom... | mystery, revenge, comedy, satire | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0120762 | Mulan | During the Han Dynasty in ancient China, the legendary Great Wall fails to keep out the notorious Hun army and their ruthless leader, Shan Yu (Miguel Ferrer). The alarm is raised, and the Emperor (Pat Morita) entrusts General Li (James Shigeta) with mobilizing an army to protect China. The wise Emperor reminds the gene... | violence, cute, entertaining | train | imdb | She pretends to be a man and does the training to go to war against the Huns who invaded China.With some nice new songs, great music by Jerry Goldsmith and beautiful animations this is a real Disney.
The mountain scene contains some of the best animation I have seen from Disney, and the rousing score from maestro Jerry... |
tt1261978 | Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead | College student Alex and her friends go to the woods on a rafting trip. Soon after, her friends are killed by the mutant cannibal "Three Fingers", who survived from the previous films. She is left to fend for herself, but not for long.[2] Two days later a group of prisoners are being transferred by Nate Wilson, a priso... | insanity, cult, murder, violence | train | imdb | null |
tt0389722 | 30 Days of Night | Barrow, Alaska, a small town on the Arctic circle, is preparing for its annual "30 days of night," a period during the winter when the sun will not be seen. People who don't want to suffer the extended darkness leave for Fairbanks or other parts south. As the town gets ready, The Stranger [Ben Foster], rows ashore from... | cult, suspenseful, murder, violence | train | imdb | Okay, this is a scary film actually worth watching.I've seen quiet a lot of vampire/zombie movies, and this one stands out to me, because even though it sometimes uses a bit of gore, that's not what makes it scary.It's the tension.
Most scary movies I see end really badly, this one sort of did as well, but with a bit o... |
tt0080904 | Humanoids from the Deep | Anglers from the fishing village of Noyo, California catch what appears to be a monster. The young son of one of the anglers falls into the water and something unseen drags him under the surface. Another angler prepares a flare gun but he slips and accidentally fires it into the deck, which is soaked with gasoline drop... | cult, murder, violence | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0031385 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | In 1870, Mr. Charles Chipping (Robert Donat), an unsophisticated, very shy young man, starts a teaching career at Brookfield, an English boys school created in 1492. Chipping is a kindhearted man who takes pity on a homesick young boy he meets on his and the boy's first train ride to Brookfield. But his shyness, the ne... | romantic, historical, melodrama | train | imdb | null |
tt0364343 | The Final Cut | In this futuristic tale, Alan Hakman (Robin Williams) witnesses the death of his childhood friend who had fallen off a plank of wood in the abandoned building in which they were playing. Flash to the present, and chips called "Zoe" are inserted into the brain at birth and record a person's entire life; when the person ... | murder, flashback | train | imdb | Robin Williams is good as always and he tries his best to keep you interested, and the opening of the movie was promising.
As one would expect, Williams turns in an incredible performance, but the script, by writer/director Omar Naim, could have used a lot of work.The premise is fabulous.
This is all good stuff, and it... |
tt2146816 | Logos | With complex dramatic sensibilities reminiscent of great filmmakers like Krzysztof Kielowski and Darren Aronofsky comes Michael Sorokorensky's LOGOS. Rich in symbolism and deliberately presented, each carefully selected frame layers a deeper meaning. LOGOS is a brutal story told gently.James Carroll, a nineteen year ol... | psychedelic | train | imdb | very artistic. love the depth of this film. It's poetry with a story, told freshly, and revealed through genuine characters that I could believe in. Despite any budgetary limitations the film holds up, and is presented beautifully in its DVD release. This is one of the few films out there that makes you really think. S... |
tt0122685 | Riti, magie nere e segrete orge nel trecento... | In the cellar of the local cursed castle, Satanists are cutting out
the hearts and drinking the blood of virgins in order to keep alive their
Great Mistress Isabella Isabella Drupel [Rita Calderoni], a witch/vampire who was staked through the chest
and burned to death in the 14th century. They currently await "the 25th... | pornographic, gothic | train | imdb | null |
tt0405336 | Southland Tales | PrologueThe film begins with home-video footage of July 4th 2005 celebrations in Abilene, Texas. All of a sudden, a huge bang is heard and a mushroom cloud appears in the sky.A narration begins to say that after the detonations of two nuclear weapons in Texas that America went into chaos and a new World War III had beg... | comedy, boring, neo noir, murder, stupid, allegory, cult, alternate reality, violence, flashback, absurd, psychedelic, satire, alternate history, sci-fi | train | imdb | The music, while not perfect (I'm pretty sure Black Rebel Motorcycle Club won't have the kind of comeback that allows them to host LA's 4th of July weekend party next year...) creates some of the movie's more memorable moments, such as JT's Killers dance number and the captivating three-way dance toward the end.The del... |
tt0489099 | Jumper | Shy teen David Rice (Max Theriot) has a crush on pretty Millie (AnnaSophia Robb), who dreams of travelling the world. When he surprises her with a small gift, a snow globe of the Eiffel Tower, teasing bully Mark (Jesse James) grabs it and throws it out onto the icy surface of the river. Determined, David ventures out o... | action, murder, flashback | train | imdb | Instead of taking time to develop anything in the movie, Jumper just whizzes by at an incredible speed, setting up characters, ideas and plot points without expanding or resolving or developing them.
The whole thing is made to kick start a franchise of films where the story would be explained in more detail, but come o... |
tt0349205 | Cheaper by the Dozen | The Baker Family,Is A Happy And Large Family With 12 Children.Who Resides In Midland,Indiana. One Day Tom Baker Gets An Offer For His Dream Job:Become The Coach Of The Stallions. Tom Returns Home With The New Job And Promotion In The Urban Near-North Chicago Suburb Of Evanston,Illinois With Educatiion Advantages And A ... | prank, flashback | train | imdb | null |
tt0083959 | Forbidden World | In the distant future, a genetic research station is located on the remote desert planet of Xarbia, and a research team has created an experimental lifeform they have designated "Subject 20". This lifeform was built out of the synthetic DNA strain, "Proto B", and was intended to stave off a galaxy-wide food crisis. How... | grindhouse film, cult, violence, tragedy, suspenseful, sci-fi | train | imdb | 'Forbidden World' is a quickly produced Roger Corman low-budget b-grade fable that's all in for exciting and junky exploitation.
Still need to get my hands on the other Corman produced Sci-fi / horror cult fave 'Galaxy of Terror (1981)'.The story centres on intergalactic trouble-shooter Mike Colbey being sent to a barr... |
tt0046534 | The War of the Worlds | The film begins with a voice (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) telling the audience that greedy eyes are watching the blue planet. They envy our water, clean air and plenty of resources. The race of beings watching the blue planet had considered moving to another planet in the Solar System but were unable because every other plan... | good versus evil, realism, cult, murder | train | imdb | To be an effective thriller, a sci-fi film absolutely must impart to the viewer a sense of --- coldness, either the physical coldness of outer space or other worlds, or the emotional coldness of science.Cedric Hardwicke's opening narrative in "The War Of The Worlds" is brutally cold, and the added images uninviting.
Bu... |
tt1798603 | Bad Santa 2 | The movie begins with Willie Soke (Billy Bob Thornton) working as a valet driver at a country club. He gets distracted when he sees a woman breast-feeding her baby, causing him to crash into a stand and knock someone over. Willie gets fired on the spot after arguing with his superiors.Willie's voice-over catches us up ... | violence | train | imdb | I never ever tried to write movie review but for this movie I made exception.As for me it was hilarious the jokes the acting all original.people have to judge the movie by the current age and content standard we are watching over the cinema or TV.Now days its very difficult to find such a movie where you will laugh lik... |
tt1568322 | Batman: Arkham City | === Characters ===
Arkham City features a large ensemble cast of characters from the history of Batman' comics. Returning characters from Arkham Asylum include Batman (Kevin Conroy), the Joker (Mark Hamill)—in what Hamill stated would be his final time voicing the character; (he subsequently reprised the role in Arkham... | gothic, violence, plot twist, insanity, romantic, revenge | train | wikipedia | Then, in 2009, against all odds,Rocksteady released "Arkham Asylum." Instead of being a tie-in to existing movies or comics, it took place in the developers' own unique version of Batman's universe.
Turns out to make players feel more like they were in Batman's shoes, it just took a good combination of stealth game pla... |
tt0462362 | The Insatiable | On his way home from his drab, run-of-the-mill job, drab run-of-the-mill Harry Balbo (Sean Patrick Flanery) is stopped on the corner by a homeless man and asked whether he can spare any change so that he can get something to eat. Harry isn't carrying any change, but he does stop at a convenience store to buy him a hotd... | murder | train | imdb | null |
tt1603314 | Killjoy 3 | Some time passes and Killjoy is once again called, this time through a blood pact. Immediately he resorts to using the blood spilled by his summoner to create three underlings, which he dubs new evil clowns, Punchy, Freakshow and Batty Boop. However the man does not name a victim for Killjoy, leaving the scene without ... | cult, revenge | train | wikipedia | Decent.
Killjoy 3 is a worthwhile view if you're a fan of clown-related horror films.
Killjoy is wacky, uses a lot of tricks and has many one liners, similar to Freddy Krueger at his silliest.
There are also 3 other bad clowns that are pretty fun, too.
However, all this wackiness among the characters makes very little ... |
tt2537176 | I Spit on Your Grave 2 | Katie Carter (Dallender) is an aspiring model from Missouri who works as a waitress in a New York City restaurant. Desperate to update her modeling portfolio, she answers an advertisement offering a free photography session. She then meets three Bulgarian brothers, photographer Ivan (Absolom) and his assistants Nikolai... | violence, revenge, sadist | train | wikipedia | There are intense scenes of torture and mutilation but because the woman doing these things was raped by the people she is doing this to it makes it hard to feel sorry for them.
"I Spit on Your Grave 2" is a rough movie about torture and revenge and not for everyone since sensitive viewers will certainly be shocked wit... |
tt0113101 | Four Rooms | The film begins with Ted the Bellhop (Tim Roth) in a room filled with hotel memorabilia, talking to Sam the Bellhop (Marc Lawrence) about what a bellhop is. It's New Year's Eve."The Missing Ingredient" begins with a bunch of women (including Madonna and Lili Taylor) converging in the Honeymoon Suite, where there's a hu... | cult, comedy, psychedelic, satire | train | imdb | Consisting of four 20-minute segments, each assembled by a different director's hands, it takes us through the various happenings inside separate rooms of the same hotel on New Year's Eve, as experienced by Ted, the only bellhop still left standing for the night shift.
It's almost as though Alexandre Rockwell isn't sur... |
tt1586752 | Machine Gun Preacher | Although the film centers on Childers, it starts off with a scene in South Sudan, where the LRA are attacking a village. This opening scene is placed into context later in the film. Sam Childers (Gerard Butler) is an alcoholic drug-using biker from Pennsylvania. On his release from prison, he finds that his wife (Miche... | murder | train | wikipedia | This is a movie with a solid pedigree of cast behind it, it is based on the life of Sam Childers (Gerard Butler), who without giving much away, has a criminal past, finds God and embarks on undertaking missionary work in civil war-torn Sudan, leaving his loyal, loving wife Lynn Childers (Michelle Monaghan) and his youn... |
tt0493464 | Wanted | A young man named Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) works at a dead-end job with an overbearing boss. He takes anti-depressants when he feels stressed out. His live-in girlfriend is sleeping with his best friend. He speaks of how his father left when he was just one week old. He wonders if maybe when he was born his father ... | murder, cult, violence, plot twist, flashback, psychedelic, action, revenge | train | imdb | It's got plenty of violence and stylized action with a dose of sexuality and a decent plot...Wesley Gibson is a miserable account manager with a dead-end life until he is approached by the beautiful Fox, who informs him that his father was a master assassin who had been murdered days before.
The reason for that is all ... |
tt0082511 | Hell Night | The film opens with a girl starts to scream hysterically looking upwards to the camera. During a massive college party, Peter Bennett, the president of the Alpha Sigma Rho fraternity, decides to make four pledges: Marti, Jeff, Seth, and Denise told to stay at the historic Garth Manor until dawn on hell night as part of... | cult, horror, murder, prank | train | imdb | When the seemingly innocent rite of passage turns deadly, these college students will do anything to survive Hell Night." Hell Night is a fun way to waste a couple of hours, a definite popcorn flick which isn't a bad thing, the cast are clearly having fun with they're roles, Suki Goodwin, as Denise, is a scream; provid... |
tt2692250 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | In this third film of the 'Night at the Museum', the opening scene is in Egypt, 1938. A team of archaeologists are digging into a tomb to look for a valuable artefact. A young boy falls through a hole that leads his father and the others to what they came for - the Tablet of Ahkmenrah. Several local men see the Tablet ... | whimsical, historical | train | imdb | It is however regarded as a nice family film to sit down and enjoy, so was the second instalment, and this one isn't any different.We all know the premise; a special Egyptian tablet makes it possible for all the exhibits in the museum to come to life at night.
Of course another thing we enjoy with these movies is the a... |
tt0041268 | Criss Cross | Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster) comes back to his Los Angeles home to see his Mother, Father and brother after a few years of drifting around the country following his divorce from Anna (Yvonne De Carlo). He goes into the Round Up, the dancing hall restaurant where he and Anna spent many hours where he bumps into local... | tragedy, revenge, murder | train | imdb | null |
tt1229340 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | In the opening shot, a voice-over narrator (Bill Kurtis) tries to continue the legend of Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) by reintroducing Ron as he is frantically swimming away from a shark. Instead, however, the narrator decides to cut to New York City in what is now 1980, where Ron and his wife Veronica Corningstone (Chr... | paranormal, absurd, entertaining, flashback | train | imdb | Of all the things I expected to feel when I walked out of the cinema after seeing this film, disgusted that I paid money to watch it was not one of them.
The words escape me when it comes to reviewing this movie...before I start, you should know, i'm a massive comedy fan, and enjoyed the first anchorman quite a lot, an... |
tt0018737 | Die Büchse der Pandora | Pandoras Box leaps into the story of Lulu (Louise Brooks), a vivacious and alluring young woman. Lulu supports herself in a the apartment where we first meet her, funished nicely, including a painting of her as well as a large menorah. In the very first act what at first seems to be a pathetic beggar comes to the door,... | cult, avant garde, murder, violence, plot twist | train | imdb | Lulu, the protagonist of _Pandora's box_ portrayed by Louise Brooks, lives beyond the constraints of time.
For his movie "Die Büchse Der Pandora (Panodra's Box)", G.W. Pabst took together the tragedies "Der Erdgeist" and "Die Büchse Der Pandora", forming the famous Lulu-diptych written by German dramatist Frank Wedekin... |
tt0039535 | King-Size Canary | An unnamed alley cat searches for food in some garbage cans late at night. Unable to find anything worth his while (the bones he finds are stolen by other alley cats before he can take a bite) he spots a refrigerator inside a house and heads for it. He sneaks onto the property only to wake a sleeping bulldog. The bulld... | psychedelic | train | wikipedia | A Must-Be-Seen-To-Be-Believed Masterpiece.
Of Tex Avery's three masterpieces, "King-Size Canary" is the best of the lot.
(In case you're wondering, the other two are "Who Killed Who?" and "Red Hot Riding Hood," both 1943.) This has to be seen to be believed, let alone appreciated.
I once tried to describe it to a frien... |
tt0409847 | Cowboys & Aliens | In 1873 New Mexico Territory, an unnamed loner (Daniel Craig) awakens injured in the desert with no memory and with a strange metal object on his wrist. He wanders into the town of Absolution, where preacher Meacham treats his wound. Sheriff Taggart recognizes the stranger as wanted outlaw Jake Lonergan and attempts to... | boring, murder, cult, violence, flashback, action, romantic, sci-fi | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0048261 | Kiss Me Deadly | One night while driving down a dark road near Los Angeles, private detective Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) nearly runs down a young woman named Christina (Cloris Leachman) standing in the road who begs for a ride. Hammer gives the blonde a ride thinking she may be an escaped lunatic since she is only dressed in a trenchco... | cult, murder, violence | train | imdb | null |
tt0093507 | Masters of the Universe | On the Planet Eternia, at the centre of the universe, the forces of Skeletor (Frank Langella) have managed to seize control over Castle Grayskull. Also, Skeletor has captured the Sorceress of Grayskull (Christina Pickles) who until now has kept order over the universe. Skeletor's is planning to recieve the powers of Gr... | good versus evil, cult, psychedelic, murder, violence | train | imdb | null |
tt0434139 | The Last Kiss | Michael and his live-in girlfriend Jenna appear to be enjoying the perfect relationship: Jenna is pregnant prior to the opening of the film and her parents are pressuring the pair to get married. Jenna claims that Michael's work pressures and her own dissertation rendered it an inopportune time for marriage. The real r... | romantic, boring | train | imdb | null |
tt0082782 | My Bloody Valentine | Two miners in full gear, including face masks, are seen going down into a deep mine shaft, each carrying a pick axe. They reach an alcove and one of the figures takes off the mask, revealing that she is a young woman. She removes part of her uniform and stands in a state of half-undress in front of the other figure, pr... | cult, murder, violence, flashback | train | imdb | Well, this movie doesn't, which makes it very neat.I'd say that it's lush photography, good acting, frightening set pieces and killer, and brutal deaths make this is one of the most impressive slashers of the 80's, maybe of all time..
It's also one of the better holiday themed horror movies around!A crazed miner is det... |
tt0043338 | Ace in the Hole | Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas) is a fiercely ambitious, self-centered, wisecracking, down-on-his-luck reporter who has worked his way down the ladder. He has come west to New Mexico from New York City, along the way having been fired from eleven newspapers for libel, adultery, and heavy drinking, among other charges. Now t... | satire, melodrama | train | wikipedia | Was it the surreal inhumanity of the plot, the repugnant newsman devoid of ethics, the exploitation of the trapped victim, the purposeful prolonging of the victim's entrapment to create a media frenzy, the ultimate commercial creation of an 'event' style attraction complete with a circus like atmosphere surrounding th... |
tt0085159 | Amityville 3-D | After he exposes a pair of con artists with his partner Melanie (Candy Clark) in the infamous 112 Ocean Avenue house in Amityville journalist John Baxter (Tony Roberts) is persuaded to purchase the house by real estate agent Clifford Sanders (John Harkins). While preparing the house for John, Clifford investigates foot... | cult | train | wikipedia | null |
tt1318514 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | The film opens at Gen Sys, a genetic therapy pharmaceutical company. A female ape (Terry Notary), designated No. 9 and known as "Bright Eyes" by the staff, has been given the drug ALZ 112, and has shown considerable progress. She is more sociable and calmer than normal apes, and has succeeded in completing the Towers o... | mystery, realism, thought-provoking, violence, action, tragedy, inspiring, sentimental | train | imdb | I felt the movie was paced a bit too quickly but nevertheless, still contains very fleshed out characters driven by excellent performances throughout, from Lithgow, to Franco, to Cox and especially by Andy Serkis.Cesar is by far the best animated character in the history of cinema.
I am a big fan of the original and ha... |
tt0094074 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | The film begins at a Russian space station where a cosmonaut is working outside, singing Frank Sinatra songs in Russian. A piece of space debris flies into the space station, spinning it out of control and sending the cosmonaut into deep space. The Russians are saved however, when Superman (Christopher Reeve) flies to ... | good versus evil, violence | train | imdb | Being somewhat of a Liberal "peacenik," he was the kind you'd see out with a big "peace sign" at rallies against nuclear weapons.This movie had the kind of message that was dear to his heart.Superman goes about trying to rid the world of nuclear weapons here, especially, of course when they get into the hands of villai... |
tt1305806 | El secreto de sus ojos | (Note: in this summary, last names describe the characters in the fictionalized novel of the 1970's history of law enforcement officer Benjamín "Espósito", first names describe the people in retiree "Benjamin" Espósito's modern world.)
Retiree Benjamín Espósito is having trouble getting started on his first novel. He p... | boring, cruelty, murder, mystery, dramatic, violence, flashback, romantic, revenge | train | wikipedia | null |
tt1250777 | Kick-Ass | Dave Lizewski (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) opens the film with a narration about how superheroes came into existence. A man in a superhero costume stands on a skyscraper above a crowd ready to show the world his new flight suit. He jumps as people cheer before crashing into a taxi and dying. Dave comments that the man isn't ... | comedy, suspenseful, cruelty, murder, mystery, bleak, cult, violence, flashback, psychedelic, humor, action, satire, comic, revenge, entertaining | train | imdb | Unless you're into comic books, video games, in your teens/20's/30's and don't have a young kid, you might be taken aback that a little 11 year old girl is killing people and using bad words.
An explosive ride that covers insane action sequences, intelligent superhero parodies and intense dramatic turns, Kick-Ass is a ... |
tt0387736 | Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | The story itself begins with a flashback, and as one would expect, its not good news. Crichton is apparently on his deathbed on a badly damaged Moya, and Aeryn is lamenting the possibility that Johns victory has come at the price of his own life. Two things are readily apparent: the war itself is over by Crichtons hand... | romantic | train | imdb | Having been a fan of this show since I first saw it on BBC 2 in 1999, I sat down to watch PKW with some nervousness, Farscape's characters are like a family in a way.
Not a cop who gets results through unorthodox interrogation techniques, not a group of American army personnel representing earth to a group of American-... |
tt0332452 | Troy | The story takes place in the fertile, eastern lands bordered by the Mediterranean Sea and kept by the gods. Within the cradle of ancient civilization empires are built, wars fought, alliances forged, and heroes born.Agamemnon (Brian Cox), king of Mycenae, has united most of Greece's kingdoms under his rule and now adva... | boring, violence, action, romantic, tragedy, revenge, historical | train | imdb | Loosely based on Homer's 'Iliad', Wolfgang Petersen directs this epic war film, with an ensemble cast including Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Brian Cox, Rose Byrne, Garrett Hedlund, Peter O' Toole, Brendan Gleeson, & Tyler Mane.
Troy is also to be congratulated for not over-armoring the ... |
tt0077138 | L'albero degli zoccoli | An absolutely engrossing film. A wonderful slice of life in rural Italy at the turn of the century. No great dramatics but a detailed examination of a year of peasant life. The characters, especially the young children are so endearing. A three hour film but never dull. No big name stars but each performance is so very... | romantic, horror, storytelling | train | imdb | null |
tt0091530 | The Mission | The film is set during the Jesuit Reductions, a program by which Jesuit missionaries set up missions independent of the Spanish state to teach Christianity to the natives. It tells the story of a Spanish Jesuit priest, Father Gabriel (Jeremy Irons), who enters the South American jungle to build a mission and convert a ... | tragedy | train | imdb | This man sent from Rome by the Pope himself has the power of life and death over the Guarani Indians and the Jesuit priests who have dedicated their lives to Christian service in the deepest regions of the South American rainforest.The film isn't perfect by any means: I would have liked better representation of at leas... |
tt0061811 | In the Heat of the Night | Phillip Colbert, a wealthy industrialist from Chicago, is constructing a factory in Sparta, Mississippi. One night in September 1966, when driving back into town after a meeting at the plantation home of one of Sparta's leading citizens, Eric Endicott, he is murdered. His body is found on the pavement at the front of a... | murder | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0433400 | Just Friends | In 1995, Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds) is an overweight high school student with a lisp, braces, and a "gentle giant" demeanor who secretly has a huge romantic crush on his classmate and best friend Jamie Palamino (Amy Smart). After confessing his feelings by writing them in Jamie's yearbook, he attends Jamie's graduat... | romantic, entertaining, flashback | train | wikipedia | He returns home with Ditzy Popstar Samantha (batently a Britney spears mimic) who is one of the main contributers to the comedy, (the scene with the toothpaste is hilarious) He bumps into Jamie who is amazed to see Chris, but when they go on dates he puts on a "cool boy" front and Jamie doesn't like it, she wants her o... |
tt0972374 | Flatland | The film opens in a two dimensional world called Flatland populated by living squares, triangles, lines and other polygons. It is three days until the celebration of the year 3000. A Square, attorney at law, struggles to instruct his grand daughter, A Hexagon, in the art of sight recognition. The lesson is interrupted ... | cult | train | imdb | null |
tt0070332 | Lolly-Madonna XXX | This isn't perfect - I'm doing this from memory. But 'til now, there was no synopsis at all.The movie revolves around a minor feud between the Feather and Gutshall families. They dispute ownership of a small plot of land.As a prank and to provoke the Feathers, two of the Gustshall brothers forge a romantic postcard to ... | revenge, prank, murder, violence, flashback | train | imdb | Two rustic families, headed by patriarchs Laban Feather (Rod Steiger)and Pap Gutshall (Robert Ryan), begin a feud.
One such trick gives the Feather boys the idea to kidnap a girl, who turns out to be innocent bystander Roonie, not the made-up girlfriend named Lolly Madonna.
As events escalate, Jeff Bridges' character, ... |
tt0091419 | Little Shop of Horrors | The narrator (Stanley Jones) tells of an event that once threatened the existence of the entire human race. It occurred in "the most seemingly innocent and unlikely of places", Skid Row, in New York. Three teenage girls (Michelle Weeks, Tisha Campbell-Martin, and Tichina Arnold) appear throughout the film as a Motown-s... | comedy, dark, murder, cult, romantic, sadist | train | imdb | The 1986 film version of the Broadway musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is an entertaining movie based on the black comedy from the 1960's about a nerdy milquetoast who raises a man-eating plant that gets totally out of control.
Rick Moranis is perfection as Seymour, the nebbish who is at a loss at what to do when his own... |
tt0870984 | Antichrist | === Prologue ===
A couple makes passionate love, as their toddler, Nic, climbs up to the bedroom window and falls to his death.
=== Chapter One: Grief ===
The mother collapses at the funeral, and spends the next month in the hospital crippled with atypical grief. The father, a therapist, is skeptical of the psychiatric... | dark, avant garde, cruelty, murder, mystery, psychological, bleak, stupid, cult, violence, horror, atmospheric, flashback, insanity, psychedelic, romantic | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0414951 | The Quiet | Movie opens with a closeup of Dot (Camilla Belle), a deaf/mute high-schooler as her voiceover describes the more people in the room the more invisible she felt.Dot is sitting alone in a crowded cafeteria. At a table across from her, her new god-sister, Nina Deer (Elisha Cuthbert) and Nina's best friend Michelle (Katy M... | violence, murder | train | imdb | The ending does have some problems which I won't post here since I don't want to give anything away, but overall I think any movie that manages to be this disturbing is worth a look.
The subject matter is one of those ones that some people think should never be dramatised, and it definitely *does* leave you unsettled (... |
tt0081081 | Luca il contrabbandiere | Luca Di Angelo (Fabio Testi) is a smuggler, one member of an organized team trafficking cigarettes and booze up and down the coast off Naples, Italy. After a run-in with the police in which the smugglers manage to get away by faking a boat explosion resulting in the police motorboats responding to the false emergency a... | cruelty, murder, violence, cult, revenge, sadist | train | imdb | Although no highlight of the Italian Crime genre, Lucio Fulci's "Luca Il Contrabbandiere" aka "Contraband" is a rough, tough-minded and ultra-violent Gangster flick that certainly delivers, especially for a Fulci fan.
Lucio Fulci is widely renowned as the 'Godfather Of Gore', and "Contraband" is a movie that is certain... |
tt0089755 | Out of Africa | The story begins in 1913 in Denmark, when Karen Dinesen (a wealthy but unmarried woman) asks her friend Baron Bror Blixen (Klaus Maria Brandauer) to enter into a marriage of convenience with her. Although Bror is a member of the aristocracy, he is no longer financially secure; therefore, he agrees to the marriage, and ... | dramatic, romantic, storytelling | train | wikipedia | I said to my husband, "We've just seen the Academy Award winner." If I had no other basis for recommendation, I would say the breathtaking cinematography and transporting musical score would make a viewing worthwhile (case in point: the main theme playing as Denys Finch Hatton gives Karen Blixen her first airplane ride... |
tt1934231 | Delhi Belly | The story revolves around three roommates, journalist Tashi (Imran Khan), photographer Nitin Berry (Kunaal Roy Kapur) and cartoonist Arup (Vir Das), leading an unkempt and debt-ridden life in a shady apartment in Delhi. Tashi's ditzy fiancée, Sonia (Shenaz Treasurywala), is an air hostess who agrees to deliver a packag... | comedy | train | wikipedia | He not only gave a movie that will be talked about for quite a long time , but again came to Imran's rescue, to give him a re-launch he desperately needed!Every thing new has been tried , with the language being 90% English , the occasional Hindi comes out in the forms of those "terms of endearment" , and the lingo is ... |
tt0102636 | Parinda | The story revolves around two brothers, Kishen (Jackie Shroff) and Karan (Anil Kapoor), who have spent their childhood growing up alone on the streets of Mumbai. In order for Karan to have a better upbringing and education, Kishen joins Anna Seth (Nana Patekar). Anna owns an oil factory, but it is a mere prop used to c... | murder, violence, cult, flashback, romantic, revenge | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0046907 | Devil Girl from Mars | Opening scene A passenger plane is destroyed in mid flight in a shower of sparks.Scene switches to an isolated Inn somewhere in the Scottish Highlands. On the radio, a broadcast explains a bright light seen last night was a meteor. Tommy (Anthony Richmond) is then sent to bed by his aunty, Mrs. Jamieson (Sophie Stewart... | romantic | train | imdb | null |
tt0470993 | Crazy Eights | Jennifer Jones (Dina Meyer) is giving a lecture to a college psychology class on the subject of human emotion. After the class ends and the students leave, the projector remains on and begins performing oddly, flashing images that disturb and confuse Jennifer. Meanwhile, other strange phenomena presents itself to Fathe... | violence, flashback | train | wikipedia | Six people come together after the death of a childhood friend and begin to unravel the secret behind a past they can't remember while trapped in some abandoned hospital kind of place, and thus begins the very many problems with Crazy Eights.The film is basically one very big collection of plot holes, beyond what I tri... |
tt0265808 | Stealing Harvard | John Plummer (Jason Lee) is engaged to Elaine Warner (Leslie Mann), and intends to use his life savings of $30,000 to put a down payment on a house. He works for Elaine's father, Mr. Warner (Dennis Farina), who dislikes John. Simultaneously, John's niece Noreen (Tammy Blanchard), daughter of sister Patty (Megan Mullall... | comedy | train | wikipedia | Make no mistake, Jason Lee really is the one carrying this movie, so if you detest Tom Green, don't worry.
I saw this movie because Tom Green and Jason Lee was in it.
The plot is as simple as the film itself: John (Jason Lee) once made a promise to his niece that if she ever got accepted to college, he would pay her wa... |
tt1068646 | Entre les murs | François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contem... | realism | train | imdb | null |
tt0366777 | Millions | The film focuses on two brothers, Damian, and his older brother, Anthony. Both brothers have differences in personalities. Anthony is more focused on money and how much things cost. These matters are of no concern to Damian, who since the death of their mother, has been an admirer of saints, persons who have done good ... | fantasy, whimsical, cute, feel-good, psychedelic, inspiring, entertaining, storytelling, sentimental | train | imdb | null |
tt0067361 | Una lucertola con la pelle di donna | Carol Hammond (Bolkan) is the daughter of a wealthy lawyer and politician named Edmund Brighton (Leo Genn). Her husband Frank (Jean Sorel) is a lawyer working for Brighton's practice. They all live together in a large apartment with Joan (Edy Gall), Frank's teenage daughter from a previous marriage. Carol has been visi... | murder, cult, horror, violence, flashback, insanity | train | wikipedia | Unlike other genre efforts that leave the viewer baffled with ludicrous plot twists and impossible endings, "Lizard...", convoluted as it may be, ranks among the most solid crime mysteries the Italian scene produced.Of course that doesn't mean the final 20 minutes aren't bound to give you a headache as the plot unfolds... |
tt1411232 | 13 Hrs | Sarah Tyler (Isabella Calthorpe) is driving along a winding road one night in order to return to her home in England. after a couple of years of staying in the Los Angeles in the United States. When she arrives, she greets her step-father who is working his way through a couple of paperworks. Sarah told her step-father... | murder | train | imdb | This movie is not the greatest as you would guess with not a very good cast nor an original story line.
The film starts of with Sarah Tyler coming back to England from the United States after a long time.
We find out about each of the characters personalities and their previous relationships before Sarah left for USA.T... |
tt0072354 | Vampyres | It is getting dark. John [Brian Deacon] and Harriet [Ally Faulkner] have not yet found a place to park their camper. They pass two mysterious women in the road and pull up beside a deserted castle where they intend to pass the night. For days they camp there, not knowing that during the days the two women, Fran [Marian... | pornographic, gothic, murder, violence, cult, sadist | train | imdb | This film is pretty much alone in the Lesbian Vampire genre in that it has real zeal - the girls really seem to get into their roles and the result is the most erotic non-porn feature I've ever seen.
Jose Ramon Larraz's "Vampyres" is easily one of the best erotic horror movies ever made.This is surely a cult classic an... |
tt0877732 | ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh | Ada (aka Adrian) is a lonely gay man in Manila, and after yet another heartbreak he takes his beauty parlor and his niece, Aruba, to the provinces to start a new life. One night while singing in the shower, Ada is hit on the head with a strange meteorite with the word "Zaturnnah" printed on it. His best friend Didi is ... | comedy | train | imdb | null |
tt0119908 | Poison Ivy: The New Seduction | In 1985, Ivan and Catherine Greer live with their 9-year-old daughter, Joy, their housekeeper, Rebecca, and her two daughters, Ivy, 9, and Violet, 8. The three young girls live as sisters, but the more rambunctious Ivy is bored by their childish games of tea and rejoices at Ivan's unexpected early day return from the o... | revenge, murder | train | wikipedia | Jaime Pressly is ridiculously goddess-like hot and meant for worship in this standard erotic thriller.
Jaime Pressly a beautful talented actress portrays an awful character for the first time, she plays it good, but i rather her as the good girl.Decent sex scenes, Beautiful surroundings and young talented actors is the... |
tt2166834 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 | === Part 1 ===
After the death of his protégé Jason Todd, billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne was forced to retire from his Batman persona. Ten years later, Gotham City is overrun with crime and terrorized by a gang known as the Mutants. The 55-year-old Wayne maintains a friendship with 70-year-old retiring Police C... | realism, suspenseful, dark, murder, violence | train | wikipedia | Casual movies goers will want to head to their local comic shop for the first time ever.The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller is among the most acclaimed graphic novels ever.
Superman has been hired as an assassin by the president....All of these events come together beautifully (and with many surprises) in a well-pa... |
tt0048380 | Mister Roberts | In the waning days of World War II, in the South Pacific, the men of the Navy cargo ship USS Reluctant are hard at work moving supplies and resupplying other ships of the US Navy. The men are led by Lieutenant Doug Roberts, who is well-liked by the entire crew and acts as a liaison between them and their captain, Morto... | prank | train | imdb | Take a run down cargo ship with a motley crew, throw in a pacific island paradise and sign on board four of the biggest Hollywood heavyweights ever, then you are bound to have winning motion picture which stands the test of time.Henry Fonda re-creates his Broadway role as Lt.Douglas Roberts a navy cargo officer, desper... |
tt0469623 | Things We Lost in the Fire | Audrey Burke (Halle Berry) and her warm and loving husband Brian (David Duchovny) have been happily married 11 years; they have a 10-year-old daughter named Harper (Alexis Llewellyn) and a 6-year-old son named Dory (Micah Berry). Jerry Sunborne (Benicio del Toro) is a heroin addict who has been Brian’s close friend sin... | romantic, murder, flashback | train | wikipedia | In the course of events, she discovers the redeeming qualities her husband had always seen in him.Del Torro gives a poignant performance of a drug addict who struggles to change his life after the loss of his best friend - with quiet dignity.
Although we could have been beaten over the head with the cute as heck kids, ... |
tt0037219 | The Return of the Vampire | The film begins with Sir Fredrick Fleet (Miles Mander): The following events are taken from the notes of Professor Walter Saunders of King’s College, Oxford...
The first scene takes place in a mist-shrouded cemetery at night. A werewolf (Matt Willis) enters a tomb and tells his vampire ‘Master’ that it is time for him ... | good versus evil, paranormal, revenge | train | wikipedia | The movie was basically a sequel to Dracula but the vampire played by Bela Lugosi could not use the name Dracula because this was a Columbia picture and Universal Studios had the legal rights to the Dracula character.
Bela Lugosi stars as Armand Tesla vampire, but this is the only movie I've ever seen that had a talkin... |
tt1682181 | Bully | This documentary is about five teenagers and the varieties of bullying or harassment that they went through. The film jumps from each teen and describes their lives in parts.The film starts off by telling the story of Tyler Long and how he died. Tylers father speaks to us about his sons certain social issues and how he... | cruelty, violence, revenge, romantic, prank, sadist, home movie | train | imdb | Other parents deal with the loss of their child through suicide stemmed from bullying and their efforts to change the school systems and law enforcement that ignore the problem.
Never have we seen bullying in its rawest form, and capturing that on film is one of the hardest, most emotion-testing things one could do wit... |
tt0112950 | Empire Records | Empire Records is a small independent record shop managed by Joe (Anthony LaPaglia). His employees are all high-schoolers and young adults. The store, like the employees, is eclectic and unique. The staff is very much a self-created family, with Joe as the reluctant and perpetually exasperated father figure.Joe selects... | cult | train | imdb | the characters in empire records, yes, are submerged in their overdramatic romantic escapades, but their main prerogative in the film is to prevent a large corporation from buying out their independent record store.
There is a very strong soundtrack for the movie, but you appreciate it more the second time through, bec... |
tt0095897 | The Presidio | At the Presidio Army base in San Francisco, MP Patti Jean Lynch (Jenette Goldstein) is shot dead while investigating a break-in on the base, and two San Francisco Police officers are killed in the getaway. Jay Austin (Mark Harmon), a San Francisco police inspector, is sent to investigate. He clashes with Lieutenant Col... | comedy, mystery, neo noir, murder, violence, suspenseful | train | wikipedia | null |
tt0071562 | The Godfather: Part II | The Godfather Part II presents two parallel storylines. One involves Mafia chief Michael Corleone in 1958/1959 after the events of the first movie; the other is a series of flashbacks following his father, Vito Corleone from 1917 to 1925, from his youth in Sicily (1901) to the founding of the Corleone family in New Yor... | suspenseful, cruelty, murder, psychological, violence, flashback, action, romantic, melodrama, tragedy, revenge, sadist | train | imdb | They are now cold , ruthless and unemotional and betray the price which Micheal Corleone has paid for power .Watch this movie and learn why it is the greatest gangster film of all time..
Without spoiling, I will simply say the Robert DeNiro as the young Vito is the best acting performance of all time, a role for which... |
tt0040725 | The Red Shoes | Based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a pair of enchanted crimson ballet slippers, 'The Red Shoes' follows the beautiful Vicky Page (Moira Shearer), a young socialite who loves ballet, the rising composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring) whom she loves, and her dictatorial director, Boris Lermontov (Anton... | fantasy | train | imdb | null |
tt0790663 | The First Grader | Kenya, 2003: A radio DJ announces that the Kenyan government is offering free primary school education to all. Maruge (OLIVER LITONDO), an 84 year-old villager, hears this and decides he wants to educate himself. Arriving at his local school, with a newspaper clipping about this change in policy, he meets Jane (NAOMIE ... | violence, avant garde, cruelty, murder, flashback | train | imdb | A fine film, but not a feel-good movie for kids.
The First Grader (2010), directed by Justin Chadwick, is a serious and important film that is being advertised as a feel-good movie, suitable for kids.
The film is a portrayal of the true story of Kimani N'gan'ga Maruge, an 84-year-old Kenyan man who successfully enrolle... |
tt0141926 | U-571 | After sinking a merchant ship from an Allied convoy, German U-boat U-571 has her engines badly damaged by depth charges from a British destroyer. U-571's skipper Kapitänleutnant Gunther Wassner makes a distress call that is intercepted by American intelligence, so the US Navy has submarine S-33 modified to resemble a G... | suspenseful, action, psychedelic, murder, violence | train | wikipedia | The British captured the enigma first, the Canadians caught another later and the U.S. WASN'T EVEN IN THE WAR YET!This is beyond "just entertainment" as Americans are now laying quasi-historical claim (and we all know how many will take some or all of it as true - most) to victories and sacrifices purchased by people o... |
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