March 2nd, 2009
A few months before World War I, an aging band of outlaws led by Pike Bishop rob a Texas bank intent on using the money to retire. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang is forced to flee to Mexico with Bishop’s reformed ex-partner, Deke Thornton, in hot pursuit. With nothing to show for the failed robbery, Bishop’s gang agrees to steal a shipment of guns for General “Mapache” Juerta, to restore their fortunes. With Thornton closing in, and their association with the evil Juerta trying their conscience, Bishop and co. prepare for their lawless past to catch up with them.
Tags: 1910s, ambush, anti-hero, armed-child, arms-smuggling, arms-theft, bank-robbery, blood, blood-splatter, bloodshed, bloody, bloody-violence, breasts, child-in-peril, cult-director, cult-favorite, cult-western, death, epic, exploding-bridge, female-frontal-nudity, female-nudity, flashback-sequence, frontier, gun, gunfight, heist, hidden-gun, honor, hooker, knife, loss-of-friend, machine-gun, mexican, mexico, mirror, moral-corruption, murder, one-last-job, outlaw, poignant, scorpion, shooting, shootout, shot-in-the-back, shot-in-the-chest, shot-in-the-face, shot-in-the-head, shot-in-the-leg, shot-to-death, slow-motion, slow-motion-scene, throat-slitting, torture, train-robbery, trampled-to-death, violent-movie, vulture, wilhelm-scream, wind
Posted in 1969, Action, Drama, USA, Western | No Comments »
March 2nd, 2009
The Hoover family is the dictionary definition for the word “dysfunctional”. The dad Richard is a man who gives lectures on winners and losers, the wife is Sheryl, a chain-smoking, frazzled wife and working mother whose idea of a home cooked meal frequently consists of a bucket of chicken. Her gay brother Frank recently attempted suicide. The grandpa is Edwin, a drug addict. The son is Dwayne a rebel who has vowed not to talk until he gets into the Air Force. And then there is Olive, a seven-year old girl who dreams of going to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. So what happens when they do?
Tags: affection, albuquerque-new-mexico, ambulance, answering-machine, apology, argument, arizona, audience, auto-mechanic, beach, beauty, beauty-contest, beauty-pageant, begging, biker, book, brother-sister-relationship, businessman, california, car-trouble, cell-phone, child-star, cigarette-smoking, color-blind, computer, convenience-store, crying, dancer, dancing, dead-body, deadpan, death, death-of-father, diner, doctor, dressing-room, driving, drug-addiction, drug-use, dysfunctional, dysfunctional-family, eating, eye-test, eyeglasses, failure, family, family-relationships, fat, father-daughter-relationship, father-son-relationship, fired, flight-school, food, freeway, fried-chicken, garage, gas-station, gay, gay-interest, girl, graduate-student, grandfather-granddaughter-relationship, grandfather-grandson-relationship, hatred, helmet, heroin, homosexual, homosexuality, hospital, husband-wife-relationship, ice-cream, innocence, irreverent, loser, make-up, male-female-relationship, mental-hospital, mirror, money, motel, mother-daughter-relationship, mother-son-relationship, motivational-speaker, motor-bike, new-mexico, old-man, optimism, pageant, parenthood, pay-phone, pier, police, popcorn, porn, porn-magazine, porno-magazine, pornography, pride, quirky, reading, reckless-driving, remote-control, road-movie, road-rage, road-trip, running, sarcasm, screaming, singer, singing, sister-sister-relationship, song, speaker, speech, sprite, strip-tease, suburban, suffering, suicidal, teacher, teacher-student-relationship, tears, teenage-boy, telephone-call, title-spoken-by-character, uncle-nephew-relationship, uncle-niece-relationship, van, volkswagen-bus, vow-of-silence, waitress, war-wounds, watching-tv, wheelchair, winner, writing
Posted in 2006, Comedy, Drama, USA | No Comments »
March 2nd, 2009
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy — full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce enemies-for-life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them. Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London.
Tags: 1890s, 1900s, based-on-novel, blind-man, broken-leg, bullet-catching, buried-alive, clone, cloning, corpse, courtroom, death, death-of-wife, diary, disturbing, drowning, electricity, finger-cut-off, hanged-man, hanging, identical-twins, illusion, impostor, london-england, loss-of-loved-one, magic, magician, magician's-assistant, murder, nonlinear-timeline, pistol, plot-twist, revelation, revenge, sacrifice, seance, severed-finger, shot-in-the-arm, shot-in-the-chest, shot-in-the-hand, showmanship, spoiler-in-keywords, suicide, title-spoken-by-character, tragedy, twin-brother, twins, twist-in-the-end, uncertainty-principle, victorian-era
Posted in 2006, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, UK, USA | No Comments »
March 2nd, 2009
A widower of many years now Rocky has fallen into a routine of looking back to his past. A coincidental meeting with a girl that is now all grown up gets him back on track. Rocky always wanting to help those that he cares about lends a hand out for she and her son. Rocky now owns a small restaurant in the heart of Philly, he finds himself telling stories to those that ask about old fights and taking photos with his fans. Paulie, his wife’s brother shows him an ESPN exclusive about a virtual fight between reigning undefeated heavy weight champion of the world Mason “The Line” Dixon. The virtual bout intrigues everyone with Rocky “the Italion Stallion” as the winner. Rocky feels like he needs to get back in the ring not for a title shot, but for some local fights that will satisfy his love of the game. When Rocky is approached by Dixon’s managers Rocky can’t turn the semi charity event down. After tying things back up with his son, Rocky, Duke (his former trainer), Paulie, and Rocky Jr. get to work training the still in shape former 2 time heavy weight champion of the world. You’ll be inspired by the heart vs skill bout of ten amazing rounds.
Tags: biracial-child, boxer, boxing, boxing-champion, boxing-match, boxing-ring, cemetery, character-name-in-title, comeback, death-of-wife, deceased-wife, dog, dog-pound, father, father-son-relationship, flashback-sequence, grave-site, inspiration, las-vegas, motivation, philadelphia, punch, restaurant, sequel, son, title-spoken-by-character, training-exercise, training-montage, underdog
Posted in 2006, Action, Drama, Sport, USA | No Comments »
March 2nd, 2009
Bartleby (B.) Gaines is a fun loving slacker who, unfortunately, gets turned down for every college he applied for, much to the charign of his overly expectant parents. So, with a little cutting and pasting, he creates the South Harmon Institute of Technology, and lo and behold, he is accepted (along with his friends Rory, Hands, and Glen, whose college plans were also all but dashed). However, his parents want to see the website, the campus, and the dean. So now he has his other friend Sherman (who has been accepted to the prestigious Harmon College) build a web page, they lease out an abandoned psychiatric hospital, and they hire Sherman’s uncle Ben (played to perfection by comedian Lewis Black) to be the dean. Problem solved? Not quite. The web page was done so well, that hundreds of students show up at the front door, all of which were turned down by other colleges. Faced with no choice, Bartleby decides to proceed with turning South Harmon into a real college, and sets about figuring out what to teach and how to teach it. Meanwhile at Harmon, dean Van Horne meets with Hoyt Ambrose, a rich law student and head of the KBE fraternity (which Sherman is trying to become a member of), to discuss building a gateway for Harmon using land presently being used by South Harmon. He tries finding the leaseholder of the land, to no avail. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Monica, catches him cheating on her, and a big party at South Harmon lures a chunk of Harmon’s students away, including Monica into the arms of Bartleby. Now Hoyt uses Sherman, knowing he has been bouncing between the two schools, in an attempt to bring South Harmon down for good. However, Bartleby has an accreditation appointment with the state Board of Education to prove South Harmon’s worthiness. Can he legally bring the South Harmon Institute of Technology to life and win the love of Monica?
Tags: anxiety, brother-sister-relationship, college, college-attendance, college-campus, college-entrance, college-kid, college-life, college-student, dean, education, explosion, family, fraternity, fraud, graduation, hearing, high-school, love, parents, party, pool, rejection, renovation, skateboard, student, swimming-pool, teen, university, urban-legend, website
Posted in 2006, Comedy, USA | No Comments »
March 2nd, 2009
When Fiona’s father and King of Far Far Away passes away, the clumsy Shrek becomes the immediate successor of the throne. However, Shrek decides to find the legitimate heir Artie in a distant kingdom with his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to be able return to his beloved house in the swamp with the pregnant Fiona. Meanwhile, the envious and ambitious Prince Charming joins the villains of the fairytales plotting a coup d’état to become the new king.
Tags: animal, baby, balcony, bed, bell, captain-hook, castle, cat, cgi-animation, character-name-in-title, cinderella, computer-animation, donkey, fairy-tale, fancy-dress, frog, gingerbread-man, heir, hook, kingdom, lancelot, martial-arts, merlin, ogre, piano, pig, pinocchio, pregnant, prince, prince-charming, princess, rapunzel, sailboat, satire, sequel, sleeping-beauty, snow-white, stepsister, talking-animal, talking-cat, talking-donkey, tea, third-part, three-little-pigs, trapped, ugly-stepsister, wolf
Posted in 2007, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, USA | No Comments »
March 2nd, 2009
A modern day look at America’s war on drugs told through four separate stories that are connected in one way or another. A conservative politician who’s just been appointed as the US drug czar learns that his daughter is a drug addict. A trophy wife struggles to save her husband’s drug business, while two DEA agents protect a witness with inside knowledge of the spouse’s business. In Mexico, a corrupt, yet dedicated cop struggles with his conscience when he learns that his new boss may not be the anti-drug official he made himself out to be.
Tags: alcoholics-anonymous, arrest, assassin, assassination, attorney, based-on-tv-series, breakfast, bulletproof-vest, buttocks, california, car-bomb, cellular-phone, chase, cincinnati-ohio, classroom, cocaine, color-filter, columbus-ohio, cop, corrupt-official, corruption, courtroom, crack-cocaine, crack-house, desert, drug-abuse, drug-addict, drug-addiction, drug-cartel, drug-courier, drug-dealing, drug-overdose, drug-rehabilitation, drug-ring, drug-smuggling, drug-trafficking, drug-use, drug-war, drugs, el-paso-texas, ensemble-film, epic, escape, exploding-car, father-daughter-relationship, flashback-sequence, food-poisoning, funeral, gay-bar, georgetown-washington-d.c., ghetto, golf-club, grave-digging, handcuffs, helicopter, heroin, high-school, hitman, informant, interracial-friendship, interracial-relationship, interracial-sex, joke, judge, kidnapping, la-jolla, la-jolla-california, lemonade, loss-of-friend, marijuana, marriage, meeting, mercedes-benz, mexico, mexico-city, multiple-story-line, murder, old-friends, organized-crime, plastic-surgery, poisoning, police, police-corruption, political, pregnancy, press-conference, prostitution, rehabilitation, remake, remuneration, runaway, runaway-child, san-diego-california, sexual-favor, shooting, shot-in-the-back, shot-in-the-foot, silencer, sniper, spanish-lesson, stolen-car, suburbia, surveillance, swimming-pool, teenage-prostitution, teenage-sex, threat, tijuana, tijuana-mexico, torture, twist-in-the-end, u.s.-mexico-border, violence, vulgarity, washington-d.c., white-house, wiretapping, witness
Posted in 2000, Crime, Drama, Germany, Thriller, USA | No Comments »
March 2nd, 2009
Bored and unhappy with the life of being “The Pumpkin King” Jack Skellington of Halloween Town, Jack sets out to find something exciting. Jack discovers “Christmas Town” and takes it upon himself to take over the duties of Santa to deliver toys across the world to children.
Tags: Animation, based-on-poem, black-comedy, christmas, christmas-in-danger, christmas-tree, corpse, cult-cartoon, dog, doll, easter-bunny, elf, evil-toy, fall-from-height, family, fire, ghost, gothic, graveyard, guillotine, halloween, holiday-horror, holly, horror-for-kids, hunchback, jack-o-lantern, mad-scientist, mayor, microscope, monster, mummy, nightmare, no-opening-credits, ornament, pumpkin, pumpkin-head, reindeer, santa-claus, skeleton, sleigh, snake, split-personality, stop-motion, supernatural, surreal, two-holiday-story, vampire, vision, werewolf, witch, woods
Posted in 1993, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, USA | No Comments »
March 2nd, 2009
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney/”Leave It to Beaver”-esque family-man. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years, ago Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady’s rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
Tags: adultery, anger, assault, based-on-novel, bible, blockbuster, body-building, color-remake-of-b&w-film, counsellor, disturbing, drugs, dysfunctional-family, ex-convict, family-in-danger, firework, fitness, fourth-of-july, good-versus-evil, gun, harassment, houseboat, housemaid, human-flesh, infidelity, injustice, maniac, middle-class, mind-game, movie-theater, murder, neo-noir, panties, person-on-fire, psycho-thriller, psychological-drama, psychological-thriller, psychopath, rape, remake, revenge, river, sexual, sexual-abuse, sexual-awakening, southern-gothic, speaking-in-tongues, stalker, stalking, string, tattoo, terrorism, trapped, violence, weight-training, woman, yuppie
Posted in 1991, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller, USA | No Comments »