Archive for January, 2005
Assault on Precinct 13
On New Year’s Eve, inside a police station that’s about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick (Hawke) must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop (Fishburne).
Assault on Precinct 13 DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 6.30 out of 10 (13361 votes)
Director: Jean-François Richet
Actors: Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Ja Rule, Maria Bello, Peter Bryant, Gabriel Byrne, Fulvio Cecere, Kim Coates, Matt Craven, Courtney Cunningham, Drea de Matteo, Brian Dennehy, Hugh Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Tig Fong, Darren Frost, Jasmin Geljo,
Tags: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Action, anti-hero, attempted-murder, baseball-bat, blood, blood-splatter, bomb, car-accident, chase-scene, church, convict, corrupt-police, cruelty-to-animal, death, deception, detroit-michigan, drugs, execution, exploding-bus, gangster, helicopter, icicle, junkie, lasersight, machine-gun, molotov-cocktail, murder, new-year's-eve, new-year's-eve-party, night-vision-goggles, number-in-title, one-night, paranoia, person-on-fire, pistol, police, police-corruption, police-officer-killed, police-precinct, police-station, policewoman-killing, prisoner, psychiatrist, psychologist, remake, revenge, room-key, self-sacrifice, set-on-fire, shootout, shot-in-the-back, shot-in-the-chest, shot-in-the-face, shot-in-the-forehead, shot-in-the-knee, shot-in-the-leg, shot-in-the-shoulder, shot-in-the-stomach, shot-to-death, shotgun, siege, sniper, snowstorm, stabbed-in-the-chest, stabbed-in-the-eye, stabbed-in-the-neck, stabbed-to-death, storm, suspicion, sword, tommy-gun, twist-in-the-end, urban, woods
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
A maturing Anakin Skywalker goes to the dark side of The Force and becomes Sith Lord Darth Vader. We experience the transformation in a dark, scary yet thrilling climax. The story here logically sets up the events of Episode IV, the original 1977 Star Wars movie in which Darth Vader goes to war against his own children, Luke and Leia.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 7.90 out of 10 (109442 votes)
Director: George Lucas
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Jimmy Smits, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Christopher Lee, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Silas Carson, Jay Laga’aia, Bruce Spence, Wayne Pygram, Temuera Morrison,
Tags: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, adoption, alien, alien-civilization, alien-contact, alien-language, alien-space-craft, alien-technology, armor, betrayal, birth, blockbuster, blood, burned-alive, chancellor, child-murder, childbirth, chosen-one, christ-figure, compassion, computer, crushed-to-death, death-star, decapitation, desert, destiny, disciple, disfigured-face, disfigurement, disguise, dismemberment, doctor, domestic-violence, downfall, dream-sequence, dying-in-childbirth, electrocution, elevator, elevator-shaft, emperor, epic, evil-robot, exploding-ship, fall-from-height, farm, fight, funeral, galactic-war, general, giant-lizard, giving-birth, good-versus-evil, hangar, hatred, hologram, human-alien, humiliation, intense-violence, invented-language, jedi-knight, lava, ledge, lightsaber, loss-of-friend, loss-of-wife, marital-abuse, marriage, martial-arts, mass-murder, melodrama, mentor, messiah, moral-corruption, murder, nightmare, no-opening-credits, outer-space, part-computer-animation, person-on-fire, personality-change, planet, pregnancy, pregnant-wife, premonition, prequel, prosthetic-limb, queen, remorse, rescue, returning-character-killed-off, robot, robot-vs.-robot, saga, secret-marriage, senate, senator, sequel, severed-arm, severed-hand, severed-head, severed-leg, shame, shootout, shot-in-the-back, shot-in-the-chest, shot-to-death, soldier, space, space-battle, space-fight, space-opera, space-shuttle, space-travel, space-war, spacecraft, spaceship, stabbed-in-the-back, stabbed-in-the-chest, suffering, surgery, sword-and-sorcery, sword-fight, telekinesis, temple, temptation, third-part, torso-cut-in-half, torture, tragedy, tragic-villain, treason, twins, volcano, war, warrior, warrior-race, wilhelm-scream, woman-in-labour-scene, wuxia-fiction
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Kingdom of Heaven
It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian’s father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In Jerusalem at that moment–between the Second and Third Crusades–a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military restraint of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin. But Baldwin’s days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism, greed, and jealousy among the Crusaders threaten to shatter the truce. King Baldwin’s vision of peace–a kingdom of heaven–is shared by a handful of knights, including Godfrey of Ibelin, who swear to uphold it with their lives and honor. As Godfrey passes his sword to his son, he also passes on that sacred oath: to protect the helpless, safeguard the peace, and work toward harmony between religions and cultures, so that a kingdom of heaven can flourish on earth. Balian takes the sword and steps into history.
Kingdom of Heaven DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 6.90 out of 10 (23180 votes)
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Martin Hancock, Eva Green, Brendan Gleeson, Michael Sheen, Nathalie Cox, Jeremy Irons, Eriq Ebouaney, Edward Norton, Jouko Ahola, David Thewlis, Liam Neeson, Philip Glenister, Orlando Bloom, Bronson Webb, Kevin McKidd, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Steven Robertson, Marton Csokas, Alexander Siddig,
Tags: History, War, Drama, Action, 1180s, 12th-century, adultery, archery, army, battle, blacksmith, blood, blood-splatter, bravery, brother-sister-relationship, catapult, christianity, corpse, corruption, cross, crucifix, crusades, death, decapitation, deformed-man, deformity, disfigured-face, epic, face-slap, fall-from-height, father-son-relationship, fire, flaming-arrow, fortress, gore, grave-digging, hand-to-hand-combat, hatred, head-on-stake, heroism, holy-war, honor, impalement, islam, italy, jerusalem, king, knight, leper, leprosy, loss-of-brother, loss-of-child, loss-of-father, loss-of-son, loss-of-wife, love, marriage, massacre, middle-east, military, person-on-fire, priest, public-execution, queen, religion, self-sacrifice, severed-head, ship-wreck, shot-in-the-chest, shot-in-the-head, shot-in-the-throat, shot-to-death, siege, slit-throat, social-commentary, stabbed-in-stomach, stabbed-in-the-back, stabbed-in-the-chest, stabbed-in-the-head, stabbed-in-the-leg, stabbed-in-the-throat, suicide, sword-fight, throat-slitting, title-spoken-by-character, tolerance, treason, unhappy-marriage, warrior, wilhelm-scream
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Sin City
“Sin City” is Four stories inter-weaved telling tales of corruption in Basin City. The First Story (The Customer is always right)is short, and is based on the depression of women that they need to pay a man to feel loved when they commit suicide. The Next Story is Part 1 of “That Yellow Bastard” starring Bruce Willis as a cop who needs to save a young girl from being raped. The Third Story (The Hard Goodbye) features Mickey Rourke and his revenge on a heartless killer who murdered his one-night stand. The fourth story (The Big, Fat Kill) stars Clive Owen as a man who must dispatch of a cop’s body, but it will be a tough ride to do it. Following that are two conclusions to Sin City, the ending of “That Yellow Bastard” which is set 8 years later, and a short story that ends Sin City.
Sin City DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 8.40 out of 10 (118245 votes)
Director: Robert Rodriguez; Quentin Tarantino; Frank Miller
Actors: Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Powers Boothe, Jude Ciccolella, Jeffrey J. Dashnaw, Rosario Dawson, Jesse De Luna, Benicio Del Toro, Jason Douglas, Michael Clarke Duncan, Tommy Flanagan, Christina Frankenfield, Rick Gomez, Carla Gugino,
Tags: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Action, actress-playing-multiple-roles, adaptation-directed-by-original-author, anthology, anti-hero, assassin, atmospheric, based-on-comic-book, based-on-graphic-novel, beautiful-woman, beheading, betrayal, black-and-white-segues-into-color, black-comedy, blackmail, blood, blood-splatter, bludgeoning, broken-arm, brutality, cadillac, cannibal, cannibalism, car-accident, car-crash, castration, child-molester, color-tints, cop-killer, corrupt-police, corruption, dark-hero, dark-heroine, dark-horse-comics, dark-humor, dead-narrator, death, death-of-loved-one, decapitation, detective, dinosaur, directed-by-several-directors, disfigurement, dismemberment, dominatrix, eaten-alive, electric-chair, electrocution, elevator-scene, ensemble-cast, evil-preacher, execution, exploding-head, explosion, expressionism, extreme-violence, fall-from-height, female-nudity, femme-fatale, fiend, first-of-series, gay-slur, generation-x, good-versus-evil, gore, graphic-violence, gruesome, hand-grenade, hanged-man, head-in-toilet, heart-failure, hero, heroine, hit-by-car, hitman, hooker, hostage, humans-in-cages, katana-sword, kicked-in-the-face, killer, knife, lesbian, loss-of-loved-one, mercenary, merciless, misfiring-gun, multiple-narrators, multiple-story-line, mustache, mutilation, mysterious-villain, naked-dead-woman, narration, neo-noir, nocturnal-murder, nonlinear-timeline, nude-with-a-gun, nude-woman-murdered, nudity, offscreen-killing, older-man-younger-woman, pistol, pistol-whip, police-corruption, police-officer-killed, pre-credit-scene, premarital-sex, pretty-girl, profanity, prostitute, psycho-killer, psychopath, rapist, revenge, reverse-footage, sadistic, serial-killer, severed-arm, severed-ear, severed-finger, severed-hand, severed-head, severed-leg, shooting, shot-in-the-arm, shot-in-the-back, shot-in-the-chest, shot-in-the-crotch, shot-in-the-eye, shot-in-the-forehead, shot-in-the-neck, shot-in-the-shoulder, shot-to-death, shower-scene, silencer, silhouette, skinhead, slit-throat, stabbed-in-the-eye, stabbed-in-the-head, straight-razor, stripper, stylized, suicide, surreal, switchblade, sword, tar, teen-movie, tense, theatrical, thong, thug, title-spoken-by-character, topless, torture, tough-guy, tragedy, tragic-hero, traitor, twenty-something, twist-in-the-end, undercover-cop, vengeance, violence, visceral, whipping, wilhelm-scream, wrath
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Racing Stripes
In the middle of a raging thunderstorm, a traveling circus accidentally leaves behind some very precious cargo—a baby zebra. The gangly little foal is rescued by horse farmer Nolan Walsh, who takes him home to his young daughter Channing. Once a champion thoroughbred trainer, Walsh has given up horse training for a quiet life with Channing on their modest Kentucky farm. The little zebra, or “Stripes,” as Channing calls him, is soon introduced to the farm’s misfit troupe of barnyard residents, led by a cranky Shetland Pony named Tucker and Franny, a wise old goat who keeps the family in line. The group is joined by Goose, a deranged big-city pelican who’s hiding out in the sticks until the heat dies down in Jersey. The un-aptly named bloodhound Lightening keeps a lazy eye on goings-on at the farm - in between naps. The Walsh farm borders the Turfway Racetrack, where highly skilled thoroughbreds compete for horse racing’s top honor, the ultra-prestigious Kentucky Crown. From the first moment Stripes lays eyes on the track, he’s hooked—he knows that if he could just get the chance, he could leave all those other horses in the dust. What he doesn’t know is—he’s not exactly a horse. But with characteristic zeal, he devotes himself to training for the big time, with a little help from Tucker, who has coached a host of champion racehorses in the past.
Racing Stripes DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 5.30 out of 10 (2730 votes)
Director: Frederik Du Chau
Actors: Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Caspar Poyck, Gary Bullock, Wendie Malick, M. Emmet Walsh, Thandi Puren, Morne Visser, Dawn Matthews, Matt Stern, John Lesley, Graeme Hawkins, Tarryn Downes, Frankie Muniz, Mandy Moore,
Tags: Sport, Family, Drama, Comedy, bathroom-humor, boss, circus, covered-bridge, dirt-bike, dog, farm, fart-joke, father-daughter-relationship, fly, goat, hen, horse, horse-racing, horse-trainer, kentucky, kids-and-family, pelican, plow, product-placement, racehorse, racetrack, rooster, talking-animal, teenage-girl, tractor, truck, widower, zebra
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White Noise
When the unexpected happens, architect Jonathan Rivers has become a grieving widower, wallowing in deep confusion over the death of his wife. But a paranormal expert approaches Jonathan with the unlikely: the ability to hear his wife from beyond the grave. Through a form of unusual communication known as EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon), Jonathan will finally be able to see his wife. But in doing so, Jonathan has drawn himself into a much more complex situation when his curiosity becomes an obsession. Only that obsession will have him confront those not of this world, and some of them don’t approve of Jonathan’s interference with their destructive nature.
White Noise DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 5.30 out of 10 (11175 votes)
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Actors: Michael Keaton, Chandra West, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice, Sarah Strange, Nicholas Elia, Mike Dopud, Marsha Regis, Brad Sihvon, Mitchell Kosterman, L. Harvey Gold, Amber Rothwell, Suzanne Ristic, Keegan Connor Tracy, Miranda Frigon,
Tags: Mystery, Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, able-to-hear-the-dead, architect, audio-cassette, book-publishing, car-accident, cell-phone, computer, death, death-of-hero, death-of-wife, ex-wife, funeral, ghost, grief, hospital, hotel-room, husband-wife-relationship, husband-wife-reunion, loss-of-wife, moaning, near-miss, paranormal, police-detective, pregnancy, pregnancy-test, priest, promise, spirit, stepmother, suicide-attempt, supernatural, television, torture, video-tape, voice, volkswagen-beetle, widower, writer, young-boy
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Hitch
In New York, Alex Hitchen (Will Smith) is a kind of sentimental advisor, teaching each client how to date the woman of his dream. His present case is helping the clumsy Albert (Kevin James) to date the wealthy and powerful Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta). Meanwhile, Hitch has a crush on the gossip columnist Sara (Eva Mendes), who was assigned to write about Allegra. When the best girlfriend of Sara has a love disillusion with a man that Sara thinks that is a client of Hitch, she plots a revenge against Hitch and the misunderstanding leads the two couples to a conflictive situation.
Hitch DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 6.80 out of 10 (17282 votes)
Director: Andy Tennant
Actors: Amber Valletta, Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Julie Ann Emery, Robinne Lee, Nathan Lee Graham, Adam Arkin, Michael Rapaport, Jeffrey Donovan, Paula Patton, Philip Bosco, Kevin Sussman, Navia Nguyen, Matt Malloy,
Tags: Romance, Comedy, advice, allergy, awkward, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, breaking-the-fourth-wall, courtship, dance-lesson, dating, ellis-island, fantasy-sequence, gay-kiss, hudson-river, interracial-love-relationship, jet-ski, new-york, new-york-city, new-york-skyline, reporter, romantic-comedy, speed-dating, title-spoken-by-character, voice-over, wedding-party
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Elektra
Jennifer Garner returns as Elektra, a lethal synthesis of grace and power with the mystical power known as Kimagure: a limited ability to see the future. She has purposefully severed all ties with the world and lives only for her next assignment. Elektra’s latest job forces her to make a decision that can take her life in a whole new direction or destroy her.
Elektra DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 5.00 out of 10 (13860 votes)
Director: Rob Bowman
Actors: Will Yun Lee, Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Kirsten Prout, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Terence Stamp, Natassia Malthe, Bob Sapp, Chris Ackerman, Edson T. Ribeiro, Colin Cunningham, Hiro Kanagawa, Mark Houghton, Laura Ward, Kurt Max Runte,
Tags: Fantasy, Crime, Thriller, Adventure, Action, action-heroine, archer, assassin, based-on-comic, based-on-comic-book, blindness, breaking-and-entering, cgi, character-name-in-title, comic-hero, dagger, dark-heroine, destiny, eagle, exploding-building, falling-glass, falling-tree, father-daughter-relationship, female-assassin, female-bonding, female-killer, flashback-sequence, heroine, jump-through-window, katana-sword, lesbian-kiss, martial-arts, marvel-comics, marvel-entertainment, mentor, narration, ninja, resurrection, shape-shifter, shot-through-door, shotgun, slow-motion-scene, snake, spider, spin-off, superhero, supernatural, swimming-pool, sword-fight, tattoo, teacher-student-relationship, teenage-girl, title-spoken-by-character, underwater-scenes, vengeance, vigilante, villainess, violence, wire-fu, wolf, woods
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