Posts Tagged ‘arson’

The Patriot (2000)

Monday, July 13th, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Steven Seagal | Gailard Sartain | L. Q. Jones | Silas Weir Mitchell | Camilla Belle | Dan Beene | Damon Collazo | Whitney Yellow Robe | Brad Leland | Molly McClure | Philip Winchester | Douglas Sebern | Ross Loney | Bernard O'Connor | Leonard Mountain Chief
Directors: Dean Semler
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The movie takes place in South Carolina in 1776. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, is a patriot who wants no part in a war with Britian. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can’t wait to go out and kill some Redcoats. When South Carolina decides to go to war with Britain, Gabriel immediatly signs up to fight…without his father’s permission. But soon, Colonel Tavington, British solder infamous for his brutal tactiks, captures Gabriel and sentences him to be hanged. As Gabriel is taken away, Thomas tries to free him, only to be killed by Tavington, in front of Benjamin. Now, seeking revenge for his son’s death, Benjamin leaves behind his 5 other children to bring independence to the 13 colonies.

French Connection II (1975)

Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gene Hackman | Fernando Rey | Bernard Fresson | Philippe Léotard | Ed Lauter | Charles Millot | Jean-Pierre Castaldi | Cathleen Nesbitt | Samantha Llorens | André Penvern | Reine Prat | Raoul Delfosse | Ham-Chau Luong | Jacques Dynam | Malek Kateb
Directors: John Frankenheimer
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New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle follows the trail of the French connection smuggling ring to France where he teams up with the gendarmes to hunt down the ringleader.

The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Jon Finch | Francesca Annis | Martin Shaw | Terence Bayler | John Stride | Nicholas Selby | Stephan Chase | Paul Shelley | Maisie MacFarquhar | Elsie Taylor | Noelle Rimmington | Noel Davis | Sydney Bromley | Richard Pearson | Patricia Mason
Directors: Roman Polanski
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Roman Polanski’s version of Shakespeare’s tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt complex and the dead king’s son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is.

Body Heat (1981)

Monday, January 26th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: William Hurt | Kathleen Turner | Richard Crenna | Ted Danson | J.A. Preston | Mickey Rourke | Kim Zimmer | Jane Hallaren | Lanna Saunders | Carola McGuinness | Michael Ryan | Larry Marko | Deborah Lucchesi | Lynn Hallowell | Thom Sharp
Directors: Lawrence Kasdan
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Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he’s picked up by married Matty Walker. A passionate affair commences but it isn’t long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty’s rich husband Edmund. A plot hatches to kill him but will they pull it off?

Gandhi (1982)

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: India | UK
Actors: Ben Kingsley | Candice Bergen | Edward Fox | John Gielgud | Trevor Howard | John Mills | Martin Sheen | Ian Charleson | Athol Fugard | G?nther Maria Halmer | Saeed Jaffrey | Geraldine James | Alyque Padamsee | Amrish Puri | Roshan Seth
Directors: Richard Attenborough
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When ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ (qv) first set foot in British India, he had already been to Britain and South Africa, and had created quite a stir for the betterment of the people. But in India, he realized that he had first to live the life of a peasant to understand what it is to be an Indian. This resolve will lead him to shed his westerners clothing, and don a simple loincloth, be subjected to racial slurs from none other than Winston Churchill (Half naked Indian Fakir); Mobilize awareness of local industry and less dependence on imported clothing and material; the historic dandee march for withdrawal of the salt tax; a fast unto death to stop the virtual slaughter of British troops by irate Indian mobs; and be imprisoned several times. His resolve was to work with stalwarts such as Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Sardar Valabhbhai Patel, Professor Gokhale, J.B. Kripalani, Maulana Azad, and Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru to ensure first of all to get the British to quit India, and then run an Indian Government under the Congress party. Gandhi will soon realize that it is not enough to be just an Indian, for India has many facets - Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, and Christian. The British relied on these many facets as an excuse for their continuance as they wanted to ensure that the minorities are not oppressed by the Hindu majority. Concerned over the inroads made by Gandhi to unite the Hindus, Muslims, and all others under a common umbrella, the British invited Jinnah for talks, and it is here that a seed was laid for a separate country called Pakistan. When Gandhi came to know about this, he pleaded with Jinnah to unite the Muslims, even take over as the first Prime Minister with his choice of Muslim candidates for Parliament, but separatist Jinnah had already made his mind. The World Wars of 1914 and 1944 having taken it’s toll on Europe and Britain in particular, the weary British finally decided to leave India in 1947 - not the India they had conquered - but an India that was ready to be divided in East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Now after the much awaited independence was the real test for Gandhi - a test that will make him or break him - as he started a fast unto death to try and stop the violence that was threatening to break out into a civil war, not realizing that he had indirectly fanned Hindu extremism, which would later be called the Shiv Sena, into taking the matter directly in their hands to ensure that Muslims are kept out of their Hindustan forever.

Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Robert Englund | Ken Kirzinger | Monica Keena | Kelly Rowland | Jason Ritter | Chris Marquette
Directors: Ronny Yu
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It’s been nearly ten years since Freddy Krueger (Englund) terrorised people in the dreams, and the towns folk want to keep him erased from their memory. Freddy still has one more plan on getting back to Elm Street. He resurrects Jason Vorhees (Kirzinger) and sends him off to kill. The more bodies which fall to the ground, the stronger in which Freddy becomes. This is until, Freddy realises that Jason isn’t going to step aside easily, and must be taken down himself.

Secret Window (2004)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | John Turturro | Maria Bello | Timothy Hutton | Charles S. Dutton | Len Cariou | Joan Heney | John Dunn-Hill | Vlasta Vrana | Matt Holland | Gillian Ferrabee | Bronwen Mantel | Elizabeth Marleau | Kyle Allatt | Richard Jutras
Directors: David Koepp
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Mort Rainey (Depp), a writer just coming off of a troublesome divorce with his ex-wife, Amy (Bello), finds himself stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger (Turturro) who claims Mort stole his best story idea (changing just the ending)… (Hutton plays Bello’s new boyfriend; Dutton plays a private investigator hired to make Turturro’s character leave Mort alone.)

Chocolat (2000)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Juliette Binoche | Alfred Molina | Johnny Depp | Carrie-Anne Moss | Judi Dench | Aurelien Parent Koenig | Antonio Gil-Martinez | H?l?ne Cardona | Harrison Pratt | Gaelan Connell | Elisabeth Commelin | Ron Cook | Guillaume Tardieu | Hugh O'Conor | John Wood | Lena Olin | Peter Stormare | Leslie Caron
Directors: Lasse Hallström
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1960, small town France. Vianne Rocher and her pre-teen daughter move into town and open a chocolate shop just as lent is beginning. The town’s small-minded mayor can’t accept this and does his best to shut her down, but her warm personality and incredible chocolates manage to win over many townsfolk. Things get shaken up even more when a group of river drifters, led by Roux, stop into town (to the even greater distress of the mayor) and Vianne takes up with him. Meanwhile, she’s been helping Josephine out of her abusive marriage and her equally freethinking landlord, Amande Voisin, get together with her grandson, Luc, whose mother doesn’t approve of Amande’s ways.

Dragonheart (1996)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Sean Connery | Dennis Quaid | Julie Christie | David Thewlis | Pete Postlethwaite | Dina Meyer | Jason Isaacs | Brian Thompson | Lee Oakes | Wolf Christian | Terry O'Neill | Eva Vejmelkov? | Milan Bah?l | Peter Hric | Sandra Kovacicova | Kyle Cohen | Thom Baker
Directors: Rob Cohen
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Set in the 10th Century, a man (Bowen) teams up with the last dragon to remind the people of a long lost code of honor, and inspire them to fight for their freedom from a tyrannical king.

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Robert De Niro | James Woods | Elizabeth McGovern | Tuesday Weld | Treat Williams | James Hayden | Joe Pesci | Larry Rapp | Danny Aiello | William Forsythe | Burt Young | Darlanne Fluegel | Dutch Miller | Robert Harper | Richard Bright
Directors: Sergio Leone
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Epic tale of a group of Jewish gangsters in New York, from childhood, through their glory years during prohibition, and their meeting again 35 years later.