Posts Tagged ‘based-on-short-story’

The Illusionist (2006)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | USA
Actors: Edward Norton | Paul Giamatti | Jessica Biel | Rufus Sewell | Eddie Marsan | Jake Wood | Tom Fisher | Aaron Johnson | Eleanor Tomlinson | Karl Johnson | Vincent Franklin | Nicholas Blane | Philip McGough | Erich Redman | Michael Carter
Directors: Neil Burger
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A magician in turn-of-the-last-century Vienna falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to the crown prince, the magician uses his powers to free her and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.

Dagon (2001)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Spain
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Based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, the undisputed master of the macabre, Dagon tells the story of Paul Marsh, a young man who discovers that the truth will not set him free instead it condemns him to a waking nightmare of unrelenting horror. A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca looking for help. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul finds himself pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca’s dark secret: that they pray to Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea. And Dagon’s unholy offspring are freakish half-human creatures on the loose in Imboca…

Bicentennial Man (1999)

Friday, July 10th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Robin Williams | Embeth Davidtz | Sam Neill | Oliver Platt | Kiersten Warren | Wendy Crewson | Hallie Kate Eisenberg | Lindze Letherman | Angela Landis | John Michael Higgins | Bradley Whitford | Igor Hiller | Joe Bellan | Brett Wagner | Stephen Root
Directors: Chris Columbus
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This film follows the ‘life’ and times of the lead character, an android (Robin Williams) who is purchased as a household robot programmed to perform menial tasks. Within a few days the Martin family realizes that they don’t have an ordinary droid as Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought. In a story that spans two centuries, Andrew learns the intricacies of humanity while trying to stop those who created him from destroying him.

The Wild One (1953)

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Marlon Brando | Mary Murphy | Robert Keith | Lee Marvin | Jay C. Flippen | Peggy Maley | Hugh Sanders | Ray Teal | John Brown | Will Wright | Robert Osterloh | Robert Bice | Yvonne Doughty | William Vedder
Directors: Laslo Benedek
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A gang of forty motorcyclists, the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club, gate-crash a legitimate motorcycle race. They are eventually thrown out, but one of the gang steals the second prize trophy and gives it to their leader, Johnny. The gang then ride into Wrightsville, where they race up and down the main street before piling into Bleekers - the local bar. The owner of the bar is happy to let the bikers spend their money, so does not support the sheriff’s attempt to address any disturbances. Stuck in town following an accident to a Black Rebel, Johnny falls for the sheriff’s daughter and tries to impress her with the trophy. When a rival gang, The Beetles, ride into town, trouble is just around the corner.

Jolene (2008)

Friday, May 29th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Jessica Chastain | Dermot Mulroney | Chazz Palminteri | Rupert Friend | Michael Vartan | Denise Richards | Theresa Russell | Stephanie Likes | Jennifer Pfalzgraff | Jose Rosete | John Dobradenka | Anna Kehmeier | Ronald Axell | Douglas L. Cook
Directors: Dan Ireland
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A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s story, “Jolene: A Life.”

The Queen of Spades (1949)

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Horror
Countries: UK
Actors: Anton Walbrook | Edith Evans | Yvonne Mitchell | Ronald Howard | Mary Jerrold | Anthony Dawson | Miles Malleson | Michael Medwin | Athene Seyler | Ivor Barnard | Maroussia Dimitrevitch | Violette Elvin | Pauline Tennant | Jacqueline Clarke | Josef Ramart
Directors: Thorold Dickinson
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An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then finds himself haunted by the woman’s spirit.

007 Quantum of Solace (2008)

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Mathieu Amalric | Jesper Christensen | Joaqu?n Cosio | Daniel Craig | Glenn Foster | Giancarlo Giannini | Fernando Guillén Cuervo | David Harbour | Neil Jackson | Simon Kassianides | Rory Kinnear | Jes?s Ochoa | Tim Pigott-Smith | Laurence Richardson | Anatole Taubman
Directors: Marc Forster
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QUANTUM OF SOLACE continues the high octane adventures of James Bond (DANIEL CRAIG) in CASINO ROYALE. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M (JUDI DENCH) interrogate Mr White (JESPER CHRISTENSEN) who reveals the organization which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined. Forensic intelligence links an Mi6 traitor to a bank account in Haiti where a case of mistaken identity introduces Bond to the beautiful but feisty Camille (OLGA KURYLENKO), a woman who has her own vendetta. Camille leads Bond straight to Dominic Greene (MATHIEU AMALRIC), a ruthless business man and major force within the mysterious organization. On a mission that leads him to Austria, Italy and South America, Bond discovers that Greene, conspiring to take total control of one of the world’s most important natural resources, is forging a deal with the exiled General Medrano (JOAQUIN COSIO). Using his associates in the organization, and manipulating his powerful contacts within the CIA and the British government, Greene promises to overthrow the existing regime in a Latin American country, giving the General control of the country in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of land. In a minefield of treachery, murder and deceit, Bond allies with old friends in a battle to uncover the truth. As he gets closer to finding the man responsible for the betrayal of Vesper, 007 must keep one step ahead of the CIA, the terrorists and even M, to unravel Greene’s sinister plan and stop his organization.

Paycheck (2003)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ben Affleck | Aaron Eckhart | Uma Thurman | Paul Giamatti | Colm Feore | Joe Morton | Michael C. Hall | Peter Friedman | Kathryn Morris | Ivana Milicevic | Christopher Kennedy | Fulvio Cecere | John Cassini | Callum Keith Rennie | Michelle Harrison
Directors: John Woo
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Michael Jennings is a reverse engineer and what he does is technical jobs for certain companies and as soon as he is done, his memory of the work he has done is wiped out. Now the longest he has been contracted is 2 months. But now billionaire, James Rethrick offers him a job that would last 2 years, maybe 3, and he promises that he will probably earn 8 figures. Michael agrees. Before beginning he turns in all of his personal effects. And when the job is done, his memory is erased and he learns he made over 90 million dollars over the three years. When he goes to claim it and his personal effects, he discovers that prior to the erasure of his memory he waived his rights to the money he earned and that the items that were given to him were not the ones he gave when he began. Later he is arrested by the FBI who say that he committed some act of treason and murder. It’s while he is in custody that he escapes using some the items that he was given. He later meets with a friend who gives him some information that helps him understand what is going on. And at the same time Rethrick for some reason wants him so he is being pursued by Rethrick’s people.

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | Christina Ricci | Miranda Richardson | Michael Gambon | Casper Van Dien | Jeffrey Jones | Christopher Lee | Richard Griffiths | Ian McDiarmid | Michael Gough | Marc Pickering | Lisa Marie | Steven Waddington | Christopher Walken | Claire Skinner
Directors: Tim Burton
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The classic story of “The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow” is brought to life by the gothic film maker Tim Burton. Johnny Depp plays Ichabod Crane, and to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci) he will have to brave the nearby woods, even though several decapitated bodies have been found. And then the legend of the axe wielding headless horsemen come together to make this movie.

Minority Report (2002)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Peter Stormare | Colin Farrell | Samantha Morton | Tim Blake Nelson | Tom Cruise | Max von Sydow | Steve Harris | Neal McDonough | Patrick Kilpatrick | Jessica Capshaw | Richard Coca | Keith Campbell | Kirk B.R. Woller | Klea Scott | Frank Grillo | Anna Maria Horsford | Sarah Simmons | Eugene Osment | James Henderson
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In the year 2054 A.D. crime is virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to an elite law enforcing squad “Precrime”. They use three genetically altered humans (called “Pre-Cogs”) with special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. John Anderton (Tom Cruise) heads Precrime and believes the system’s flawlessness steadfastly. However one day the Pre-Cogs predict that Anderton will commit a murder himself in the next 36 hours. Worse, Anderton doesn’t even know the victim. He decides to get to the mystery’s core by finding out the ‘minority report’ which means the prediction of the female Pre-Cog Agatha (Samantha Morton) that “might” tell a different story and prove Anderton innocent.