Posts Tagged ‘basketball’

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Kate Hudson | Matthew McConaughey | Kathryn Hahn | Annie Parisse | Adam Goldberg | Thomas Lennon | Michael Michele | Shalom Harlow | Robert Klein | Bebe Neuwirth | Samantha Quan | Justin Peroff | Celia Weston | James Murtaugh | Archie MacGregor
Directors: Donald Petrie
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Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive competing with two female co-workers for a major campaign for a diamond merchant. He cuts a deal with his competitors that the account is his if he can make a woman of their choice fall in love with him in 10 days. In comes Andie Anderson who, in turn, is writing a story on how to lose guy in 10 days as a bet with her boss to be allowed to write more substantial stories. With a hidden agenda in each camp, will either party be able to complete their mission?

The Cable Guy (1996)

Friday, July 10th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jim Carrey | Matthew Broderick | Leslie Mann | Jack Black | George Segal | Diane Baker | Eric Roberts | Janeane Garofalo | Andy Dick | Harry O'Reilly | David Cross | Amy Stiller | Owen Wilson | Keith Gibbs
Directors: Ben Stiller
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Steven Kovak has been kicked out of his apartment by his girlfriend. Steven has a new apartment, and decides to slip the cable guy (Chip) $50 for free cable. Steven then fakes an interest in Chip’s line of work. However Chip takes this to heart trying to become Steven’s best bud. When Steven no longer wants to be Chips friend the man who can do it all goes on an all out assault to ruin Steven’s life. In the backdrop is the delicate sub-plot of the trial of a former kid star for murdering his brother.

Escape from L.A. (1996)

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | A.J. Langer | Steve Buscemi | Georges Corraface | Stacy Keach | Michelle Forbes | Pam Grier | Jeff Imada | Cliff Robertson | Valeria Golino | Peter Fonda | Ina Romeo | Peter Jason | Jordan Baker | Caroleen Feeney
Directors: John Carpenter
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Sequel to “Escape From New York”. In 2000, a huge earthquake hits Los Angeles which causes the whole city to be now situated on an island. In that year the new life-term US President, an out-spoken moralist declares that all people not conforming to the high morals he sets for the country will be deported to the Los Angeles island. Like New York, a wall is built, guards posted to stop any escapes and if sent there - you can’t return to the US. In 2013, Cuervo Jones, a terrorist invades the dreams of the President’s daughter, Utopia, and brainwashes her into stealing a device from a weapons establishment and runs with Cuervo to the island. Snake Plissken, hero of Escape From New York, is forced again to go to the island to get the device by the President (who doesn’t care if Utopia returns or not.) and he is poisoned to ensure his co-operation. Like New York, Los Angeles is now a decaying city, a hot-bed of scum and weirdos and Snake has 9 hours to find the device and Utopia, and get out before the poison kicks in.

BASEketball (1998)

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Sport
Countries: USA
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Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer (Parker & Stone), invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire’s help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. Coop & Remer’s team, the Milwaukee Beers is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of the Dallas Felons (Vaughn) wants to institute.

Finding Forrester (2000)

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Sean Connery | Rob Brown | F. Murray Abraham | Anna Paquin | Busta Rhymes | April Grace | Michael Pitt | Michael Nouri | Richard Easton | Glenn Fitzgerald | Lil' Zane | Stephanie Berry | Fly Williams III | Damany Mathis | Damion Lee
Directors: Gus Van Sant
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Jamal Wallace is an inner-city kid from the Bronx who has an aptness at basketball and a genius at writing. While always a C student, Jamal comes to the attention of a prestigious New York prep school when he scores highly on his standardized tests. While Jamal is given a heavy load at his new school, both he and the school know that the real reason they took him on is for his prowess on the court. Befriended by fellow student Claire and helped along by Pulitzer-prize winning author and recluse William Forrester, Jamal pursues his dreams both on and off the court while overcoming obstacles placed by his bitter literature teacher. As Jamal is shaped by Forrester, he finds that he is changing the old writer as well, forcing him to confront his past…and his future.

White Men Can’t Jump (1992)

Monday, May 4th, 2009
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Actors: Wesley Snipes | Woody Harrelson | Rosie Perez | Tyra Ferrell | Cylk Cozart | Kadeem Hardison | Ernest Harden Jr. | John Marshall Jones | Marques Johnson | David Roberson | Kevin Benton | Nigel Miguel | Duane Martin | Bill Henderson | Sonny Craver
Directors: Ron Shelton
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Billy and Sydney think they’re the best basketball hustlers in town, so when they join forces, nothing can stop them, except each other. To add to their problems, Billy owes money and is being chased by a pair of gangster types.

Flubber (1997)

Friday, April 17th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Robin Williams | Marcia Gay Harden | Christopher McDonald | Raymond J. Barry | Clancy Brown | Ted Levine | Wil Wheaton | Edie McClurg | Jodi Benson | Leslie Stefanson | Malcolm Brownson | Benjamin Brock | Dakin Matthews | Zack Zeigler | Sam Lloyd
Directors: Les Mayfield
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Phillip Brainard, who is a professor at a college and a small time worker in his own basement, is trying to create a great invention. Unfortunately he always failed to invent something, but he is so obsessed about it that he even puts off his own wedding to his fiancée, Sara. One day, he finally invents something that works, this substance can cause even the heaviest things to bounce in the air, ‘flying rubber’, but Brainard called it “Flubber”. However, he sees Sara going out with another professor from another college and several criminals trying to rob him. So, Brainard has to find out a way to defeat the criminals and to get back his Fiancee. Hopefully, Flubber can help him.

Society (1989)

Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Billy Warlock | Connie Danese | Ben Slack | Evan Richards | Patrice Jennings | Tim Bartell | Charles Lucia | Heidi Kozak | Brian Bremer | Ben Meyerson | Devin DeVasquez | Maria Claire | Conan Yuzna | Jason Williams | Pamela Matheson
Directors: Brian Yuzna
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The teenager Bill Whitney (Billy Warlock) feels misfit with his parents and his sister Jenny Whitney (Patrice Jennings). When his sister’s boyfriend David Blanchard (Tim Bartell) bugs his family, he shows the disturbing tapes to Bill showing incest and a weird society. When Blanchard dies in a car accident, Bill decides to investigate his family and find a scary truth.

Coach Carter (2005)

Friday, February 13th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson | Rob Brown | Robert Ri'chard | Rick Gonzalez | Nana Gbewonyo | Antwon Tanner | Channing Tatum | Ashanti | Texas Battle | Denise Dowse | Debbi Morgan | Mel Winkler | Vincent Laresca | Sidney Faison | Octavia Spencer
Directors: Thomas Carter
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In 1999, Ken Carter, a successful sporting goods store owner, accepts the job of basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond, CA, where he was a champion athlete. As much dismayed by the poor attitudes of his players as well as their dismal play performance, Carter sets about to change both. He immediately imposes a strict regime typified in written contracts that include stipulations for respectful behavior, a dress code and good grades as requisites to being allowed to participate. The initial resistance from the boys is soon dispelled as the team under Carter’s tutelage becomes a undefeated competitor in the games. However, when the overconfident team’s behavior begins to stray and Carter learns that too many players are doing poorly in class, he takes immediate action. To the outrage of the team, the school and the community, Carter cancels all team activities and locks the court until the team shows acceptable academic improvement. In the ensuing debate, Carter fights to keep his methods, determined to show the boys that they need to rely on more than sports for their futures and eventually finds he has affected them more profoundly than he ever expected.

In Good Company Movie (2004)

Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Dennis Quaid | Topher Grace | Scarlett Johansson | Marg Helgenberger | David Paymer | Clark Gregg | Philip Baker Hall | Selma Blair | Frankie Faison | Ty Burrell | Kevin Chapman | Amy Aquino | Zena Grey | Colleen Camp | Lauren Tom
Directors: Paul Weitz
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Dan Foreman is headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. His new boss, Carter Duryea, is half his age—a business school prodigy who preaches corporate synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Carter cross-promotes the magazine with the cell phone division and Krispity Krunch, an indeterminate snack food under the same corporate umbrella. Both men are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two daughters, Alex, age 18, and Jana, age 16, and is shocked when his wife tells him she’s pregnant with a new child. Carter, in the meanwhile, is dumped by his wife of seven months just as he gets his promotion. Dan and Carter’s uneasy friendship is thrown into jeopardy when Carter falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan’s daughter Alex.