Posts Tagged ‘beheading’

Phenomena (1985)

Monday, June 1st, 2009
Genres: Crime | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Italy
Actors: Jennifer Connelly | Daria Nicolodi | Fiore Argento | Dalila Di Lazzaro | Patrick Bauchau | Federica Mastroianni | Donald Pleasence | Fiorenza Tessari | Mario Donatone | Francesca Ottaviani | Michele Soavi | Franco Trevisi | Fausta Avelli | Marta Biuso | Geraldine Thomas
Directors: Dario Argento
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Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famous actor, has had trouble with sleepwalking for some time. Her doctor said that it can develop a split personality. She discovers her alternate personality when she stays at a boarding school that was once the home a Richard Wagner. But someone has been killing the students, and it relates only indirectly to the criminal sanitorium nearby. So it’s up to “the two greatest detectives the world has ever known, or should I say, unknown”

Julius Caesar (2002)

Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | War
Countries: Germany | Italy | Netherlands | USA
Actors: Jeremy Sisto | Richard Harris | Christopher Walken | Valeria Golino | Chris Noth | Heino Ferch | Pamela Bowen | Tobias Moretti | Samuela Sardo | Daniela Piazza | Nicole Grimaudo | Sean Pertwee | Ian Duncan | Kate Steavenson-Payne | Paolo Briguglia
Directors: Uli Edel
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The story of the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar, born July 13, 100 B.C., and starting his career as a young Roman with visions of greatness for the Eternal City. When Sulla conquers Rome with his troops, Caesar is one of the very few to stand up against the despotic dictator. This impresses Pompeius, Sulla’s general, and he protects the young man, who is a nephew of Marius, a well known veteran, against the wrath of Sulla. After Sulla’s death, Caesar returns from exile and starts his political career. Caesar’s daughter Julia marries general and senator Pompeius, and Caesar takes Pompeius’ troops in order to simply safeguard the borders to Gaul, but instead conquers the whole country. His final victory takes place at the fortress of Alesia, where the Germanic troops under Vercingetorix capitulate. Back in Rome, Ceasar is not trusted anymore, since the troops are loyal to him alone and it is feared by Pompeius and Cato that he will use the troops to conquer Rome and declare himself King, including the establishing of a inheritbale right to the throne. Instead, Caesar does none of that and sets off to Egypt in order to ensure a constant delivery of agricultural goods to the Roman Empire. After a glorious return to Rome, his former friends Pompeius and Cato are dead, their deaths blamed on Caesar, and his personal life is in ruins since he could not resist the temptation of beautiful Egyptian empress Cleopatra. Being inveigled and aided by a group of rebellious and untrusting senators around Cassius, his nephew Brutus finally kills Julius Caesar at March 15, 44. B.C. (the Ides of March) at the age of 55, starting an era of civil wars.

The Man Who Came Back (2008)

Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | Western
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Actors: Al Hayter | Kate Clarke | Armand Assante | Rickey Atkins Jr. | Johnny Beall | Alvin Bellow | Tajh Bellow | Barrett Kyle Blackmon | Eric Braeden | Jackson Burns | Jon-Michael Foshee | J.D. Hawkins | Brady Hender | Buddy Howard | C. Anthony Jackson
Directors: Glen Pitre
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Framed for murder & left for dead a local legend comes back to make the guilty pay as he seeks revenge on those who killed his family.

The 10th Kingdom (2000)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Kimberly Williams | Scott Cohen | John Larroquette | Dianne Wiest | Camryn Manheim | Ann-Margret | Ed O'Neill | Rutger Hauer | Dawnn Lewis | Hugh O'Gorman | Daniel Lapaine | Jeremiah Birkett | Warwick Davis | Kim Thomson | Lucy Whybrow
Directors: Herbert Wise | David Carson
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Two centuries after Snow White and Cinderella had their adventures, the Nine Kingdoms ready themselves for the coronation of Prince Wendel, Snow White’s grandson, to the throne of the Fourth Kingdom. But an evil once-queen has freed herself from prison, and turns the prince into a golden retriever. Wendel, by means of a magic mirror, escapes into a hitherto-unknown Tenth Kingdom (modern day New York City) and meets Virginia and her father Tony. Pursued by trolls, cops, and a wolf in man’s form, the three blunder back into the Nine Kingdoms and begin their adventures to restore Wendel to his human form and throne, and find the magic mirror that will take Tony and Virginia back home, all the while unknowing that Virginia already has a connection to the Nine Kingdoms that may prove deadly before we reach Happily Ever After.

The 10th Kingdom (2000)

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Kimberly Williams | Scott Cohen | John Larroquette | Dianne Wiest | Camryn Manheim | Ann-Margret | Ed O'Neill | Rutger Hauer | Dawnn Lewis | Hugh O'Gorman | Daniel Lapaine | Jeremiah Birkett | Warwick Davis | Kim Thomson | Lucy Whybrow
Directors: Herbert Wise | David Carson
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Two centuries after Snow White and Cinderella had their adventures, the Nine Kingdoms ready themselves for the coronation of Prince Wendel, Snow White’s grandson, to the throne of the Fourth Kingdom. But an evil once-queen has freed herself from prison, and turns the prince into a golden retriever. Wendel, by means of a magic mirror, escapes into a hitherto-unknown Tenth Kingdom (modern day New York City) and meets Virginia and her father Tony. Pursued by trolls, cops, and a wolf in man’s form, the three blunder back into the Nine Kingdoms and begin their adventures to restore Wendel to his human form and throne, and find the magic mirror that will take Tony and Virginia back home, all the while unknowing that Virginia already has a connection to the Nine Kingdoms that may prove deadly before we reach Happily Ever After.

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure
Countries: UK | USA
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” The Man Who Would Be King” is about two ambitious ex-soldiers stationed in India who set out to become the rulers of an entire country. After finishing their tour of duty in India, Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnehan have decided that India is “too small for the likes of them,” so they decide to bribe a local ruler and extort money from him, in order to buy twenty Martini rifles, which they will use to take over villages in Kafristan. They face many challenges and perils along the way, including difficult terrain, hostile natives, freezing temperatures, and an avalanche high in the mountains. They eventually come to a small village, Urheb, where they meet Ootah and Billy Fish, an Indian who speaks English; he then becomes their translator. They then train the natives of this village to use the rifles, and soon conquer village after village. During a battle, Daniel is struck by an arrow that seemingly sticks out of his chest. The ignorant natives believe that he must be a God for not having died, and fall down and begin worshiping him. Daniel and Peachy decide that it would be easier for a “God ” to take over the country, so they pretend that Daniel is a god, the son of Alexander the Great who has returned after 2200 years to again rule Kafristan. The entire country celebrated the return of their new ruler, the Son of Segunda (”Alexander”). As a token of their admiration, the holiest of holy men gives Daniel all of the gold and riches left by Alexander in 328 B.C. It is enough to make them the richest men in the world . . . All goes well until Daniel’s ego and greed gets the best of him. He asks Peachy to bow when he walks in front of him. He later tells Peachy that he has decided to stay, and now believes that he is the son of Alexander ( ‘in spirit, anyways”), and that to fulfill his destiny, he will marry Roxanne, like his “father” Alexander did before him. The Kafiri’s believe that a mortal cannot marry a God, but Daniel goes ahead anyway. Peachy was set to leave with his share of the treasure, but Daniel convinced him to stay ” for old time’s sake” for the wedding. At the ceremony, Roxanne, believing that she would soon die, bites Daniel, drawing blood. The entire crowd realizes that since Danny is bleeding, that he is a man, not a God, and that he has been deceiving them the entire time. Peachy grabs Daniel and they run off with their twenty soldiers, shooting at the crowd of monks who set out to kill them. They are eventually captured, and Daniel is forced to walk out on a rope bridge. The monks cut the ropes, and Daniel bravely falls to his death. Peachy is later crucified; when they come to see him the next day, he is still alive, and they say that it is a miracle that he lived and they cut him down. He eventually climbs down into the valley and retrieves Danny’s head, still wearing the crown. He brings it back to Rudyard Kipling, a writer for the Northern Star, as proof that Daniel accomplished his goal, and became the King of Kafristan. Themes developed in the story: 1. ambition 2. friendship 3. taking risks 4. perseverance (not giving up) 5. power 6. honor and dignity

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.

The Omen (1976)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Leo McKern | Gregory Peck | Lee Remick | David Warner | Billy Whitelaw | Harvey Stevens | Patrick Troughton | Martin Benson | Robert Rietty | Tommy Duggan | John Stride | Anthony Nicholls | Holly Palance | Roy Boyd | Freda Dowie | Sheila Raynor
Directors: Richard Donner
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Robert and Katherine Thorn seem to have it all. He is the US Ambassador to Italy and they want for nothing in their lives, except one thing: they do not have children. When Katharine has a stillborn child, Robert is approached by a priest at the hospital who suggest that he take a healthy newborn whose mother has just died in childbirth. Without telling his wife he agrees to to so but after relocating to London, strange events - and the ominous warnings of a priest - lead him to believe that the child he took from that Italian hospital is evil incarnate.

Fido (2006)

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada
Actors: Billy Connolly | Jan Skorzewski | Carrie-Anne Moss | Dylan Baker | Kevin Tyell | K'Sun Ray | Henry Czerny | Tim Blake Nelson | Sonja Bennett | Jennifer Clement | Raphael Kepinski | Aaron Brown | Brandon Olds | Alexia Fast | Bernard Cuffling
Directors: Andrew Currie
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Timmy Robinson’s best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when FIDO eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, “FIDO” will rip your heart out.

30 Days of Night (2007)

Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Josh Hartnett | Danny Huston | Melissa George | Ben Foster | Mark Boone Junior | Mark Rendall | Amber Sainsbury | Manu Bennett | Megan Franich | Joel Tobeck | Elizabeth Hawthorne | Nathaniel Lees | Craig Hall | Chic Littlewood | Peter Feeney
Directors: David Slade
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This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town’s husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.