Posts Tagged ‘book’

Anna and the King (1999)

Monday, July 13th, 2009
Genres: Drama | History | Romance
Countries: USA
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This is the story of Anna Leonowens, the English schoolteacher who came to Siam in the 1860s to teach the children of King Mongkut. She becomes involved in his affairs, from the tragic plight of a young concubine to trying to forge an alliance with Britain to a war with Burma that is orchestrated by Britain. In the meantime, a subtle romance develops between them.

The Pagemaster (1994)

Monday, June 29th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Macaulay Culkin | Canan J. Howell | Alexis Kirschner | Jessica Kirschner | Guy Mansker | Brandon S. McKay | Stephen Sheehan | Ed Begley Jr. | Mel Harris | Christopher Lloyd | Patrick Stewart | Whoopi Goldberg | Frank Welker
Directors: Pixote Hunt
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A cowardly boy who buries himself in accident statistics (Maculay Kulkin) enters a library to escape a storm only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster (Christopher Lloyd), & work through obstacles from classic books to return to real life.

I Am David (2003)

Monday, June 8th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Ben Tibber | James Caviezel | Joan Plowright | Hristo Shopov | Silvia De Santis | Paco Reconti | Roberto Attias | Francesco De Vito | Lucy Russell | Maria Bonnevie | Viola Carinci | Marin Jivkov | Robert Syulev | Alessandro Sperduti
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In 1952, the polyglot twelve year-old David, who was raised in the Communist Belene Prison Camp in Bulgaria, witnesses the death of his friend and protector Johannes and escapes from the concentration camp in the night. He is advised to mistrust everybody and together with a piece of bread, a compass, a piece of soap, a jackknife and a sealed envelope to be delivered in Denmark, he travels though Greece and Italy heading North. Along his journey, David discovers the beauty of the world and slowly he changes his behavior with people. When he meets Sophie, an old lady that lives in Switzerland and likes to paint as hobby, she asks David to paint his face; later she invites David to have lunch with her in her house, and David finally discloses his quest to her.

The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It (2007)

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
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When the Gothic new girl, Cassie, moves into the town, Priscilla the most popular, beautiful girl in school plots against her. But when Priscilla is kidnapped along with her brother, Cassie has no other choice but to search for them.

Inferno (1980)

Monday, June 1st, 2009
Genres: Horror | Music | Mystery
Countries: Italy
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme | Pat Morita | Danny Trejo | Gabrielle Fitzpatrick | Larry Drake | Vincent Schiavelli | David 'Shark' Fralick | Silas Weir Mitchell | Jonathan Avildsen | Jaime Pressly | Bill Erwin | Ford Rainey | Kevin West | Priscilla Pointer | Robert Symonds
Directors: John G. Avildsen
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Young poetess Rose Elliot buys a book from a local antique dealer, a diary in Latin of an architect, E. Varelli. She learns of the Three Mothers, and believes her apartment building is one of their houses. She pleads her brother Mark, who is studying musicology in Rome, to come, because she is afraid. Mark’s friend Sara reads her letter, which he left behind in class, and discovers the school is run by the Mater Lacrimarum, and is killed for this knowledge. The house of Mater Suspiriorum has already been destroyed, and by the time Mark arrives in New York City, he is investigating his sister’s murder.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Audrey Hepburn | George Peppard | Patricia Neal | Buddy Ebsen | Martin Balsam | José Luis de Villalonga | John McGiver | Alan Reed | Dorothy Whitney | Beverly Powers | Stanley Adams | Claude Stroud | Elvia Allman | Orangey | Mickey Rooney
Directors: Blake Edwards
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Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly’s lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they’re alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.

The Princess Bride (1987)

Friday, May 8th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Cary Elwes | Mandy Patinkin | Chris Sarandon | Christopher Guest | Wallace Shawn | André the Giant | Fred Savage | Robin Wright Penn | Peter Falk | Peter Cook | Mel Smith | Carol Kane | Billy Crystal
Directors: Rob Reiner
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When a young boy falls ill, his grandfather pops round to visit him. To cheer his grandson up, Grandpa has brought a storybook; The Princess Bride, a tale of the love between the beautiful Buttercup and the besotted Westley, a love cruelly interrupted by Westley’s tragic apparent death at sea when seeking his fortune. Heartbroken, Buttercup has sworn never to love again, but accepts the marriage proposal of the rich and handsome Prince Humperdinck, heir to the throne of Florin; but death is no barrier to true love, and in a story filled with exotically-accented swordsmen, big-hearted giants, genius kidnappers, sadistic torturers, vile swamps, Rodents of Unusual Size, the Dread Pirate Roberts and a somewhat embittered miracle worker, the love between Westley and Buttercup twists and turns on a path filled with adventure. Will the True Love of Westley and Buttercup win the day? Will Inigo Montaya find the six-fingered man who murdered his father? Will Humperdinck’s evil plans come to fruition? And, more importantly, will Grandpa be able to tell the story without any of the yucky kissing?

Inkheart (2008)

Friday, March 27th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Brendan Fraser | Andy Serkis | Eliza Bennett | Paul Bettany | Stephen Armourae | Leeroy Bailey | Adam Bond | Jim Broadbent | Mike Busson | Dominik Danielewicz | Jamie Foreman | Jay Fuller | Rafi Gavron | Mike Godfrey | Toby Iyan
Directors: Iain Softley
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Mo has the special talent to bring characters out of books. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta, two villains, and Dustfinger, a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Meggie discovers the truth and it’s up to her to escape Capricorn’s evil grasp.

The Dark Half (1993)

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Timothy Hutton | Amy Madigan | Michael Rooker | Julie Harris | Robert Joy | Kent Broadhurst | Beth Grant | Rutanya Alda | Tom Mardirosian | Larry John Meyers | Patrick Brannan | Royal Dano | Glenn Colerider | Sarah Parker
Directors: George A. Romero
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Novelist Thad Beaumount has buried his alter ego George Stark, a pseudonym he used when writing fiction of a darker nature than he would write using his real name. He even stages a mock burial of George for the benefit of the press. When a local man is killed, evidence leads Sheriff Alan Pangborn to George’s grave, and he begins to suspect Thad. Meanwhile Thad is beginning to have visions of sparrows flying, something that hasn’t occurred for twenty-three years since he had brain surgery. As the string of gruesome murders continue, someone claiming to be George Stark starts calling Thad on the phone. Thad fears for his family’s safety, and Pangborn can’t decide whether or not Thad is the murderer.

Red Eye (2005)

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Genres: Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rachel McAdams | Cillian Murphy | Brian Cox | Jayma Mays | Laura Johnson | Max Kasch | Angela Paton | Suzie Plakson | Jack Scalia | Terry Press | Robert Pine | Carl Gilliard | Mary Kathleen Gordon | Loren Lester | Philip Pavel
Directors: Wes Craven
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Red Eye tells the story of a young hotel manager Lisa Reisert who after attending the funeral of her grandmother is on her way back to Miami to make it in time for work the next day. She takes the much delayed Red Eye flight of Fresh Air where she meets Jack Ripner. Soon after take off she realizes that she is in fact kidnapped by Jack who needs her in order to assassinate William Keefe, head of Homeland Security. Jack threatens her with her fathers death if she refuses to co-operate. At 30000 feet and nowhere to run, what does she do?