Posts Tagged ‘charity’

Pollyanna Movie (1960)

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Amanda Burton | Kenneth Cranham | Georgina Terry | Aden Gillett | Pam Ferris | Kate Ashfield | Tom Bell | Tom Ellis | David Bamber | Ben Thornton | Judy Flynn | Amanda Walker | Nicola Duffett | Jan Carey | Jane Nash
Directors: Sarah Harding
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Even after having lived the hardscrabble life of a missionary’s daughter all her life and seen the loss of both parents, young Pollyanna Whittier refuses to be depressed. Instead, she must be glad about anything she can think of, and it’s paid off big time. Now, however, she must go to live with her cold, spinsterish aunt in a town inhibited by embittered, unfriendly souls. Can she use her glad game to win over everyone and transform the town?

Torch Singer (1933)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Claudette Colbert | Ricardo Cortez | David Manners | Lyda Roberti | Baby LeRoy | Charley Grapewin | Sam Godfrey | Florence Roberts | Virginia Hammond | Mildred Washington | Cora Sue Collins | Helen Jerome Eddy | Albert Conti | Ethel Griffies | James Burke
Directors: Alexander Hall
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Sally Trent has an illegitimate child, but cannot support her and gives the baby up for adoption. The father, Michael Gardner, leaves for China not knowing about the baby, and she assumes he has abandoned her for life. She gets a job as a torch singer, changes her name to Mimi Benton, and becomes notorious for her drinking and philadering. Mimi fills in on a children’s radio program as the character “Aunt Jenny,” singing and telling bedtime stories, and eventually uses the airtime to find her long lost daughter, part with her wild lifestyle, and reunite with Michael.

One Magic Christmas (1985)

Monday, December 8th, 2008
Genres: Family | Fantasy
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Mary Steenburgen | Gary Basaraba | Harry Dean Stanton | Arthur Hill | Elisabeth Harnois | Robbie Magwood | Michelle Meyrink | Elias Koteas | Wayne Robson | Jan Rubes | Sarah Polley | Graham Jarvis | Timothy Webber | Joy Thompson | John Friesen
Directors: Phillip Borsos
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Gideon (Harry Dean Stanton), a Christmas angel, is sent, by Santa, to help Ginny Grainger (Mary Steenburgen). Ginny is a cynic, and she hates Christmas. She and her family (husband, Jack and two kids, Caleb and Abbie) have fallen on hard times, making it even harder to believe in anything that can’t be seen. With help from Abbie (Elisabeth Harnois), and a trip to see Santa Claus himself, can Gideon find a way to make Ginny believe again?

Calendar Girls (2003)

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Helen Mirren | Julie Walters | John Alderton | Linda Bassett | Annette Crosbie | Philip Glenister | CiarĂ¡n Hinds | Celia Imrie | Geraldine James | Penelope Wilton | George Costigan | Graham Crowden | John Fortune | Georgie Glen | Angela Curran
Directors: Nigel Cole
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In the small town of Knapely, Yorkshire, England, Annie Clarke (Julie Walters) has just lost her husband, who was ill with leukemia. Inspired in his speech to the local Women’s Institute, where he said that “the flowers of Yorkshire are like the women of Yorkshire”, and “the last phase of the women of Yorkshire is always the most glorious”, her best friend Chris Harper (Helen Mirren) decides to make a calendar with twelve local middle-age women nude to raise funds for the wing of leukemia treatment in the local hospital. The calendar becomes well succeeded, making them famous and affecting their lives.

Rocky III (1982)

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Talia Shire | Burt Young | Carl Weathers | Burgess Meredith | Tony Burton | Mr. T | Hulk Hogan | Ian Fried | Al Silvani | Wally Taylor | Jim Hill | Don Sherman | Dennis James | Jim Healy
Directors: Sylvester Stallone
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Rocky Balboa (Stallone) has finally beaten Apollo Creed (Weathers), and feels that he has nothing left to achieve. He plans to retire. Boxing brawler Clubber Lang (Mr. T) becomes the Number 1 Contender, and wants his match with Balboa. Rocky is reluctant at first, but finally agrees to take on Clubber Lang. But things go from bad to worse, where Rocky’s manager Micky (Meredith) unfortunately dies. Rocky must now train with his former opponent, Creed. Rocky now not just fighting for the title, but also for the confidence of everyone and especially of all, for Micky.

Millions (2004)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Family
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Alexander Nathan Etel | Leslie Phillips | Lewis Owen McGibbon | James Nesbitt | Daisy Donovan | Christopher Fulford | Pearce Quigley | Jane Hogarth | Alun Armstrong | Enzo Cilenti | Nasser Memarzia | Kathryn Pogson | Harry Kirkham | Cornelius Macarthy | Kolade Agboke
Directors: Danny Boyle
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The UK is about to switch its currency from Pounds to Euros, giving a gang a chance to rob the poorly-secured train loaded with money on its way to incineration. But, during the robbery, one of the big bags falls literally from the sky on Damian’s playhouse, a 5-year old given to talking to saints. The boy then starts seeing what the world and the people around him are made of. Ethics, being human and the soul all come to the forefront in this film.