Posts Tagged ‘railway’

4.50 from Paddington (1987)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: UK
Actors: Joan Hickson | Juliette Mole | David Beames | Mona Bruce | Nicholas Blane | Katy Jarrett | Leslie Adams | David Horovitch | Ian Brimble | Rhoda Lewis | Jill Meager | Joanna David | Maurice Denham | Andrew Burt | Pamela Pitchford
Directors: Martyn Friend
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Elspeth McGillicuddy, an old friend of Miss Marple’s, witnesses a strangulation murder in a passing train through the window of her coach compartment. When Police Inspector Slack can’t find a body along the tracks and doubts the validity of the story, Miss Marple and Elspeth locate the area where the body was probably thrown from the train, the isolated manor house of an aged, cantankerous millionaire, Luther Crackenthorpe. Miss Marple’s niece Lucy is recruited to apply for a job on the estate in hopes of locating the corpse. When she finds it in an ancient sarcophagus in an outbuilding housing Egyptian and Etruscan art treasures, the police and Miss Marple are brought in. Obviously someone in the large household is involved, but who?

The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

Monday, April 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael Douglas | Val Kilmer | Tom Wilkinson | John Kani | Bernard Hill | Brian McCardie | Emily Mortimer | Om Puri | Henry Cele | Kurt Egelhof | Satchu Annamalai | Teddy Reddy | Raheem Khan | Jack Devnarain | Glen Gabela
Directors: Stephen Hopkins
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In 1896, a construction engineer from the British Army, J.H. Patterson (Kilmer) is sent to build a railway bridge across Uganda’s Tsavo River for the British East African Railway. Soon after he arrives, workmen begin to disappear at night from their tents - never to be seen alive again. The engineer soon discovers that a pair of man-eating lions are stalking around the bridge and campsites, killing the workmen for food. He tries a number of different methods to get rid of them, but the beasts always seem to know what Patterson is doing and avoid being shot. After 30 men have been killed Patterson’s boss recruits a hunter, Charles Remington (Douglas) to hunt down and destroy the lions. But the lions continue killing the workmen until they flee the camps, jumping onto the train as it rolls through Tsavo. Now Remington, Patterson & his aide (John Kani) must face these brilliant yet frightening monsters alone.

American Outlaws (2001)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Colin Farrell | Scott Caan | Ali Larter | Gabriel Macht | Gregory Smith | Harris Yulin | Kathy Bates | Timothy Dalton | Will McCormack | Ronny Cox | Terry O'Quinn | Nathaniel Arcand | Ty O'Neal | Joe Stevens | Barry Tubb
Directors: Les Mayfield
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When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. In the course of their vendetta, they will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Steve Martin | John Candy | Laila Robins | Michael McKean | Kevin Bacon | Dylan Baker | Carol Bruce | Olivia Burnette | Diana Douglas | Martin Ferrero | Larry Hankin | Richard Herd | Susan Kellerman | Matthew Lawrence | Edie McClurg
Directors: John Hughes
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All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, Shower Curtain Ring Salesman and all-around blabbermouth, who is never short of advice, conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal….

Bandidas (2006)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Western
Countries: France | Mexico | USA
Actors: Penélope Cruz | Salma Hayek | Steve Zahn | Dwight Yoakam | Denis Arndt | Audra Blaser | Sam Shepard | Ismael 'East' Carlo | Gary Cervantes | Jos? Mar?a Negri | Lenny Zundel | Edgar Vivar | Ernesto G?mez Cruz | Filiberto Estrella | Yomo Tlazotlalli
Directors: Joachim Roenning
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In 1848, a New York bank wants to put a railroad across Mexico, so it buys up small banks around Santa Rita, Durango, and evicts farmers on the proposed rail line who owe money. The bank’s henchman is the murderous Jackson. He runs afoul of two women, Mar?a, the tough but uneducated daughter of a farmer, and Sara, the European-educated daughter of the owner of one of these banks. To feed the now landless people and to seek revenge, Mar?a and Sara become bank robbers, veritable Robin Hoods. But Jackson and his hired guns are after them. What are the women’s options?

The Railway Children (2000)

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Genres: Family
Countries: UK
Actors: Jack Blumenau | Clare Thomas | Jemima Rooper | Jenny Agutter | Michael Kitchen | Valerie Minifie | Melanie Clark Pullen | Georgie Glen | Gregor Fisher | Amanda Walker | Clive Russell | Richard Attenborough | David Bamber | Jane Wood | Ian Gain
Directors: Catherine Morshead
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The film opens in a happy, comfortable upper middle-class home in Victorian London. One night the three children see their father usher two strangers into his study. After an argument he leaves with them and does not return. They and their mother fall on hard times and eventually move to a cottage in the country. Yet they keep their spirits up and find ways to help others. Fascinated by the nearby railroad, they wave to the passengers faithfully every day, and their vigilance and courage prevent an accident. Their kindness makes friends of some important people who can help solve the mystery of their missing father.

007 Octopussy (1983)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Roger Moore | Maud Adams | Louis Jourdan | Kristina Wayborn | Kabir Bedi | Steven Berkoff | David Meyer | Tony Meyer | Desmond Llewelyn | Robert Brown | Lois Maxwell | Michaela Clavell | Walter Gotell | Vijay Amritraj | Albert Moses
Directors: John Glen
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When a “00″ agent is found dead holding a Faberge egg, the British are suspicious and send James Bond to investigate. 007 discovers a connection between the priceless egg, an elaborate smuggling operation and a plot by a renegade Soviet general to instigate World War Three.