Posts Tagged ‘small-town’

Hope Springs (2003)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Colin Firth | Heather Graham | Minnie Driver | Frank Collison | Oliver Platt | Mary Steenburgen | Ken Kramer | Chad Faust | Tony Alcantar | Bethoe Shirkoff | Alan Giles | Dolores Drake | Howard Storey | June B. Wilde
Directors: Mark Herman
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Colin’s a sad-eyed British artist (Firth) holed up in a rundown hotel in small-town Vermont after being dumped by his fiancee (Driver). The hotel owner (Steenburgen) plays matchmaker and introduces him to a local girl (Graham). Romance ensues, though Colin’s ex may be looking to reunite.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Western
Countries: Italy | Spain
Actors: Eli Wallach | Clint Eastwood | Lee Van Cleef | Aldo Giuffrè | Luigi Pistilli | Rada Rassimov | Enzo Petito | Claudio Scarchilli | John Bartha | Livio Lorenzon | Antonio Casale | Sandro Scarchilli | Benito Stefanelli | Angelo Novi | Antonio Casas
Directors: Sergio Leone
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The Good is Blondie, a wandering gunman with a strong personal sense of honor. The Bad is Angel Eyes, a sadistic hitman who always hits his mark. The Ugly is Tuco, a Mexican bandit who’s always only looking out for himself. Against the backdrop of the Civil War, they search for a fortune in gold buried in a graveyard. Each knows only a portion of the gold’s exact location, so for the moment they’re dependent on each other. However, none are particularly inclined to share…

Snow Cake (2006)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | UK
Actors: Alan Rickman | Sigourney Weaver | Carrie-Anne Moss | David Fox | Jayne Eastwood | Emily Hampshire | James Allodi | Johnny Goltz | Robert Smith Jones | Mark McKinney | Callum Keith Rennie | Jackie Brown | Selina Cadell | Nia Rorts | Julie Stewart
Directors: Marc Evans
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Alex Hughes, an ex-convict, is on a road trip to Winnipeg to see an old friend. Along the way, he meets the annoying, but vivacious, Vivienne Freeman who manages to bum a ride with him. Just as he begins to warm to this eccentric girl, Alex’s vehicle is in a serious automobile accident that kills Vivienne. After his meeting with the police, Alex decides to speak with Vivienne’s mother. Upon arrival at her home, Alex discovers that the mother, Linda, is a barely functional autistic who convinces him to stay long to take out the garbage the day after the funeral he agrees to arrange. In those few days, Alex discovers new friends and learns more about the uniqueness of Linda even as he struggles to come to terms with his own grief.

For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller | Western
Countries: Italy | Monaco | Spain | West Germany
Actors: Clint Eastwood | Lee Van Cleef | Gian Maria Volonté | Mara Krupp | Luigi Pistilli | Klaus Kinski | Joseph Egger | Panos Papadopulos | Benito Stefanelli | Roberto Camardiel | Aldo Sambrell | Luis Rodríguez | Tomás Blanco | Lorenzo Robledo | Sergio Mendizábal
Directors: Sergio Leone
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Two bounty hunters are after the same man, Indio. At first, they go their own ways, but eventually get together to try and find him. But are they after him for the same reason ?

Runaway Bride (1999)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Julia Roberts | Richard Gere | Joan Cusack | Hector Elizondo | Rita Wilson | Paul Dooley | Christopher Meloni | Donal Logue | Reg Rogers | Yul Vazquez | Jane Morris | Lisa Roberts Gillan | Kathleen Marshall | Jean Schertler | Tom Hines
Directors: Garry Marshall
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Ike Graham, New York columnist, writes his text always at the last minute. This time, a drunken man in his favourite bar tells Ike about Maggie Carpenter, a woman who always flees from her grooms in the last possible moment. Ike, who does not have the best opinion about females anyway, writes an offensive column without researching the subject thoroughly. The next day, Ike gets fired by his publisher (and former wife), because he went too far and faked the facts, which real journalists don’t do. Ike’s only way back into the business now is to do a fact-based report on Maggie and her upcoming fourth wedding attempt, which Ike predicts to fail again. So, as he circles her like a vulture his prey-to-be, Maggie’s opinion of Ike sinks below zero. Not only is Ike waiting for her to fail again but the whole town is poking fun at Maggie about her mistakes. But that is a point which Ike doesn’t like.

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Yul Brynner | Eli Wallach | Steve McQueen | Charles Bronson | Robert Vaughn | Brad Dexter | James Coburn | Jorge Martínez de Hoyos | Vladimir Sokoloff | Rosenda Monteros | Rico Alaniz | Pepe Hern | Natividad Vacío | Mario Navarro | Danny Bravo
Directors: John Sturges
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A remake of ”The Seven Samurai”, this American version star Yul Brenner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, and Robert Vaughn, just to name a few. They are picked to guard a Mexican village from Banditos that come every now and then to take whatever the town has grown since their last visit. When they are hired, they go to the town and teach the villagers how to defend themselves. When the leader of the bandits come ,they fight him and his men off. the second time he comes the villagers give the seven to them, due to a heated argument. The leader of the bandits take their guns and throw them out of town he gives them horses and gives their guns back to them when they are far out of town. The seven decide that they aren’t going to run, and head back to the village for a final showdown.

The Wild One (1953)

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Marlon Brando | Mary Murphy | Robert Keith | Lee Marvin | Jay C. Flippen | Peggy Maley | Hugh Sanders | Ray Teal | John Brown | Will Wright | Robert Osterloh | Robert Bice | Yvonne Doughty | William Vedder
Directors: Laslo Benedek
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A gang of forty motorcyclists, the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club, gate-crash a legitimate motorcycle race. They are eventually thrown out, but one of the gang steals the second prize trophy and gives it to their leader, Johnny. The gang then ride into Wrightsville, where they race up and down the main street before piling into Bleekers - the local bar. The owner of the bar is happy to let the bikers spend their money, so does not support the sheriff’s attempt to address any disturbances. Stuck in town following an accident to a Black Rebel, Johnny falls for the sheriff’s daughter and tries to impress her with the trophy. When a rival gang, The Beetles, ride into town, trouble is just around the corner.

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Kathy Bates | Mary Stuart Masterson | Mary-Louise Parker | Jessica Tandy | Cicely Tyson | Chris O'Donnell | Stan Shaw | Gailard Sartain | Timothy Scott | Gary Basaraba | Lois Smith | Jo Harvey Allen | Macon McCalman | Richard Riehle | Raynor Scheine
Directors: Jon Avnet
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Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920’s Alabama. Through Idgie’s inspiring life, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny.

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Monday, June 8th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Richard Gere | David Eigenberg | Bob Tracey | Ron Emanuel | Debra Messing | Tom Stoviak | Yvonne Erickson | Scott Nunnally | Harris Mackenzie | Will Patton | Lucinda Jenney | Laura Linney | Tom Tully | Zachary Mott | Ann McDonough
Directors: Mark Pellington
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John Klein, a Washington newspaper reporter leaves his job after his wife dies to investigate strange reports, including psychic visions (”prophecies”) and sightings of winged creatures (”mothmen”), in a small West Virginia town, that may be the signs of an alien invasion of Earth…

It Came from Outer Space (1953)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Richard Carlson | Barbara Rush | Charles Drake | Joe Sawyer | Russell Johnson | Kathleen Hughes | Ralph Brooks | Budd Buster | Robert Carson | Ned Davenport | Edgar Dearing | Alan Dexter | George Eldredge | Paul Fix | Whitey Haupt
Directors: Jack Arnold
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John Putnam and Ellen watch a great fireball going down near a mine. Both are the only ones, who believe the “thing” not to be a meteor but an alien starship. In the following days, people disappear and return, obviously being manipulated in a strange way. After a while, the sheriff becomes distrustful. He and his men enter the mine. But Putnam hopes to reach a peaceful solution and enters the starship …