Posts Tagged ‘stop-motion’

RoboCop 2 (1990)

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: John Glover | Belinda Bauer | Mario Machado | Leeza Gibbons | John Ingle | Tom Noonan | Roger Aaron Brown | Gabriel Damon | Mark Rolston | Lila Finn | John Hateley | Gage Tarrant | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Brandon Smith | Wallace Merck
Directors: Irvin Kershner
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After a successful deployment of the Robocop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification closer and closer. But as this develops, a new narcotic known as “Nuke” invades the streets, leaded by God-delirious leader Kane. As this whole menace grows, it may even prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up in failed prototypes with suicidal issues… until Dr. Faxx, scientist straying away from OCP´s path uses Kane as the new subject for the Robocop 2 project, a living God.

Chicken Run (2000)

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family
Countries: UK
Actors: Phil Daniels | Lynn Ferguson | Mel Gibson | Tony Haygarth | Jane Horrocks | Miranda Richardson | Julia Sawalha | Timothy Spall | Imelda Staunton | Benjamin Whitrow | John Sharian | Jo Allen | Lisa Kay | Laura Strachan
Directors: Peter Lord
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Ginger is one of the chicken at the Tweety Egg Farm, who is capable of escaping (and desperately wants to) but is constantly being held back by her incompetent partners. One night, feeling failed and depressed after a chicken is axed, she wanders out to the gate, where she sees a rooster triumphantly flying through the air. After crashing and injuring his wing, Ginger takes him in and learns he’s Rocky Rhodes, a cocky American who enjoys freedom - in fact, he escaped from a circus when she found him. In exchange for protecting him when the circus arrives asking for him, Ginger makes a deal with Rocky that he will teach them to fly so they can escape. Taking advantage of the situation, Rocky woos the chicken, irritating Ginger “Doll-Face” and organizer Officer Fowler, formerly of the Royal Air Force, in the process. Meanwhile, the Tweetys have purchased a machine to make chicken pies out of, intending to cook every last one of them.

Howard the Duck Movie (1986)

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Lea Thompson | Jeffrey Jones | Tim Robbins | Ed Gale | Chip Zien | Tim Rose | Steve Sleap | Peter Baird | Mary Wells | Lisa Sturz | Jordan Prentice | Paul Guilfoyle | Liz Sagal | Dominique Davalos | Holly Robinson Peete
Directors: Willard Huyck
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The story begins of a sarcastic humanoid duck the size of a gentleman by the name of Howard from outer space is pulled from his home globe to terrain through a laser ray and somehow winds up in Cleavland where he meets with quickly befriends with Beverly Switzler, a lead soloist where they must stop an unknown invader famous as the Dark Overlords at all costs.

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

Monday, June 8th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: William Hopper | Joan Taylor | Frank Puglia | John Zaremba | Thomas Browne Henry | Tito Vuolo | Jan Arvan | Arthur Space | Bart Braverman | Sid Cassel | Ray Harryhausen | George Khoury | Rollin Moriyama | Don Orlando | George Pelling
Directors: Nathan Juran
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When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome forcing the military to take drastic action.

Baraka (1992)

Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Genres: Documentary | War
Countries: USA
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Directors: Ron Fricke
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Without words, cameras show us the world, with an emphasis not on “where,” but on “what’s there.” It begins with morning, natural landscapes and people at prayer: volcanoes, water falls, veldts, and forests; several hundred monks do a monkey chant. Indigenous peoples apply body paint; whole villages dance. The film moves to destruction of nature via logging, blasting, and strip mining. Images of poverty, rapid urban life, and factories give way to war, concentration camps, and mass graves. Ancient ruins come into view, and then a sacred river where pilgrims bathe and funeral pyres burn. Prayer and nature return. A monk rings a huge bell; stars wheel across the sky.

The Time Machine (1960)

Friday, April 24th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Rod Taylor | Alan Young | Yvette Mimieux | Sebastian Cabot | Tom Helmore | Whit Bissell | Doris Lloyd | Bob Barran | Paul Frees | James Skelly | Josephine Powell
Directors: George Pal
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From the book by H.G. Wells, a scientist and tinkerer builds a time machine and uses it to explore the distant future where there are two races, a mild gentle race, and a cannibalistic one living underground. His machine is stolen by the underground race and he must risk being captured (and eaten) to return to his own time.

Coraline (2009)

Friday, March 27th, 2009
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Keith David | John Hodgman | Ian McShane | Dakota Fanning | Dawn French | Teri Hatcher | Jennifer Saunders
Directors: Henry Selick
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Adapted from the Hugo Award-winning, internationally best-selling novel, Coraline is a spine-tingling tale about a curious girl who unlocks a mysterious door in her family’s new home and enters into an adventure in a parallel reality. On the surface, this “Other World” eerily mimics her own life - though it is much more fantastical. In it, Coraline encounters different versions of her own life, including off-kilter neighbors and an Other Mother who attempts to keep her forever. Ultimately, Coraline must rely on her resourcefulness, determination and bravery to get back home.

Eraserhead (1977)

Friday, March 13th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Nance | Charlotte Stewart | Allen Joseph | Jeanne Bates | Judith Roberts | Laurel Near | V. Phipps-Wilson | Jack Fisk | Jean Lange | Thomas Coulson | John Monez | Darwin Joston | T. Max Graham | Hal Landon Jr. | Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Directors: David Lynch
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Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

The Miracle Maker (2000)

Saturday, February 7th, 2009
Genres: Animation | Biography | Drama
Countries: Russia | UK
Actors: Ralph Fiennes | Michael Bryant | Julie Christie | Rebecca Callard | James Frain | Richard E. Grant | Ian Holm | William Hurt | Anton Lesser | Daniel Massey | Tim McInnerny | Alfred Molina | Bob Peck | Miranda Richardson
Directors: Derek W. Hayes
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This animated feature-length life of Jesus boasts a stellar pedigree. Originally a BBC Wales production, it showcases the voices of some of Britain’s finest actors in any medium: Ralph Fiennes as a brooding and humble Jesus, Miranda Richardson as Mary Magdalene, Richard E. Grant as John the Baptist and David Thewlis as Judas. The lovely, flute-heavy score is by Oscar-winner Anne Dudley (The Full Monty). And clearly a lot of expense has gone into the Claymation-like animation. But while it’s hard to find fault with the rendering of this familiar story—it is respectful and definitely done, you might say, by the Book—it would have been nice if there had been a tad more joy, if it walked a bit lighter in its sandals. As it is, all the characters seem consistently subdued, whether they are expressing angst, rage, terror or bliss—none of which is helped by the figures’ blank-eyed stares (if animators are becoming ever more sophisticated, why can’t they get rid of those creepy blank gazes once and for all?). Still, the weight of having such formidable actors play these familiar roles lends the production a certain credibility, and parents looking for good religious videos that won’t insult their kids’ intelligence will be thrilled.

The Rocker Movie (2008)

Monday, January 12th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Rainn Wilson | Christina Applegate | Teddy Geiger | Josh Gad | Emma Stone | Jeff Garlin | Jane Lynch | Jason Sudeikis | Will Arnett | Howard Hesseman | Fred Armisen | Bradley Cooper | Lonny Ross | Jon Glaser | Jane Krakowski
Directors: Peter Cattaneo
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The Rocker tells the story of a failed drummer who is given a second chance at fame. Robert “Fish” Fishman is the extremely dedicated and astoundingly passionate drummer for the eighties hair band Vesuvius, who is living the rock n’ roll dream until he is unceremoniously kicked out of the band. Twenty years after his rock star fantasies are destroyed, just when Fish has finally given up all hope, he hears that his nephew’s high school rock band A.D.D. is looking for a new drummer. They reluctantly make him the newest member of the band, giving him a chance to reclaim the rock God throne he’s always thought he deserved, and taking the young band along for the ride of their lives.