Posts Tagged ‘witch’

The Crucible (1996)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis | Winona Ryder | Paul Scofield | Joan Allen | Bruce Davison | Rob Campbell | Jeffrey Jones | Peter Vaughan | Karron Graves | Charlayne Woodard | Frances Conroy | Elizabeth Lawrence | George Gaynes | Mary Pat Gleason | Robert Breuler
Directors: Nicholas Hytner
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A small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others’ land and one young woman (Ryder) infatuated with a married man (Day-Lewis) and determined to get rid of his innocent wife (Allen). Arthur Miller wrote the events and the subsequent trials where those who demanded thier innocence were executed, those who would not name names were incarcerated and tortured, and those who admitted their guilt were immediately freed as a parable of the Congressional Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joe McCarthy in 1950’s America.

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: Japan
Actors: Chieko Baisho | Takuya Kimura | Akihiro Miwa | Tatsuya Gashuin | Ryûnosuke Kamiki | Mitsunori Isaki | Yo Oizumi | Akio Ôtsuka | Daijiro Harada | Haruko Kato | Jean Simmons | Christian Bale | Lauren Bacall | Blythe Danner | Emily Mortimer
Directors: Hayao Miyazaki
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Young Sophie Hatter is cursed by the Witch of the Waste, and turns into an old hag. Ashamed of how she looks, she flees into the hills where a moving castle roams the hills. It is said to belong to the young and handsome wizard Howl, who has a bad reputation. Within the castle, Sophie befriends the fire demon Calcifer, who promises to help her become young again. One catch: she must help Calcifer to be free of Howl, and Calcifer cannot tell her how. However, Sophie agrees to stay and try to find out about the contract through other ways. Still, Howl can see that Sophie is under a spell like Calcifer can, and he falls in love with her for who she is and not for what she looks like. Sophie manages to bring life to the moving castle, and she helps Howl to face his former tutor, Madam Suliman.

The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Jon Finch | Francesca Annis | Martin Shaw | Terence Bayler | John Stride | Nicholas Selby | Stephan Chase | Paul Shelley | Maisie MacFarquhar | Elsie Taylor | Noelle Rimmington | Noel Davis | Sydney Bromley | Richard Pearson | Patricia Mason
Directors: Roman Polanski
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Roman Polanski’s version of Shakespeare’s tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt complex and the dead king’s son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is.

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.

Bell Book and Candle (1958)

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: James Stewart | Kim Novak | Jack Lemmon | Ernie Kovacs | Hermione Gingold | Elsa Lanchester | Janice Rule | Philippe Clay | Bek Nelson | Howard McNear | The Brothers Candoli | Monty Ash | Joe Barry | Wolfe Barzell | William Bloom
Directors: Richard Quine
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Gillian Holroyd is just your average, modern-day, witch, living in a New York apartment with her Siamese familiar, Pyewacket. But one day a handsome publisher, Shep Henderson walks into her building and Gillian decides she wants him—especially as it turns out he’s marrying Merle Kittridge, an old poison penpal from Gillian’s college days. So, Gillian casts a spell over Shep. But her powers are in danger of being exorcised by something stronger than the bell-book-and-candle routine: Love.

Suspiria (1977)

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Italy
Actors: Jessica Harper | Stefania Casini | Flavio Bucci | Miguel Bosé | Barbara Magnolfi | Susanna Javicoli | Eva Ax?n | Rudolf Schündler | Udo Kier | Alida Valli | Joan Bennett | Margherita Horowitz | Jacopo Mariani | Fulvio Mingozzi | Franca Scagnetti
Directors: Dario Argento
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A young American dancer travels to Europe to join a famous ballet school. As she arrives, the camera turns to another young woman, who appears to be fleeing from the school. She returns to her apartment where she is gruesomely murdered by a hideous creature. Meanwhile, the young American is trying to settle in at the ballet school, but hears strange noises and is troubled by bizarre occurrences. She eventually discovers that the school is merely a front for a much more sinister organization.

Mighty Wind, A (2003)

Monday, December 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Jim Moret | Stuart Luce | Mary Gross | Marty Belafsky | Michael Baser | Jared Nelson Smith | Ryan Raddatz | Todd Lieberman | Matthew Joy | Laura Harris | Brian Riley | Harry Shearer | Michael McKean | Eugene Levy
Directors: Christopher Guest
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When folk icon Irving Steinbloom passed away, he left behind a legacy of music and a family of performers he has shepherded to folk stardom. To celebrate a life spent submerged in folk, Irving’s loving son Jonathan has decided to put together a memorial concert featuring some of Steinbloom’s best-loved musicians. There’s Mitch and Mickey, who were the epitome of young love until their partnership was torn apart by heartbreak; classic troubadours The Folksmen, whose records were endlessly entertaining for anyone able to punch a hole in the center to play them; and The New Main Street Singers, the most meticulously color-coordinated neuftet ever to hit an amusement park. Now for one night only in New York City’s Town Hall, these three groups will reunite and gather together to celebrate the music that almost made them famous.

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Laurence Olivier | Claire Bloom | Maggie Smith | Ursula Andress | Jack Gwillim | Susan Fleetwood | Pat Roach | Harry Hamlin | Judi Bowker | Burgess Meredith | Siân Phillips | Flora Robson | Anna Manahan | Freda Jackson | Tim Pigott-Smith
Directors: Desmond Davis
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By answering a seemingly impossible riddle, Perseus, the son of Zeus, wins the hand of the Princess Andromeda in marriage. Trouble appears in the shape of Calibos, the princess’s former love, and his mother, the Goddess Thetis. In order that the dreaded Kraken not be released, Andromeda has to be sacrificed and Perseus searches for the Medusa; her head is the only thing that can stop the Kraken.

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Danny Elfman | Chris Sarandon | Catherine O'Hara | William Hickey | Glenn Shadix | Paul Reubens | Ken Page | Ed Ivory | Susan McBride | Debi Durst | Greg Proops | Kerry Katz | Randy Crenshaw | Sherwood Ball | Carmen Twillie
Directors: Henry Selick
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Bored and unhappy with the life of being “The Pumpkin King” Jack Skellington of Halloween Town, Jack sets out to find something exciting. Jack discovers “Christmas Town” and takes it upon himself to take over the duties of Santa to deliver toys across the world to children.

Big Fish (2003)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Ewan McGregor | Albert Finney | Billy Crudup | Jessica Lange | Helena Bonham Carter | Alison Lohman | Robert Guillaume | Marion Cotillard | Matthew McGrory | David Denman | Missi Pyle | Loudon Wainwright III | Ada Tai | Arlene Tai | Steve Buscemi
Directors: Tim Burton
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The story revolves around a dying father and his son, who is trying to learn more about his dad by piecing together the stories he has gathered over the years. The son winds up re-creating his father’s elusive life in a series of legends and myths inspired by the few facts he knows. Through these tales, the son begins to understand his father’s great feats and his great failings.