Posts Tagged ‘child-abuse’

Cell, The (2000)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Lopez, Jennifer | Vaughn, Vince | D'Onofrio, Vincent | Weber, Jake | Baker, Dylan | Jean-Baptiste, Marianne | Bauchau, Patrick | Becker, Gerry | Subkoff, Tara | Sutherland, Catherine | Thomas, Jake | James, Colton | Norris, Dean | Cothran Jr., John | Conley, Jack
Directors: Singh, Tarsem
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Catharine Deane is a psychotherapist who is part of a revolutionary new treatment which allows her mind to literally enter the mind of her patients. Her experience in this method takes an unexpected turn when an FBI agent comes to ask for a desperate favour. They had just tracked down a notorious serial killer, Carl Stargher, whose MO is to abduct women one at a time and place them in a secret area where they are kept for about 40 hours until they are slowly drowned. Unfortunately, the killer has fallen into an irreversible coma which means he cannot confess where he has taken his latest victim before she dies. Now, Catherine Deane must race against time to explore the twisted mind of the killer to get the information she needs, but Stargher’s damaged personality poses dangers that threaten to overwhelm her.

Atonement (2007)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Ronan, Saoirse | Blethyn, Brenda | West, Julia | McAvoy, James | Walter, Harriet | Knightley, Keira | Temple, Juno | von Simson, Felix | von Simson, Charlie | Allen, Alfie | Kennedy, Patrick | Cumberbatch, Benedict | Wight, Peter | O'Connor, Peter | Daniel Mays
Directors: Wright, Joe
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In the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis observes a flirtation between a servant’s son, Robbie, and her older sister, Cecilia, that she childishly misconstrues. Briony’s misunderstanding leads to a terrible crime whose consequences follow them through World War II.

Transamerica (2005)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: James, Andrea | Huffman, Felicity | Burstein, Danny | Orozco, Maurice | Peña, Elizabeth | Bockhorn, Craig | Borghese, Paul | Zegers, Kevin | Budinoff, Jon | Evans, Venida | Scheine, Raynor | Bayley, Kate | Maeve, Stella | Dunn, Teala | Frangione, Jim
Directors: Tucker, Duncan
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One week before her sex-change operation, Bree receives a call from a 17-year-old identifying himself as her son from a college liaison. Bree’s psychiatrist won’t approve the surgery until Bree deals with this relationship, so Bree flies to New York City, bails the youth out of juvenile detention, and offers him a ride back to Los Angeles without disclosing that she is his father. Both her plans and his go awry, and as secrets will out, what might become a friendship (or more) founders. The lad’s step-father, a sex-change support group, a peyote eater, a Navajo wrangler, and Bree’s family all play their parts in this exploration of family, gender, and expectations.

Saw IV (2007)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bell, Tobin | Mandylor, Costas | Patterson, Scott | Russell, Betsy | Bent, Lyriq | Karkanis, Athena | Louis, Justin | Reynolds, Simon | Wahlberg, Donnie | Macfadyen, Angus | Smith, Shawnee | Soomekh, Bahar | Meyer, Dina | Realba, Mike | Adams, Marty
Directors: Bousman, Darren Lynn
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Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry’s murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw’s latest grisly remains and piecing together the puzzle. However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend or face the deadly consequences.

Oliver Twist (2005)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: Czech Republic | France | Italy | UK
Actors: Clark, Barney | Swift, Jeremy | McNeice, Ian | Durden, Richard | Bateson, Timothy | de la Tour, Andy | Hess, Filip | Papadopoulos, Andreas | Athey, Laurie | Tremain, Joseph | Copley, Peter | Linden, Andy | Nettleton, John | Noble, Tony | Heath, Michael
Directors: Polanski, Roman
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Oliver Twist (Clark) is an orphan, who is soon kicked out of the orphanage and thrown into a terrible home. The bad treatment Oliver receives, forces him to run off to London. Here, he is soon picked up by the Artful Dodger (Eden) and taken to Fagin (Kingsley). Fagin treats Oliver well, but is it the life Oliver really wants?

Hot Rod (2007)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Samberg, Andy | Taccone, Jorma | Fisher, Isla | Hader, Bill | McBride, Danny R. | McShane, Ian | Spacek, Sissy | Arnett, Will | Parnell, Chris | Irvin, Brittney | Acheson, Mark | Haddock, Jesse | Hess, Ryan | Moxham, Andrew | Stinson, Donavon
Directors: Schaffer, Akiva
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Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble (Samberg) is preparing for the jump of his life. Rod plans to clear fifteen buses in an attempt to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank’s life-saving heart operation. He’ll land the jump, get Frank better, and then fight him, hard.

Evelyn (2002)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Germany | Ireland | UK | USA
Actors: Vavasseur, Sophie | Beagan, Niall | McDonagh, Hugh | Brosnan, Pierce | Devlin, Mairead | Kelly, Frank | Mullan, Claire | Lucchesi, Alvaro | Keogh, Garrett | O'Suilleabhain, Daithi | Irvine, Andrea | Quinn, Marian | Ardiff, Karen | Margulies, Julianna | Hogan, Bosco
Directors: Beresford, Bruce
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Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children, Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice, make it clear to the authorities that his is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages. Although a sympathetic judge assures Desmond that when his financial situation reverses, he will be able to get his children back; money is hard to come by. During that time, Evelyn and her brothers suffer the abuses of living in orphanages while Desmond struggles to secure finances. Now he must battle the courts to get his children back.

Antwone Fisher (2002)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Luke, Derek | Kelley, Malcolm David | Hodges, Cory | Bryant, Joy | Richardson, Salli | Howze, Leonard Earl | Scott, Kente | Connolly, Kevin | Gooding, Rainoldo | Nelson, Novella | Snedden, Stephen | Nepomuceno, Leo | Kang, Sung | Stokes, Cordell
Directors: Washington, Denzel
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A sailor (Derek Luke) prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist (Washington) for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.

Magnolia (1999)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Cruise, Tom | Healy, Pat | Zweig, Genevieve | Moore, Julianne | Macy, William H. | Flannagan, Mark | Flynn, Neil | Hoffman, Philip Seymour | McLachlan, Rod | Walters, Melora | Graf, Allan | Hall, Philip Baker | Oswalt, Patton | Blackman, Jeremy | Gonzales, Raymond 'Big Guy'
Directors: Anderson, Paul Thomas
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Magnolia is the study of nine lives in one day in San Fernando Valley, California. These nine lives all connect and revolve around the game show “What Do Kids Know?”(WDKK), where a team of three kids play against adults and everytime the show is on, there is a new team of adults and the kids remain; if they won the previous game. Earl Partridge (the late Jason Robards) produced “WDKK” when it was first on in the late 60s. He is dying of brain and lung cancer and is being taken care of by Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a male nurse. Linda, Earl’s trophy wife (Julianne Moore) starts to fall in love with Earl for real, despite her cheating. Earl, rapidly dying on his bed, asks Phil to find his estranged son, Frank T.J. Mackey (Tom Cruise), who grew up hating Earl and now runs a seminar for single men, which teaches them how to seduce a woman and leave her… The host of “WDKK”, Jimmy Gator (Philip Baker Hall), is also dying, but not as rapidly as Earl. He has a very rocky relationship with his daughter Claudia (Melora Waters), who sniffs crack 24/7 and accuses her father of sexually molesting her. Police Officer Jim (John C. Reilly) goes to Claudia’s house after getting called about a disturbance. He falls in love with her right away… Stanley Specter (Jeremy Blackman) is a contestant on “WDKK”, who is a genius and is being used by his father to make money. If Stanley and his team keep winning, they will set a record on the show and get tons of money. The record Stanley is trying to beat is the 1968 record set by Donnie Smith (William H. Macy), who had the exact same childhood when he was on the show and has now grown up to be a pathetic loser. He’s been recently fired from his job, and is trying to find his way into happiness…

Bad Santa (2003)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Thornton, Billy Bob | Cox, Tony | Kelly, Brett | Graham, Lauren | Tom, Lauren | Mac, Bernie | Ritter, John | Naidu, Ajay | Scott, Lorna | Bieker, Harrison | Borstein, Alex | Charles, Dylan | Gardell, Billy | Ross, Lisa | Callen, Bryan
Directors: Zwigoff, Terry
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“Bad Santa” is the story of two conmen who go on a road trip to malls dressed as Santa and his elf. Rather than spreading good cheer, the duo’s motive is to rob each establishment, a strategy that becomes complicated when they encounter an 8-year-old who teaches them the true meaning of Christmas.