Posts Tagged ‘corporal-punishment’

Papillon (1973)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: McQueen, Steve | Hoffman, Dustin | Jory, Victor | Gordon, Don | Zerbe, Anthony | Deman, Robert | Parfrey, Woodrow | Mumy, Bill | Coulouris, George | Assan, Ratna | Smithers, William | Avery, Val | Sierra, Gregory | Tayback, Vic | Watson, Mills
Directors: Schaffner, Franklin J.
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Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for ‘butterfly’ (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in ‘Guiane’ (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to escape despite incarcerations in solitary confinement as punishment.

Lord of the Flies (1990)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Getty, Balthazar | Furrh, Chris | Pipoly, Danuel | Dale, James Badge | Taft, Andrew | Taft, Edward | Rule, Gary | Wells, Terry | MacDonald, Braden | Burgin, Angus | Zentz, Martin | Jacobs, Brian | Amabile, Vincent | Weinstein, David | Bell, Chuck
Directors: Hook, Harry
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Adapted from William Golding’s novel of the same name, this is the story of a group of military school boys who become stranded on an island. They are, however, not alone. To begin with their commander is dragged from the water by Ralph. It is after the commander becomes feverish and delusional that he runs away and the boys develop their own society, with frightening and powerful consequences.

Murder in the First (1995)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Slater, Christian | Bacon, Kevin | Oldman, Gary | Davidtz, Embeth | Macy, William H. | Tobolowsky, Stephen | Dourif, Brad | Ermey, R. Lee | Kirshner, Mia | Slack, Ben | Gierasch, Stefan | Sedgwick, Kyra | Bookston, Alex | Allan, Richie | Ritts, Herb
Directors: Rocco, Marc
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Henri Young (Kevin Bacon) was convicted for stealing 5$ from post office and sent to Alcatraz, the most secured jail for the most dangerous criminals. After a futile escape mission he was sent to dungeon and got out as a murderer after thousand days, though maximum 19 days in dungeon is the official punishment was allowed. He became scared and confused savage and killed one of the prisoners. It was a sure to lose case and so James Stamphill (Christian Slater), a fresh law graduate was appointed as his lawyer. But rest is history! Based on a true story, Murder in the first is a masterpiece by Marc Rocco shows how the dungeon of Alcatraz was shut down for ever!

Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Holden, William | Hawkins, Jack | Guinness, Alec | Hayakawa, Sessue | Donald, James | Horne, Geoffrey | Morell, André | Williams, Peter | Boxer, John | Herbert, Percy | Goodwin, Harold | Sears, Ann | Okawa, Heihachiro | Katsumoto, Keiichiro | Chakrabandhu, M.R.B.
Directors: Lean, David
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The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden (Jack Hawkins) and an American, Shears (William Holden), to blow up the bridge.

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?

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.

Glory (1989)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Broderick, Matthew | Washington, Denzel | Elwes, Cary | Freeman, Morgan | Kennedy, Jihmi | Braugher, Andre | Finn, John | Leitch, Donovan | Cullum, JD | North, Alan | Gunton, Bob | De Young, Cliff | Baskous, Christian | Lee, RonReaco | Sanders, Jay O.
Directors: Zwick, Edward
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Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.

Midnight Express (1978)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Davis, Brad | Miracle, Irene | Hopkins, Bo | Bonacelli, Paolo | Smith, Paul L. | Quaid, Randy | Weisser, Norbert | Hurt, John | Kellin, Mike | Diogene, Franco | Ensign, Michael | Ballista, Gigi | Malikyan, Kevork | Jeffrey, Peter | Boyd, Tony
Directors: Parker, Alan
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Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the “Midnight Express”.

Passion of the Christ, The (2004)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Rosalinda Celentano | Rubini, Sergio | Caviezel, James | Morgenstern, Maia | Jivkov, Hristo | De Vito, Francesco | Bellucci, Monica | Sbragia, Mattia | Bertorelli, Toni | Lionello, Luca | Shopov, Hristo | Gerini, Claudia | Sartor, Fabio | Ferro, Giacinto | Mincer, Olek | Mokhtari, Sheila | Allocca, Lucio
Directors: Gibson, Mel
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The Passion of The Christ focusses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s life. The film begins in the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus has gone to pray after sitting the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.

Starship Troopers (1997)

Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Van Dien, Casper | Meyer, Dina | Richards, Denise | Busey, Jake | Harris, Neil Patrick | Brown, Clancy | Gilliam, Seth | Muldoon, Patrick | Ironside, Michael | McClanahan, Rue | Bell, Marshall | Bruskotter, Eric | Levin, Matt | Lindsley, Blake | Ruivivar, Anthony
Directors: Verhoeven, Paul
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In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don’t know is that they’ll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.