Posts Tagged ‘drag’

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.

Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: France | Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Atkinson, Rowan | Baldry, Max | Campos, Steve | Dafoe, Willem | Debac, Stéphane | Dyer, Clint | Gaston-Dreyfus, Gilles | Rochefort, Jean | Roden, Karel | Varoclier, Pierre-Benoist | Caunes, Emma de | Hosmalin, Catherine
Directors: Bendelack, Steve
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Mr. Bean enters a church raffle and wins a vacation trip to France as well as a camcorder. After boarding a Eurostar train and arriving in Paris, the French language proves a barrier for Bean, as he struggles to get across the city to catch a train to the south of France from the Gare de Lyon. Taking time to order a meal, he finds the consumption of a seafood platter to be a challenge. Just before catching his train, he asks Emil, a Russian film director on his way to be a judge at the Cannes Film festival to use his camcorder to record his boarding, but accidentally causes Emil being left behind at the station. Bean attempts to cheer up the director’s son Stepan as the train continues south but matters are made more hectic by the fact that Emil has reported his son to have been kidnapped and Bean losing his wallet and essential travel documents at a pay phone where he and Stepan attempt to contact Emil. Heading in the direction of Cannes, Bean finds himself in the cast and disrupting the flow of a commercial being shot by the egotistical director Carson Clay. He and Stepan finally hitch a ride with the young and vivacious actress Sabine who is heading to Cannes to attend the premiere of Clay’s film, in which she appears. After Bean sneaks into the showing, his camcorder images are destined to enliven the proceedings.

Rent (2005)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Rapp, Anthony | Pascal, Adam | Dawson, Rosario | Martin, Jesse L. | Heredia, Wilson Jermaine | Menzel, Idina | Thoms, Tracie | Diggs, Taye | Roth, Julia | Radcliffe, Porscha | Payne, Stephen | Chan, Darryl | Clark, Ken | Ormond, Julia | Fine, David
Directors: Columbus, Chris
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This film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark (Anthony Rapp) and Roger (Adam Pascal), two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story. Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Tracie Thoms, and Taye Diggs also star.

Big Momma’s House 2 (2006)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Lawrence, Martin | LeBlanc, Elton | Long, Nia | Parylak, Michelle | Brown, Sarah | Joy, Mark
Directors: Whitesell, John
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Martin Lawrence returns as FBI agent Malcolm Turner, a master of disguise who again goes deep undercover as the sassy septuagenarian “Big Momma.” The FBI has learned that a computer software developer named Tom Fuller has created a computer virus that allows access to classified US government files, Fuller is planning to sell the virus to terrorist organizations all over the world. Upon hearing this, the FBI’s best lead is Fuller’s wife. So Malcolm goes undercover again as Big Momma in order to pose as Mrs. Fuller’s nanny. and as always, Big Momma once again turns the house upside down.

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Rush, Geoffrey | Wilkinson, Tom | O'Donnell, Steve | McMullen, Tim | Fiennes, Joseph | Beard, Steven | Sher, Antony | Barlow, Patrick | Clunes, Martin | Reinton, Sandra | Callow, Simon | Dench, Judi | McConnell, Bridget | Glen, Georgie | Boulton, Nicholas
Directors: Madden, John
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Romantic comedy set in London in the late 16th century: Young playwright William Shakespeare struggles with his latest work “Romeo and Ethel the Pirate’s Daughter”. A great fan of Shakespeare’s plays is young, wealthy Viola who is about to be married to the cold-hearted Lord Wessex, but constantly dreams of becoming an actress. Women were not allowed to act on stage at that time (female roles were played by men, too), but dressed up as a boy, Viola successfully auditions for the part of Romeo. Soon she and William are caught in a forbidden romance that provides rich inspiration for his play.

Wild Wild West (1999)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Smith, Will | Kline, Kevin | Branagh, Kenneth | Hayek, Salma | Walsh, M. Emmet | Levine, Ted | Feder, Frédérique | Vander, Musetta | Eng, Sofia | Bai, Ling | Beauvais, Garcelle | McGaughy, Mike H. | Wills, Jerry | Grant, Rodney A. | Taylor, Buck
Directors: Sonnenfeld, Barry
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Jim West is a guns-a-blazing former Civil War hero. Artemus Gordon is an inventive U.S. Marshal who excels in disguise. When the United States is threatened by psychotic Confederate Arliss Loveless, President Ulysses Grant teams the duo up to bring him to justice. On a hazard-packed train journey from Washington to Utah, West and Gordon must combine their skills to best Loveless and his diabolical machines.

Hollywood Homicide (2003)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Hartnett, Josh | Olin, Lena | Greenwood, Bruce | Washington, Isaiah | Davidovich, Lolita | David, Keith | P, Master | Knight, Gladys | Phillips, Lou Diamond | Lynn, Meredith Scott | Todoroff, Tom | MacDonald, James | Kurupt | Benjamin, André
Directors: Shelton, Ron
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When not solving murders in Tinseltown, Detective Joe Gavilan and his rookie partner Kasey Calden both moonlight in other fields: Gavilan sells real estate (poorly), and Calden aspires to become an actor (Brando, namely). Assigned to the vicious in-club slaying of a promising young rap act, the two detective delve into the recording industry where they hope to find answers - ideally ones that also come with property buyers or auditions.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Rush, Geoffrey | Bloom, Orlando | Knightley, Keira | Davenport, Jack | Pryce, Jonathan | Arenberg, Lee | Crook, Mackenzie | O'Hare, Damian | New, Giles | Barnett, Angus | Bailie, David | Berry Jr., Michael | Singleton Jr., Isaac C. | McNally, Kevin
Directors: Verbinski, Gore
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This swash-buckling tale follows the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor and the love of Will’s life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they know, but the fierce and clever Barbossa has been cursed. He, along with his large crew, are under an ancient curse, doomed for eternity to neither live, nor die. That is, unless a blood sacrifice is made. Full of edge-of-the-seat action and swashbuckling adventures, this is a movie you won’t want to miss!