Posts Tagged ‘escape’

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.

Toy Story (1995)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Allen, Tim | Rickles, Don | Varney, Jim | Shawn, Wallace | Ratzenberger, John | Potts, Annie | Morris, John | von Detten, Erik | Metcalf, Laurie | Ermey, R. Lee | Freeman, Sarah | Jillette, Penn | Angel, Jack | Aste, Spencer
Directors: Lasseter, John
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A little boy named Andy loves to be in his room, playing with his toys, especially his doll named “Woody”. But, what do the toys do when Andy is not with them, they come to life. Woody believes that he has life (as a toy) good. However, he must worry about Andy’s family moving, and what Woody does not know is about Andy’s birthday party. Woody does not realize that Andy’s mother gave him an action figure known as Buzz Lightyear, who does not believe that he is a toy, and quickly becomes Andy’s new favorite toy. Woody, who is now consumed with jealousy, tries to get rid of Buzz. Then, both Woody and Buzz are now lost. They must find a way to get back to Andy before he moves without them, but they will have to pass through a ruthless toy killer, Sid Phillips.

Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Banderas, Antonio | Hayek, Salma | Depp, Johnny | Rourke, Mickey | Mendes, Eva | Trejo, Danny | Iglesias, Enrique | Leonardi, Marco | Marin, Cheech | Blades, Rubén | Dafoe, Willem | Vigil, Gerardo | Armendáriz Jr., Pedro | Mechoso, Julio Oscar | Larriva, Tito
Directors: Rodriguez, Robert
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A drug lord who pretends to overthrow the Mexican government. A corrupt CIA agent (Johnny Depp) who at that time, demands retribution from his worst enemy to carry out the drug lord’s uprising against the government.

Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael Rennie | Neal, Patricia | Marlowe, Hugh | Jaffe, Sam | Gray, Billy | Bavier, Frances | Martin, Lock | Davis, Elmer | Kaltenborn, H.V. | Pearson, Drew | Heatter, Gabriel | Bane, Holly | Bradford, Marshall | Brown, John | Burton, John
Directors: Wise, Robert
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A flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth. It lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears to save him and is able to melt tanks with the slightest bit of his power. The wounded alien orders Gort to stop his rampage and is taken to a hospital from which he escapes in order to learn more about this planet, even moving in as a boarder with an Earth family. When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy that will destroy the Earth if provoked.

Nancy Drew (2007)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Family | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Roberts, Emma | Flitter, Josh | Thieriot, Max | Cook, Rachael Leigh | Donovan, Tate | Alva, Amanda | Abrams, Phil | Bell, Marshall | Bemis, Cliff | Borjas, Edgar | Bostwick, Barry | Clark, Adam | Cooper, Rich | D'Ambrosio, Vito | Dickens, Darnell
Directors: Fleming, Andrew
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This movie is about Nancy Drew going to Los Angeles California with her father, who was going there on business. While she was there she happened upon a mystery that involved a murdered movie actress, and her daughter. Nancy found out her her daughter was, when nobody even knew that the actress had any kids, and the actress’s daughter inherited all of the actress’s money. At the end of the movie, once they got back home, Ned and Nancy kissed for what I think was their first actual kiss, and right after their quick kiss Nancy’s father told her that she had a call from some people in Germany, who were talking about the Loch Ness Monster.

White Nights (1985)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Baryshnikov, Mikhail | Hines, Gregory | Skolimowski, Jerzy | Mirren, Helen | Page, Geraldine | Rossellini, Isabella | Glover, John | Gryff, Stefan | Hootkins, William | Rimmer, Shane | Faure, Florence | Savile, David | Liston, Ian | Young, Benny | Drake, Hilary
Directors: Hackford, Taylor
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Nikolai Rochenko, a Russian ballet dancer who 8 years ago defected to the West. He is in a plane flying over Russia when all of a sudden, a malfunction forces the plane to land in Russia. The KGB tells everyone that his injuries are so severe that he has to remain confide for a while. But in reality they want him to return to them, so they bring him to his old apartment and an American, Raymond Greenwood, who himself defected to Russia several years ago, is placed there to keep an eye on him. However, Rochenko is not about to give in and is determined to escape. So with help from his former lover, he gets word to the Americans. And even Raymond is started to be disillusioned with Russia, and he has to decide if he is going to do what he was sent to do or help Rochenko.

Bulletproof (1996)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Wayans, Damon | Sandler, Adam | Caan, James | Swenson, Jeep | Farentino, James | Wilson, Kristen | McCoy, Larry | Covert, Allen | Nunn, Bill | Roberts, Mark | Casella, Mark | Shaifer, Andrew | Potter, Monica | Loughran, Jonathan | White, Steve
Directors: Dickerson, Ernest R.
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The criminals Rock Keats (Damon Wayans) and Archie Moses (Adam Sandler) are best friends and have been stealing cars together for one year. Archie invites Rock to join the gang of the drug lord Frank Colton (James Caan) without knowing that Rock is indeed the undercover detective Jack Carter, assigned to get evidences against Frank. During the police raid against a heroin shipping of Frank, Archie accidentally shoots Jack in his head. Once recovered, Jack declares Archie his enemy, and arrests him. But the former mates have to join forces against Frank’s gangsters and many dirty cops.

Legionnaire (1998)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Van Damme, Jean-Claude | Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adewale | Berkoff, Steven | Farrell, Nicholas | Carter, Jim | Sofrenovic, Ana | Caltagirone, Daniel | Long, Joseph | Kalli, Mario | Montana, Joe | Romer, Kim | Bro, Anders Peter | Kynman, Paul | Pickering, Vincent | Triggelis, Takis
Directors: MacDonald, Peter
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At the height of its glory, the French Foreign Legion was made up of men widely regarded as the scum of the earth. It was a mercenary army posted to colonies in Northern Africa and Southern Asia…but its soldiers swore no allegiance to France, only to the legion and to each other. The legion asked no questions about a man’s past…nor did it offer much hope for his future. It was a hard way to get a second chance in life…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Bloom, Orlando | Knightley, Keira | Davenport, Jack | Nighy, Bill | Pryce, Jonathan | Arenberg, Lee | Crook, Mackenzie | McNally, Kevin | Bailie, David | Skarsgård, Stellan | Hollander, Tom | Harris, Naomie | Klebba, Martin | Schofield, David
Directors: Verbinski, Gore
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Just before their wedding, Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner are arrested by Lord Cutler Beckett for helping the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, but Cutler proposes a deal to Will: their freedom per Jack’s compass. Meanwhile, Jack is afraid of the sea, because he owes his soul to the evil Davy Jones, the Captain of the Flying Dutchmen. When Will meets Jack, the pirate proposes to exchange his compass by a key owned by Davy Jones. Will goes to the Flying Dutchman without knowing how dangerous and diabolic Davy Jones and his crew are.

Blade Runner (Final cut) (2007)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Hauer, Rutger | Young, Sean | Olmos, Edward James | Walsh, M. Emmet | Hannah, Daryl | Sanderson, William | James, Brion | Turkel, Joe | Cassidy, Joanna | Hong, James | Paull, Morgan | Thompson, Kevin | Allen, John Edward | Pyke, Hy
Directors: Scott, Ridley
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Deckard is a Blade Runner, a police man of the future who hunts down and terminates replicants, artificially created humans. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 4 “skin jobs”, a slang term for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth. The city that Deckard must search for his prey is a huge, sprawling, bleak vision of the future. This film questions what it is to be human, and why life is so precious.