Posts Tagged ‘europe’

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.

Two for the Road (1967)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Hepburn, Audrey | Finney, Albert | Bron, Eleanor | Daniels, William | Middleton, Gabrielle | Dauphin, Claude | Gray, Nadia | Descrières, Georges | Bisset, Jacqueline | Cornwell, Judy | Hilda, Irène | Joos, Dominique | Barsacq, Yves | Dann, Roger | Hilling, Jacques
Directors: Donen, Stanley
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The ten-year marriage of Mark and Joanna Wallace is on the rocks. In flashback they recall their first meeting, memorable moments in their courtship and early wedded life, their travels through Europe, their broken vow never to have children, and their increasing tensions that led to both of them having extra-marital affairs.

Just Married (2003)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Kutcher, Ashton | Murphy, Brittany | Kane, Christian | Moscow, David | Mazur, Monet | Rasche, David | Luckinbill, Thad | Agranov, David | Killam, Taran | Barry, Raymond J. | Toda, Toshi | Gaynes, George | Schina, Massimo | Andrews, Valeria | Thomas, Alex
Directors: Levy, Shawn
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A happy young couple, Sarah and Tom (Brittany Murphy and Ashton Kutcher) marry against the wishes of Sarah’s friends and family and go to Europe for their Honeymoon. Unfortunately for them, Sarah’s parents send Sarah’s ex-boyfriend Peter Prentis (played by Christian Kane) to break up the happy marriage.

Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (1988)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: UK | West Germany
Actors: Neville, John | Idle, Eric | Polley, Sarah | Reed, Oliver | McKeown, Charles | Dennis, Winston | Purvis, Jack | Cortese, Valentina | Pryce, Jonathan | Paterson, Bill | Jeffrey, Peter | Thurman, Uma | Steadman, Alison | Cooper, Ray | Henderson, Don
Directors: Gilliam, Terry
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Baron Munchausen is a character of European myth that might be considered the predecessor of American tales of Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan. The Baron’s stories are taken to be outrageous and fanciful lies. This is the origin of the name of the psychiatric diagnosis of “Munchausen’s Syndrome”, a particularly bizzare form of hypochondria.

Corpse Bride (2005)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Bonham Carter, Helena | Watson, Emily | Ullman, Tracey | Whitehouse, Paul | Lumley, Joanna | Finney, Albert | Grant, Richard E. | Lee, Christopher | Gough, Michael | Horrocks, Jane | Reitel, Enn | Roy, Deep | Elfman, Danny | Ballantyne, Stephen
Directors: Burton, Tim | Johnson, Mike
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Blue-tinted, eye-ball-popping, maggot-infested beauty Emily (Bonham Carter) has become known as the Corpse Bride after waiting for her fiancé where the couple planned to rendezvous before getting hitched. When her groom arrives, he kills her, and she rests in the ground to wait for her soul mate, whether he knows he is the Corpse Bride’s groom or not. It’s a cold dark night, the moon is full, the stars are bright and the forest is a little bit creepy. Wandering through the black mangled trees, Victor (Depp) just can’t memorize his wedding vows. Victor’s hesitance towards marriage causes him to jumble the words. Two prominent families have arranged their children to be married in order to overcome financial difficulties. As the objects of betrothal, Victor and Victoria (Watson) met for the first time the night before their wedding. It only makes sense that Victor, a groom with cold feet, would have trouble remembering tedious wedding vows. Thus Victor ends up in the dark forest ringing his hands and muttering his vows, the vows that the Corpse Bride hears, bringing her out of the grave. Victor suddenly finds himself married to another woman, a voluptuous bombshell bride who also happens to be dead. Whisked away to the Land of the Dead, Victor finds out that living amongst corpses is not as easy as it seems. Heads easily loose their owners and eyes never seem to stay in their sockets, an adjustment that Victor seems reluctant to accept. Once taken into the Land of the Dead, it is nearly impossible to return, causing Victor to choose between risking Victoria’s life or giving up his own.

Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Damon, Matt | Potente, Franka | Cox, Brian | Stiles, Julia | Urban, Karl | Mann, Gabriel | Allen, Joan | Csokas, Marton | Gallop, Tom | Bedford Lloyd, John | Sandler, Ethan | Monaghan, Michelle | Roden, Karel | Arana, Tomas | Akinshina, Oksana
Directors: Greengrass, Paul
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When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent—who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne (Damon) and Marie (Potente) have been living under assumed names—the pair collapse their lives and head out. Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

007 Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Connery, Sean | St. John, Jill | Gray, Charles | Wood, Lana | Dean, Jimmy | Cabot, Bruce | Smith, Putter | Glover, Bruce | Burton, Norman | Fürst, Joseph | Lee, Bernard | Llewelyn, Desmond | Barr, Leonard | Maxwell, Lois | Lacey, Margaret
Directors: Hamilton, Guy
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When Bond investigates mysterious activities in the world diamond market, he discovers that the evil Ernst Blofeld (Charles Gray) is stockpiling the precious gems to use in a deadly laser satellite capable of destroying massive targets on land, sea and air. Bond, with the help of beautiful smuggler Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), sets out to stop the madman, but first he must grapple with a host of enemies. He confronts offbeat assassins Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, as well as Bambi and Thumper–two scantily-clad beauties who are more than a match for Bond in hand-to-hand combat! Finally, there’s the reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte (Jimmy Dean), who may just hold a vital clue to Blofeld’s whereabouts.

EuroTrip (2004)

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy
Countries: Czech Republic | USA
Actors: Serbedzija, Rade | Lumley, Joanna | Mechlowicz, Scott | Pitts, Jacob | Kreuk, Kristin | Meils, Cathy | Iskhakov, Nial | Trachtenberg, Michelle | Wester, Travis | Damon, Matt | Adams, J. | Baird, Christopher | Cloutman, Nicholas J.M. | Fulford, Bruce | Schade, Molly | Degg, Jakki | Vomocilova, Lenka
Directors: Schaffer, Jeff | Berg, Alec | Mandel, David
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When Scotty’s German online pen pal suggests they meet, he initially freaks out. But then he discovers that she’s gorgeous, and heads out with three friends after graduation to meet her. As they travel across Europe, the four friends have comical misadventures.

Rules of Attraction, The (2002)

Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Sossamon, Shannyn | James Van Der Beek | Ian Somerhalder | Bosworth, Kate | Biel, Jessica | Pardue, Kip
Directors: Avary, Roger
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Camden College. Sean Bateman (James Van Der Beek) is the younger brother of depraved Wall Street broker Patrick Bateman. He’s also a drug dealer who owes a lot of money to “fellow” dealer Rupert Guest (Clifton Collins, Jr.), as well as a well-known womanizer, for he sleeps with nearly half of the female population on campus. Lauren Hynde (Shannyn Sossamon) is, technically, a virgin. She’s saving herself for her shallow boyfriend, Victor Johnson (Kip Pardue), who’s left the States to backpack across Europe. Her slutty roommate, Lara (Jessica Biel), has the hots for Victor as well. Paul Denton (Ian Somerhalder), who used to date Lauren, is openly bisexual and attracted to Mitchell Allen (Thomas Ian Nicholas), who’s dating Candice (Clare Kramer) to prove to Paul that he’s not gay. Sean loves Lauren. Paul loves Sean. And Lauren may love Sean.

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Hanks, Tom | Walken, Christopher | Sheen, Martin | Baye, Nathalie | Adams, Amy | Brolin, James | Howe, Brian | Hughes, Frank John | Eastin, Steve | Ellis, Chris | Finn, John | Garner, Jennifer | Lenehan, Nancy | Pompeo, Ellen
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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An FBI agent tracks down and catches a young con artist who successfully impersonated an airline pilot, doctor, assistant attorney general and history professor, cashing more than $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in 26 countries.