Posts Tagged ‘family’

We Own the Night (2007)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Phoenix, Joaquin | Mendes, Eva | Wahlberg, Mark | Duvall, Robert | Veadov, Alex | Colon, Dominic | Hoch, Danny | Taktarov, Oleg | Moshonov, Moni | Corone, Antoni | Walker, Craig | Musante, Tony | D'Onofrio, Joe | Solovey, Yelena | Kiley, Maggie
Directors: Gray, James
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A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hit men.

Host, The (2006)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: South Korea
Actors: Song, Kang-ho | Byeon, Hie-bong | Park, Hae-il | Ko, Ah-sung | Bae, Du-na | Anselmo, David Joseph | Hersh, Philip | Lazar, Paul | Morgan, Clinton | Oh, Dal-su | Park, No-shik | Rhee, Brian | Wilson, Scott | Yim, Pil-Sung
Directors: Bong, Joon-ho
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The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. Park runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, but maybe a bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong’s elder son Gang-du is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago. Nam-il is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du’s daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears. All the family members are in a great agony because they lost someone very dear to them. But when they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: Hong Kong | USA
Actors: Turco, Paige | Caso, Mark | Warner, David | Sisti, Michelan | Tilden, Leif | Scott, Kenn | Clash, Kevin | Reyes Jr., Ernie | Chau, François | Obata, Toshirô | Serra, Raymond | Ginther, Mark | Bryant, Kurt | Nash, Kevin | Amodei, Joseph
Directors: Pressman, Michael
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The turtles find out where the Ooze, the substance which made them mutate, came from. Unfortunately Shredder learns about it too, and uses it to enhance himself. So the turtles have to prove again who’s the better ninja fighter.

Bound by Honor (aka “Blood in, blood out”) (1993)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Chapa, Damian | Borrego, Jesse | Bratt, Benjamin | Castillo, Enrique | Rivers, Victor | Lindo, Delroy | Towles, Tom | Carrasco, Carlos | Wilson, Teddy | Cruz, Raymond | Rodriguez, Valente | Flaherty, Lanny | Thornton, Billy Bob | Rivas, Geoffrey | Murcelo, Karmin
Directors: Hackford, Taylor
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Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the “Vatos Locos”, and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a “home” for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his “carnal”, Miklo.

Friday (1995)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Cube, Ice | Tucker, Chris | Long, Nia | Lister, Tommy 'Tiny' | John Witherspoon | Horsford, Anna Maria | King, Regina | Parker, Paula Jai | Love, Faizon | Pooh, DJ | Means, Angela | Reynolds, Vickilyn | Riser, Ronn | Bradley, Kathleen | Cox, Tony
Directors: Gray, F. Gary
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Having just been canned from his job on his day off, Craig and his best friend Smokey spend the day smoking up in their South Central neighborhood while dealing with a neighborhood bully, relationship troubles, an angry drug dealer, and a lot of other odd characters.

Christmas Vacation (1989)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Chase, Chevy | D'Angelo, Beverly | Lewis, Juliette | Galecki, Johnny | Randolph, John | Ladd, Diane | Marshall, E.G. | Roberts, Doris | Quaid, Randy | Flynn, Miriam | Burger, Cody | Latzen, Ellen Hamilton | Hickey, William | Questel, Mae | McMurray, Sam
Directors: Chechik, Jeremiah S.
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It’s Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark’s continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Dench, Judi | Blanchett, Cate | Georgeson, Tom | Maloney, Michael | Scanlan, Joanna | Parkes, Shaun | Kennedy, Emma | Kumar, Syreeta | Simpson, Andrew | Davis, Philip | Nottingham, Wendy | Empson, Tameka | Skinner, Leon | Nighy, Bill | Temple, Juno
Directors: Eyre, Richard
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Barbara Covett is a veteran and cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. She is barely tolerated by her less brilliant and acerbic colleagues who know nothing about her private life which consists mainly of taking care of Portia, her aging cat, and spending countless hours alone. The only means she has found to take the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. When Sheba Hart, a younger, attractive woman, joins the faculty as an art teacher, Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary about her clothing and her care-free manner. Despite her disdain for this woman, Barbara finds herself reaching out to her. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba’s lecturer husband, who is twenty years her senior, and their two children, a sexy and rebellious 16-year-old daughter and a younger boy with Downs Syndrome. Instead of opening herself to these people, Barbara immediately sees them as competition to be beaten in the battle for Sheba’s attention. Later, when Barbara discovers her new friend in a classroom having sex with Steven, a 15-year-old from the school who has artistic talent; she realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Barbara promises to not tell anyone but insists that the affair must end immediately. Sheba says she will but finds herself drawn back to the boy again and again. Sheba seems uneasy with Barbara’s friendship and is appalled when she discovers the older woman might have a sexual interest in her. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara’s cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. She chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined.

Sky High (2005)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Angarano, Michael | Russell, Kurt | Preston, Kelly | Panabaker, Danielle | Wynne, Christopher | Heffernan, Kevin | Daniels, Dee Jay | Vitz, Kelly | Berman, Loren | Braun, Nicholas | Malika | Khadijah | Sandvig, Jake | Harris, Will | Winstead, Mary Elizabeth
Directors: Mitchell, Mike
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It all begins at a secret school in the clouds like none on earth: Sky High, the first and only high school for kids with super-human powers going through crime-fighting puberty. At Sky High, the student body throw flames with their footballs, study Villainy with their Chemistry and are divided into Heroes and Sidekicks instead of jocks and geeks. It’s an out-of-this-world yet completely recognizable place where cool gadgetry, rampant bravery and awe-inspiring magical skills mix it up with parental battles, peer pressure and dating trouble—with explosively fun results. This year’s class features some of the best, brightest and most powerfully gifted super-teens ever assembled. And then there’s Will Stronghold. When you’re the son of the world’s most legendary super heroes, The Commander and Jetstream, people expect you to live up to the family name The problem is that Will is starting with no superpowers of his own and, worst of all, instead of joining the ranks of the Hero class, he finds himself relegated to being a Sidekick. Now he must somehow survive his freshman year while dealing with an overbearing gym coach, a bully with super speed and a dangerous rebel with a grudge (and the ability to shoot fire from his hands)—not to mention the usual angst, parental expectations and girl problems that accompany teenage life. But when an evil villain threatens his family, friends and the very sanctity of Sky High, Will must use his newfound superpowers to save the day and prove himself a Hero worthy of the family tradition.

Running with Scissors (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Bening, Annette | Cox, Brian | Fiennes, Joseph | Wood, Evan Rachel | Baldwin, Alec | Cross, Joseph | Clayburgh, Jill | Paltrow, Gwyneth | Union, Gabrielle | Wilson, Patrick | Chenoweth, Kristin | Dominczyk, Dagmara | Camp, Colleen | Kaeding, Jack | Guedj, Gabriel
Directors: Murphy, Ryan
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The story of how a boy was abandoned by his mother and how he, later, abandoned her. The year he’ll be 14, the parents of Augusten Burroughs (1965- ) divorce, and his mother, who thinks of herself as a fine poet on the verge of fame, delivers him to the eccentric household of her psychiatrist, Dr. Finch. During that year, Augusten avoids school, keeps a journal, and practices cosmetology. His mother’s mental illness worsens, he takes an older lover, he finds friendship with Finch’s younger daughter, and he’s the occasional recipient of gifts from an unlikely benefactor. Can he survive to come of age?

Little Children (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Winslet, Kate | Wilson, Patrick | Connelly, Jennifer | Edelman, Gregg | Goldstein, Sadie | Simpkins, Ty | Emmerich, Noah | Haley, Jackie Earle | Somerville, Phyllis | Carey, Helen | Wolf, Catherine | McCann, Mary B. | Trini Alvarado | Dietlein, Marsha | Adams, Jane
Directors: Field, Todd
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Echoes of “Madame Bovary” in the American suburbs. Sarah’s in a loveless marriage, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is a househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two years for indecent exposure - living with his mother; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie’s mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead?