Posts Tagged ‘fish-out-of-water’

Devil Wears Prada, The (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Streep, Meryl | Hathaway, Anne | Blunt, Emily | Tucci, Stanley | Baker, Simon | Grenier, Adrian | Thoms, Tracie | Sommer, Rich | Sunjata, Daniel | Grant, David Marshall | Naughton, James | Feldman, Tibor | Mader, Rebecca | Hoyos, Jimena | Bündchen, Gisele
Directors: Frankel, David
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Miranda Priestley, of “Runway” magazine tears up the landscape as a demanding fashion editor. She is a terror to everyone who is around her as is quickly depicted in the opening scenes of the movie. Her first assistant strives to please her and tries to emulate her, but one can sense that she is not quite as hard as she tries to put on. Into this mix comes a young woman who knows nothing of the fashion industry, has never read the magazine, and doesn’t know who Miranda Priestley is. She only sees this as a stepping stone to another journalism position. Showing no fashion sense and immediately scorned by everyone, Miranda nonetheless hires her as the second assistant. When Miranda demands that she obtain the next unpublished Harry Potter manuscript, you can sense that she is trying to force her to quit, but it makes the young woman dig in to please her boss. With the help of one of the magazine’s fashion editors, she gets a complete makeover and a new security. However, with her new appearance and the demands placed on her, she starts to lose her friends, family and her live-in boy friend. As she is whisked away to Paris with Miranda and faces all of the glamor that could be hers, including a flashy if not artificial freelance journalist, she is forced to make the decision of where she wants to be in her life.

Wild, The (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Sutherland, Kiefer | Belushi, James | Izzard, Eddie | Garofalo, Janeane | Shatner, William | Kind, Richard | Cipes, Greg | Cunningham, Colin | Hay, Colin | Marsico, Miles | De Sena, Jack | Cherry, Don | Argueta, Christian | Cowgill, David | Venito, Lenny
Directors: Williams, Steve 'Spaz'
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Ryan (Greg Cipes) is a lion who wants to go to the wild, where his dad (Samson, voiced by Keifer Sutherland) once lived. When he gets himself shipped to Africa, his zoo friends (and Samson) work together to bring him back. When they get to Africa, however, the animals find themselves in a pile of danger. They have to fight an evil wildebeest called Kazar (William Shatner). But Kazar’s safe compared to the other danger on the island- a volcano that’s on the edge of eruption. Can the animals find Ryan and get out of Africa before the volcano erupts in so little time?

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Wilder, Gene | Albertson, Jack | Ostrum, Peter | Kinnear, Roy | Cole, Julie Dawn | Stone, Leonard | Nickerson, Denise | Denney, Nora | Themmen, Paris | Reit, Ursula | Bollner, Michael | Sowle, Diana | Woods, Aubrey | Battley, David | Meisner, Günter
Directors: Stuart, Mel
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Charlie Bucket, a poor boy who is barely able to support his family, is fortunate to be chosen as one of the 5 people to go inside the most popular and powerful chocalate factory in the world: The Willy Wonka Chocalate Factory. But a stranger, named Arthur Slugworth, tempts the kids to steal a piece of candy and give it to him. In exchange, he will make them rich. Willy Wonka, played by ‘Gene Wilder’(qv), soon introduces them to the factory, and starts the grand tour around the factory. Once inside, the 5 winners start to run amuck. One by one, the 5 kids start to disappear, until it is only Charlie that remains. At this point, Wonka starts to ignore Charlie, and then tells him why: because Charlie and Grandpa Joe, played by ‘Jack Albertson’ (qv), drank some forbidden product without permission. Will Charlie turn against Wonka? Or will he discover that he was wrong and make up what he has done?

Golden Child, The (1986)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Reate, J.L. | Murphy, Eddie | Dance, Charles | Lewis, Charlotte | Wong, Victor | Cobb, Randall 'Tex' | Hong, James | Shakti | Logo, Tau | Lee, Tiger Chung | Maar, Pons | Kwong, Peter | Taylor, Wally | Douglas, Eric | Levin, Charles
Directors: Ritchie, Michael
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Eddie Murphy plays a detective with a speciality of finding lost children. He is told he is the ‘Chosen one’ who will find and protect the Golden Child, a Bhuddist mystic who was kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Murphy disbelieves the mysticism but finds more and more evidence of demon worship as he investigates.

Hoot (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Lerman, Logan | Larson, Brie | Linley, Cody | Wilson, Luke | Phillips, Eric | Collins, Dean | Nelson, Tim Blake | Gregg, Clark | Kiersten Warren | Flynn, Neil | Cauffiel, Jessica | Wagner, Robert | Buffett, Jimmy | Archie, John | Donner, Robert
Directors: Shriner, Wil
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A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he’s compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.

Road House (1989)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Swayze, Patrick | Lynch, Kelly | Elliott, Sam | Gazzara, Ben | Teague, Marshall R. | Michaels, Julie | West, Red | Parker, Sunshine | Healey, Jeff | Tighe, Kevin | Doe, John | Wilhoite, Kathleen | McKenna, Travis | Hewlett, Roger | Stefka, Kurt James
Directors: Herrington, Rowdy
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Dalton is an expert “cooler” — a barroom bouncer who can break up fights without getting himself killed in the process. Frank Tilghman, the owner of the Double Deuce in Jasper, Missouri, has hired Dalton away from a bar in Memphis, because Tilghman needs someone who can handle the nightly outbreaks of violence at the Double Deuce, and teach the rest of the Double Deuce’s bouncers how to handle it. There’s even a cage protecting the bar’s band from the customers. The band is led by Dalton’s old friend Cody, who is blind. Dalton is injured on his first night on the job and is treated by Elizabeth “Doc” Clay, the local doctor. Dalton and Doc soon fall in love with each other, and this angers Brad Wesley, a crime boss that Doc was once involved with — and may still be involved with. Wesley is also responsible for a lot of the violence at the Double Deuce, and for some time, Wesley has had the sheriff in his pocket, giving him complete control of the town of Jasper. Wesley is out to get rid of Dalton, who has already made some friends in Jasper — Dalton has rented a room from a man named Emmet, and has befriended local auto parts store owner Red Webster, and has also befriended Pete Stroudenmire, the owner of Stroudenmire Ford, a local car dealership. Wesley, who wants money from these people, has his henchmen burn down Red’s store, run a big foot truck through the showroom of Pete’s dealership, and set Emmet’s home on fire. Dalton is pleasantly surprised when his mentor and old friend, legendary cooler Wade Garrett, arrives in town and helps him beat up the guys who are vandalizing Tilghman’s liquor shipment because Wesley wants to be the one to supply Tilghman’s liquor, and take money from Tilghman. A couple of days after Wade’s arrival, Wesley has Wade murdered in order to get a point across to Dalton. In retaliation, Dalton storms Wesley’s mansion, with every intention of freeing the town from Wesley.

Princess Diaries, The (2001)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Andrews, Julie | Hathaway, Anne | Elizondo, Hector | Matarazzo, Heather | Moore, Mandy | Goodall, Caroline | Schwartzman, Robert | von Detten, Erik | Flueger, Patrick | O'Bryan, Sean | Oh, Sandra | Marshall, Kathleen | Burbano, Mindy | Smith, Kimleigh | Garrison, Beth Anne
Directors: Marshall, Garry
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A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne. While Mia makes up her mind, she’s pressed into taking princess lessons from her grandmother.

Elf (2003)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Ferrell, Will | Caan, James | Newhart, Bob | Asner, Edward | Steenburgen, Mary | Deschanel, Zooey | Tay, Daniel | Love, Faizon | Dinklage, Peter | Sedaris, Amy | Lerner, Michael | Richter, Andy | Gass, Kyle | Lange, Artie | Lautier, Claire
Directors: Favreau, Jon
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Buddy (Will Ferrell) was a baby in an orphanage who stowed away in Santa’s sack and ended up at the North Pole. Later, as an adult human who happened to be raised by elves, Santa allows him to go to New York City to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan). Hobbs, on Santa’s naughty list for being a heartless jerk, had no idea that Buddy was even born. Buddy, meanwhile, experiences the delights of New York City (and human culture) as only an elf can. When Walter’s relationship with Buddy interferes with his job, he is forced to reevaluate his priorities.

World’s Fastest Indian, The (2005)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Hopkins, Anthony | Rea, Iain | Mitchell, Tessa | Murphy, Aaron | Shadbolt, Tim | Whittle, Annie | Johnson, Greg | Starr, Antony | Sullivan, Kate | Hall, Craig | Bowman, Jim | Bruce, Alison | Falconer, Phoebe | Pierard, Charles | Ryan, Barry
Directors: Donaldson, Roger
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In `60s New Zealand, at the bottom of the world, Burt Munro takes a 1920 Indian motorcycle and, delightfully without resources other than his own obsession and a Kiwi #8 wire mentality, spends his retirement rebuilding the bike and following his dream to go to Speed Week at Salt Lake in Utah. Under funded, without the support of a team and against all the odds he not only makes it to Bonneville, he sets a world land spend record, not once, but again and again.

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Ryder, Winona | Wiest, Dianne | Hall, Anthony Michael | Baker, Kathy | Oliveri, Robert | Ferrell, Conchata | Aaron, Caroline | Williams, Dick Anthony | Jones, O-Lan | Price, Vincent | Arkin, Alan | Blommaert, Susan | Perri, Linda | Davidson, John
Directors: Burton, Tim
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A modern day fairy tale which tells the story of Edward, the man created by an inventor, who died before finishing him and left Edward with scissors where he should have hands. One day when the local “Avon” representative calls at the historic mansion where Edward has been living alone, she takes him home to stay with her family. He has to adapt to the new life and environment that he isn’t used to. Soon he shows a talent in cutting hair and hedges, and wins every body’s heart. But life isn’t always so sweet…