Posts Tagged ‘gift’

Gremlins (1984)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Axton, Hoyt | Louie, John | Luke, Keye | Steele, Don | Burgess, Susan | Brady, Scott | Moore, Arnie | Feldman, Corey | Carey Jr., Harry | Galligan, Zach | Miller, Dick | Cates, Phoebe | Holliday, Polly | Elson, Donald | Balaski, Belinda
Directors: Dante, Joe
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Gremlins begins with inventor Rand Peltzer trying to find a quick gift for his son Billy before returning home from a New York trip. He settles on a unique pet in a Chinatown curio shop–a cute, furry creature known as a Mogwai. Before he leaves, he is warned by the shop’s owner that three rules must be obeyed by a Mogwai owner: 1) Keep it away from bright light, 2) Don’t get any water on it, and 3) Never, never ever feed it after midnight. Rand takes note of these rules and returns home with the Mogwai to his idyllic small-town home of Kingston Falls. Rand’s gift is an instant hit: Billy loves his adorable new pet, naming it Gizmo and taking it everywhere he goes. Unfortunately, he and his friends also begin breaking the rules of Mogwai care. When water is accidentally spilled on Gizmo, it causes him to multiply and produce a number of mischievous little brothers. Among these is the mean-tempered Stripe. Soon enough, the new Mogwai get hold of some food after midnight and this causes them to change from cute fur-balls into nasty, scaly monsters dubbed ‘Gremlins.’

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Freeman, Morgan | Tandy, Jessica | Aykroyd, Dan | LuPone, Patti | Rolle, Esther | Havrilla, Joann | Hall Jr., William | Sugarman, Alvin M. | Geigerman, Clarice F. | Moore, Muriel | Kaler, Sylvia | Gold, Carolyn | Fox, Crystal R. | Hannah, Bob | McKinnon, Ray
Directors: Beresford, Bruce
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An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She resists any change in her life but, Hoke, the driver is hired by her son. She refuses to allow him to drive her anywhere at first, but Hoke slowly wins her over with his native good graces. The movie is directly taken from a stage play and does show it. It covers over twenty years of the pair’s life together as they slowly build a relationship that transcends their differences.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Highmore, Freddie | Kelly, David Patrick | Bonham Carter, Helena | Taylor, Noah | Pyle, Missi | Fox, James | Roy, Deep | Lee, Christopher | Godley, Adam | Troegner, Franziska | Robb, AnnaSophia | Winter, Julia | Fry, Jordan | Wiegratz, Philip
Directors: Burton, Tim
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Charlie Bucket comes from a poor family, and spends most of his time dreaming about the chocolate that he loves but usually can’t afford. Things change when Willy Wonka, head of the very popular Wonka Chocolate empire, announces a contest in which five gold tickets have been hidden in chocolate bars and sent throughout the country. The kids who find the tickets will be taken on a tour of Wonka’s chocolate factory and get a special glimpse of the wonders within. Charlie miraculously finds a ticket, along with four other children much naughtier than him. The tour of the factory will hold more than a few surprises for this bunch…

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.

Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The (2004)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Murray, Bill | Wilson, Owen | Blanchett, Cate | Huston, Anjelica | Dafoe, Willem | Goldblum, Jeff | Gambon, Michael | Taylor, Noah | Cort, Bud | Jorge, Seu | Cohen, Robyn | Ahluwalia, Waris | Koizumi, Niels | Wdowczak, Pawel | Gubler, Matthew Gray
Directors: Anderson, Wes
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Steve Zissou, sea-film auteur a la Jacques Cousteau, has reason to be melancholy: his partner has been eaten, perhaps by a mythic jaguar shark, his wife may be taking up with her ex-husband, a young man appears claiming Steve is his father (Steve hates fathers), his most recent films have tanked, he’s having trouble raising money for his venture to revenge his partner, and he’s attracted to a pregnant reporter who prefers the pretender. At sea, in pursuit of the shark, will he escape pirates and mutiny, forge the bonds of fatherhood, place his arm around his wife, find the monster of the deep, re-establish box office hegemony, and discover a reason to smile?

Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Allen, Tim | Curtis, Jamie Lee | Aykroyd, Dan | Walsh, M. Emmet | Franz, Elizabeth | Sullivan, Erik Per | Marin, Cheech | Busey, Jake | Pendleton, Austin | Poston, Tom | Gonzalo, Julie | Lavan, René | Rhea, Caroline | Huffman, Felicity | Breen, Patrick
Directors: Roth, Joe
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Allen portrays Luther Krank who, fed up with the commerciality of Christmas, decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.

Alexander (2004)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: France | Germany | Netherlands | UK | USA
Actors: Leto, Jared | Hopkins, Anthony | Farrell, Colin | Bedella, David | Kamm, Jessie | Jolie, Angelina | Kilmer, Val | O'Shaughnessy, Fiona | Paolo, Connor | Carroll, Patrick | Blessed, Brian | Williamson, Peter | Ferris, Morgan Christopher | Earley, Robert | Gordon, Aleczander | Plummer, Christopher | Stretch, Gary
Directors: Stone, Oliver
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Alexander (Farrell), the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians he leads his Army across the then known world venturing further than any Westerner had ever gone all the way to India.

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Swank, Hilary | Freeman, Morgan | Baruchel, Jay | Colter, Mike | Rijker, Lucia | O'Byrne, Brian F. | Mackie, Anthony | Martindale, Margo | Lindhome, Riki | Pena, Michael | Martinez, Benito | MacVittie, Bruce | Powledge, David | D'Angerio, Joe
Directors: Eastwood, Clint
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Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules life: above all, always protect yourself. In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time. His only friend, Scrap, an ex-boxer who looks after Frankie’s gym, knows that beneath his gruff exterior is a man who has been seeking, for the past 25 years, the forgiveness that somehow continues to elude him. Then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym…

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Wood, Elijah | Appleby, Noel | Astin, Sean | Baker, Sala | Bean, Sean | Blanchett, Cate | Bloom, Orlando | Boyd, Billy | Csokas, Marton | Edwards, Megan | Elsworth, Michael | Ferguson, Mark | Holm, Ian | McKellen, Ian | Lee, Christopher | Makoare, Lawrence
Directors: Jackson, Peter
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An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Crowe, Russell | Bettany, Paul | D'Arcy, James | Woodall, Edward | Larkin, Chris | Pirkis, Max | Randall, Jack | Benitz, Max | Ingleby, Lee | Pates, Richard | Pugh, Robert | McCabe, Richard | Mercer, Ian | Dolan, Tony | Threlfall, David
Directors: Weir, Peter
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During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, HMS Surprise, and a much larger French warship, the Acheron, with greater fire power, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Russell Crowe brings great intensity to the role of Captain Jack Aubrey. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. While the naval battle sequences are quite fantastic, the film is successful because director Weir chose to build the story to get to know the men who are locked aboard the tight quarters of a small ship and how they interact everyday. The officers and the mates are well-known by the time the final battle comes. Paul Bettany offers a strong performance as the surgeon and naturalist who balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the scientist. He is the captain’s friend and confidant, the two frequently playing violin and cello duets together. The horrors of the injuries from the war are frequently implied, but vividly depicted in the reactions of the characters.