Posts Tagged ‘idealism’

Hero (2002)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Li, Jet | Leung Chiu Wai, Tony | Cheung, Maggie | Zhang, Ziyi | Chen, Daoming | Yen, Donnie | Yuan, Liu Zhong | Yong, Zheng Tia | Qin, Yan | Xiao Yang, Chang | Ya Kun, Zhang | Hua, Ma Wen | Ming, Jin | Hua, Xu Kuang | Xin, Wang Shou
Directors: Zhang, Yimou
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In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin’s three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory.

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.

Transformers (2007)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: LaBeouf, Shia | Fox, Megan | Duhamel, Josh | Taylor, Rachael | Gibson, Tyrese | Voight, Jon | Anderson, Anthony | Turturro, John | O'Neill, Michael | Cullen, Peter | Bodin, Charlie | Caldwell, Andrew | Cox, Bryan | David, Keith | Doss, Frederic
Directors: Bay, Michael
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A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war was being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. The Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasted off in search of it. He eventually tracked it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850), but his reckless desire for power sent him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forced him into a paralyzed state. His body was later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, and before going into a comatose state Megatron used the last of his energy to engrave a map, showing the location of the Allspark, into the Captain’s glasses, and send a transmission to Cybertron. He is then carted away by the Captain’s ship. A century later, Sam Witwicky, nicknamed Spike by his friends, buys his first car. To his shock, he discovers it to be Bumblebee, an Autobot in disguise who is to protect Spike, as he bears the Captain’s glasses and the map carved on them. But Bumblebee is not the only Transformer to have arrived on Earth - in the desert of Qatar, the Decepticons Blackout and Scorponok attack a U.S. military base, causing the Pentagon to send their special Sector Seven agents to capture all “specimens of this alien race,” and Spike and his girlfriend Mikaela find themselves in the middle of a grand battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, stretching from Hoover Dam all the way to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, within the depths of Hoover Dam, the cryogenically stored form of Megatron awakens…

Children of Men (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Japan | UK | USA
Actors: Yacuzzi, Juan Gabriel | Hussain, Michelle | Curling, Rob | Chevalier, Jon | Davies, Rita | Fenton, Kim | Gilbert, Chris | Hawthorne, Phoebe | Howard, Rebecca | White, Atalanta | Woodbridge, Laurence | Owen, Clive | McErlane, Maria | Haughey, Michael | Sharma, Paul
Directors: CuarĂ³n, Alfonso
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With this dystopian world ravished by war, paranoia and the frustrations of Man the Orwellian vision of Nineteen Eighty-Four, the totalitarian future is now complete and amongst us. With female fertility becoming obsolete, Man cannot reproduce, and no child has been born on the face of the planet for eighteen years. Man, and his future, is dying. Soon he shall be extinct. Theo, the beaten, downtrodden and middle-aged ex-political activist will, unwittingly, become involved in a war of an underground revolt. Here he is active once more, in the perilous journey across England’s Home Counties, with a young girl, Kee, who, to Theo’s bewilderment is pregnant. The first pregnant woman for more than eighteen years. This secret must be protected, at all cost, and mother and child must flee to the mysterious and enigmatic Human Project, across the seas. Their flight is a constant fight for survival. Who can be trusted? Who can keep a secret?

School of Rock, The (2003)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Music
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Black, Jack | Pascal, Adam | Papaelias, Lucas | Stack, Chris | Silverman, Sarah | White, Mike | Babin, Lucas | Cusack, Joan | Green, Jordan-Claire | Afflerbach, Veronica | Cosgrove, Miranda | Gaydos Jr., Joey | Tsai, Robert | Massagli, Angelo | Clark, Kevin Alexander
Directors: Linklater, Richard
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Down and out rock star Dewey Finn (Black) gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar prodigy, who could help Dewey win a “battle of the bands” competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight.

Superman Returns (2006)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Routh, Brandon | Bosworth, Kate | Spacey, Kevin | Marsden, James | Posey, Parker | Langella, Frank | Huntington, Sam | Saint, Eva Marie | Brando, Marlon | Penn, Kal | Leabu, Tristan Lake | Fabrizio, David | Roberts, Ian | Stone, Vincent | Larson, Jack
Directors: Singer, Bryan
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After eliminating General Zod & the other Kryptonian arch-villains, Ursa & Non, Superman leaves Earth to try to find his former home world of Krypton after astronomers have supposedly found it. When he finds nothing but remnants, he returns home to Earth - to find out that Lois Lane is engaged to a relative of his boss, and that Lex Luthor is at it again - after swindling an elderly, terminally ill woman. The psychopathic Luthor, whose plans to destroy California failed because of Superman’s heroics, vows vengeance against the Man of Steel and contrives a new sinister plot - using the crystals of Krypton to build a continent that will wipe out most of North America! Embedded in the continent’s structure is Kryptonite - the lethal substance that is Superman’s only weakness. Upon learning of Luthro’s sinister scheme, Superman must again race against time to stop the psychopathic Luthor before millions - possibly billions - are killed.

Braveheart (1995)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Action | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Gibson, Mel | Robinson, James | Nelson, Sandy | Cosmo, James | Lawlor, Sean | Tall, Alan | Weir, Andrew | Stevenson, Gerda | Riach, Ralph | Calvey, Mhairi | Cox, Brian | McGoohan, Patrick | Hanly, Peter | Marceau, Sophie
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The movie begins in the small town of Elerslie, Scotland. William lives with his father, who is not named in the film, and his older brother Malcolm. William’s father and older brother are called to a meeting a few miles from their home where they find the entire nobility of Scotland hanging. Malcolm and his father then go to a battle between the British and their clan, both die tragically. At the funeral William meets his uncle Argyle who fought in the battle with Malcolm and his father. He takes him away to live with him. The scene then cuts to an adult William on his horse. William later runs into a girl he knew before he went to live with Argyle, her name, Murron, we discover that Lords have the right to sleep with brides on their wedding night, so William marries Murron in secret. Murron is the assaulted by a British guard, the guard is killed by William, a fight ensues, and eventually Murron is killed by the lord. This enrages Wallace who then build himself a fine army entering city’s and killing all Englishman within. Wallace prepares to move on to Sterling where he prepared for his greatest battle yet, in the forest he realises that he must find a way to beat the heavy cavalry from the ground, he decided to create spears twice as long as men. These were used in the battle to kill the entire heavy cavalry raised at the last minute to kill the on coming horses. Eventually Wallace reaches York, the most important military city he gains control. Williams final battle at Falkirk ends in his betrayal by two nobles, whom he later kills. William is betrayed by the leper father of Robert the Bruce, is captured and refuses to bow down as a loyal subject of the king Edward I, Longshanks. Therefore, instead of mere beheading William Wallace is subject to being Hung, hung within an inch of death. Drawn, being stretched by his ankles and wrists and then having his insides shown to him before he died. Then Quartered, he was beheaded and his head was put on the London Bridge his body was torn into for pieces one sent to each corner of Britain as a warning to the citizens. After Wallace’s death we see Robert the Bruce led the battle of Bannockburn the last battle for Scotland’s freedom.

Batman Begins (2005)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bale, Christian | Caine, Michael | Neeson, Liam | Holmes, Katie | Oldman, Gary | Murphy, Cillian | Wilkinson, Tom | Hauer, Rutger | Watanabe, Ken | Boone Junior, Mark | Roache, Linus | Freeman, Morgan | Holden, Larry | Murphy, Gerard | McFarlane, Colin
Directors: Nolan, Christopher
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In tone with the early “Batman: Year One” style comics. As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge but his chance is cruelly taken away from him by fate. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra’s Al-Ghul, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system whilst the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armored suit leads him to take on a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong - he becomes, Batman. In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various nefarious schemes in motion by individuals such as mafia don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan ‘The Scarecrow’ Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right.

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Countries: Germany | New Zealand | USA
Actors: Wood, Elijah | McKellen, Ian | Tyler, Liv | Mortensen, Viggo | Astin, Sean | Blanchett, Cate | Rhys-Davies, John | Hill, Bernard | Lee, Christopher | Boyd, Billy | Monaghan, Dominic | Bloom, Orlando | Weaving, Hugo | Otto, Miranda | Wenham, David
Directors: Jackson, Peter
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Sauron’s forces increase. His allies grow. The Ringwraiths return in an even more frightening form. Saruman’s army of Uruk Hai is ready to launch an assault against Aragorn and the people of Rohan. Yet, the Fellowship is broken and Boromir is dead. For the little hope that is left, Frodo and Sam march on into Mordor, unprotected. A number of new allies join with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Pippin and Merry. And they must defend Rohan and attack Isengard. Yet, while all this is going on, Sauron’s troops mass toward the City of Gondor, for the War of the Ring is about to begin.

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!