Posts Tagged ‘independent-film’

Bone Dry (2007)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Goss, Luke | Henriksen, Lance | Lister, Tommy 'Tiny' | Wallace, Dee | Siebel, Jennifer | Buffington, Carl | Larsen, Richard | Stalcup, Chad | Thames, Hudson | Self, Julia
Directors: Hart, Brett A.
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Eddie (Goss) finds himself being forced at a gunpoint, by an unseen assailant, on a dark and brutal journey through the harsh terrain of Texas. His nemesis is Jimmy (Henriksen), a man with an aberrant agenda; armed with a rifle, a scope, walkie-talkies and a truck, he has organized a series of ambushes and mantraps designed to push Eddie to the limits of his humanity and beyond.

Havoc (2005)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Romance
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Hathaway, Anne | Phillips, Bijou | Appleby, Shiri | Biehn, Michael | Gordon-Levitt, Joseph | O'Leary, Matt | Rodríguez, Freddy | San Giacomo, Laura | Vogel, Mike | Cruz, Raymond | Dziena, Alexis | Tatum, Channing | Vasquez, Johnny | Robledo, Luis | Hennings, Sam
Directors: Kopple, Barbara
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In Los Angeles, Allison Lang is a bored girl from an upper class dysfunctional family that acts and dresses like a slut. Her wealthy boyfriend and friends are totally influenced by the hip-hop culture, behaving like rappers, dressing and imitating their lifestyle. When they decide to drive to East L.A. for fun, they meet a Latin gang of drug-dealers and Allison and her best friend Emily become fascinated with their “gangsta” lifestyle. Later they return to the ghetto to visit and excite Hector and his friends, expecting to join their 16th Street gang. When the guys propose them to have sex as a form of initiation, they change their mind, leading to a tragic consequence.

Papillon (1973)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: McQueen, Steve | Hoffman, Dustin | Jory, Victor | Gordon, Don | Zerbe, Anthony | Deman, Robert | Parfrey, Woodrow | Mumy, Bill | Coulouris, George | Assan, Ratna | Smithers, William | Avery, Val | Sierra, Gregory | Tayback, Vic | Watson, Mills
Directors: Schaffner, Franklin J.
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Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for ‘butterfly’ (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in ‘Guiane’ (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to escape despite incarcerations in solitary confinement as punishment.

Fargo (1996)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Macy, William H. | Buscemi, Steve | Stormare, Peter | Rudrüd, Kristin | Presnell, Harve | Denman, Tony | Houston, Gary | Wingert, Sally | Schweickhardt, Kurt | Kokernot, Larissa | Peterman, Melissa | Reevis, Steve | Keith, Warren | Edelman, Steve | Anderson, Sharon
Directors: Coen, Joel | Coen, Ethan
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Fargo is based on true events that occurred in Minnesota in 1987 with the names changed to protect the victims. Jerry works in his father-in-law’s car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn’t seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the blood shed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.

Before Sunset (2004)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Hawke, Ethan | Delpy, Julie | Dobtcheff, Vernon | Lemoine Torres, Louise | Pauly, Rodolphe | Plasteig, Mariane | Diabolo | Evrard, Denis | Delpy, Albert | Pillet, Marie
Directors: Linklater, Richard
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Jesse, a writer from the US, and Celine, a Frenchwoman working for an environment protection organization, acquainted nine years ago on the train from Budapest to Vienna, meet again when Jesse arrives in Paris for a reading of his new book. As they have only a few hours until his plane leaves, they stroll through Paris, talking about their experiences, views and whether they still love each other, although Jesse is already married with a kid.

Super Troopers (2001)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Andre Vippolis | Kern, Joey | Geoffrey Arend | Stolhanske, Erik | Lemme, Steve
Directors: Chandrasekhar, Jay
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Thorny, Mac, Rabbit, Foster and Farva are Vermont state troopers out to have a good time. Stationed in a remote area near the Canadian border, the troopers, avid pranksters with an affinity for syrup, have a knack for screwing up on the job. But when budget cuts in the town of Spurbury threaten their livelihood and pit them against arch-rival Spurbury P.D., the five friends try to straighten up and fly right. That is, until a dead body is discovered and a possible drug ring is unearthed. The super troopers spring into action attempting to solve the crime, save their jobs, and outdo the local police department.

Human Traffic (1999)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Ireland | UK
Actors: Simm, John | Pilkington, Lorraine | Parkes, Shaun | Dyer, Danny | Reynolds, Nicola | Davies, Dean | Albert, Peter | Anderson, Jan | Beesley, Terence | Blackburn, Sarah | Bowen, Anne | Bowens, Neil | Bramhill, Peter | Brand, Jo | Brooks, Stephanie
Directors: Kerrigan, Justin
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The Cardiff club scene in the 90’s: five best friends deal with their relationships and their personal demons during a weekend. Jip calls himself a sexual paranoid, afraid he’s impotent. Lulu, Jip’s mate, doesn’t find much to fancy in men. Nina hates her job at a fast food joint, and her man, Koop, who dreams of being a great hip-hop d.j., is prone to fits of un-provoked jealousy. The fifth is Moff, whose family is down on his behavior. Starting Friday afternoon, with preparations for clubbing, we follow the five from Ecstacy-induced fun through a booze-laden come-down early Saturday morning followed by the weekend’s aftermath. It’s breakthrough time for at least three of them.

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Keitel, Harvey | Roth, Tim | Madsen, Michael | Buscemi, Steve | Penn, Chris | Tierney, Lawrence | Brooks, Randy | Baltz, Kirk | Tarantino, Quentin | Bunker, Edward | Wright, Steven | Turner, Rich | Steen, David | Cosmo, Tony | Polyi, Stevo
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Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss Joe Cabot to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with an intention that they won’t get too close and concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members and one of them is killed in the subsequent shootout along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop.

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Music
Countries: UK
Actors: Shepherd, Steve John | Waters, Ben | Newman, Alec | Ejiofor, Chiwetel | Smith, Anjela Lauren | Melanie Gutteridge | Mackenzie, Georgia | Eyo, Alicia | Annobil-Dodoo, Freddie | Armstrong, Alun | Beevers, Geoffrey | Bentley, Annette | Blundell, John | Blythe, Debbi | Collins, Karl
Directors: Strickland, John
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Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyday life.

Cooler, The (2003)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Macy, William H. | Baldwin, Alec | Bello, Maria | Hatosy, Shawn | Livingston, Ron | Sorvino, Paul | Warren, Estella | Nascarella, Arthur J. | Fatone, Joey | Gainey, M.C. | Greene, Ellen | Scribner, Don | Longo, Tony | Israel, Richard | Landfield, Timothy
Directors: Kramer, Wayne
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The Cooler is Bernie Lootz, and THE COOLER is a love story about the changing fortunes of this down-at-heels loser who has made a career out of spreading his virulent bad luck on the floor of Las Vegas’ aging Shangri-La casino. When Bernie falls for a gorgeous cocktail waitress his bad luck is thrown into reverse.