Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse



Rating: 6.4 out of 10 (559)
Year: 1962
Copyright: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Actors:
Glenn Ford (Julio Desnoyers)
Ingrid Thulin (Marguerite Laurier)
Charles Boyer (Marcelo Desnoyers)
Lee J. Cobb (Julio Madariaga)
Paul Lukas (Karl von Hartrott)
Yvette Mimieux (Chi Chi Desnoyers)
Paul Henreid (Etienne Laurier)
Harriet E. MacGibbon (Dona Luisa Desnoyers)
Kathryn Givney (Elena von Hartrott)
Marcel Hillaire (Armand Dibier)
George Dolenz (Gen. von Kleig)
Stephen Bekassy (Col. Kleinsdorf)
Nestor Paiva (Miguel)

Directed by:
Vincente Minnelli
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Taglines:

From Ibanez' immortal classic, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents an unforgettable motion picture
Paris, city of lovers...the day the clocks stopped turning and the world stood still...

Plot Summary:

Karl from Germany and Marcelo from France emigrated to Argentina and became brothers-in-law. Whatever happens later they will always preserve a strong family feeling. Karl soon returned to Germany to serve in the army. Marcelo and his children Julio and Chichi became Argentinean citizens but later returned to Paris. Karl became a general with a son (Heinrich) in the SS. During WWII he got a high job within the occupation administration in France. Heinrich would come and go. Julio was a playboy. Chichi joined the resistance and was eventually tortured to death by Gestapo. Julio has a relation to a woman whose husband is a POW, and who will after release become a district leader within the resistance movement. Julio eventually feels that it is his duty to fight the Nazis. With a firm reputation as a superficial playboy, he can attend the nightclub favoured by German officers and gather much important information. Finally he and another partisan (posing as his chauffeur) accept a highly important suicidal task involving a courtesy call to Heinrich.

Cactus



Rating: 5.6 out of 10 (98)
Year: 2008
Actors:
Travis McMahon (John)
David Lyons (Eli)
Bryan Brown (Rosco)
Shane Jacobson (Thommo)
Daniel Krige (Mal)
Celia Ireland (Vesna)
Zoe Tuckwell-Smith (Sam)
Elspeth Baird (Gardening woman)
Craig Bartlett (Radio Operator)
Seymon Eckert (Katie)
Russell Hunt Steve Rodgers (Spuddo)
Robert Shearim Wayne Walker (Ute Driver)
Robert Whiteside (Bar Patron)

Directed by:
Jasmine Yuen Carrucan
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Taglines:

Choose the wrong road and you're...

Plot Summary:

A man is kidnapped from his city home in the quiet hours of the night and, the kidnapper, John Kelly, embarks on a journey into the Australian Outback towards the place where his hostage is due for delivery. As time and distance roll by, the strength and endurance of both men will be tested to the very end.

China Strike Force



Rating: 5.1 out of 10 (737)
Year: 2000
Actors:
Aaron Kwok (Darren Tong)
Coolio (Coolio)
Lee-Hom Wang (Alex Cheung)
Mark Dacascos (Tony Lau)
Ken Lo (Ken Low)
Paul Chun (Sheriff Lin)
Siu-Ming Lau (Uncle Ma)
Jung Yuen (Lee)
Benny Lai (Chong)
Jackson Liu (Training Chief)
Li Hsueh Tung (Uncle Wang)
Paul Cheng (Hotel Receptionist)
Roy Wong (Pilot)

Directed by:
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Taglines:

Extortion. Murder. Revenge.

Plot Summary:

A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a senior government officer's daughter is suspected of corruption.

The Holiday



Rating: 6.9 out of 10 (22102)
Year: 2006
Copyright: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. and GH One LLC
Actors:
Cameron Diaz (Amanda)
Kate Winslet (Iris)
Jude Law (Graham)
Jack Black (Miles)
Eli Wallach (Arthur)
Edward Burns (Ethan)
Rufus Sewell (Jasper)
Miffy Englefield (Sophie)
Emma Pritchard (Olivia)
Sarah Parish (Hannah)
Shannyn Sossamon (Maggie)
Bill Macy (Ernie)
Shelley Berman (Norman)
Kathryn Hahn (Bristol)
John Krasinski (Ben)

Directed by:
Nancy Meyers
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Plot Summary:

In London, Iris Simpkins write a wedding column in a newspaper and has an unrequited love for her colleague Jasper Bloom. Nearby Christmas, she is informed that Jasper is engaged and will marry another colleague, and her life turns head over heels. In Los Angeles, the movie-trailers maker Amanda Woods has just broken with her unfaithful boyfriend Ethan and wants to forget him. Amanda access a house exchange website, and impulsively swaps her mansion for Iris' cottage in Surrey for the holiday along the next two weeks. While in Surrey, Amanda meets Iris' widow brother and book editor Graham and they fall in love for each other. Meanwhile Iris meet her next door neighbor, the ninety year old screenplay writer Arthur, who helps her to retrieve her self-esteem, and the film composer Miles, and they fall in love for each other.

The Nun



Rating: 7.8 out of 10 (326)
Year: 1966
Actors:
Anna Karina (Suzanne)
Liselotte Pulver (Mme de Chelles)
Micheline Presle (Mme de Moni)
Francisco Rabal (Dom Morel)
Yori Bertin (Soeur Saint-ThГѓВ©rГѓВЁse)
Catherine Diamant (Soeur Saint-Ursule)
Gilette Barbier (Soeur Saint-Jean)
Annik Morice (Soeur Saint-JГѓВ©rГѓВІme)
Danielle Palmero (Soeur Saint-ClГѓВ©ment)
Jean Martin (Monsieur HГѓВ©bert)
Marc Eyraud (Le pГѓВЁre Seraphin)
Charles Millot (Monsieur Simonin)

Directed by:
Jacques Rivette
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Plot Summary:

In eighteenth-century France a girl (Suzanne Simonin) is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior (Madame de Moni, Sister Sainte-Christine, and Madame de Chelles) treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses by the Enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot.

Under Fire



Rating: 7 out of 10 (1679)
Year: 1983
Actors:
Nick Nolte (Russell Price)
Ed Harris (Oates)
Gene Hackman (Alex Grazier)
Joanna Cassidy (Claire)
Holly Palance (Journalist)
Ella Laboriel (Nightclub Singer)
Samuel Zarzosa (Jazz Combo: drums)
Jonathan Zarzosa (Jazz Combo: piano)
Raul Picasso (Jazz Combo: bass)
Oswaldo Doria (Boy Photographer)
Fernando Elizondo (Businessman)
Hamilton Camp (Regis Seydor)
Jean-Louis Trintignant (Marcel Jazy)
Richard Masur (Hub Kittle)

Directed by:
Roger Spottiswoode
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Taglines:

This wasn't their war but it was their story...and they wouldn't let it go!
Dateline: Central America. The First Casualty of War is the Truth.
Nick Nolte And Gene Hackman In A Riveting, High-Tension Thriller.

Plot Summary:

Nicaragua 1979: Star photographer Russel Price covers the civil war against president Somoza. Facing the cruel fighting - people versus army - it's often hard for him to stay neutral. When the Guerillas have him take a picture of the leader Rafael, who's believed to be dead, he gets drawn into the happenings. Together with his reporter friends Claire and Alex he has to hide from the army.

007 Goldfinger



Rating: 7.8 out of 10 (22340)
Year: 1964
Copyright: Copyright © 1964 Danjaq S.A.
Actors:
Sean Connery (James Bond)
Martin Benson (Martin Solo)
Bernard Lee (M)
Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny)
Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore)
Shirley Eaton (Jill Masterson)
Tania Mallet (Tilly Masterson)
Harold Sakata (Oddjob)
Cec Linder (Felix Leiter)
Austin Willis (Simmons)
Bill Nagy (Midnight)
Michael Mellinger (Kisch)
Peter Cranwell (Johnny)
Nadja Regin (Bonita)

Directed by:
Guy Hamilton
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Taglines:

James Bond Back In Action!
James Bond is back in action! Everything he touches turns to excitement!
Mixing business and girls! Mixing thrills and girls! Mixing danger and girls!

Plot Summary:

The powerful tycoon Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) has initiated "Operation Grand Slam," a cataclysmic scheme to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. James Bond, armed with his specially equipped Aston Martin (its accessory package includes built-in machine guns, a smoke screen and an ejector seat), must stop the plan by overcoming several outrageous adversaries. First there's Oddjob (Harold Sakata), the mute servant who kills at the toss of a lethal hat; next, the beautiful Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton), who gives new meaning to the phrase "golden girl"; and finally, sexy pilot Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), whose romantic feelings for Bond complicate her involvement in Goldfinger's high-flying scheme.