Monday 26 August 2013

youre next

Also Known As: Cacería macabra

Company: HanWay Films / Snoot Entertainment

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Plot: When a gang of masked, ax-wielding murderers descend upon the Davison family reunion, the hapless victims seem trapped... until an unlikely guest of the family proves to be the most talented killer of all.

Cast and Character: Sharni Vinson as Erin / Nicholas Tucci as Felix / Wendy Glenn as Zee / AJ Bowen as Crispian / Joe Swanberg as Drake / Margaret Laney as Kelly / Amy Seimetz as Aimee / Ti West as Tariq / Rob Moran as Paul / Barbara Crampton as Aubrey / L.C. Holt as Lamb Mask / Simon Barrett as Tiger Mask / Lane Hughes as Fox Mask

Creators: n/A

Description: When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

Directors: Adam Wingard

Genres: Horror / Thriller

Location: Columbia, Missouri, USA

MPAA: Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity

Opening Weekend: $7,050,000

Poster: posters/1853739.jpg

Rating: 7.1

Release Date: 23 August 2013 (USA)

Runtime: 94 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Datasat / Dolby Digital

Tagline: The Animals Will Hunt You

Title: You're Next

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853739/

Votes: 2,367

Writers: Simon Barrett

Year: 2011


You're Next got rated 7.1.

About the movie: When a gang of masked, ax-wielding murderers descend upon the Davison family reunion, the hapless victims seem trapped... until an unlikely guest of the family proves to be the most talented killer of all.


Riddick got rated n/A.

About the movie: Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.


You're Next got rated 7.1.

About the movie: When a gang of masked, ax-wielding murderers descend upon the Davison family reunion, the hapless victims seem trapped... until an unlikely guest of the family proves to be the most talented killer of all.


The Adventures of Robin Hood got rated 8.0.

About the movie: Sir Robin of Locksley, defender of downtrodden Saxons, runs afoul of Norman authority and is forced to turn outlaw. With his band of Merry Men, he robs from the rich, gives to the poor and still has time to woo the lovely Maid Marian, and foil the cruel Sir Guy of Gisbourne, and keep the nefarious Prince John off the throne.

Sunday 25 August 2013

The World of Henry Orient

Also Known As: Deux copines, un séducteur

Company: Pan Arts

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Plot: Henry Orient is a madly egocentric and overly amorous avant-garde concert pianist who is hilariously pursued all around New York City by two 14-year-old fans. The girls, Val and Gil chase a harassed Henry all over the city, thwarting his afternoon liaisons with a married woman and leaving utter chaos behind them - until Val's sexually promiscuous mother appears on the scene to put a stop to the girls' shenanigans.

Cast and Character: Peter Sellers as Henry Orient / Paula Prentiss as Stella Dunnworthy / Angela Lansbury as Isabel Boyd / Tom Bosley as Frank Boyd / Phyllis Thaxter as Mrs. Avis Gilbert / Bibi Osterwald as Erica 'Boothy' Booth / Merrie Spaeth as Marian 'Gil' Gilbert / Tippy Walker as Valarie 'Val' Campbell Boyd / John Fiedler as Sidney / Al Lewis as Store Owner / Peter Duchin as Joe Daniels / Fred Stewart as Doctor / Philippa Bevans as Emma Hambler / Jerry Jerrett / Jane Buchanan as Lillian Kafritz

Trailer: n/A

Creators: n/A

Description: A mischievous, adventuresome 14-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a schoolgirl crush on him.

Directors: George Roy Hill

Genres: Comedy / Drama

Location: Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

MPAA: Approved

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0058756.jpg

Rating: 6.7

Release Date: 13 November 1964 (Finland)

Runtime: 106 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: Step into the world of Henry Orient...and meet two junior-size misses and one king-size nut!

Title: The World of Henry Orient

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058756/

Votes: 1,931

Writers: Nora Johnson / Nunnally Johnson

Year: 1964


The World of Henry Orient got rated 6.7.

About the movie: Henry Orient is a madly egocentric and overly amorous avant-garde concert pianist who is hilariously pursued all around New York City by two 14-year-old fans. The girls, Val and Gil chase a harassed Henry all over the city, thwarting his afternoon liaisons with a married woman and leaving utter chaos behind them - until Val's sexually promiscuous mother appears on the scene to put a stop to the girls' shenanigans.


Working Girl got rated 6.6.

About the movie: Tess McGill is a frustrated secretary, struggling to forge ahead in the world of big business in New York. She gets her chance when her boss breaks her leg on a skiing holiday. McGill takes advantage of her absence to push ahead with her career. She teams up with investment broker Jack Trainer to work on a big deal. The situation is complicated after the return of her boss.


Der Himmel über Berlin got rated 8.0.

About the movie: This Wim Wenders film centers around the story of two angels wandering in a mixture of post-war and modern Berlin. Invisible to humans, they nevertheless give their help and comfort to all the lonely and depressed souls they meet. Finally, after many centuries, one of the angels becomes unhappy with his immortal state and wishes to become human in order to experience the joys of everyday life. He meets a circus acrobat and finds in her the fufillment of all his mortal desires. He also discovers that he is not alone in making this cross over, and that a purely spiritual experience is not enough to satisfy anyone.


The Whales of August got rated 7.3.

About the movie: Summer people in Maine: things are changing. Whales no longer pass close to the shore as they did during the youth of two elderly widowed sisters who have a seaside home where they've summered for 50 years. Libby is blind, contrary, and seemingly getting ready to die. Sarah is attentive to her sister, worried about continuing to care for her, and half interested in an old Russian aristocrat who fishes from their shore. It's the eve of Sarah's 46th wedding anniversary. The Russian offers some fish he's caught, Sarah invites him to dinner, and Libby gets her back up. Sarah wonders if it isn't time to sell the place and find a home for Libby. What alternatives do old people have?

Watch on the Rhine

Also Known As: Die Wacht am Rhein

Company: Warner Bros.

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Plot: Sara and Kurt Muller and their three children are returning to her mother's home in Washington DC after 18 years in Europe. A Romanian Count living there discovers Kurt's attache case full of money. He also finds out from friends at the German Embassy that Kurt is working with an anti-Nazi underground group in Germany. He tries to blackmail Kurt. Kurt shoots him and must flee. When Sara hears no more of Kurt, she knows that her oldest son Joshua will soon leave to work in the underground.

Cast and Character: Bette Davis as Sara Muller / Paul Lukas as Kurt Muller / Geraldine Fitzgerald as Marthe de Brancovis / Lucile Watson as Fanny Farrelly / Beulah Bondi as Anise / George Coulouris as Teck de Brancovis / Donald Woods as David Farrelly / Henry Daniell as Phili Von Ramme / Eric Roberts as Bodo / Donald Buka as Joshua / Anthony Caruso as Italian Man / Helmut Dantine as Young Man / Clyde Fillmore as Sam Chandler / Erwin Kalser as Dr. Klauber / Kurt Katch as Herr Blecher

Trailer: n/A

Creators: n/A

Description: Sara and Kurt Muller and their three children are returning to her mother's home in Washington DC after 18 years in Europe. A Romanian Count living there discovers Kurt's attache case full ...

Directors: Herman Shumlin

Genres: Drama

Location: Busch Gardens - S. Grove Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA

MPAA: Approved

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0036515.jpg

Rating: 7.3

Release Date: 27 August 1943 (USA)

Runtime: 114 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: On her lonesome lips a smile.

Title: Watch on the Rhine

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036515/

Votes: 1,933

Writers: Dashiell Hammett / Lillian Hellman

Year: 1943


Watch on the Rhine got rated 7.3.

About the movie: Sara and Kurt Muller and their three children are returning to her mother's home in Washington DC after 18 years in Europe. A Romanian Count living there discovers Kurt's attache case full of money. He also finds out from friends at the German Embassy that Kurt is working with an anti-Nazi underground group in Germany. He tries to blackmail Kurt. Kurt shoots him and must flee. When Sara hears no more of Kurt, she knows that her oldest son Joshua will soon leave to work in the underground.


The War of the Roses got rated 6.7.

About the movie: The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far..


Violette Nozière got rated 7.1.

About the movie: n/A


Tunes of Glory got rated 7.5.

About the movie: Major Jock Sinclair has been in this Highland regiment since he joined as a boy piper. During the Second World War, as Second-in-Command, he was made acting Commanding Officer. Now the regiment has returned to Scotland, and a new commanding officer is to be appointed. Jock's own cleverness is pitted against his new CO, his daughter, his girlfriend, and the other officers in the Mess.

The Trip to Bountiful

Also Known As: En busca de la plenitud

Company: Bountiful Film Partners / FilmDallas Pictures

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Plot: Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940's Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish -- just once before she dies -- is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home." The trouble is her son, Ludie, is too concerned for her health to allow her to travel alone and her petty daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae, insists they don't have money to squander on bus tickets. This prompts "escape" attempts each month which coincide with the arrival of Mrs. Watts' Social Security check. Then, Mrs. Watts makes a successful escape and last trip home.

Cast and Character: Geraldine Page as Mrs. Carrie Watts / John Heard as Ludie Watts / Carlin Glynn as Jessie Mae / Richard Bradford as Sheriff / Rebecca De Mornay as Thelma / Kevin Cooney as Roy / Norman Bennett as First Bus Ticket Man / Harvey Lewis as Second Bus Ticket Man / Kirk Sisco as Train Ticket Agent / Dave Tanner as Billy Davis / Gil Glasgow as Stationmaster Gerard / Mary Kay Mars as Rosella / Wezz Tildon as Bus Passenger / Peggy Ann Byers as Downstairs Neighbor / David Romo as Mexican Man

Trailer: n/A

Creators: n/A

Description: Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940's Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish -- just once ...

Directors: Peter Masterson

Genres: Drama

Location: Building One, Studios at Las Colinas - 6301 North O'Connor Road, Irving, Texas, USA

MPAA: PG

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0090203.jpg

Rating: 7.4

Release Date: 24 January 1986 (USA)

Runtime: 108 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: n/A

Title: The Trip to Bountiful

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090203/

Votes: 2,303

Writers: Horton Foote / Horton Foote

Year: 1985


The Trip to Bountiful got rated 7.4.

About the movie: Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940's Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish -- just once before she dies -- is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home." The trouble is her son, Ludie, is too concerned for her health to allow her to travel alone and her petty daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae, insists they don't have money to squander on bus tickets. This prompts "escape" attempts each month which coincide with the arrival of Mrs. Watts' Social Security check. Then, Mrs. Watts makes a successful escape and last trip home.


A Tree Grows in Brooklyn got rated 7.9.

About the movie: In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.


Topaz got rated 6.2.

About the movie: A high ranking Russian official defects to the United States, where he is interviewed by US agent Michael Nordstrom. The defector reveals that a French spy ring codenamed "Topaz" has been passing NATO secrets to the Russians. Michael calls in his French friend and counterpart Andre Devereaux to expose the spies.


Three Days of the Condor got rated 7.5.

About the movie: A mild mannered CIA researcher, paid to read books, returns from lunch to find all of his co-workers assassinated. "Condor" must find out who did this and get in from the cold before the hitmen get him.

The Third Man

Also Known As: The 3rd Man

Company: Carol Reed's Production / London Film Productions

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Plot: An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has lead to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime.

Cast and Character: Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins / Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt / Orson Welles as Harry Lime / Trevor Howard as Maj. Calloway / Bernard Lee as Sgt. Paine / Paul Hörbiger as Karl - Harry's Porter / Ernst Deutsch as 'Baron' Kurtz / Siegfried Breuer as Popescu / Erich Ponto as Dr. Winkel / Wilfrid Hyde-White as Crabbin / Hedwig Bleibtreu as Anna's Old Landlady

Creators: n/A

Description: Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime.

Directors: Carol Reed

Genres: Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller

Location: 8 Schreyvogelgasse, Vienna, Austria

MPAA: Approved

Opening Weekend: £17,856

Poster: posters/0041959.jpg

Rating: 8.4

Release Date: 31 August 1949 (UK)

Runtime: 104 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: HUNTED...By a thousand men! Haunted...By a lovely girl!

Title: The Third Man

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/

Votes: 77,080

Writers: Graham Greene / Graham Greene

Year: 1949


The Third Man got rated 8.4.

About the movie: An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has lead to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime.


The Thin Red Line got rated 7.6.

About the movie: In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese advance into the Pacific theater. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marines. The exhausting fight for a strategically-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell. The horrors of war form the soldiers into a tight-knit group; their emotions develop into bonds of love and even family. The reasons for this war get further away as the world for the men gets smaller and smaller until their fighting is for mere survival and the life of the other men with them.


Thelma & Louise got rated 7.3.

About the movie: Louise is working in a fast food restaurant as a waitress and has some problems with her friend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. Thelma is married to Darryl who likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. One day they decide to break out of their normal life and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but soon they are hunted by American police.


Rushmore

Also Known As: Tres son multitud

Company: American Empirical Pictures / Touchstone Pictures

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Plot: Max Fischer is a precocious 15-year-old whose reason for living is his attendance at Rushmore, a private school where he's not doing well in any of his classes, but where he's the king of extracurricular activities - from being in the beekeeping society to writing and producing plays, there's very little after school he doesn't do. His life begins to change, however, when he finds out he's on academic probation, and when he stumbles into love with Miss Cross, a pretty teacher of the elementary school at Rushmore. Added to the mix is his friendship with Herman Blume, wealthy industrialist and father to boys who attend the school, and who also finds himself attracted to Miss Cross. Max's fate becomes inextricably tied to this odd love triangle, and how he sets about resolving it is the story in the film.

Cast and Character: Jason Schwartzman as Max Fischer / Bill Murray as Herman Blume / Olivia Williams as Rosemary Cross / Seymour Cassel as Bert Fischer / Brian Cox as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim / Mason Gamble as Dirk Calloway / Sara Tanaka as Margaret Yang / Stephen McCole as Magnus Buchan / Connie Nielsen as Mrs. Calloway / Luke Wilson as Dr. Peter Flynn / Dipak Pallana as Mr. Adams / Andrew Wilson as Coach Beck / Marietta Marich as Mrs. Guggenheim / Ronnie McCawley as Ronny Blume / Keith McCawley as Donny Blume

Trailer: n/A

Creators: n/A

Description: The king of Rushmore prep school is put on academic probation.

Directors: Wes Anderson

Genres: Comedy / Drama

Location: Forest Club, 9950 Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas, USA

MPAA: Rated R for language and brief nudity

Opening Weekend: £69,703

Poster: posters/0128445.jpg

Rating: 7.7

Release Date: 5 February 1999 (USA)

Runtime: 93 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS

Tagline: All's fair when love is war.

Title: Rushmore

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128445/

Votes: 90,179

Writers: Wes Anderson / Owen Wilson

Year: 1998


Rushmore got rated 7.7.

About the movie: Max Fischer is a precocious 15-year-old whose reason for living is his attendance at Rushmore, a private school where he's not doing well in any of his classes, but where he's the king of extracurricular activities - from being in the beekeeping society to writing and producing plays, there's very little after school he doesn't do. His life begins to change, however, when he finds out he's on academic probation, and when he stumbles into love with Miss Cross, a pretty teacher of the elementary school at Rushmore. Added to the mix is his friendship with Herman Blume, wealthy industrialist and father to boys who attend the school, and who also finds himself attracted to Miss Cross. Max's fate becomes inextricably tied to this odd love triangle, and how he sets about resolving it is the story in the film.



Roman Holiday got rated 8.1.

About the movie: Princess Anne embarks on a highly publicized tour of European capitals. When she and her royal entourage arrive in Rome, she begins to rebel against her restricted, regimented schedule. One night Anne sneaks out of her room, hops into the back of a delivery truck and escapes her luxurious confinement. However, a sedative she was forced to take earlier starts to take effect, and the Princess is soon fast asleep on a public bench. She is found by Joe Bradley, an American newspaper reporter stationed in Rome. He takes her back to his apartment. The next morning Joe dashes off to cover the Princess Anne press conference, unaware that she is sleeping on his couch. Once he realizes his good fortune, Joe promises his editor an exclusive interview with the Princess.


Le retour de Martin Guerre got rated 7.2.

About the movie: During the medieval times, Martin Guerre returns to his hometown in the middle of France, after being away in the war since he was a child. Nobody recognise him, and the people who knew him suspect he is not Martin, but he knows all about his family and friends, even the most unusual things. Is this man really Martin Guerre?

Red River

Also Known As: The River Is Red

Company: Charles K. Feldman Group / Monterey Productions

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Plot: Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive cattle drive north from Texas to the Missouri railhead. But on the way, new information and Dunson's tyrannical ways cause Matthew to take the herd away from Dunson and head to a new railhead in Kansas. Dunson, swearing vengeance, pursues.

Cast and Character: John Wayne as Thomas Dunson / Montgomery Clift as Matt Garth / Joanne Dru as Tess Millay / Walter Brennan as Nadine Groot / Coleen Gray as Fen / Harry Carey as Mr. Melville / John Ireland as Cherry Valance / Noah Beery Jr. as Buster McGee / Harry Carey Jr. as Dan Latimer / Chief Yowlachie as Quo / Paul Fix as Teeler Yacey / Hank Worden as Simms Reeves / Mickey Kuhn as Matt - as a Boy / Ray Hyke as Walt Jergens / Hal Taliaferro as Old Leather

Trailer: n/A

Creators: n/A

Description: Dunson is driving his cattle to Red River when his adopted son, Matthew, turns against him.

Directors: Howard Hawks / Arthur Rosson

Genres: Action / Adventure / Romance / Western

Location: Elgin, Arizona, USA

MPAA: Approved

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0040724.jpg

Rating: 7.8

Release Date: 17 September 1948 (USA)

Runtime: 133 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: Greatest Spectacle Ever!

Title: Red River

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040724/

Votes: 15,406

Writers: Borden Chase / Charles Schnee

Year: 1948


Red River got rated 7.8.

About the movie: Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive cattle drive north from Texas to the Missouri railhead. But on the way, new information and Dunson's tyrannical ways cause Matthew to take the herd away from Dunson and head to a new railhead in Kansas. Dunson, swearing vengeance, pursues.


Red got rated 7.0.

About the movie: Frank (Bruce Willis) is retired, bored and lonely living off his government pension in a nondescript suburb in an equally nondescript house. The only joy in Frank's life are his calls to the government pension processing center when he gets to talk to his case worker Sarah (Mary-Louis Parker). Sarah is as bored and lonely as Frank and marks her conversations with the unknown Frank and her spy novels as the only things fun in her life. When something in Frank's past forces Frank back into his old line of work and puts an unwitting Sarah in the middle of the intrigue, Frank and Sarah begin a journey into Franks past and the people he used to work with. Like Frank they are all RED ... Retired Extremely Dangerous.



The Private Life of Henry VIII. got rated 7.2.

About the movie: This movie tells the story of King Henry VIII and the last five of his six wives. Set almost entirely within the royal castle, it begins just before the death of his second wife (Anne Boleyn) and ends just after his sixth wedding (to Catherine or Katherine Parr).

Il Postino The Postman

Also Known As: Il Postino: The Postman

Company: Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica / Penta Film / Esterno Mediterraneo Film

Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1

Plot: Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island for political reasons. On the island, the unemployed son of a poor fisherman is hired as an extra postman due to the huge increase in mail that this causes. Il Postino is to hand-deliver the celebrity's mail to him. Though poorly educated, the postman learns to love poetry and eventually befriends Neruda. Struggling to grow and express himself more fully, he suddenly falls in love and needs Neruda's help and guidance more than ever.

Cast and Character: Philippe Noiret as Pablo Neruda / Massimo Troisi as Mario Ruoppolo / Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Beatrice Russo / Renato Scarpa as Telegrapher / Linda Moretti as Donna Rosa / Sergio Solli / Carlo Di Maio / Nando Neri / Vincenzo Di Sauro / Orazio Stracuzzi / Alfredo Cozzolino / Mariano Rigillo as Di Cosimo / Anna Bonaiuto as Matilde

Creators: n/A

Description: Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

Directors: Michael Radford

Genres: Biography / Comedy / Drama / Romance

Location: Pollara, Salina Island, Aeolian Islands, Messina, Sicily, Italy

MPAA: Rated PG for mild thematic elements

Opening Weekend: $234,643

Poster: posters/0110877.jpg

Rating: 7.6

Release Date: 14 June 1995 (USA)

Runtime: 108 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Dolby / Dolby SR

Tagline: An irresistable treat about love, letters, and laughter!

Title: Il postino

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110877/

Votes: 19,801

Writers: Antonio Skármeta / Furio Scarpelli

Year: 1994


Il postino got rated 7.6.

About the movie: Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island for political reasons. On the island, the unemployed son of a poor fisherman is hired as an extra postman due to the huge increase in mail that this causes. Il Postino is to hand-deliver the celebrity's mail to him. Though poorly educated, the postman learns to love poetry and eventually befriends Neruda. Struggling to grow and express himself more fully, he suddenly falls in love and needs Neruda's help and guidance more than ever.


Poltergeist got rated 7.4.

About the movie: A young family are visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the family before they "kidnap" the youngest daughter.


Pinocchio got rated 7.6.

About the movie: Inventor Gepetto creates a wooden marionette called Pinocchio. His wish that Pinocchio be a real boy is unexpectedly granted by a fairy. The fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio's "conscience" and keep him out of trouble. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in trouble.


Pelle erobreren got rated 7.7.

About the movie: The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest form of life. Pelle starts to speak Danish but is still harassed as a foreigner. But none of them wants to give up their dream of finding a better life than the life they left in Sweden.

A Passage to India

Also Known As: Pasaje a la India

Company: EMI Films / Home Box Office (HBO) / Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment

Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1

Plot: Tensions between Indians and the colonial British come to a boil when a white female tourist accuses a young Indian doctor of rape during a visit to some caverns. A study of colonial relations and the nature of memory. Based on E. M. Forster's novel.

Cast and Character: Judy Davis as Adela / Victor Banerjee as Aziz / Peggy Ashcroft as Mrs. Moore / James Fox as Fielding / Alec Guinness as Godbole / Nigel Havers as Ronny / Richard Wilson as Turton / Antonia Pemberton as Mrs. Turton / Michael Culver as McBryde / Art Malik as Ali / Saeed Jaffrey as Hamidullah / Clive Swift as Major Callendar / Ann Firbank as Mrs. Callendar / Roshan Seth as Amritrao / Sandra Hotz as Stella Fielding

Creators: n/A

Description: Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Directors: David Lean

Genres: Adventure / Drama / History

Location: Bangalore Palace, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

MPAA: PG

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0087892.jpg

Rating: 7.3

Release Date: 25 January 1985 (USA)

Runtime: 164 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Dolby

Tagline: David Lean, the Director of "Doctor Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai", invites you on . . .[A Passage to India]

Title: A Passage to India

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087892/

Votes: 9,276

Writers: E.M. Forster / E.M. Forster

Year: 1984


A Passage to India got rated 7.3.

About the movie: Tensions between Indians and the colonial British come to a boil when a white female tourist accuses a young Indian doctor of rape during a visit to some caverns. A study of colonial relations and the nature of memory. Based on E. M. Forster's novel.


The Palm Beach Story got rated 7.7.

About the movie: Gerry and Tom Jeffers are finding married life hard. Tom is an inventor/ architect and there is little money for them to live on. They are about to be thrown out of their apartment when Gerry meets rich businessman being shown around as a prospective tenant. He gives Gerry $700 to start life afresh but Tom refuses to believe her story and they quarrel. Gerry decides the marriage is over and heads to Palm Beach for a quick divorce but Tom has plans to stop her.



On the Town got rated 7.5.

About the movie: Three sailors - Gabey, Chip and Ozzie - let loose on a 24-hour pass in New York and the Big Apple will never be the same! Gabey falls head over heels for "Miss Turnstiles of the Month" (he thinks she's a high society deb when she's really a 'cooch dancer at Coney Island); innocent Chip gets highjacked (literally) by a lady cab driver; and Ozzie becomes the object of interest of a gorgeous anthropologist who thinks he's the perfect example of a "prehistoric man". Wonderful music and terrific shots of New York at its best.

The Nuns Story

Also Known As: Historia de una monja

Company: n/A

Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1

Plot: In 1930, in Belgium, Gabrielle van der Mal is the stubborn daughter of the prominent surgeon Dr. Pascin Van Der Mal that decides to leave her the upper-class family to enter to a convent, expecting to work as nun in Congo with tropical diseases. She says good-bye to her sisters Louise and Marie; to her brother Pierre; and to her beloved father, and subjects herself to the stringent rules of the retrograde institution, including interior silent and excessive humbleness and humiliation. After a long period working in a mental institution, Gaby is finally assigned to go to Congo, where she works with the Atheist and cynical, but brilliant, Dr. Fortunati. Sister Luke proves to be very efficient nurse and assistant, and Dr. Fortunati miraculous heals her tuberculosis. Years later, she is ordered to return to Belgium and when her motherland is invaded by the Germans, she learns that her beloved father was murdered by the enemy while he was helping wounded members of the resistance. Sister ...

Cast and Character: Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke / Peter Finch as Dr. Fortunati / Edith Evans as Rev. Mother Emmanuel / Peggy Ashcroft as Mother Mathilde / Dean Jagger as Dr. Van Der Mal / Mildred Dunnock as Sister Margharita / Beatrice Straight as Mother Christophe / Patricia Collinge as Sister William / Rosalie Crutchley as Sister Eleanor / Ruth White as Mother Marcella / Barbara O'Neil as Mother Didyma / Margaret Phillips as Sister Pauline / Patricia Bosworth as Simone / Colleen Dewhurst as Archangel Gabriel / Stephen Murray as Chaplain

Creators: n/A

Description: In 1930, in Belgium, Gabrielle van der Mal is the stubborn daughter of the prominent surgeon Dr. Pascin Van Der Mal that decides to leave her the upper-class family to enter to a convent, ...

Directors: Fred Zinnemann

Genres: Drama

Location: Belgium

MPAA: Approved

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0053131.jpg

Rating: 7.5

Release Date: 18 July 1959 (USA)

Runtime: 149 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: Her Faith Remained Strong and True in the Face of Africa's Terrors!

Title: The Nun's Story

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053131/

Votes: 5,026

Writers: Robert Anderson / Kathryn Hulme

Year: 1959


The Nun's Story got rated 7.5.

About the movie: In 1930, in Belgium, Gabrielle van der Mal is the stubborn daughter of the prominent surgeon Dr. Pascin Van Der Mal that decides to leave her the upper-class family to enter to a convent, expecting to work as nun in Congo with tropical diseases. She says good-bye to her sisters Louise and Marie; to her brother Pierre; and to her beloved father, and subjects herself to the stringent rules of the retrograde institution, including interior silent and excessive humbleness and humiliation. After a long period working in a mental institution, Gaby is finally assigned to go to Congo, where she works with the Atheist and cynical, but brilliant, Dr. Fortunati. Sister Luke proves to be very efficient nurse and assistant, and Dr. Fortunati miraculous heals her tuberculosis. Years later, she is ordered to return to Belgium and when her motherland is invaded by the Germans, she learns that her beloved father was murdered by the enemy while he was helping wounded members of the resistance. Sister ...


Now Voyager got rated 8.4.

About the movie: n/A


A Night to Remember got rated 7.9.

About the movie: A successful attempt at an even-handed portrayal of the White Star Line's (later part of Cunard) luxury liner R.M.S. Titanic's sinking from the standpoint of 2nd Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller, himself the most senior of the ill-fated ship's Deck Officers to survive the disaster. (Lightoller later went on to distinguish himself as a line British Naval Officer during the First World War and served as a Senior Naval Staff Officer (convoys) during WWII. Between wars he owned and operated a successful family business producing pleasure craft.) His own survival of the sinking, along with several others, is shown atop one of the liner's two "collapsible" lifeboats which was capsized in floating off the liner as it sank. The picture depicts then known facts (c1958) as reported after the sinking; such as the woeful lack of adequate lifeboats, the ship's band playing true to the very end, White Star's co-owner Bruce Ismay's somewhat less than chivalrous departure from the sinking vessel -...


Ma nuit chez Maud got rated 7.8.

About the movie: The narrator (Jean-Louis), a devout Catholic, moves to a provincial town and vows to marry Francoise, a pretty blond he notices at mass. Vidal, an old school friend, invites him to visit the recently divorced Maud, and the narrator ends up staying the night, having philosophical discussions in her bedroom. Next morning the narrator engineers a meeting with Francoise.

My Beautiful Laundrette

Also Known As: A Minha Bela Lavandaria

Company: Channel Four Films / SAF Productions / Working Title Films

Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1

Plot: Much of the Pakistani Hussein family has settled in London, striving for the riches promised by Thatcherism. Nasser and his right hand man, Salim, have a number of small businesses and they do whatever they need to make money, even if the activities are illegal. As such, Nasser and his immediate family live more than a comfortable lifestyle, and he flaunts his riches whenever he can. Meanwhile, his brother, alcoholic Ali, once a famous journalist in Pakistan, lives in a seedy flat with his son, Omar. Ali's life in London is not as lucrative in part because of his left leaning politics, which does not mesh with the ideals of Thatcherism. To help his brother, Nasser gives Omar a job doing menial labor. But Omar, with bigger plans, talks Nasser into letting him manage Nasser's run down laundrette. Omar seizes what he sees as an opportunity to make the laundrette a success, and employs an old friend, Johnny - who has been most recently running around with a gang of white punks - to help ...

Cast and Character: Saeed Jaffrey as Nasser Ali / Roshan Seth as Hussein Ali / Daniel Day-Lewis as Johnny / Gordon Warnecke as Omar Ali / Derrick Branche as Salim N. Ali / Rita Wolf as Tania N. Ali / Souad Faress as Cherry N. Ali / Richard Graham as Genghis / Shirley Anne Field as Rachel / Winston Graham as Jamaican One / Charu Bala Chokshi as Bilquis / Dudley Thomas as Jamaican Two / Garry Cooper as Squatter / Neil Cunningham as Englishman / Persis Maravala as Nasser's Elder Daughter

Trailer: n/A

Creators: n/A

Description: An ambitious Asian Briton and his white lover strive for success and hope, when they open up a glamorous laundromat.

Directors: Stephen Frears

Genres: Comedy / Drama / Romance

Location: 245 Queenstown Road, Battersea, London, England, UK

MPAA: R

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0091578.jpg

Rating: 6.9

Release Date: April 1986 (USA)

Runtime: 97 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: n/A

Title: My Beautiful Laundrette

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091578/

Votes: 7,824

Writers: Hanif Kureishi

Year: 1985


My Beautiful Laundrette got rated 6.9.

About the movie: Much of the Pakistani Hussein family has settled in London, striving for the riches promised by Thatcherism. Nasser and his right hand man, Salim, have a number of small businesses and they do whatever they need to make money, even if the activities are illegal. As such, Nasser and his immediate family live more than a comfortable lifestyle, and he flaunts his riches whenever he can. Meanwhile, his brother, alcoholic Ali, once a famous journalist in Pakistan, lives in a seedy flat with his son, Omar. Ali's life in London is not as lucrative in part because of his left leaning politics, which does not mesh with the ideals of Thatcherism. To help his brother, Nasser gives Omar a job doing menial labor. But Omar, with bigger plans, talks Nasser into letting him manage Nasser's run down laundrette. Omar seizes what he sees as an opportunity to make the laundrette a success, and employs an old friend, Johnny - who has been most recently running around with a gang of white punks - to help ...


Le souffle au coeur got rated 7.7.

About the movie: This is a jolly coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy named Laurent Chevalier who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon, France. This is France in the mid-1950s rather than America in the 1990s. Thus, Laurent is unharmed by events which would irreparably shatter the self-esteem of a modern American adolescent: he gets drunk, he smokes, he has sex, he is smothered by his mother, he is ignored by his father, a priest makes a pass at him, he gets rheumatoid fever, etc. There's enough scandalous behavior in this film to make 100 made-for-TV movies, and yet this is a very happy and oddly innocent tale.


Moonstruck got rated 7.0.

About the movie: Loretta Castorini, a Brooklyn bookkeeper in her late 30s whose husband died several years earlier in a bus accident, decides it's time to get married again. So she accepts the proposal of a nice, middle-aged fellow named Johnny Cammareri. Loretta is convinced her first marriage was cursed because she and her husband had gotten married at City Hall; this time, she's determined to do things right, even as she admits to her mother, Rose, that she's not really in love with Johnny. (To which Rose replies: "Good. When you love them, they drive you crazy, 'cause they know they can." Rose speaks from rueful experience; she suspects, with good reason, that her husband, Cosmo, is cheating on her.) Loretta is convinced that marrying Johnny is the safe and sure thing to do - until she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, who tends the ovens in a neighborhood bakery. Loretta discovers that in startling contrast to the pleasant, mild-mannered Johnny, Ronny is moody and passionate; what follow...


The Misfits got rated 7.3.

About the movie: Roslyn divorces Ray in Reno and then meets widower Guido. He likes her but introduces her to cowboy Gay, and those two fall in love. When she learns that Gay, Guido and Perce are going to turn wild horses ("misfits") into dog food, she protests.