Thursday, January 13, 2011

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Actors: Ian Hart , Derek Jacobi , Naomie Harris , Harriet Walter , Dominique Pinon , Greg Wise , Aidan McArdle , Richard Lumsden , Lucy Akhurst , Pascal Langdale , John Boswall , Clive Mantle , Adam Ewan , Brodie Bass , Jasper Britton , Sophie Thompson , Ben Bela Böhm , Charles Thomas Oldham , Les Law , Corinne Kempa , Hillary Wood , Thomas Coombes , Sanjay Shah , Andy Black , Zena Khan , Gary Fannin , Aaron Sweeny-Harris
Director: Lucy Akhurst
IMDB Rate: 6.1 out of 10 (75 votes)
Plot Summary:The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.

Loni Love: America

Loni Love: America

Actors: Sandra Thigpen , PaSean Wilson , Loni Love , Kimleigh Smith , Sybyl Walker , Shawnda Thomas Faveau , Vanessa Graddick , Willis Turner
Director: Manny Rodriguez
IMDB Rate: 0 out of 10 (0 votes)
Plot Summary:Named by Variety as One of the top ten comics to watch, comedian Loni Love has taken stand-up comedy to new heights. As a regular panelist on E!s hit late night show Chelsea Lately, Loni has quickly emerged as a comic force to be reckoned with. Her passion for making people laugh and ability to relate to the audience has catapulted her into comedic stardom. Growing up in the projects of Detroit, Loni has never forgotten the people and places that made her the entertainer she is today. And now, in her one hour comedy special, Loni regales her hilarious experiences from all over the country and proves why she has earned the title, Lone Love Americas Sister

Of Time and the City

Of Time and the City

Actors: Terence Davies
Director: Terence Davies
IMDB Rate: 7.3 out of 10 (658 votes)
Plot Summary:Terence Davies (1945- ), filmmaker and writer, takes us, sometimes obliquely, to his childhood and youth in Liverpool. Hes born Catholic and poor later he rejects religion. He discovers homo-eroticism, and its tinged with Catholic guilt. Enjoying pop music gives way to a teenage love of Mahler and Wagner. Using archival footage, we take a ferry to a day on the beach. Postwar prosperity brings some positive change, but its concrete architecture is dispiriting. Contemporary colors and sights of children playing may balance out the presence of unemployment and persistent poverty. Davies narration is a mix of his own reflections and the poems and prose of others.

Pharaoh

Pharaoh

Actors: Patricia Clarkson , Chris Cooper , Kris Kristofferson , Richard Tyson , Robert Joy , Huckleberry Fox , Frank Clem , Will Lucas , Stacie Coffman , Scott Coffman , Maude Mitchell , Mac Miles , Gale Wilson , Rebecca Ryland , Robert E. Simpson
Director: Robby Henson
IMDB Rate: 7.2 out of 10 (210 votes)
Plot Summary:During the American Civil War, a Union Army captain leads his rag-tag cavalry troop up a misty creek to a remote farm to steal enemy (Confederate) livestock. The farm is wroked by Sarah Anders, whose husband is away fighting for the Confederate Army. Far from the great armies and battlefields, a very private civil war erupts. The Captain and Sarah are pulled apart by the wars undertow into choices they can not fully control or understand. Each character in this drama must decide whether loyalty will be paid in blood. This story has a relevance to current partisan conflicts. Armies are not filled with murdering psychopaths. Good people can be driven to do bad things. The story chronicles the pathology of war, how escalating events can trigger unasked-for tragedy. Based on a true story about a southern child who shot and killed a union soldier during the Civil War.

Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

Actors: Rutger Hauer , Michael Flynn , Jennifer Warren , Dalin Christiansen , Frank Gerrish , Paulina Porizkova , Reb Fleming , Andrew Dolan , Geoff Hansen , Dennis Saylor , John Kenneth Mergist , Amy Van Nostrand , Sue Ann Gilfillan , Kristin Kahle , Sarah Ashley
Director: Jennifer Warren
IMDB Rate: 5.7 out of 10 (266 votes)
Plot Summary:Gene Reardon (Hauer) is a twice-divorced police detective who lives with his daughter. When a well-heeled local man is kidnapped, the FBI is called in, which introduces Longsworth (played by Paulina Porizkova). Longsworth happens to have been Reardons first wife. Reardons police reputation stinks because he botched a high-profile kidnapping case many years ago, which resulted in a baby who was never found. When ransom demands are finally heard, Reardon must try to solve the case without repeating his mistakes.

The Agency

The Agency

Actors: Will Patton , Gil Bellows , Ronny Cox , Beau Bridges , David Clennon , Daniel Benzali , Paige Turco , Rocky Carroll , Gloria Reuben , Richard Speight Jr. , Jason O'Mara
Director:
IMDB Rate: 7 out of 10 (235 votes)
Plot Summary:A look at the inner workings of the CIA.

The City of Lost Children

The City of Lost Children

Actors: Ron Perlman , Dominique Pinon , Jean-Claude Dreyfus , Rufus , Daniel Emilfork , Mapi Galán , Serge Merlin , Ticky Holgado , Pierre-Quentin Faesch , Joseph Lucien , Odile Mallet , Judith Vittet , Briac Barthélémy , Mireille Mossé , Geneviève Brunet
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Marc Caro
IMDB Rate: 7.8 out of 10 (25211 votes)
Plot Summary:Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who cannot dream, kidnaps young children to steal their dreams. One (Ron Perlman), a former whale hunter who is as strong as a horse, sets forth to search for Denree, his little brother who was kidnapped by Kranks men. Helped by young Miette (Judith Vittet), he soon arrives in La Cite des Enfants Perdus (The City of Lost Children).

The Bed Sitting Room

The Bed Sitting Room

Actors: Michael Hordern , Ralph Richardson , Roy Kinnear , Mona Washbourne , Dandy Nichols , Spike Milligan , Frank Thornton , Peter Cook , Ronald Fraser , Rita Tushingham , Arthur Lowe , Dudley Moore , Richard Warwick , Harry Secombe , Jimmy Edwards
Director: Richard Lester
IMDB Rate: 6.3 out of 10 (638 votes)
Plot Summary:Set in post-nuclear-holocaust England, where a handful of bizarre characters struggle on with their lives in the ruins, amongst endless heaps of ash, piles of broken crockery and brick, muddy plains, and heaps of dentures and old boots. Patriotically singing God Save Mrs. Etheyl Shroake, Long Live Mrs. Etheyl Shroake, they wander through this surrealistic landscape, forever being warned by the police to keep moving, and prone to the occasional mutation into a parrot, cupboard, or even, yes, a bed sitting room with No Wogs scrawled in the grime on its windows. In particular, this story revolves around the odd love story of a girl who lives with her parents in one compartment of a London Underground train, the commuter in the next compartment, and the doctor they meet after returning above ground in search of a nurse for the heavily pregnant girl.

The Long Day Closes

The Long Day Closes

Actors: Marcus Heath , Jimmy Wilde , Kirk McLaughlin , Ayse Owens , Patricia Morrison , Anthony Watson , Joy Blakeman , Marjorie Yates , Robin Polley , Tina Malone , Gavin Mawdslay , Nicholas Lamont , Denise Thomas , Leigh McCormack , Peter Ivatts
Director: Terence Davies
IMDB Rate: 7.2 out of 10 (552 votes)
Plot Summary:The Long Day Closes is the story of eleven-year-old Bud. A sad and lonely boy, Bud struggles through his days. With cinema as his main source of solace, he haunts the local movie-house. All the while, his family looms large in our peripheral vision as do the menacing bullies of his school, but Bud is the center of attention both from the cameras angle and from his doting family. With a gray background, the film fuses clips and audio from classic movies into Buds dreary childhood and brings it to life with an elegance Bach would bring to your home movies. The overall effect is a montage of memory which seems to ignite flashes of recognition in the viewer.

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Actors: Roberta Wallach , Viola Harris , Sara Chase , Norman Lear , Margaret Nagle , Madeline Lee , Gertrude Berg , Betty Walker , Arlene McQuade , Lewis Berg , Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Susan Stamberg
Director: Aviva Kempner
IMDB Rate: 7.7 out of 10 (89 votes)
Plot Summary:A documentary on television pioneer Gertrude Berg. She was the creator, principal writer, and star of The Goldbergs, a popular radio show for 17 years, which became televisions very first character-driven domestic sitcom in 1949. Berg received the first Best Actress Emmy in history, and paved the way for women in the entertainment industry.

Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

Actors: Dorothy Ray Healey , Joseph McCarthy , Joseph Stalin
Director: Jim Klein Julia Reichert
IMDB Rate: 6.1 out of 10 (33 votes)
Plot Summary:Julia and Jim have done a great historical and artistic service towards helping round out the larger story of the American political heart. This is so important for all generations to witness and learn from. The sordid fear-mongering that passes for saving America from all sorts of changes that threaten those in false and temporary power is indeed the shadow side of our history. This film cuts through that fog to show an important aspect of our grassroots seeking for justice, better ways of self government, working to learn from history and from those who thought and think deeply outside the lines, and does so in a very human way. So that both the ignorant and the educated, those who lived the times and those who came later, can integrate with perspective a very scary time and understand more about the tendency to follow the crowd. A fine film to show in history, government, etc. classes, starting in early high school. Should be available in every library.

Soccer Dog: The Movie

Soccer Dog: The Movie

Actors: Billy Drago , Sam McMurray , Olivia d'Abo , Burton Gilliam , James Marshall , Kirk Baily , Bill Capizzi , Brad Grunberg , Jeremy Foley , Franklin Dennis Jones , Douglas S. Ornstein , Evan Matthew Cohen , Carrie Genzel , Brocker Way , Kyle Gibson
Director: Tony Giglio
IMDB Rate: 2.4 out of 10 (1185 votes)
Plot Summary:A successful man with nostalgia for his days as a soccer player attempts to adopt an orphan so he can teach him all about his favorite sport. But soon after bringing the lad home, the new father is disappointed to discover that the lad is not interested in playing soccer. This creates tension, until a stray dog with a remarkable talent for playing soccer shows up and helps to bring father and new son together.

Titanic II

Titanic II

Actors: Bruce Davison , Michael Gaglio , Shane Van Dyke , Marie Westbrook , Wittly Jourdan , Brooke Burns , Myles Cranford , D.C. Douglas , Matt Lagan , Dylan Vox , Carey Van Dyke , Kendra Sue Waldman , Joshua Michael , Matt Wise , Michelle Glavan
Director: Shane Van Dyke
IMDB Rate: 2.2 out of 10 (602 votes)
Plot Summary:On the 100th anniversary of the original voyage, a modern luxury liner christened Titanic 2, follows the path of its namesake. But when a tsunami hurls an ice berg into the new ships path, the passengers and crew must fight to avoid a similar fate.

Tobor the Great

Tobor the Great

Actors: William Schallert , Steven Geray , Peter Brocco , Charles Drake , Taylor Holmes , Hal Baylor , Lyle Talbot , Emmett Vogan , Robert Shayne , Henry Kulky , Billy Chapin , Norman Field , Franz Roehn , Karin Booth , Alan Reynolds
Director: Lee Sholem
IMDB Rate: 4.8 out of 10 (163 votes)
Plot Summary:As projected here, a thinly-disguised NASA, working with nuclear rockets, is ready for manned flights in the mid-fifties...but Dr. Ralph Harrison doesnt think so, and resigns in protest. Colleague Prof. Nordstrom promptly enlists his aid in developing an alternative robot Spaceman! Naturally, foreign spies are keenly interested... Uses documentary footage of early space research.

Killers from Space

Killers from Space

Actors: Peter Graves , Frank Gerstle , James Seay , Shepard Menken , Jack Daly , Ben Welden , Steve Pendleton , Robert Roark , Lester Dorr , Mark Scott , Burt Wenland , Barbara Bestar , Ruth Bennett , Ron Kennedy , John Frederick
Director: W. Lee Wilder
IMDB Rate: 2.6 out of 10 (884 votes)
Plot Summary:Atomic scientistpilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, but authorities are skeptical of his story that he was captured by aliens determined to conquer the Earth with giant monsters and insects. Martin vows to use existing technology to destroy them.

Adventures of a Taxi Driver

Adventures of a Taxi Driver

Actors: Liz Fraser , Diana Dors , Adrienne Posta , Judy Geeson , Ian Lavender , Robert Lindsay , Stephen Lewis , Angela Scoular , Barry Evans , Henry McGee , Brian Wilde , Dave Carter , Graham Ashley , Marc Harrison , Jane Hayden
Director: Stanley A. Long
IMDB Rate: 3.8 out of 10 (159 votes)
Plot Summary:The young man, posing as a taxi driver, looking for sexual adventures and Rotate risky business with the kidnappers of jewelry.

Dangerous Worry Dolls

Dangerous Worry Dolls

Actors: Jessica Morris , Meredith McClain
Director: Charles Band
IMDB Rate: 3 out of 10 (86 votes)
Plot Summary:What happens when you are brought up in a trailer with a mom as a meth addict? You end up in Juvie thats what! Poor Eva has had a rough life and makes a mistake ending up at a horrible juvenile detention center. She becomes the immediate target for the bullies but she refuses to be their bitch. Carl the security guard is a total snake in the grass that gets his kicks by raping chicks! One day Eva is enjoying a much needed visit from her daughter and she gives her worry dolls to tell her worries to so she can feel better and have some faith. Eva has a surprise visit from Carl that night and when she is returned to her bunk she gets out those tiny dolls and gives them each a name from her inside worries. Carl is one of the people on that list and I couldnt wait to see what would happen to him....

Big Money Rustlas

Big Money Rustlas

Actors: Ron Jeremy , Jason Mewes , Mark Jury , Cindie Haynie , Boondox , Jump Steady , Shaggy 2 Dope , Jamie Madrox , Bridget Powers , Blaze Ya Dead Homie , Brian David , 2 Tuff Tony , Monoxide , Violent J , Jody Sadler
Director: Paul Andresen
IMDB Rate: 3.7 out of 10 (106 votes)
Plot Summary:In the Wild West town of Mudbug, Sheriff Sugar Wolf arrives to confront an over-the-top villain, Big Baby Chips.

Born to Win

Born to Win

Actors: Robert De Niro , Hector Elizondo , George Segal , Karen Black , Sylvia Syms , Marcia Jean Kurtz , José Pérez , Alex Colon , Paula Prentiss , Jay Fletcher , Max Brandt , Irving Selbst , Tim Pelt , Jack Hollander , Ed Madsen
Director: Ivan Passer
IMDB Rate: 5.8 out of 10 (618 votes)
Plot Summary:Days and nights are touch and go for Jay Jay (George Segal) a petty thief and Heroin addict who runs errands and commits robberies to support his habit. He met his girl friend Parm (Karen Black) one night while stealing her car and they stick together through everything Jay Jay gets involved in. While delivering a package of illicit drugs for local drug dealer and pimp Geek (Hector Elizondo) Jay Jay decides to steal it but is caught by the Police who agree to let him go if he turns narc and sets up the Geek in a sting operation with detective Danny (Robert De Niro), something Jay Jay doesnt want to do because he feels it will insure his death. Jay Jay arranges a meeting between Geek and Danny and gets some drugs for himself and shares with his friend Billy (Jay Fletcher) but the drugs turn out to be bad. Jay Jay and Parm decide to leave New York and on the way they are stopped by the Police who arrest Parm for possession of drugs. When Jay Jay goes back to Geek he is given some drugs but feels sure they are bad but is also so driven by his addiction that he is frozen with indecision.

Capone

Capone

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Actors: Sylvester Stallone , Dick Miller , Royal Dano , Ben Gazzara , Carmen Argenziano , George Chandler , John Cassavetes , Harry Guardino , John Davis Chandler , Susan Blakely , Peter Maloney , John Orchard , Angelo Grisanti , Frank Campanella , Joe De Nicola
Director: Steve Carver
IMDB Rate: 5.5 out of 10 (731 votes)
Plot Summary:The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years. Unusually, briefly covering the years after Capone was imprisoned.