Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts

Thursday, January 13, 2011

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
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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 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.

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.

The Enchanted Cottage

The Enchanted Cottage

Actors: Spring Byington , Herbert Marshall , Robert Clarke , Mildred Natwick , Richard Gaines , Robert Young , Dorothy McGuire , Hillary Brooke , Alec Englander , Eden Nicholas
Director: John Cromwell
IMDB Rate: 7.5 out of 10 (1152 votes)
Plot Summary:A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.

First Mission

First Mission

Actors: Michiel Huisman , Tygo Gernandt , Hector Bordoni , Pip Pellens , Ismael Santillán , Harry van Rijthoven , Mark Rietman , Matías Desiderio , Javier Moreira , Leonardo Ramírez , Ella van Drumpt , Eugenia Lencinas , Cristina Murta , Anniek Pheifer , Víctor Hugo Carrizo
Director: Boris Paval Conen
IMDB Rate: 6.5 out of 10 (59 votes)
Plot Summary:First Mission is a real life drama about the lives and work of a team of doctors on their remote outpost of International Frontline Doctors in South America. The team consists out of young Doctor Marina, the Logistics Manager Barry, Project Coordinator Thijs and local staff members Orlando and Diego who all work under very difficult and dangerous circumstances. Marina, the lead character, finds out that on the torn continent of Latin-America, it is not about winning prizes, but about being part of the match it self, and that all that matters is to be able to make a difference, even if it is a small one.

Human Desire

Human Desire

Actors: Glenn Ford , Gloria Grahame , Grandon Rhodes , Edgar Buchanan , Peggy Maley , Broderick Crawford , Diane DeLaire , Kathleen Case
Director: Fritz Lang
IMDB Rate: 7.2 out of 10 (929 votes)
Plot Summary:Engineer Jeff, returning from Japan, falls in Love with his co-worker Carls wife Vicky, who both committed a murder. Naturally Carl gets jealous but cant say a thing because Jeff knows a little bit about the case.

Maitresse

Maitresse

Actors: Gérard Depardieu , Anny Bartanovski , Tony Taffin , Michel Pilorgé , Nathalie Keryan , Pierre Devos , Bulle Ogier , Serge Berry , Holger Löwenadler , Cécile Pochet , Roland Bertin , Jeanne Herviale , André Rouyer , Richard Caron
Director: Barbet Schroeder
IMDB Rate: 6.6 out of 10 (539 votes)
Plot Summary:A common thief (Depardieu) breaks into the house of a professional dominatrix (Ogier), and begins to help her train her clients. Though this world is alien to his experience, he finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually he discovers that she does this in order to support her son, and he attempts to help her out of this life, which she is not sure she really wants to leave.

When We Leave

When We Leave

Actors: Sibel Kekilli , Alwara Höfels , Almila Bagriacik , Settar Tanriogen , Mustafa Jouni , Nizam Schiller , Florian Lukas , Tamer Yigit , Serhad Can , Derya Alabora , Blanca Apilanez Fernandez
Director: Feo Aladag
IMDB Rate: 8.1 out of 10 (229 votes)
Plot Summary:Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation.

All I Desire

All I Desire

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck , Richard Carlson , Maureen O'Sullivan , Richard Long , Billy Gray , Lori Nelson , Lyle Bettger , Fred Nurney , Dayton Lummis , Lotte Stein , Marcia Henderson
Director: Douglas Sirk
IMDB Rate: 7 out of 10 (413 votes)
Plot Summary:In 1900, Naomi Murdoch deserted her small-town family to go on the stage. Some ten years later, daughter Lily invites Naomi back to see her in the Riverdale high school play. Her arrival sets the whole town abuzz, wakes up old conflicts, and sets off new emotional storms.

The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles

Actors: Tony Curtis , Philip Van Zandt , Barbara Stanwyck , Leif Erickson , Don Beddoe , John Hoyt , Stephen McNally , Nana Bryant , Robert Preston , Houseley Stevenson , Peter Leeds , John Harmon , Elliott Sullivan , Edith Barrett , Curt Conway
Director: Michael Gordon
IMDB Rate: 6.8 out of 10 (160 votes)
Plot Summary:When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she borrows Davids expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.

The Great Man

The Great Man

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck , Joel McCrea , Brian Donlevy , Lloyd Corrigan , William B. Davidson , Thurston Hall , Mary Treen , Lucien Littlefield , K.T. Stevens , John Hamilton , Lillian Yarbo , Helen Lynd , Frank M. Thomas , Fred 'Snowflake' Toones , Etta McDaniel
Director: William A. Wellman
IMDB Rate: 7 out of 10 (114 votes)
Plot Summary:In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a girl biographer. Flashback in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star ages 80 years.

Internes Can

Internes Can

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck , Joel McCrea , Charles Lane , Pierre Watkin , Irving Bacon , Lloyd Nolan , Lee Bowman , Stanley Ridges , Steve Pendleton , Fay Holden , James Bush , Barry Macollum , Frank Bruno , Nick Lukats , Anthony Nace
Director: Alfred Santell
IMDB Rate: 7.2 out of 10 (82 votes)
Plot Summary:In a fantastically art-deco hospital, young Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished Janet Healy, widow of a bank robber, whos been in prison and cant find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up gangster Hanlon in a tavern back room. Kildare pursues Janet and enlists Hanlon to help her the gangsters solution, not surprisingly, is violent.

There

There

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Actors: Barbara Stanwyck , Fred MacMurray , William Reynolds , Jane Darwell , Joan Bennett , Helen Kleeb , Myrna Hansen , Gigi Perreau , Paul Smith , Frances Mercer , Judy Nugent , Pat Crowley , Sheila Bromley , Jane Howard , Race Gentry
Director: Douglas Sirk
IMDB Rate: 7.4 out of 10 (470 votes)
Plot Summary:Clifford Groves, toy manufacturer, is in full charge at the factory but feels left out and taken for granted by his wife and children at home. Alone and depressed, he meets old flame Norma, and one thing leads to another. While their relationship is still fairly innocent, his son Vinnie sees them together and suspects the worst. Its time for tortured souls behind rain-streaming windows...

The Detective aka Father Brown

The Detective aka Father Brown

Actors: Alec Guinness , Sid James , Bernard Lee , Sam Kydd , Cecil Parker , Peter Finch , Joan Greenwood , Ernest Clark , Hugh Dempster , Eugene Deckers , Aubrey Woods , Gérard Oury , John Horsley , Jack McNaughton , John Salew
Director: Robert Hamer
IMDB Rate: 6.8 out of 10 (258 votes)
Plot Summary:Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals to catch the thief and to save his soul.

Uprising

Uprising

Actors: Donald Sutherland , Hank Azaria , Jon Voight , Radha Mitchell , Leelee Sobieski , David Schwimmer , Alexandra Holden , Andy Nyman , Stephen Moyer , Eric Lively , John Ales , Sadie Frost , Mili Avital , Jesper Christensen , Nora Brickman
Director: Jon Avnet
IMDB Rate: 7.3 out of 10 (2440 votes)
Plot Summary:Using radically refashioned archival footage of the Warsaw ghetto, this interview with Jon Avnet the director of Uprising talks about Marek Edelman who is an evocative memoir of his role in the rebellion that held back the Nazis for almost a month in 1943. The film begins with the growing list of prohibitions and regulations leading to the virtual imprisonment of about half-a-million Polish Jews in an old slum district of Warsaw with inadequate space and plumbing. An overhead tracking shot shows the number of people assembled in the first months of the relocation. The daily struggle against hunger and disease, especially among the dispossessed arrivals seen in their pitful rags, is aggravated by the German demands for deportations to the east that many begin to suspect are camouflaged mass murders. By the close of 1942, people living in the ghetto realize they are doomed, and the rudiments of resistance are planned by a handful of the young, including Edelman. Following some sporadic, spontaneous fighting at the ghetto railhead, the Umschlagplatz, in January, led by Moredecai Anielewicz, the scene is set for the more famous and prolonged battle that will begin on 19 April 1943. In the intervening time, many of the ghetto residents construct hidden shelters or bunkers in the basements and cellars of the buildings, often with tunnels leading to other buildings. The handful of fighters who have weapons take to these shelters, giving the uprising the advantage of defensive positions.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Grey Gardens

Grey Gardens

Actors: Drew Barrymore , Kenneth Welsh , Jessica Lange , Daniel Baldwin , Justin Louis , Jeanne Tripplehorn , Ken Howard , Arye Gross , Joshua Peace , Malcolm Gets , Ben Carlson , Neil Girvan , Neil Babcock , Olivia Waldriff , Louis Grise
Director: Michael Sucsy
IMDB Rate: 7.5 out of 10 (2496 votes)
Plot Summary:Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Kennedy, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens tells the tender, intimate story of an eccentric mother and daughter (both named Edith Bouvier Beale aka Big and Little Edie). They were raised as Park Avenue dbutantes but withdrew from New York society, taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, Grey Gardens . As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world when international tabloids learned of a health department raid on their home, and Jackie swooped in to save her relatives. Based on the lives that inspired the Maysles Brothers classic documentary.

Altered States

Altered States

Actors: William Hurt , Drew Barrymore , Bob Balaban , Blair Brown , Francis X. McCarthy , Charles Haid , Jack Murdock , Evan Richards , Dori Brenner , Deborah Baltzell , Charles White-Eagle , Miguel Godreau , Megan Jeffers , Peter Brandon , Thaao Penghlis
Director: Ken Russell
IMDB Rate: 6.6 out of 10 (8430 votes)
Plot Summary:An American researching different states of consciousness with the aid of mind altering drugs and an isolation chamber begins to experience disturbing physical changes in his body that point toward an evolutionary regression.