Posts Tagged ‘book’

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Japan | USA
Actors: Whitaker, Forest | Tormey, John | Gorman, Cliff | Liu, Dennis | Minucci, Frank | Portnow, Richard | Vessey, Tricia | Silva, Henry | Ruffini, Gene | Adonis, Frank | Argo, Victor | Whitaker, Damon | Guay, Kenny | Viverito, Vince | Grills, Gano
Directors: Jarmusch, Jim
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In Jersey City, an African American hit man follows “Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai.” He lives alone, in simplicity with homing pigeons for company, calling himself Ghost Dog. His master, who saved his life eight years ago, is part of the local mob. When the boss’ daughter witnesses one of Ghost Dog’s hits, he becomes expendable. The first victims are his birds, and in response, Ghost Dog goes right at his attackers but does not want to harm his master or the young woman. On occasion, he talks with his best friend, a French-speaking Haitian who sells ice cream in the park, and with a child with whom he discusses books. Can he stay true to his code? And if he does, what is his fate?

Equilibrium (2002)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Purcell, Dominic | Bale, Christian | Bean, Sean | Kahrmann, Christian | Keogh, John | Pertwee, Sean | Fichtner, William | Macfadyen, Angus | Barrash, David | Martens, Dirk | Diggs, Taye | Harbour, Matthew | Calzone, Maria Pia | Siewert, Emily | Watson, Emily
Directors: Wimmer, Kurt
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In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston (Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. Whe he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it.

English Patient, The (1996)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Fiennes, Ralph | Binoche, Juliette | Dafoe, Willem | Scott Thomas, Kristin | Andrews, Naveen | Firth, Colin | Wadham, Julian | Prochnow, Jürgen | Whately, Kevin | Merrison, Clive | Castelnuovo, Nino | Rostom, Hichem | Rühring, Peter | Johnson, Geordie | Higginson, Torri
Directors: Minghella, Anthony
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Beginning in the 1930’s, “The English Patient” tells the story of Count Almasy who is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almasy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics that is later revealed in a series of flashbacks while Almasy is on his death bed after being horribly burned in a plane crash.

Evil Dead II (1987)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Campbell, Bruce | Berry, Sarah | Dan Hicks | DePaiva, Kassie | Raimi, Ted | Bixler, Denise | Domeier, Richard | Peaks, John | Hancock, Lou | Winters, Snowy | Abrams, Sid | Becker, Josh | Spiegel, Scott | Kidd, Thomas | Cantor, Mitch
Directors: Raimi, Sam
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Ash - the sole survivor of the original ‘Evil Dead’ - returns with his girlfriend Linda to the remote cabin in the woods. He discovers a tape recorder that a professor had used to record incantations from the Necronomicon XMortis - the Book of the Dead. When he turns it on, the recording releases a dark, sinister force from the woods. It turns Linda into a zombie, her soul possessed by some hideous demon, and then tries to do the same to Ash. Other people come to help Ash, but one by one they are taken over by the Evil Dead force that also possesses Linda, the Professor, and the Professor’s wife…and they try to make sure Ash is…Dead by Dawn!

Name of the Rose, The (1986)

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: France | Italy | West Germany
Actors: Connery, Sean | Slater, Christian | Qualtinger, Helmut | Baskin, Elya | Lonsdale, Michael | Prechtel, Volker | Chaliapin Jr., Feodor | Hickey, William | Habeck, Michael | Althaus, Urs | Vargas, Valentina | Perlman, Ron | Trieste, Leopoldo | Valobra, Franco | Dobtcheff, Vernon
Directors: Annaud, Jean-Jacques
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1327: after a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan’s Order’s belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William of Baskerville, a respected Franciscan monk, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui.

Three Days of the Condor (1975)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Redford, Robert | Dunaway, Faye | Robertson, Cliff | von Sydow, Max | Houseman, John | Powell, Addison | McGinn, Walter | Chen, Tina | Kane, Michael | McHenry, Don | Miller, Michael B. | Osuna, Jess | Narizzano, Dino | Stenborg, Helen | Gorman, Patrick
Directors: Pollack, Sydney
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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.

NeverEnding Story, The (1984)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA | West Germany
Actors: Oliver, Barret | McRaney, Gerald | Garrett, Drum | Cooksey, Darryl | Gilbert, Nicholas | Hill, Thomas | Roy, Deep | Prückner, Tilo | Gunn, Moses | Hathaway, Noah | Oppenheimer, Alan | Bromley, Sydney | Hayes, Patricia | Stronach, Tami
Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang
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Chased by school bullies, reprimanded by his father for daydreaming too much Bastian is lost in his own world. Bastian escapes school bullies one rainy day by hiding in an old used book store. After explaining his predicament to the old clerk Bastian notices a large leather bound book with a symbol of two snakes intertwined into an emblem. Soon after the clerk warns Bastian that this book is not for him Bastian, rushes away with it “borrowing” it, while the clerk is in another room. Taking refuge in the attic of his school Bastian opens the book, and a world of fantasy. Learning that the wonderous, beautiful land of Fantasia is being destroyed by a terrible “Nothing” Bastian is taken deeper into the story. Soon discovering the ChildLike Empress is deathly ill, the cause; she needs a new name. A young warrior named Atreyu is called and Bastian follows his adventures, unknowing that he, himself is slowly being written into the mysterious book. Soon realizing that he is now written in the book Bastian realizes that the only one who can save Fantasia is him.

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Carrey, Jim | Aiken, Liam | Browning, Emily | Hoffman, Kara | Hoffman, Shelby | Law, Jude | Spall, Timothy | | Connolly, Billy | Streep, Meryl | Guzmán, Luis | Harris, Jamie | Ferguson, Craig | Coolidge, Jennifer | Adams, Jane
Directors: Silberling, Brad
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Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are three intelligent young children who receive terrible news that their parents have died in a fire and have left them an enormous fortune not to be used until the eldest child is of age. When they are sent to live with Count Olaf, a greedy distant relative, they soon learn he is trying to steal their fortune for himself.

You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Ryan, Meg | Kinnear, Greg | Posey, Parker | Stapleton, Jean | Zahn, Steve | Burns, Heather | Chappelle, Dave | Coleman, Dabney | Randolph, John | Rush, Deborah | Hirsh, Hallee | Scaperrotta, Jeffrey | Seymour, Cara | Finneran, Katie
Directors: Ephron, Nora
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Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) is the big superstore Foxbooks owner. He opens up his store near many small book shops and runs them all out of business - including The Shop Around The Corner owned by Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan). Little do each Kathleen and Joe know that: even though they hate each other in person - through the Internet they are in love.

Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)

Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Robbins, Tim | Freeman, Morgan | Gunton, Bob | Sadler, William | Brown, Clancy | Bellows, Gil | Rolston, Mark | Whitmore, James | DeMunn, Jeffrey | Brandenburg, Larry | Giuntoli, Neil | Libby, Brian | Proval, David | Ragno, Joseph | Ciccolella, Jude
Directors: Darabont, Frank
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Andy Dufresne, is sent to Shawshank Prison for the murder of his wife and secret lover. He is very isolated and lonely at first, but realises there is something deep inside your body, that people can’t touch and get to….’HOPE’. Andy becomes friends with prison ‘fixer’ Red (Morgan Freeman), and Andy epitomises why it is crucial to have dreams. His spirit and determination, leads us into a world full of imagination, filled with courage and desire. Will Andy ever realise his dreams…?