Posts Tagged ‘children’

Tailor of Panama, The (2001)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Ireland | USA
Actors: Brosnan, Pierce | Rush, Geoffrey | Gleeson, Brendan | Curtis, Jamie Lee | McCormack, Catherine |
Directors: Boorman, John
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John LeCarre’s spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy (Pierce Brosnan) is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador’s mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor (Geoffrey Rush) with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal. But what the two do is concoct a tremendous fictional tale about former mercenaries who are ready to topple the current government and are willing to work with Britain and the US to do so.

When a Stranger Calls (2006)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Belle, Camilla | Flanagan, Tommy | Cassidy, Katie | Thompson, Tessa | Geraghty, Brian | Gregg, Clark | Lint, Derek de | Grant, Kate Jennings | Denman, David | Young, Arthur | Carroll, Madeline | Eastin, Steve | Bobek, John | Surosky, Brad | Logue, Karina
Directors: West, Simon
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A young high school student babysits for a very rich family. She begins to receive strange phone calls threatening the children. When she finally realizes that it’s not a joke, she calls the police, only to find that the call is coming from inside the house

Daddy Day Care (2003)

Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Murphy, Eddie | Jeff Garlin | Zahn, Steve | King, Regina | Nealon, Kevin | Katz, Jonathan | Fallon, Siobhan | Edelstein, Lisa | Chabert, Lacey | Kightlinger, Laura | Arcieri, Leila | Huston, Anjelica | Griffin, Khamani | Burkholder, Max | Young, Arthur
Directors: Carr, Steve
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In the hilarious comedy Daddy Day Care, two fathers (Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin) lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon, the two dads open their own day care facility, “Daddy Day Care”, and employ some fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of caring for children. As “Daddy Day Care” starts to catch on, it launches them into a highly comedic rivalry with Chapman Academy’s tough-as-nails director (Anjelica Huston) …who has driven all previous competitors out of business.

Are We There Yet? (2005)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Cube, Ice | Long, Nia | Mohr, Jay | Aleisha Allen | Philip Bolden | Gainey, M.C. | Nichelle Nichols
Directors: Levant, Brian
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The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened by a particularly harrowing New Year’s Eve. When Suzanne’s work keeps her in Vancouver for the holiday, Nick offers to bring her kids to the city from Portland, Oregon. The kids, who have never liked any of the men their mom has dated, are determined to turn the trip into a nightmare for Nick.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: | Culkin, Macaulay | Pesci, Joe | Stern, Daniel | O'Hara, Catherine | Heard, John | Ratray, Devin | Wolf, Hillary | Shay, Maureen Elisabeth | Maronna, Michael C. | Bamman, Gerry | Snell, Terrie | Cohen, Jedidiah | Moses, Senta | Campeanu, Daiana | Culkin, Kieran
Directors: Columbus, Chris
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Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he’s in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won’t be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New York too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin’s ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget!

Bourne Identity, The (2002)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | Germany | USA
Actors: Damon, Matt | Potente, Franka | Cooper, Chris | Owen, Clive | Cox, Brian | Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adewale | Mann, Gabriel | Goggins, Walton | Hamilton, Josh | Stiles, Julia | Guerrini, Orso Maria | Dutton, Tim | Braccini, Denis | Naude, Nicky | Selburg, David
Directors: Liman, Doug
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Based very loosely on Robert Ludlum’s novel, the Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose wounded body is discovered by fisherman who nurse him back to health. He can remember nothing and begins to try to rebuild his memory based on clues such as the Swiss bank account, the number of which, is implanted in his hip. He soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with Marie on a search to find out who he is and why he is being hunted.

Friends with Money (2006)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Keener, Catherine | Isaacs, Jason | Sharp, Timm | Cusack, Joan | Germann, Greg | Johnson, Hailey Noelle | McBurney, Simon | McDormand, Frances | Cherry, Jake | Aniston, Jennifer | Stephenson, Bob | Hinkle, Marin | Caan, Scott | Ruptash, Troy | Keener, Elizabeth
Directors: Holofcener, Nicole
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A drama about three married women, their husbands, and their lone single friend.

Cold Creek Manor (2003)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | UK | USA
Actors: Quaid, Dennis | Stone, Sharon | Dorff, Stephen | Lewis, Juliette | Stewart, Kristen | Wilson, Ryan | Eskelson, Dana | Plummer, Christopher | Reynolds, Simon | Duborg, Kathleen | Brancati, Paula | Devine, Aidan | Robson, Wayne | Pettle, Jordan | Paisley, Ray
Directors: Figgis, Mike
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Wanting to escape city life for the countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Quaid), his wife Leah (Stone) and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. Turning it into their dream house soon becomes a living nightmare when the previous owner (Dorff) shows up, and a series of terrifying incidents lead them on a spine-tingling search for clues to the estate’s dark and lurid past…

Railway Children, The (2000)

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Genres: Family
Countries: UK
Actors: Blumenau, Jack | Thomas, Clare | Rooper, Jemima | Agutter, Jenny | Kitchen, Michael | Minifie, Valerie | Pullen, Melanie Clark | Glen, Georgie | Fisher, Gregor | Walker, Amanda | Russell, Clive | Attenborough, Richard | Bamber, David | Wood, Jane | Gain, Ian
Directors: Morshead, Catherine
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The film opens in a happy, comfortable upper middle-class home in Victorian London. One night the three children see their father usher two strangers into his study. After an argument he leaves with them and does not return. They and their mother fall on hard times and eventually move to a cottage in the country. Yet they keep their spirits up and find ways to help others. Fascinated by the nearby railroad, they wave to the passengers faithfully every day, and their vigilance and courage prevent an accident. Their kindness makes friends of some important people who can help solve the mystery of their missing father.

Mission, The (1986)

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: UK
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Irons, Jeremy | McAnally, Ray | Quinn, Aidan | Lunghi, Cherie | Pickup, Ronald | Low, Chuck | Neeson, Liam | Moya, Bercelio | Ismare, Sigifredo | Ontiveros, Asuncion | Moya, Alejandrino | Berrigan, Daniel | Gray, Rolf | Guerrero, Álvaro
Directors: Joffé, Roland
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Father Gabriel ascends the mountains of Brazil to bring christianity to the natives. He is successful and brings about a golden age among them. Mendoza, a slaver, kills his brother in a fit of rage, and only Fr. Gabriel’s guidance prevents his suicide. Gabriel brings Mendoza to work at his mission with the natives, and Mendoza finds peace and asks to become a priest. The church , under pressure, cedes the land to the Portuguese which will allow slavers in again. Mendoza breaks his vows and organizes the natives to resist while Gabriel warns him to help them as a priest.