Posts Tagged ‘chinatown’

Devil’s Advocate, The (1997)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Reeves, Keanu | Pacino, Al | Theron, Charlize | Jones, Jeffrey | Ivey, Judith | Nielsen, Connie | Nelson, Craig T. | Tunie, Tamara | Santiago-Hudson, Ruben | Monk, Debra | Ruginis, Vyto | Harrington, Laura | Gray, Pamela | Matarazzo, Heather | Wyner, George
Directors: Hackford, Taylor
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Based on a book by Andrew Neiderman, the film centers on a young lawyer who joins a New York firm only to discover that his boss has an increasingly bizarre personality.

Gremlins (1984)

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Axton, Hoyt | Louie, John | Luke, Keye | Steele, Don | Burgess, Susan | Brady, Scott | Moore, Arnie | Feldman, Corey | Carey Jr., Harry | Galligan, Zach | Miller, Dick | Cates, Phoebe | Holliday, Polly | Elson, Donald | Balaski, Belinda
Directors: Dante, Joe
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Gremlins begins with inventor Rand Peltzer trying to find a quick gift for his son Billy before returning home from a New York trip. He settles on a unique pet in a Chinatown curio shop–a cute, furry creature known as a Mogwai. Before he leaves, he is warned by the shop’s owner that three rules must be obeyed by a Mogwai owner: 1) Keep it away from bright light, 2) Don’t get any water on it, and 3) Never, never ever feed it after midnight. Rand takes note of these rules and returns home with the Mogwai to his idyllic small-town home of Kingston Falls. Rand’s gift is an instant hit: Billy loves his adorable new pet, naming it Gizmo and taking it everywhere he goes. Unfortunately, he and his friends also begin breaking the rules of Mogwai care. When water is accidentally spilled on Gizmo, it causes him to multiply and produce a number of mischievous little brothers. Among these is the mean-tempered Stripe. Soon enough, the new Mogwai get hold of some food after midnight and this causes them to change from cute fur-balls into nasty, scaly monsters dubbed ‘Gremlins.’

Hard to Kill (1990)

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Seagal, Steven | LeBrock, Kelly | Sadler, William | Coffin, Frederick | Burroughs, Bonnie | Bloch, Andrew | Richmond, Branscombe | Boswell, Charles | Rosencrantz, Zachary | Beatty Jr., Lou | DeMauro, Nick | Corello, Nick | De Rosa, Justin | Brock, Stanley | James, Evan
Directors: Malmuth, Bruce
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In 1983, Senator Vernon Trent is running a high-profile re-election campaign. Los Angeles cop Mason Storm videotapes a meeting where Trent hires killers to kill his opponent so he won’t lose the election. When Mason’s cover is blown, he gets away temporarily, but when he calls in this information to his partner Kevin O’Malley, he is overheard by corrupt cops who work for Trent. On his way home, Mason stops at a liquor store to pick up some champagne to celebrate his undercover coup with his wife Felicia and his 5-year-old son Sonny. 5 thugs come into the store with guns and blow away the cashier, and Mason kills the thugs. At home, Mason tucks Sonny in, and Mason and Felicia open the champagne. The corrupt cops who overheard Storm’s call to Kevin go to Storm’s house and start firing their guns. Felicia is killed, and Sonny is missing and presumed dead. Mason himself, declared dead at the hospital, revives only to remain in a coma. Kevin enlists the help of a doctor to keep Mason’s survival a secret until he can recuperate and give information on his assailants. 7 years later, in 1990, Kevin has been forced off the LAPD, with Trent and his men now running the show. Mason is in a coma center under the alias of “John Doe,” and he’s being cared for by nurse Andrea “Andy” Stewart. Mason wakes up from his 7 year coma, and takes some time to recover. After recovering, Mason is reunited with Sonny, who is now 12-years-old, and Mason plans his revenge on Trent.