Posts Tagged ‘cigar’

All About the Benjamins (2002)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Cube, Ice | Epps, Mike | Flanagan, Tommy | Chaplin, Carmen | Mendes, Eva | Miller, Valarie Rae | Giaimo, Anthony | Chase, Jeff | Smith, Roger Guenveur | Salvano, Gino | Ward, Tony | Chianese Jr., Dominic | Hall, Anthony Michael | Corone, Antoni | Carter, Bob
Directors: Bray, Kevin
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A bounty hunter is on the trail of a conman who skipped bail. The two wind up in a deserted warehouse where they witness a diamond scam in action, caught in the midst they put their differences aside to team up and detain the looters.

Training Day (2001)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Washington, Denzel | Hawke, Ethan | Glenn, Scott | Berenger, Tom | Yulin, Harris | Barry, Raymond J. | Curtis, Cliff | Dr. Dre | Dogg, Snoop | Gray, Macy | Ayanna, Charlotte | Mendes, Eva | Chinlund, Nick | Gomez, Jaime | Cruz, Raymond
Directors: Fuqua, Antoine
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In a city where streets are overrun by drug dealers, those who have sworn to uphold the law are breaking them to clean up the streets. Denzel Washington plays L.A.P.D detective Alonzo Harris, a veteran narcotics officer whose methods of enforcing the law are questionable, if not corrupt. ‘Training Day’ follows Harris as he trains rookie Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawk) over a period 24 hours. Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt as well as the audience as questions present themselves as to whether or not Harris’ methodology for ridding the streets of South Central Los Angeles of drugs is right or wrong.

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Walker, Paul | Gibson, Tyrese | Mendes, Eva | Hauser, Cole | Ludacris | Barry, Thom | Remar, James | Aoki, Devon | Nolasco, Amaury | Ealy, Michael | Auyeung, Jin | Finlay, Edward | Boone Junior, Mark | Gallini, Matt | Sanchez, Roberto 'Sanz'
Directors: Singleton, John
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Former cop Brian O’Conner who teams up with his ex-con pal Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of ‘dirty’ money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone, while actually working with undercover agent Monica Clemente to bring Verone down.

Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Robbins, Tim | Leigh, Jennifer Jason | Newman, Paul | Durning, Charles | Mahoney, John | True-Frost, Jim | Cobbs, Bill | Campbell, Bruce | Bugin, Harry | Seitz, John | Grifasi, Joe | Brocksmith, Roy | Wylie, John | Hobson, I.M. | Allen, Gary
Directors: Coen, Joel | Coen, Ethan
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When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for pennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries.

Great Race, The (1965)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Lemmon, Jack | Curtis, Tony | Wood, Natalie | Falk, Peter | Wynn, Keenan | O'Connell, Arthur | Vance, Vivian | Provine, Dorothy | Storch, Larry | Martin, Ross | Macready, George | Kaplan, Marvin | Smith, Hal | Pyle, Denver | Bryant, William
Directors: Edwards, Blake
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Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie’s arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate’s own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards’ tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.

Grifters, The (1990)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Huston, Anjelica | Cusack, John | Bening, Annette | Munroe, Jan | Weems, Robert | Tobolowsky, Stephen | Noonan, Jimmy | Holden, Richard | Jones, Henry | Laskin, Michael | Jones, Eddie | Baron, Sandy | Hancock, Lou | Sartain, Gailard | Harling, Noelle
Directors: Frears, Stephen
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When con artist Roy Dillon (Cusack) is visited by his Mother, Lilly (Huston), who is also a con artist, she sends Roy off to the hospital because of a blow to the gut he suffered while working the grift. Roy’s girlfriend, Myra (Bening), the third con artist, comes to visit Roy, and we discover that Lilly and Myra don’t get along. After he is released from the hospital, Roy and Myra go on a little trip, where he is propositioned to be partners in crime with Myra. Everything soon falls apart for the three con artists, which leads to a bloody climax.

Revolver (2005)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Statham, Jason | Liotta, Ray | Benjamin, André | Pastore, Vincent | Pruti, Faruk | Shend | Moody, Bill | Flint, Jimmy | Wang, Bruce | Tang, Tony | Sweeney, George | Herdman, Martin | Denham, Tony | Stuart, Trevor | Tang, Gary
Directors: Ritchie, Guy
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Jake Green is a hotshot gambler, long on audacity and short on common sense. He’s rarely allowed to play in any casino because he is a winner. Jake has taken in so much money over the years, he is the only client of his accountant and older brother Billy. One night, Jake, Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a private game, where Jake is expected to lose to Dorothy Macha, a crime boss and local casino owner who can’t play for squat, but always wins because people are too scared to beat him. Jake isn’t afraid of Macha, and not only beats Dorothy in a quick game of chance, but takes every possible opportunity to insult the man. Jake and his brothers leave the game, and Macha puts out the order for a hit on Jake, who ends up working for and being protected by a pair of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Macha down.

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Friday, February 16th, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Nielsen, Leslie | Crenna, Richard | LeBrock, Kelly | McGraw, Melinda | York, Michael | Bernhard, Sandra | Pearl, Aaron | Jones, Leslie | Ratner, Benjamin | Plunkett, Gerard | Fraser, Duncan | Walsh, John | Hannigan, Maury | Hearn, Chick | Arnold, Brian
Directors: Proft, Pat
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Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue’s husband with her. Shortly after that Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he manages to flee while being transferred to his execution site. Now, all the world is after him as he stumbles from one unfortunate incident to the next in order to find the real murderer.

Haunted Mansion, The (2003)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Murphy, Eddie | Stamp, Terence | Parker, Nathaniel | Thomason, Marsha | Tilly, Jennifer | Shawn, Wallace | Spybey, Dina | Jefferies, Marc John | Davis, Aree | Doughan, Jim | Harris, Rachael | Hytner, Steve | Juergensen, Heather | Howard, Jeremy | Roy, Deep
Directors: Minkoff, Rob
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On the day of their anniversary, workaholic and real estate agent Jim Evers and his wife Sara receive a strange phone call from a man called Ramsley. He requests that Sara come to the mysterious Gracey Manor. Jim decides to turn it into an opportunity to check out a possible gold-mine in real estate, but to please Sara, he claims it is a “family trip”, bringing the kids along. Once there, Ramsley the butler insists that they stay, for a big storm is on the way. The Evers are introduced to Master Gracey, who seems strangely obsessed with Sara. Jim goes off to talk to Gracey about selling, but ends up in a secret passage instead. The kids follow a floating ball to the attic, where they see a painting of a woman who looks just like Sara! Jim and the kids eventually discover the mansion’s dark secret from Madame Leota, a talking head in a crystal ball. She tells them that Sara is in danger and to save her, they must “lead the ghosts to the light.” After some spooky adventures and surprises, the family manages to save the manor and Sara, all while learning a valuable lesson about togetherness.

House of the Dead (2003)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada | Germany | USA
Actors: Cherry, Jonathan | Leitso, Tyron | Howard, Clint | Grauer, Ona | Cornell, Ellie | Sanderson, Will | Okuma, Enuka | Clavell, Kira | Salomaa, Sonya | Eklund, Michael | Palffy, David | Prochnow, Jürgen | Byers, Steve | Durance, Erica | Stein, Birgit
Directors: Boll, Uwe
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This film is a prequel to all of the The House of the Dead video games. Set on an island off the coast, a techno rave party attracts a diverse group of college coeds and a Coast Guard officer. Soon, they discover that their X-laced escapades are to be interrupted by zombies and monsters that attack them on the ground, from the air, and in the sea, ruled by an evil entity in the House of the Dead…