Posts Tagged ‘coma’

Cell, The (2000)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Lopez, Jennifer | Vaughn, Vince | D'Onofrio, Vincent | Weber, Jake | Baker, Dylan | Jean-Baptiste, Marianne | Bauchau, Patrick | Becker, Gerry | Subkoff, Tara | Sutherland, Catherine | Thomas, Jake | James, Colton | Norris, Dean | Cothran Jr., John | Conley, Jack
Directors: Singh, Tarsem
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Catharine Deane is a psychotherapist who is part of a revolutionary new treatment which allows her mind to literally enter the mind of her patients. Her experience in this method takes an unexpected turn when an FBI agent comes to ask for a desperate favour. They had just tracked down a notorious serial killer, Carl Stargher, whose MO is to abduct women one at a time and place them in a secret area where they are kept for about 40 hours until they are slowly drowned. Unfortunately, the killer has fallen into an irreversible coma which means he cannot confess where he has taken his latest victim before she dies. Now, Catherine Deane must race against time to explore the twisted mind of the killer to get the information she needs, but Stargher’s damaged personality poses dangers that threaten to overwhelm her.

Uptown Girls (2003)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Murphy, Brittany | Faison, Donald | Pendleton, Austin | Fanning, Dakota | Shelton, Marley | Locklear, Heather
Directors: Boaz Yakin
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Molly Gunn (Murphy), the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray (Fanning), the oft ignored daughter of a music executive (Locklear) she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.

28 Days Later… (2002)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Palmer, Alex | De Stoppani, Bindu | Hiltunen, Jukka | Schneider, David | Murphy, Cillian | Sedgwick, Toby | Harris, Naomie | Huntley, Noah | Dunne, Christopher | Hitching, Emma | Delamere, Alexander | McGarrity, Kim | Gleeson, Brendan | Burns, Megan | Hackney, Justin
Directors: Boyle, Danny
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A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realising that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them.

Batman & Robin (1997)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Clooney, George | O'Donnell, Chris | Thurman, Uma | Silverstone, Alicia | Gough, Michael | Hingle, Pat | Glover, John | Macpherson, Elle | Fox, Vivica A. | Thomessen, Vendela Kirsebom | Sanders, Elizabeth | Swenson, Jeep | Fink, John | MacKay, Michael Reid
Directors: Schumacher, Joel
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Mr. Freeze plans on taking Gotham City hostage by freezing the town into a permanent winter. In the meantime, a new seductive villainous, Poison Ivy, has appeared to cause a rift in the partnership of Batman & Robin. While all this is happening, faithful butler Alfred is dying. Mr. Freeze holds the key to save his life. Enter Batgirl to help save the day.

Tribulation (2000)

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada
Actors: Busey, Gary | Mandel, Howie | Mancuso, Nick | Kidder, Margot | Miller, Sherry | Ziegler, Joseph | Bayne, Lawrence | Best, Wayne | Kamateros, Costa | Gallagher, Patrick | Lewis, Leigh | Nordeman, Nichole | Van Impe, Jack | Van Impe, Rexella | Jakes, T.D.
Directors: van Heerden, André
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Tom Canboro is a police detective with a Christian sister, Eileen, a brother, Calvin, a wife, Susan, and eccentric brother-in-law, Jason. One night, Jason seemingly goes insane and tries to kill Eileen, calling her a “hater”. Tom soon realises this may be a conspiracy going as far as devil worship, but as he speeds in his car to get help, he suddenly looses control and crashes. Waking up in a strange hospital, he finds years have passed and people all over the world are wearing the mark of 666 on their right hands, and all those who don’t are being killed off. Franco Macalusso, the believer in world peace Jason was fond of, now controls the world, and is trying to bring the world together as it was at the tower of Babel. Meanwhile, the “Haters” or Christians are hiding out and airing TBN tapes on the air for people to realise the Messiah is really the Antichrist, but their leader, Helen Hannah, is arrested…

Open Range (2003)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Duvall, Robert | Costner, Kevin | Bening, Annette | Gambon, Michael | Jeter, Michael | Luna, Diego | Russo, James | Benrubi, Abraham | McDermott, Dean | Coates, Kim | Kohler, Herb | MacNeill, Peter | Saunders, Cliff | Stutz, Patricia | Richings, Julian
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Boss Spearman, Charley Waite, Mose Harrison and Button freegraze their cattle across the vast prairies of the West, sharing a friendship forged by a steadfast code of honor and living a life unencumbered by civilization. When their wayward herd forces them near the small town of Harmonville, the cowboys encounter a corrupt sheriff and kingpin rancher who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence. Boss and Charley find themselves inextricably drawn towards an inevitable showdown, as they are forced to defend the freedom and values of a lifestyle that is all too quickly vanishing. Amidst the turmoil, life suddenly takes an unexpected turn for the loner Charley when he meets the beautiful and warm spirited Sue Barlow, a woman who embraces both his heart and his soul.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Thurman, Uma | Liu, Lucy | Fox, Vivica A. | Hannah, Daryl | Carradine, David | Madsen, Michael | Dreyfus, Julie | Kuriyama, Chiaki | Chiba, Sonny | Liu, Chia Hui | Parks, Michael | Bowen, Michael | Kunimura, Jun | Ohba, Kenji | Kazamatsuri, Yuki
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin
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“The Bride” was once part of a group of world class female assassins, until the group leader, “Bill” and the other assassins turn against her. Four years later “The Bride” awakens from the coma the assassins left her in and heads out to seek bloody revenge. Unlike conventional movies, Kill Bill is told in chapter format making the narrative flow more like a book than a film.

Vanilla Sky (2001)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Cruise, Tom | Cruz, Penélope | Diaz, Cameron | Russell, Kurt | Lee, Jason | Taylor, Noah | Spall, Timothy | Swinton, Tilda | Shannon, Michael | Mitchell, Delaina | Harlow, Shalom | Hart, Oona | Milicevic, Ivana | Galecki, Johnny | Willens, Jhaemi
Directors: Crowe, Cameron
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David Aames takes all he has for granted; his wealth, his inherited publishing company, his good looks - his relationships. Especially his relationships. It catches up to him when a friend/sometimes sex-partner can’t see their relationship the way he sees it. From that point, the movie takes a Lynchian twist that ultimately and literally pulls us into Aames’ tortured psyche.

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.

Laramie Project, The (2002)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Ricci, Christina | Buscemi, Steve | Linney, Laura | Phoenix, Summer
Directors: Kaufman, Moisés
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‘Moisés Kaufman’ (qv) and members of New York’s Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of ‘Matthew Shepard (I)’ (qv). This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. It follows and in some cases re-enacts the chronology of Shepherd’s visit to a local bar, his kidnap and beating, the discovery of him tied to a fence, the vigil at the hospital, his death and funeral, and the trial of his killers. It mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers, and other Laramie residents in their own words. It concludes with a Laramie staging of “Angels in America” a year after Shephard’s death.