Posts Tagged ‘controversial’

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Sizemore, Tom | Burns, Edward | Pepper, Barry | Goldberg, Adam | Diesel, Vin | Ribisi, Giovanni | Davies, Jeremy | Damon, Matt | Danson, Ted | Giamatti, Paul | Farina, Dennis | Stadler, Joerg | Martini, Steven | Bruno, Dylan
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother…

Where the Truth Lies (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada | UK
Actors: Bacon, Kevin | Firth, Colin | Lohman, Alison | Hayman, David | Blanchard, Rachel | Chaykin, Maury | Bennett, Sonja | Adams, Kristin | Grover, Deborah | Starr, Beau | Khanjian, Arsinée | Rose, Gabrielle | Don McKellar | Hemblen, David | Moraitis, John
Directors: Egoyan, Atom
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A female journalist tries to uncover the truth behind the breakup, years earlier, of a celebrated comedy team after the duo found a girl dead in their hotel room. Though both had airtight alibis and neither was accused, the incident put an end to their act.

Lolita (1997)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Irons, Jeremy | Griffith, Melanie | Langella, Frank | Swain, Dominique | Shepherd, Suzanne | Reddin, Keith | Dean, Erin J. | Glover, Joan | Perkins, Pat Pierre | Grady, Ed | Goodwin, Michael | Paton, Angela | Silverstone, Ben | Griffiths Malin, Emma | Pickup, Ronald
Directors: Lyne, Adrian
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Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze’s house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they’re not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile.

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Jones, James Earl | von Sydow, Max | Bergman, Sandahl | Davidson, Ben | Gava, Cassandra | Lopez, Gerry | Mako | Quennessen, Valérie | Smith, William | Barboo, Luis | Columbu, Franco | Foldvary, Leslie | Herman, Gary | Holmey, Erik
Directors: Milius, John
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A barbarian trained in the arts of war joins with thieves in a quest to solve the riddle of steel and find the sorcerer responsible for the genocide of his people in this faithful adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery adventures. This film briefly sparked a wave of fantasy films including the sequel, Conan the Destroyer, in the early 80s.

Pearl Harbor (2001)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Affleck, Ben | Hartnett, Josh | Beckinsale, Kate | Gooding Jr., Cuba | Voight, Jon | Baldwin, Alec | Sizemore, Tom | Scott, William Lee | Zola, Greg | Bremner, Ewen | King, Jaime | Kellner, Catherine | Garner, Jennifer | Rue, Sara | Shannon, Michael
Directors: Bay, Michael
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The above summaries do a great job of describing the dynamics of the love triangle that develops between the two pilots that fall in love with the same nurse. The movie also does a credible job of displaying the war from the American side with FDR and our side. It also shows the strategy of Japan as they plan for and execute all facets of the attack on Pearl Harbor. While all details may not be historically correct, I believe that they do the job well - all things considered. Historic events that were altered were probably done so in an attempt to also make this movie the entertaining epic that it is.

Trainspotting (1996)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: McGregor, Ewan | Bremner, Ewen | Miller, Jonny Lee | McKidd, Kevin | Carlyle, Robert | Macdonald, Kelly | Mullan, Peter | Cosmo, James | Nicholas, Eileen | Vidler, Susan | Lynch, Pauline | Henderson, Shirley | McQuarrie, Stuart | Welsh, Irvine | Winton, Dale
Directors: Boyle, Danny
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A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and his attempt to give up his heroin habit, and how the latter affects his relationship with family and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, 14-year-old girlfriend Diane, and clean-cut athlete Tommy, who’s never touched drugs but can’t help being curious about them…

Basic Instinct (1992)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Douglas, Michael | Stone, Sharon | Dzundza, George | Tripplehorn, Jeanne | Arndt, Denis | Sarelle, Leilani | Young, Bruce A. | Ross, Chelcie | Malone, Dorothy | Knight, Wayne | von Bargen, Daniel | Tobolowsky, Stephen | Mouton, Benjamin | McGee, Jack | Cable, Bill
Directors: Verhoeven, Paul
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A former rockstar Johnny Boz is brutally killed during sex , and the case is assigned to the Detective Nick Curran of the SFPD . During the investigation , Nick meets Catherine Tramell , a crime novelist who was Boz’s girlfriend when he died . Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman , and though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz , he is unable to find any evidence . Later , when Nilsen , Nick’s rival in the police is killed , Nick suspects of Catherine’s involvement in it . He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her , but as their relationship progresses , the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine’s guilt .

Bad Santa (2003)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Thornton, Billy Bob | Cox, Tony | Kelly, Brett | Graham, Lauren | Tom, Lauren | Mac, Bernie | Ritter, John | Naidu, Ajay | Scott, Lorna | Bieker, Harrison | Borstein, Alex | Charles, Dylan | Gardell, Billy | Ross, Lisa | Callen, Bryan
Directors: Zwigoff, Terry
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“Bad Santa” is the story of two conmen who go on a road trip to malls dressed as Santa and his elf. Rather than spreading good cheer, the duo’s motive is to rob each establishment, a strategy that becomes complicated when they encounter an 8-year-old who teaches them the true meaning of Christmas.

Blue Velvet (1986)

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rossellini, Isabella | MacLachlan, Kyle | Hopper, Dennis | Dern, Laura | Lange, Hope | Stockwell, Dean | Dickerson, George | Pointer, Priscilla | Harvey, Jack | Bay, Frances | Stovitz, Ken | Dourif, Brad | Nance, Jack | Hunter, J. Michael | Green, Dick
Directors: Lynch, David
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A man returns to his home town after being away and discovers a severed human ear in a field. Not satisfied with the police’s pace, he and the police detective’s daughter carry out their own investigation. The object of his investigation turns out to be a beautiful and mysterious woman involved with a violent and perversely evil man.

Midnight Express (1978)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Davis, Brad | Miracle, Irene | Hopkins, Bo | Bonacelli, Paolo | Smith, Paul L. | Quaid, Randy | Weisser, Norbert | Hurt, John | Kellin, Mike | Diogene, Franco | Ensign, Michael | Ballista, Gigi | Malikyan, Kevork | Jeffrey, Peter | Boyd, Tony
Directors: Parker, Alan
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Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the “Midnight Express”.