Posts Tagged ‘cover-up’

Wag the Dog (1997)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hoffman, Dustin | De Niro, Robert | Heche, Anne | Leary, Denis | Nelson, Willie | Martin, Andrea | Dunst, Kirsten | Macy, William H. | Higgins, John Michael | Plakson, Suzie | Harrelson, Woody | Belson, Michael | Cryer, Suzanne | Cottle, Jason | Koechner, David
Directors: Levinson, Barry
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After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. One of his advisors (DeNiro) contacts a top Hollywood producer (Hoffman) in order to manufacture a war in Albania that the president can heroically end, all through mass media.

From Hell (2001)

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Graham, Heather | Holm, Ian | Coltrane, Robbie | Richardson, Ian | Flemyng, Jason | Cartlidge, Katrin | Harvey, Terence | Lynch, Susan | Rhys, Paul | Sharp, Lesley | Skornik, Estelle | McGaughey, Nicholas | Apsion, Annabelle | Page, Joanna
Directors: Hughes, Albert
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The infamous Jack the Ripper case set in London of 1888. The Ripper has been running amok in the Whitechapel district murdering and dissecting prostitutes. Scotland Yard Inspector Fred Abberline, aided by his partner, Peter Godley, are on the case to figure out who this serial killer is and why he is killing these women in such a brutal manner. Abberline is an opium addict and when “chasing the dragon” he is able to have visions of the future, a certain psychic ability that allows him to solve cases. As Abberline and Godley investigate the crimes, they become acquainted with the prostitutes who were friends and colleagues of the victims. Abberline begins to fall in love with Mary Kelly, one of the prostitutes, or as the nobles called them “unfortunates”, being hunted down by Jack the Ripper. Abberline digs deeper and deeper into the conspiracy and attempts to solve the case before Mary Kelly is the next victim.

Very Bad Things (1998)

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Favreau, Jon | Orser, Leland | Diaz, Cameron | Slater, Christian | Brownstein, Rob | Piven, Jeremy | Stern, Daniel | Tripplehorn, Jeanne | Zimmerman, Joey | Malinger, Tyler Cole | Tai, Kobé | McKenzie, Russell B. | Demmings, Pancho | Gibbons, Blake | Di Mascio Jr., Angelo
Directors: Berg, Peter
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A group of friends head to Las Vegas for a bachelor party.. only things go wrong and a woman is killed. Soon, the bodies are piling up and the friends find themselves turning against one another as the coverup builds.

Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1994)

Monday, March 30th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Zellweger, Renée | McConaughey, Matthew | Jacks, Robert | Perensky, Tonie | Stevens, Joe | Newmyer, Lisa Marie | Harrison, John | Cone, Tyler | Gale, James | Kilgore, Chris | Brock, Vince | Loughran, Susan | Laurence, David | Schirmacher, Grayson Victor | Wiggins, Jeanette
Directors: Henkel, Kim
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A group of prom-going teens take a fatal detour into the Texas woods and get into an accidental car crash. Stranded with no place to go, they seek help in Darla, a seemingly innocent insurance agent whose office is located near by. After Darla calls for help, they set out back to the scene of the crash, and are found and terrorized by Leatherface, his crazy brother, Vilmer, and are taken to an old farmhouse where they meet the rest of the cannibalistic clan.

Constant Gardener, The (2005)

Friday, March 6th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK
Actors: Fiennes, Ralph | Weisz, Rachel | Koundé, Hubert | Huston, Danny | Harford, Daniele | Ngugi, Packson | Agweyu, Damaris Itenyo | Oduor, Bernard Otieno | McSorley, Gerard | Nighy, Bill | Pearson, Keith | Sibi-Okumu, John | Sumpter, Donald | Panjabi, Archie | Reding, Nick
Directors: Meirelles, Fernando
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British diplomat Justin Quayle meets the impulsive activist Tessa, marries her quickly at her behest and takes her on diplomatic mission in Kenya. When Tessa is brutally murdered, Justin decides to investigate her death against the strong wish of his superiors to let the matter quietly disappear. He discovers a powerful mystery involving the members of the British High Commission and the not-so-savory business practices of the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry. In the process of learning the secrets of his powerful enemies, Justin must learn all of his wife’s many secrets as well.

Killing Me Softly (2002)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Hart, Ian | McElhone, Natascha | Fiennes, Joseph | Graham, Heather | Thomsen, Ulrich | Jason Hughes
Directors: Chen Kaige
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A London website designer ops out of her comfortable but ordinary relationship with a nice boyfriend when she forms a dangerously obsessive bond with a handsome, mysterious mountaineer, who turns out to have some secrets.

Absolute Power (1997)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hackman, Gene | Harris, Ed | Linney, Laura | Glenn, Scott | Haysbert, Dennis | Davis, Judy | Marshall, E.G. | Hardin, Melora | Welsh, Kenneth | Johnson, Penny | Jenkins, Richard | Margolis, Mark | Kagan, Elaine | Alison Eastwood
Directors: Eastwood, Clint
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Luther Whitney is a professional thief, who only works occasionally. He is planning what is suppose to be his last job, and everything is going smoothly until some come in before he can leave. He hides in a secret room and from behind a one-way mirror sees that it’s the wife of the owner of the house he is robbing and another man. They are fooling around when the guy decides to liven things up by striking her, she get away but he corners her, she then grabs a letter opener and is about to stab him when he cries out for help when two men come in and shoot her dead. It seems that the man is Alan Richmond, the President of the United States and the two men are the secret service agents assigned to him. Later, a woman, Gloria Russell, who is his Chief of Staff enters and upon learning of what has happened, decides to cover it up and make it appear that she was killed by a burglar. After sanitizing the room, they are about to leave but they forget the letter opener, Whitney comes out of the room and takes it and makes his getaway but when they returned for the letter opener they discover Whitney and chase him but he gets away. The police investigate the murder and there are so many inconsistencies, which makes the investigator, Seth Frank suspect that something is going on. Frank then discovers that Whitney is a possible suspect but the only thing is that he doesn’t believe that Whitney is a killer. Whitney tries to leave town but when he learns just how corrupt and amoral Richmond is he decides to play mind games with him and the others. Richmond, at the same time, tells them that Whitney must be silenced permanently.

In the Valley of Elah (2007)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jones, Tommy Lee | Theron, Charlize | Patric, Jason | Sarandon, Susan | Franco, James | Corbin, Barry | Brolin, Josh | Fisher, Frances | Chatham, Wes | McLaughlin, Jake | Brooks, Mehcad | Tucker, Jonathan | Duvall, Wayne | Wolf, Victor | Briscoe, Brent
Directors: Haggis, Paul
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When Hank Deerfield is told by the military that his son Mike, who only recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, has gone AWOL he travels to the military base to see if he can make any sense of the young man’s disappearance. Hank is himself a retired military investigator and is frustrated by both the military and the civilian police’s apparent lack of interest in the case. In the end he does manage to get help from Det. Emily Sanders and together they piece together the events that led to Mike’s disappearance. In the end, this is a story of how war dehumanizes individuals to the point where the taking of life makes no sense and has no purpose

Mark of Cain, The (2007)

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Kearns, Gerard | McNulty, Matthew | Gregory, Leo | Dooley, Shaun | Dingwall, Shaun | Bentley, Naomi | Angell, Robert | Barclay, Roger | Byrne, Michael | Casson, Ralph | Chapman, Matt | Coyle, Brendan | Dolan, Mike | Gravelle, Matthew | Herd, Edmund
Directors: Munden, Marc
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GULLIVER and TATE - nickname ‘Treacle’ - are two ordinary 18 year-olds serving in the British Army in Iraq. Their platoon is struggling to maintain the uneasy peace of 2003. When their popular company captain, GODBER, is killed on patrol by a roadside bomb, morale in the platoon hits rock bottom. Acting on orders they round up several suspects from house-to-house searches. That night feelings at the camp are running high and as the chain of command is weakened and events spiral out of control. The lads end their tour of duty and return to England full of stories but also shaken by their experiences. Iraq comes back to haunt them when Gulliver’s jilted girlfriend, Shelley, decides to get her own back on him by giving photos of the events in Iraq to the British police. The story hits the press, and Gulliver and Treacle, now the most reviled men in Britain, face court martial. The army claims the two are ‘rotten apples’ acting alone. Guilt-ridden and abandoned, the pressure is too much for a traumatized Treacle. Gulliver, however, is determined to remain loyal to ‘his army’. Only when he is truly alone does he have to decide if he must keep his secrets or explosively have his day in court, and tell the truth about the events of that fateful night.

C.H.U.D. (1984)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Heard, John | Stern, Daniel | Curry, Christopher | Greist, Kim | Mattos, Laure | Currin, Brenda | Hall, Justin | O'Hare, Michael | Heard, Cordis | Polizos, Vic | Jones, Eddie | McMurray, Sam | Adu, Frank | Maleczech, Ruth | Quinn, J.C.
Directors: Cheek, Douglas
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A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.