Posts Tagged ‘critically-acclaimed’

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…

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Keitel, Harvey | Roth, Tim | Madsen, Michael | Buscemi, Steve | Penn, Chris | Tierney, Lawrence | Brooks, Randy | Baltz, Kirk | Tarantino, Quentin | Bunker, Edward | Wright, Steven | Turner, Rich | Steen, David | Cosmo, Tony | Polyi, Stevo
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Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss Joe Cabot to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with an intention that they won’t get too close and concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members and one of them is killed in the subsequent shootout along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop.

Toy Story (1995)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Allen, Tim | Rickles, Don | Varney, Jim | Shawn, Wallace | Ratzenberger, John | Potts, Annie | Morris, John | von Detten, Erik | Metcalf, Laurie | Ermey, R. Lee | Freeman, Sarah | Jillette, Penn | Angel, Jack | Aste, Spencer
Directors: Lasseter, John
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A little boy named Andy loves to be in his room, playing with his toys, especially his doll named “Woody”. But, what do the toys do when Andy is not with them, they come to life. Woody believes that he has life (as a toy) good. However, he must worry about Andy’s family moving, and what Woody does not know is about Andy’s birthday party. Woody does not realize that Andy’s mother gave him an action figure known as Buzz Lightyear, who does not believe that he is a toy, and quickly becomes Andy’s new favorite toy. Woody, who is now consumed with jealousy, tries to get rid of Buzz. Then, both Woody and Buzz are now lost. They must find a way to get back to Andy before he moves without them, but they will have to pass through a ruthless toy killer, Sid Phillips.

In the Line of Fire (1993)

Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Eastwood, Clint | Malkovich, John | Russo, Rene | McDermott, Dylan | Cole, Gary | Thompson, Fred Dalton | Mahoney, John | Williams, Gregory Alan | Curley, Jim | Hughes, Sally | Kusatsu, Clyde | Hytner, Steve | Bell, Tobin | Schott, Bob | Riojas, Juan A.
Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang
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Frank Horrigan is a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as a hand-picked agent by President Kennedy, he became one of the few agents to have lost a President to an assassin when Kennedy died. Now, former CIA assassin Mitch Leary is stalking the current President, who is running for re-election. Mitch has spent long hours studying Horrigan, and he taunts Horrigan, telling him of his plans to kill the President. Leary plans to kill the president because Leary feels betrayed by the government — Leary was removed from the CIA, and the CIA is now trying to have him killed. After talking to Leary, Horrigan makes sure he is assigned to presidential protection duty, working with fellow secret service agent Lilly Raines. Horrigan has no intention of failing his President this time around, and he’s more than willing to take a bullet. White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent refuses to alter the President’s itinerary, while Horrigan’s boss, Secret Service Director Sam Campagna, is supportive of Horrigan. As the election gets closer, Horrigan begins to doubt his own abilities, especially when Horrigan’s colleague Al D’Andrea is killed by Leary. But Horrigan may be the only one who can stop Leary.

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.

Donnie Darko (2001)

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Barrymore, Drew | Malone, Jena | Gyllenhaal, Jake | Osborne, Holmes | Gyllenhaal, Maggie | Chase, Daveigh | McDonnell, Mary | Duval, James | Taxier, Arthur | Swayze, Patrick | Hoffman, Mark | St. James, David | Tangen, Tom | Mahannah, Jazzie | Purdy, Jolene | Stone, Stuart | Lundy, Gary
Directors: Kelly, Richard
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Donnie Darko gets along badly with his family, with his teachers and with his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him; and he has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank, who is either a large purple bunny, or man in a large purple bunny costume. Either way, Donnie is the only one who can see him. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his room, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie’s escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie’s mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure.

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Burstyn, Ellen | Leto, Jared | Connelly, Jennifer | Wayans, Marlon | McDonald, Christopher | Lasser, Louise | Kurtz, Marcia Jean | Sarno, Janet | Shepherd, Suzanne | Gordon, Joanne | Aronofsky, Charlotte | Margolis, Mark | Kaycheck, Michael | O'Connell, Jack | Mastin, Chas
Directors: Aronofsky, Darren
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Drugs. They consume mind, body and soul. Once you’re hooked, you’re hooked. Four lives. Four addicts. Four failures. Doing their best to succeed in the world, but failing miserably, four people get hooked on various drugs. Despite their aspirations of greatness, they succumb to their addictions. Watching the addicts spiral out of control, we bear witness to the dirtiest, ugliest portions of the underworld addicts reside in. It is shocking and eye-opening but demands to be seen by both addicts and non-addicts alike.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Thurman, Uma | Carradine, David | Liu, Lucy | Fox, Vivica A. | Madsen, Michael | Liu, Chia Hui | Hannah, Daryl | Parks, Michael | Svenson, Bo | Epper, Jeannie | Moore, Stephanie | Stein, Shana | Keats, Caitlin | Nelson, Christopher Allen | Jackson, Samuel L.
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin
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The Bride woke up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before the coma was gone. The only thing on her mind was to get revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of. With two of the people on her Death List taken care of, she must pursue Budd, Elle Driver and of course Bill himself. But she is in for a surprise…

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.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Roth, Tim | Plummer, Amanda | Travolta, John | Jackson, Samuel L. | LaMarr, Phil | Willis, Bruce | Rhames, Ving | de Medeiros, Maria | Arquette, Rosanna | Whitaker, Duane | Greene, Peter | Stoltz, Eric | Calderon, Paul | Thurman, Uma | Whaley, Frank
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin
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Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.