Posts Tagged ‘dark-comedy’

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.

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Ryder, Winona | Wiest, Dianne | Hall, Anthony Michael | Baker, Kathy | Oliveri, Robert | Ferrell, Conchata | Aaron, Caroline | Williams, Dick Anthony | Jones, O-Lan | Price, Vincent | Arkin, Alan | Blommaert, Susan | Perri, Linda | Davidson, John
Directors: Burton, Tim
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A modern day fairy tale which tells the story of Edward, the man created by an inventor, who died before finishing him and left Edward with scissors where he should have hands. One day when the local “Avon” representative calls at the historic mansion where Edward has been living alone, she takes him home to stay with her family. He has to adapt to the new life and environment that he isn’t used to. Soon he shows a talent in cutting hair and hedges, and wins every body’s heart. But life isn’t always so sweet…

Bedazzled (2000)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Fraser, Brendan | Hurley, Elizabeth | O'Connor, Frances | Shor, Miriam | Jones, Orlando | Adelstein, Paul | Huss, Toby | Casseus, Gabriel | Doyle-Murray, Brian | Doucette, Jeff | Lustig, Aaron | Martin, Rudolf | Firth, Julian | Rogerson, Iain | Hodson, Biddy
Directors: Ramis, Harold
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Elliot Richards, a socially incompetent technical advisor working at a call-center, has had a crush on Alison Gardner for nearly four years. One evening, which already started particularly bad for Elliot, she ditches him. Elliot wishes for her to be in his life with all his heart - and is heard. An incredibly beautiful young lady addresses Elliot, and after introducing herself as the Devil, Lucifer, the Princess of Darkness, she offers him a deal: Seven wishes for him, his Soul for her. Quickly, Elliot is convinced and accepts. But every wish he gets fulfilled has massive disadvantages as well, and soon Elliot wants to get out of the contract. The only thing that matters to him now is being able to take his chances by himself.

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.

Three Kings (1999)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Taghmaoui, Saïd | Clooney, George | Wahlberg, Mark | Cube, Ice | Jonze, Spike | Curtis, Cliff | Dunn, Nora | Kennedy, Jamie | Williamson, Mykelti | McCallany, Holt | Greer, Judy | Lohr, Christopher | Sklaroff, Jon | Stauber, Liz | Horan, Marsha
Directors: Russell, David O.
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George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube star in “Three Kings,” the story of a small group of adventurous American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War who are determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries, enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives.

American Beauty (1999)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Spacey, Kevin | Bening, Annette | Birch, Thora | Bentley, Wes | Suvari, Mena | Cooper, Chris | Gallagher, Peter | Janney, Allison | Bakula, Scott | Robards, Sam | Del Sherman, Barry | Celi, Ara | Cho, John | Atkinson, Fort | Casey, Sue
Directors: Mendes, Sam
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Lester and Carolyn Burnham are on the outside, a perfect husband and wife, in a perfect house, in a perfect neighborhood. But inside, Lester is slipping deeper and deeper into a hopeless depression. He finally snaps when he becomes infatuated with one of his daughters friends. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky who lives with a homophobic father.