Posts Tagged ‘excess’

Human Traffic (1999)

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Ireland | UK
Actors: Simm, John | Pilkington, Lorraine | Parkes, Shaun | Dyer, Danny | Reynolds, Nicola | Davies, Dean | Albert, Peter | Anderson, Jan | Beesley, Terence | Blackburn, Sarah | Bowen, Anne | Bowens, Neil | Bramhill, Peter | Brand, Jo | Brooks, Stephanie
Directors: Kerrigan, Justin
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The Cardiff club scene in the 90’s: five best friends deal with their relationships and their personal demons during a weekend. Jip calls himself a sexual paranoid, afraid he’s impotent. Lulu, Jip’s mate, doesn’t find much to fancy in men. Nina hates her job at a fast food joint, and her man, Koop, who dreams of being a great hip-hop d.j., is prone to fits of un-provoked jealousy. The fifth is Moff, whose family is down on his behavior. Starting Friday afternoon, with preparations for clubbing, we follow the five from Ecstacy-induced fun through a booze-laden come-down early Saturday morning followed by the weekend’s aftermath. It’s breakthrough time for at least three of them.

Wonderland (2003)

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Kilmer, Val | Bosworth, Kate | Kudrow, Lisa | Lucas, Josh | Nelson, Tim Blake | McDermott, Dylan | Applegate, Christina | Bogosian, Eric | Fisher, Carrie | G, Franky | Gainey, M.C. | Garofalo, Janeane | Levine, Ted | Love, Faizon | Gregson Wagner, Natasha
Directors: Cox, James
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John Holmes (Val Kilmer) was a legend of the porn industry and revered in circles as a stud. But in 1981, years after his successful career and star fading, Holmes was a desperate man with his own internal demons to live up to. He’s estranged from his wife (Lisa Kudrow), holding onto a relationship with his teenage mistress (Kate Bosworth), and living as a junkie in search of his next fix. But one fateful night left four people dead and John as a key suspect in one of the most grisly murders in Los Angeles. Was he partly responsible for what happened at Wonderland Avenue?

Caligula (1979)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: McDowell, Malcolm | Savoy, Teresa Ann | Mirren, Helen | O'Toole, Peter | Steiner, John | Mannari, Guido | Bonacelli, Paolo | Trieste, Leopoldo | Badessi, Giancarlo | D'Angelo, Mirella | Di Lorenzo, Anneka | Wagner, Lori | Asti, Adriana | Gielgud, John | Brive, Bruno
Directors: Brass, Tinto | Guccione, Bob
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The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organises elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of England before meeting an appropriate end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily- truncated 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members).

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The (2003)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: Czech Republic | Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Connery, Sean | Shah, Naseeruddin | Wilson, Peta | Curran, Tony | Townsend, Stuart | West, Shane | Flemyng, Jason | Roxburgh, Richard | Ryan, Max | Goodman-Hill, Tom | Hemmings, David | O'Neill, Terry | Pellar, Rudolf | Willox, Robert | Orr, Robert
Directors: Norrington, Stephen
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Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain (Connery) leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as “The Fantom.” This “League” comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo (Shah), vampiress Mina Harker (Wilson), an invisible man named Rodney Skinner (Curran), American secret service agent Tom Sawyer (West), the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray (Townsend), and the dangerous split personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (Flemyng).