Posts Tagged ‘father-son-estrangement’

Walk to Remember, A (2002)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Hannah, Daryl | West, Shane | Moore, Mandy | Coyote, Peter | Jonathan Parks Jordan | German, Lauren
Directors: Shankman, Adam
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Each spring in the little port town of Beaufort, North Carolina, Landon Carter remembers his senior year at Beaufort High and Jamie Sullivan, the girl who changed his life. Serious and conservative, Jamie was as far from cool as she could possibly be, and didn’t care. Landon hung with the in-crowd an aimless, moody, reckless guy who breezed through school on looks and bravado and had no plans, no future and no faith in himself. When a prank goes terribly wrong landing a kid in the hospital, Landon is assigned to tutor a young student on the weekends and participate in the Drama Club’s spring play. Clearly in over his head with both assignments, Landon is forced to ask Jamie for help. Soon, against his own expectations and the scorn of his friends, Landon finds himself falling in love with this outwardly plain girl who possesses a passion for life he never imagined possible.

Believer, The (2001)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Gosling, Ryan | Phoenix, Summer | Russell, Theresa | Zane, Billy | Miles, A.D. | Harto, Joshua | Fitzgerald, Glenn | Dillahunt, Garret | Eivers, Kris | Garland, Joel | Reaser, Elizabeth | Strober, Dean | Lazarus, Judah | Guttman, Ronald | Goldenhersh, Heather
Directors: Bean, Henry
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“The Believer” explores a Jewish student’s private journey to understand the meaning of Judaism in his life. Set in New York City, the Plot follows a morally confused young adult struggling with the conflict between his beliefs and his heritage. “The Believer” examines themes of religion, family, and self-loathing. It is a psychological examination into the forces of intolerance, both on the individual and society as a whole.

Finding Nemo (2003)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Brooks, Albert | DeGeneres, Ellen | Gould, Alexander | Dafoe, Willem | Garrett, Brad | Janney, Allison | Pendleton, Austin | Root, Stephen | Lewis, Vicki | Ranft, Joe | Rush, Geoffrey | Perkins, Elizabeth | Bird, Nicholas | Peterson, Bob
Directors: Stanton, Andrew | Unkrich, Lee
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Marlin (a clown fish) is a widower who only has his son Nemo left of his family after a predator attack. Years later, on Nemo’s first day of school, he’s captured by a scuba diver and taken to live in a dentist office’s fish tank. Marlin and his new absent-minded friend Dory set off across the ocean to find Nemo, while Nemo and his tankmates scheme on how to get out of the tank before he becomes the dentist’s niece’s new pet.

Rain Man (1988)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Hoffman, Dustin | Cruise, Tom | Golino, Valeria | Molen, Gerald R. | Murdock, Jack | Roberts, Michael D. | Seymour, Ralph | Jenney, Lucinda | Hunt, Bonnie | Robillard, Kim | Grant, Beth | Dougherty, Dolan | Dougherty, Marshall | Dougherty, Patrick | Dougherty, John-Michael
Directors: Levinson, Barry
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Charley is a hustler. He’s been on his own long enough to know how to work people and situations. He finds that the father who threw him out as a teen ager has died. He’s left him a now antique convertible and something more important, a previously unknown brother, Raymond. Raymond is Autistic, but is able to calculate complicated mathematical problems in his head with great speed and accuracy. Their father has left his fortune to Raymond who doesn’t even understand what money is for. Charley is enraged by what has happened and by his father keeping Raymond’s existence from him for his entire life. He kidnaps Raymond from his residential home but then finds that Raymond will only fly Qantas. The two begin a long road trip that will lead them to an understanding of each other.

Hook (1991)

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Paltrow, Gwyneth | Close, Glenn | Hoffman, Dustin | Williams, Robin | Roberts, Julia | Hoskins, Bob | Smith, Maggie | Goodall, Caroline | Korsmo, Charlie | Scott, Amber | Cronin, Laurel | Collins, Phil | Malet, Arthur | Robinson, Isaiah | Fisher, Jasen | Basco, Dante | Hammond, Raushan
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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Peter Pan (Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy’s granddaughter. Captain Hook (Hoffman) kidnaps his children, and Peter returns to Never Land with Tinkerbell (Roberts). With the help of her and the Lost Boys, he must remember how to be Peter Pan again in order to save his children by battling with Captain Hook once again.

Jumanji (1995)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: | Williams, Robin | Hyde, Jonathan | Dunst, Kirsten | Pierce, Bradley | Hunt, Bonnie | Neuwirth, Bebe | Grier, David Alan | Clarkson, Patricia | Hann-Byrd, Adam | Bundy, Laura Bell | Handy, James | Barber, Gillian | Obray, Brandon | Thiedeke, Cyrus | Thorup, Gary Joseph
Directors: Johnston, Joe
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After being trapped in a jungle board game for 26 years, a Man- Child (Robin Williams) wins his release from the game. But, no sooner has he arrived that he is forced to play again, and this time sets the creatures of the jungle loose on the city. Now it is up to him to stop them.

National Treasure (2004)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure
Countries: USA
Actors: Cage, Nicolas | Kruger, Diane | Bartha, Justin | Bean, Sean | Voight, Jon | Keitel, Harvey | Plummer, Christopher | Fisher, David Dayan | Finlay-McLennan, Stewart | Taktarov, Oleg | Pope, Stephen A. | Parisse, Annie | Pellegrino, Mark | Riesco, Armando | King, Erik
Directors: Turteltaub, Jon
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Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a family of treasure-seekers who’ve all hunted for the same thing: a war chest hidden by the Founding Fathers after the Revolutionary War. Ben’s close to discovering its whereabouts, as is his competition, but the FBI is also hip to the hunt.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Highmore, Freddie | Kelly, David Patrick | Bonham Carter, Helena | Taylor, Noah | Pyle, Missi | Fox, James | Roy, Deep | Lee, Christopher | Godley, Adam | Troegner, Franziska | Robb, AnnaSophia | Winter, Julia | Fry, Jordan | Wiegratz, Philip
Directors: Burton, Tim
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Charlie Bucket comes from a poor family, and spends most of his time dreaming about the chocolate that he loves but usually can’t afford. Things change when Willy Wonka, head of the very popular Wonka Chocolate empire, announces a contest in which five gold tickets have been hidden in chocolate bars and sent throughout the country. The kids who find the tickets will be taken on a tour of Wonka’s chocolate factory and get a special glimpse of the wonders within. Charlie miraculously finds a ticket, along with four other children much naughtier than him. The tour of the factory will hold more than a few surprises for this bunch…

Big Fish (2003)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: McGregor, Ewan | Finney, Albert | Crudup, Billy | Lange, Jessica | Bonham Carter, Helena | Lohman, Alison | Guillaume, Robert | Cotillard, Marion | McGrory, Matthew | Denman, David | Pyle, Missi | Wainwright III, Loudon | Tai, Ada | Tai, Arlene | Buscemi, Steve
Directors: Burton, Tim
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The story revolves around a dying father and his son, who is trying to learn more about his dad by piecing together the stories he has gathered over the years. The son winds up re-creating his father’s elusive life in a series of legends and myths inspired by the few facts he knows. Through these tales, the son begins to understand his father’s great feats and his great failings.