Posts Tagged ‘sacrifice’

Dagon (2001)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Spain
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Based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, the undisputed master of the macabre, Dagon tells the story of Paul Marsh, a young man who discovers that the truth will not set him free instead it condemns him to a waking nightmare of unrelenting horror. A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca looking for help. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul finds himself pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca’s dark secret: that they pray to Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea. And Dagon’s unholy offspring are freakish half-human creatures on the loose in Imboca…

Crucible, The (1996)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Day-Lewis, Daniel | Ryder, Winona | Scofield, Paul | Allen, Joan | Davison, Bruce | Campbell, Rob | Jones, Jeffrey | Vaughan, Peter | Graves, Karron | Woodard, Charlayne | Conroy, Frances | Lawrence, Elizabeth | Gaynes, George | Gleason, Mary Pat | Breuler, Robert
Directors: Hytner, Nicholas
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A small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others’ land and one young woman (Ryder) infatuated with a married man (Day-Lewis) and determined to get rid of his innocent wife (Allen). Arthur Miller wrote the events and the subsequent trials where those who demanded thier innocence were executed, those who would not name names were incarcerated and tortured, and those who admitted their guilt were immediately freed as a parable of the Congressional Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joe McCarthy in 1950’s America.

Star Trek: Generations (1994)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Stewart, Patrick | Frakes, Jonathan | Spiner, Brent | Burton, LeVar | McFadden, Gates | Sirtis, Marina | McDowell, Malcolm | Doohan, James | Koenig, Walter | Shatner, William | Ruck, Alan | Kim, Jacqueline | Goldstein, Jenette
Directors: Carson, David
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Stardate: the 23rd Century. Retired Starfleet officers James T. Kirk, Montgomery Scott and Pavel Chekov are guests of honor aboard the newly christened Enterprise-B. A test run takes an unexpected turn, however, when the starship encounters two vessels trapped inside the Nexus, a mysterious energy ribbon. During a perilous rescue attempt, Kirk is swept out into space. Seven decades later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D rescue an El-Aurian named Soran. Unbeknownst to Picard, Soran harbors a deadly plan that includes the destruction of the Enterprise and millions of lives. Now Picard’s only hope for the future rests within the Nexus . . . and a legendary captain from the past.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Shatner, William | Kelley, DeForest | Doohan, James | Takei, George | Koenig, Walter | Nichols, Nichelle | Butrick, Merritt | Morris, Phil | McGinnis, Scott | Hooks, Robert | Curtis, Robin | Steven, Carl | Potenza, Vadia
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Admiral Kirk’s defeat of Khan and the creation of the Genesis planet are empty victories. Spock is dead and McCoy is, seemingly inexplicably, being driven insane. Then an unexpected visit from Sarek, Spock’s father, provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock’s living essence. With one friend alive and one not, but both in pain, Kirk attempts to help his friends by stealing the Enterprise and defying Starfleet’s Genesis quarantine. But the Klingons have also learned of Genesis and race to meet Kirk in a deadly rendezvous.

Mountain Of The Cannibal Gods, The (1978)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Italy
Actors: Andress, Ursula | Keach, Stacy | Cassinelli, Claudio | Marsina, Antonio | Fantasia, Franco | Spinola, Lanfranco | Longhi, Carlo | Rocchi, Luigina | Selayah, Akushula | Wanaguru, Dudley | Munna, T.M. | Suki, M. | Masini, Giovanni | Cuccu, Franco | Coduti, Franco
Directors: Martino, Sergio
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Susan Stevenson (Ursula Andress) and her brother Arthur (Antonio Marsina) get off a plane somewhere in South America, allegedly in search of her husband. They team up with, Dr. Edward Foster (Stacy Keach). The three head into the jungle, get in more than a few fights amongst themselves, and view lots of gratuitous animal cruelty, notable an iguana getting eviscerated.

Five People You Meet in Heaven, The (2004)

Monday, May 4th, 2009
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Actors: Voight, Jon | Burstyn, Ellen | Daniels, Jeff | Dominczyk, Dagmara | Grayhm, Steven | Imperioli, Michael | Rennie, Callum Keith | Jenkins, Rebecca | Brebner, Callahan | Weigel, Nicaela | Weigel, Shelbie | Cadman, Darcy | O'Halloran, Tim | Santiago, Zak | Aneke, Emy
Directors: Kramer, Lloyd
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Eddie is the responsible for the maintenance of the Ruby Pier amusement park and a veteran of World War II. While trying to save a five year old girl from an accident with ride that is falling after rupturing the wire, Eddie dies. He awakes in Heaven, and the Blue Man explains him that he will have a journey meeting five people in their heavens that will show the importance of his life before he goes to the next level.

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Cage, Nicolas | Shue, Elisabeth | Sands, Julian | Lewis, Richard | Weber, Steven | Adams, Kim | Procter, Emily | Regen, Stuart | Golino, Valeria | Beckel, Graham | Henderson, Al | Bhatia, Shashi | Lowell, Carey | Lange, Anne | Kopache, Thomas
Directors: Figgis, Mike
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Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

Bell Book and Candle (1958)

Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Stewart, James | Novak, Kim | Lemmon, Jack | Kovacs, Ernie | Gingold, Hermione | Lanchester, Elsa | Rule, Janice | Clay, Philippe | Nelson, Bek | McNear, Howard | Brothers Candoli, The | Ash, Monty | Barry, Joe | Barzell, Wolfe | Bloom, William
Directors: Quine, Richard
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Gillian Holroyd is just your average, modern-day, witch, living in a New York apartment with her Siamese familiar, Pyewacket. But one day a handsome publisher, Shep Henderson walks into her building and Gillian decides she wants him—especially as it turns out he’s marrying Merle Kittridge, an old poison penpal from Gillian’s college days. So, Gillian casts a spell over Shep. But her powers are in danger of being exorcised by something stronger than the bell-book-and-candle routine: Love.

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Stewart, James | Reed, Donna | Barrymore, Lionel | Mitchell, Thomas | Travers, Henry | Bondi, Beulah | Faylen, Frank | Bond, Ward | Grahame, Gloria | Warner, H.B. | Albertson, Frank | Karns, Todd | Hinds, Samuel S. | Treen, Mary | Patton, Virginia
Directors: Capra, Frank
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On Christmas eve, all of the citizens of the small town of Bedford Falls pray to the heavens to help George Bailey. It’s then decided that Clarence, an angel who hasn’t earned his wings, is to help George. Before he does, he should know who George Bailey was. George Bailey grew up in Bedford Falls, a small town where he dreams of leaving it and making his mark on the world. His family’s business is the only thing stands between the good citizens and Mr. Potter, a rich miser who takes sick pleasure in taking from everybody, without even caring how it affects them. George was all set to leave when his father died and had to take care of the business. George would forever be hindered by his plans to leave and thinks that he is nothing but a failure, he decides to kill himself. That’s when Clarence comes in and tries to convince him that he has made something with his life, and that he had a “Wonderful Life”.

Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999)

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Allwine, Wayne | Anselmo, Tony | Bennett, Jeff | Burton, Corey | Cummings, Jim | Farmer, Bill | Fleming, Shaun | Grammer, Kelsey | McDonough, Andrew | Young, Alan | Tress MacNeille | Michelle, Diane | Taylor, Russi | Winchell, April
Directors: Falkenstein, Jun
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A Christmas themed, three-part anthology-style video. The first part, “Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas”, is essentially a retelling of _Groundhog Day (1993)_ (qv), with Huey, Dewey, and Louie reliving Christmas ad infinitum. Next is “A Very Goofy Christmas”, in which Goofy tries to overcome his son’s skepticism about Santa Claus. Finally, “Mickey & Minnie’s Gift Of The Magi” recreate the classic tale of ironic Christmas selflessness. The stories are linked together by narration by ‘Kelsey Grammer’ (qv).