Monday, December 31, 2007

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2 Days in Paris [2007]
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance

Tagline: He knew Paris was for lovers. He just didn't think they were all hers.

Plot Outline:
Marion (Delpy) and Jack (Goldberg) try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents -- and several of her ex-boyfriends.



Alien [DirectorsCut] [2003] DVDRIP.XViD-DigitalVX
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Tagline: In space no one can hear you scream.

Plot Outline:
A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.



An Affair to Remember [1957]
Genre: Drama / Romance

Tagline: On the Riviera...across the ocean...and all over New York!

Plot Outline:
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?



Awakenings [1990]
Genre: Drama

Tagline: There is no such thing as a simple miracle.

Plot Outline:
The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.



Black Irish [2007]
Genre: Drama

Tagline: You can't choose family.

Plot Outline:
A gripping coming-of-age drama, which chronicles the trials and tribulations of 15 year-old Cole McKay (Michael Angarano), an obedient son who yearns for the attentions of his emotionally remote father (Brendan Gleeson). The tale unfolds in a skillful interweaving of character arcs that builds towards a heart-wrenching climax.



City of Rott [2006]
Genre: Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Horror

Tagline: Think, while you still can...

Plot Outline:
Desperately losing his mind while searching for a new pair of shoes, an old man and his trusty Walker wander the City of Rott, saturated with thousands of rotting zombies, driven to feed the blood-hungry worms residing in their skulls.



Con Air [1997]
Genre: Action / Crime / Thriller

Tagline: Get Ready To Fly

Plot Outline:
A newly released ex con and former US Ranger finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the other prisoners sieze control.



Drugstore Cowboy [1989]
Genre: Crime / Drama

Plot Outline:
A realistic road movie about a drug addict, his 'family', and their inevitable decline into crime.

Movie Synopsis:
DRUGSTORE COWBOY was one of a group of films that led to the explosion of American independent cinema.



Eastern Promises [2007]
Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller

Tagline: Every sin leaves a mark.

Plot Outline:
The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally uncovers potential evidence against the family. Now Nikolai must put into motion a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution.


Elf [2003]
Genre: Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Tagline: This holiday, discover your inner elf.

Plot Outline:
After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity.



Everything's Gone Green [2006]
Genre: Comedy

Tagline: A new sort of comedy.

Plot Outline:
Ryan, a good-natured slacker, is tempted into a money laundering scheme while working for a lottery magazine. A capitalistic comedy that asks the question - when is "enough" enough?



The Heiress [1949]
Genre: Drama / Romance

Tagline: When a Woman Loves a Man . . . She Doesn't Want to Know the Truth About Him !

Plot Outline:
A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.



Hot Rod [2007]
Genre: Comedy

Tagline: Smack destiny in the face

Plot Outline:
Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's Andy Samberg) is preparing for the jump of his life - to clear fifteen buses to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation, who made test runs of Evel Knievel’s stunts before the better-known daredevil repeated them and took all the glory.



The Invasion [2007]
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller

Tagline: Do not trust anyone. Do not show emotion. Do not fall asleep.

Plot Outline:
As a Washington psychiatrist (Kidman) unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.



Last Tango in Paris / Ultimo tango a Parigi [1972]
Genre: Drama / Romance

Plot Outline:
A young Parisian woman begins a sordid affair with a middled-aged American businessman whom lays out ground rules that their clandestine relationship will be based only on sex.



Lions For Lambs [2007]
Genre: Drama / Thriller / War

Tagline: If you don't STAND for something, you might FALL for anything

Plot Outline:
Injuries sustained by two Army ranger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman (Cruise), a journalist (Streep) and a professor (Redford).



Lone Wolf and Cub - Baby Cart in the Land of Demons / Kozure Ôkami: Meifumadô [1973]
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller

Tagline:
Once he agrees to kill, nothing can stand in his way.

Plot Summary:
Fifth film in the Lone Wolf & Cub Series. 5 warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each has 1/5th of Ogami's assassin fee and 1/5 of the information he needs to complete his assassination. His mission is to kill a mad Daimyo before he destroys his clan!



Lone Wolf and Cub - Sword of Vengeance / Kozure Ôkami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru [1972]
Genre: Action / Drama

Plot Outline:
The story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.




Magnolia [1999]
Genre: Drama

Tagline: Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.

Plot Outline:
An epic mosaic of several interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.



Mulholland Drive [2001]
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Tagline: A Love Story In The City Of Dreams

Plot Outline:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.



Rush Hour 3 [2007]
Genre: Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller

Tagline: They're rushing through the hours quick

Plot Outline:
After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Lee and Carter head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders.



Sanjuro / Tsubaki Sanjûrô [Kurosawa] [1962]

Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama

Plot Outline:
A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.



Samurai Wolf / Kiba okaminosuke [1966] [Japan]
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama

Plot Synopsis:
This is the story of a vagrant samura‹- the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba- who arrives at a village to defense a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samura‹, named Sana‹, who is without scruples.
The fight between them will become personal, for the honor and love of the blind woman.



Samurai Wolf 2 / Kiba okaminosuke jigoku giri [1967] [Japan]
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama

Plot Synopsis:
This second adventure of Kiba surpasses the first on several levels. The pessimism you only glimpsed in Samurai Wolf 1 is overtly present here. However hard Kiba fights and tries to save everyone, he is just one man and can't stop the black face of the human heart from surfacing.
Even though you are not a big fan of the genre, this Hideo Gosha flick is not to be missed.



SEXtet [2007]
Genre: Comedy / Romance

Tagline: Cheap Sexfilm by Eddy Terstall

Plot Outline:
Feature film about love and relationships in Amsterdam, consisting of an ingeniously interwoven plot of several stories and characters. Together with the feature SIMON (2004) this one is part of Terstall's trilogy about the liberties of the present Dutch society.



Shoot Em Up [2007]
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Thriller

Tagline: Just another family man making a living.

Plot Outline:
A man named Mr. Smith (Owen) delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.



Slither [2006]
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi

Tagline: Horror Has a New Face

Plot Outline:
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.



Spin Kick / Tae Kwon Do Boys [2004][Korea]
Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis:
Manseh high school used to be well known for its Taekwondo team, but its fame has died with the passing of time. The present team is in chaos much like sheep that have no shepherd. The team is in a passionless state, with no interest what-so-ever in improving their skills. So no one expects them to pass the preliminary round of the national Taekwondo competition which is just two weeks away. Only the principal of the school and the team coach, Koh, fret over the competition, hoping to regain the fame of the school. But, as fate would have it, an unexpected solution presents its self.



Stardust [2007]
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Romance

Tagline: This summer a star falls. The chase begins.

Plot Outline:
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.



Sunset Boulevard [1950]
enre: Drama / Film-Noir

Tagline: A Hollywood Story

Movie Concensus:
Arguably the greatest movie about Hollywood, Billy Wilder’s masterpiece Sunset Boulevard is a tremendously entertaining combination of noir, black comedy, and character study.

Movie Synopsis:
Billy Wilder's masterpiece SUNSET BOULEVARD, a corrosive black comedy that remains the most memorable assault on the emptiness and vanity of the movie business, stars William Holden as young, down-and-out screenwriter Joe Gillis.



Superbad [2007]
Genre: Comedy / Romance

Plot Outline: Two co-dependent high school seniors (Hill and Cera) are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
Plot Synopsis:
Produced by Judd Apatow and co-written by Seth Rogen--both of 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN and KNOCKED UP fame--SUPERBAD is the story of two horny teenage geeks looking to lose their virginity before college.



The Twins [2004] [Korea]
Genre: Comedy
Audio: Korean
Subtitle: English
Running Time: 122 mins

Synopsis:
Jeong Jun-ho (Marrying the Mafia and The Legend of Evil Lake) takes on challenging dual roles, playing two brothers who may look identical, but are like night and day when it comes to their individual personalities! The arrogant Hyon Su is clearly the more successful of the two; he's a top student who's on the verge of graduating with honors and going on to study law at Seoul University. His twin Myon Su, however, isn't quite a model student. In fact, he's not even in school, having quit sometime during middle school. Rather than crack open a book, this rough-around-the-edges dropout spends his days cracking heads working as a bouncer at a nearby brothel. But when he's not protecting hookers and local vendors from gangster interference, Myon Su helps out at his mother's little restaurant near the train station



Vertigo [1958][Alfred Hitchcock]
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance

Tagline: A Hitchcock thriller. You should see it from the beginning!

Plot Outline:
A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.



What Dreams May Come [1998]
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance

Tagline: After life there is more. The end is just the beginning.

Plot Summary:
Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife..



Zoom [2006]
Genre: Action / Adventure / Family / Sci-Fi

Tagline: They're going to save the world . . . as long as they're home for dinner

Plot Outline:
Former superhero Jack is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into superheroes at a private Academy.