Posts Tagged ‘archery’

Ruins, The (2008)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Jonathan Tucker | Shawn Ashmore | Joe Anderson | Sergio Calderón | Jesse Ramirez | Balder Moreno | Dimitri Baveas | Patricio Almeida Rodriguez | Mario Jurado | Luis Antonio Ramos | Walter Quispe | Nathan Vega | Tanisha Marquez-Munduate | Chris Argirousis | Alexander Gregory
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A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The (2005)

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Georgie Henley | Skandar Keynes | William Moseley | Anna Popplewell | Tilda Swinton | James McAvoy | Jim Broadbent | Kiran Shah | James Cosmo | Judy McIntosh | Elizabeth Hawthorne | Patrick Kake | Shane Rangi | Brandon Cook | Cassie Cook
Directors: Andrew Adamson
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Based on the classic novel by ‘CS Lewis’ (qv). Four London children are sent to a professor’s country home in order for protection during World War II. There they find a magic wardrobe which leads to a mystical land called Narnia, which is being ruled by an evil witch. To defeat the witch, they must join forces with Aslan, the lion God of Narnia.

Forbidden Kingdom, The (2008)

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael Angarano | Morgan Benoit | Jackie Chan | Collin Chou | Jet Li | Jacky Wu | Bingbing Li | Yifei Liu
Directors: Rob Minkoff
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An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

Army of Darkness (1992)

Monday, May 19th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Bruce Campbell | Embeth Davidtz | Marcus Gilbert | Ian Abercrombie | Richard Grove | Timothy Patrick Quill | Michael Earl Reid | Bridget Fonda | Patricia Tallman | Ted Raimi | Deke Anderson | Bruce Thomas | Sara Shearer | Shiva Gordon | Billy Bryan
Directors: Sam Raimi
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In this sequel to the Evil Dead films, a discount-store employee (”Name’s Ash. Housewares.”) is time-warped to a medieval castle beset by monstrous forces. Initially mistaken for an enemy, he is soon revealed as the prophecised savior who can quest for the Necronomicon, a book which can dispel the evil. Unfortunately, he screws up the magic words while collecting the tome, and releases an army of skeletons, led by his own Deadite counterpart. What follows is a thrilling, yet tongue-in-cheek battle between Ash’s 20th Century tactics and the minions of darkness.

Apocalypto (2006)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Rudy Youngblood | Dalia Hernández | Jonathan Brewer | Morris Birdyellowhead | Carlos Emilio Báez | Amilcar Ramírez | Israel Contreras | Israel Ríos | María Isabel Díaz | Espiridion Acosta Cache | Mayra Serbulo | Iazua Larios | Lorena Hernández | Itandehui Gutierrez | Sayuri Gutierrez
Directors: Mel Gibson
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Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man’s idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

Emma (1996)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow | James Cosmo | Greta Scacchi | Alan Cumming | Denys Hawthorne | Sophie Thompson | Jeremy Northam | Toni Collette | Kathleen Byron | Phyllida Law | Edward Woodall | Brett Miley | Brian Capron | Karen Westwood | Paul Williamson
Directors: Douglas McGrath
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Emma is a very beautiful young woman who decides to devote her life in finding the right mate for the people around her. But, her cause will come to contestation when she will find love in the face of a much sought after man.

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Monday, April 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Sylvester Stallone | Richard Crenna | Charles Napier | Steven Berkoff | Julia Nickson-Soul | Martin Kove | George Cheung | Andy Wood | William Ghent | Voyo Goric | Dana Lee | Baoan Coleman | Steven Williams | Don Collins | Christopher Grant
Directors: George P. Cosmatos
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John Rambo is removed from prison by his former superior, Colonel Samuel Troutman, for a top-secret operation to bring back POW’s still held in Vietnam. Rambo’s assignment is to only take pictures of where the POWs are being held, but Rambo wants to get the POWs out of Vietnam. Teamed up with female Vietnamese freedom fighter Co Bao, Rambo embarks on a mission to rescue the POWs, who are being held by sadistic Vietnamese Captain Vinh and his Russian comrade, Lieutenant Colonel Padovsky. Rambo falls in love with Co Bao, and when Co Bao is killed by Captain Vinh, Rambo wants revenge, so he starts killing every enemy in sight while still focusing on his intentions to rescue the POWs. There are also corrupt American officials involved in the mission, including Marshall Murdock, one of Rambo’s superiors.

Hero (2002)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Jet Li | Tony Leung Chiu Wai | Maggie Cheung | Ziyi Zhang | Daoming Chen | Donnie Yen | Liu Zhong Yuan | Zheng Tia Yong | Yan Qin | Chang Xiao Yang | Zhang Ya Kun | Ma Wen Hua | Jin Ming | Xu Kuang Hua | Wang Shou Xin
Directors: Yimou Zhang
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In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin’s three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory.

Mouse That Roared, The (1959)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Peter Sellers | Jean Seberg | William Hartnell | David Kossoff | Leo McKern | MacDonald Parke | Austin Willis | Timothy Bateson | Monte Landis | Alan Gifford | Colin Gordon | Harold Kasket | Wally Brown | Jacques Cey | Charles Clay
Directors: Jack Arnold
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The best laid plans of mice and men … A cold war satire emphasising the new emerged American Superpower’s use of foreign aid to buy friends and keep then away from the USSR’s influence. Peter Sellers, as the scheming Prime Minister of Grand Fenwick, plots with Peter Sellers, as the scheming Grand Duchess, to declare war on the USA, lose and get that foreign aid. Unfortunately, they forget to tell Peter Sellers, as Tully Bascombe, commander of their mediaeval army. This honourable man does his best for his country and through a series of unbelievable circumstances (well, this is a comedy) to win. Now, who has to give aid to whom?

Host, The (2006)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: South Korea
Actors: Kang-ho Song | Hie-bong Byeon | Hae-il Park | Ah-sung Ko | Du-na Bae | David Joseph Anselmo | Philip Hersh | Paul Lazar | Clinton Morgan | Dal-su Oh | No-shik Park | Brian Rhee | Scott Wilson | Pil-Sung Yim
Directors: Joon-ho Bong
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The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. Park runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, but maybe a bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong’s elder son Gang-du is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago. Nam-il is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du’s daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears. All the family members are in a great agony because they lost someone very dear to them. But when they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her.