Posts Tagged ‘child-abuse’

Time Bandits (1981)

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: John Cleese | Sean Connery | Ian Holm | Michael Palin | Ralph Richardson | Peter Vaughan | David Warner | David Rappaport | Kenny Baker | Malcolm Dixon | Mike Edmonds | Jack Purvis | Tiny Ross | Craig Warnock | David Daker
Directors:
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A young boy’s wardrobe contains a time hole. Through this hole an assortment of short people (i.e. dwarfs) come while escaping from their master, the supreme being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic times to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, to the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness where they confront Evil.

Sleepers (1996)

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Bacon | Billy Crudup | Robert De Niro | Vittorio Gassman | Minnie Driver | Dustin Hoffman | Ron Eldard | Joseph Perrino | Jason Patric | Geoffrey Wigdor | Brad Pitt | Terry Kinney | Brad Renfro | Bruno Kirby | Frank Medrano
Directors: Barry Levinson
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Four boys growing up in Hell’s Kitchen play a prank that leads to an old man getting hurt. Sentenced to no less than one year in the Wilkenson Center in upstate New York, the four friends are changed by the beating, humiliation and sexual abuse by the guards sworn to protect them. Thirteen years later and a chance meeting lead to a chance for revenge against the Wilkenson Center and the guards.

Angel Eyes (2001)

Monday, May 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jennifer Lopez | James Caviezel | Jeremy Sisto | Terrence Howard | Sonia Braga | Victor Argo | Monet Mazur | Shirley Knight | Daniel Magder | Guylaine St-Onge | Connor McAuley | Jeremy Ratchford | Peter MacNeill | Eldridge Hyndman | Kari Matchett
Directors: Luis Mandoki
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While pursuing a suspect one night, Chicago Police officer Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez) nearly becomes the victim of a fatal ambush until a mysterious stranger, Catch (Jim Caviezel) intervenes, disarms the assassin and saves Sharon’s life. Is it a stroke of luck? A twist of fate? Or just a concerned citizen who happened to pass by at the right time and wasn’t afraid to get involved? Maybe, But Sharon and Catch have met once before. As the two fall in love, they discover the truth about each other and are forced to deal with the secrets from their past.

Shine (1996)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: Australia
Actors: Geoffrey Rush | Justin Braine | Sonia Todd | Chris Haywood | Alex Rafalowicz | Gordon Poole | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Nicholas Bell | Danielle Cox | Rebecca Gooden | Marta Kaczmarek | John Cousins | Noah Taylor | Paul Linkson | Randall Berger
Directors: Scott Hicks
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Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this delightful movie charts the early and traumatic early years. Telling the story in flashback we see David as he grows up and into a child prodigy while his father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his childhood in Europe and the loss of his family in the concentration camps. David finally breaks away from his father and goes away to study overseas, he later suffers a breakdown and returns to Australia and a life in an institution. Many years later he is released and through several twists of fate (in reality even more unlikely than film portrays) he starts playing a piano in a bar before finally returning to the concert hall.

Cell, The (2000)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Jennifer Lopez | Vince Vaughn | Vincent D'Onofrio | Jake Weber | Dylan Baker | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Patrick Bauchau | Gerry Becker | Tara Subkoff | Catherine Sutherland | Jake Thomas | Colton James | Dean Norris | John Cothran Jr. | Jack Conley
Directors: Tarsem Singh
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Catharine Deane is a psychotherapist who is part of a revolutionary new treatment which allows her mind to literally enter the mind of her patients. Her experience in this method takes an unexpected turn when an FBI agent comes to ask for a desperate favour. They had just tracked down a notorious serial killer, Carl Stargher, whose MO is to abduct women one at a time and place them in a secret area where they are kept for about 40 hours until they are slowly drowned. Unfortunately, the killer has fallen into an irreversible coma which means he cannot confess where he has taken his latest victim before she dies. Now, Catherine Deane must race against time to explore the twisted mind of the killer to get the information she needs, but Stargher’s damaged personality poses dangers that threaten to overwhelm her.

Stand by Me (1986)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Wil Wheaton | River Phoenix | Corey Feldman | Jerry O'Connell | Kiefer Sutherland | Casey Siemaszko | Gary Riley | Bradley Gregg | Jason Oliver | Marshall Bell | Frances Lee McCain | Bruce Kirby | William Bronder | Scott Beach | Richard Dreyfuss
Directors: Rob Reiner
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Unable to grasp the fact of his brother’s death, Gordie Lachance feels compelled to travel with three friends to see a dead body that has been found near the railroad tracks.

Sweeney Todd (2006)

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Radu Banzaru | David Bradley | Zoltan Butuc | Paul Currier | David Foxxe | Roger Frost | Ingo Gottwald | Tom Hardy | Radu Andrei Micu | Anthony O'Donnell | Gabriel Spahiu | Ben Walker | David Warner | Ray Winstone | Essie Davis
Directors: Dave Moore
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A BBC adaptation of the classic tale of the 18th century demon barber of Fleet Street, London, who cuts the throats of his unsuspecting clients in his shop.

Atonement (2007)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Saoirse Ronan | Brenda Blethyn | Julia West | James McAvoy | Harriet Walter | Keira Knightley | Juno Temple | Felix von Simson | Charlie von Simson | Alfie Allen | Patrick Kennedy | Benedict Cumberbatch | Peter Wight | Peter O'Connor | Daniel Mays
Directors: Joe Wright
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In the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis observes a flirtation between a servant’s son, Robbie, and her older sister, Cecilia, that she childishly misconstrues. Briony’s misunderstanding leads to a terrible crime whose consequences follow them through World War II.

Transamerica (2005)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Andrea James | Felicity Huffman | Danny Burstein | Maurice Orozco | Elizabeth Peña | Craig Bockhorn | Paul Borghese | Kevin Zegers | Jon Budinoff | Venida Evans | Raynor Scheine | Kate Bayley | Stella Maeve | Teala Dunn | Jim Frangione
Directors: Duncan Tucker
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One week before her sex-change operation, Bree receives a call from a 17-year-old identifying himself as her son from a college liaison. Bree’s psychiatrist won’t approve the surgery until Bree deals with this relationship, so Bree flies to New York City, bails the youth out of juvenile detention, and offers him a ride back to Los Angeles without disclosing that she is his father. Both her plans and his go awry, and as secrets will out, what might become a friendship (or more) founders. The lad’s step-father, a sex-change support group, a peyote eater, a Navajo wrangler, and Bree’s family all play their parts in this exploration of family, gender, and expectations.

Saw IV (2007)

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tobin Bell | Costas Mandylor | Scott Patterson | Betsy Russell | Lyriq Bent | Athena Karkanis | Justin Louis | Simon Reynolds | Donnie Wahlberg | Angus Macfadyen | Shawnee Smith | Bahar Soomekh | Dina Meyer | Mike Realba | Marty Adams
Directors: Darren Lynn Bousman
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Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry’s murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw’s latest grisly remains and piecing together the puzzle. However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend or face the deadly consequences.