Posts Tagged ‘diary’

V for Vendetta (2005)

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Natalie Portman | Hugo Weaving | Stephen Rea | Stephen Fry | John Hurt | Tim Pigott-Smith | Rupert Graves | Roger Allam | Ben Miles | Sinéad Cusack | Natasha Wightman | John Standing | Eddie Marsan | Clive Ashborn | Emma Field-Rayner
Directors: James McTeigue
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The futuristic tale unfolds in a Great Britain that’s a fascist state. A freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman) from the secret police, and she becomes his unlikely ally.

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Judi Dench | Cate Blanchett | Tom Georgeson | Michael Maloney | Joanna Scanlan | Shaun Parkes | Emma Kennedy | Syreeta Kumar | Andrew Simpson | Philip Davis | Wendy Nottingham | Tameka Empson | Leon Skinner | Bill Nighy | Juno Temple
Directors: Richard Eyre
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Barbara Covett is a veteran and cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. She is barely tolerated by her less brilliant and acerbic colleagues who know nothing about her private life which consists mainly of taking care of Portia, her aging cat, and spending countless hours alone. The only means she has found to take the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. When Sheba Hart, a younger, attractive woman, joins the faculty as an art teacher, Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary about her clothing and her care-free manner. Despite her disdain for this woman, Barbara finds herself reaching out to her. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba’s lecturer husband, who is twenty years her senior, and their two children, a sexy and rebellious 16-year-old daughter and a younger boy with Downs Syndrome. Instead of opening herself to these people, Barbara immediately sees them as competition to be beaten in the battle for Sheba’s attention. Later, when Barbara discovers her new friend in a classroom having sex with Steven, a 15-year-old from the school who has artistic talent; she realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Barbara promises to not tell anyone but insists that the affair must end immediately. Sheba says she will but finds herself drawn back to the boy again and again. Sheba seems uneasy with Barbara’s friendship and is appalled when she discovers the older woman might have a sexual interest in her. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara’s cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. She chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined.

Basketball Diaries, The (1995)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio | Lorraine Bracco | Marilyn Sokol | James Madio | Patrick McGaw | Mark Wahlberg | Roy Cooper | Bruno Kirby | Jimmy Papiris | Nick Gaetani | Alexander Chaplin | Ben Jorgensen | Josh Mostel | Juliette Lewis | Michael Imperioli
Directors: Scott Kalvert
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Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll’s epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim’s life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach (”Swifty”) who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin — all of these begin to encroach on young Jim’s dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother’s mounting concern for her son. He can’t go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim “picked up a game” now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.

At Bertram’s Hotel (1987)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: UK
Actors: Joan Hickson | Caroline Blakiston | Helena Michell | James Cossins | Joan Greenwood | George Baker | Douglas Milvain | Philip Bretherton | Preston Lockwood | Irene Sutcliffe | Brian McGrath | Neville Phillips | Robert Reynolds | Peter Baldwin | Randal Herley
Directors: Mary McMurray
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Miss Jane Marple is staying at an elegant hotel from her childhood compliments of her nephew Raymond. Also there is international adventurer Bess Sedgwick and Lady Selena Hazy (Joan Greenwood in her next to last performance). A doorman working at the hotel turns out to be from Bess’ past, and when he is killed, she is the prime suspect. But what does his murder have to do with the disappearance of an elderly vicar staying at the hotel, and a string of robberies over the last few months? Miss Marple must find out before the murderer strikes again!!!

Eastern Promises (2007)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | UK | USA
Actors: Josef Altin | Mina E. Mina | Aleksandar Mikic | Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse | Lalita Ahmed | Badi Uzzaman | Naomi Watts | Doña Croll | Raza Jaffrey | Sinéad Cusack | Jerzy Skolimowski | Tatiana Maslany | Viggo Mortensen | Vincent Cassel | Armin Mueller-Stahl
Directors: David Cronenberg
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The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London’s most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon, whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the family’s fortunes are tested by Semyon’s volatile son and enforcer, Kirill, who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. But Nikolai’s carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova, a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the desperate situation of a young teenager who dies while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try to trace the baby’s lineage and relatives. The girl’s personal diary also survives her; it is written in Russian, and Anna seeks answers in it. Anna’s mother Helen does not discourage her, but Anna’s irascible Russian-born uncle Stepan urges caution. He is right to do so; by delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries, Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. The family tightens its grip on him; who can, or should, he trust? Several lives - including his own - hang in the balance as a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself.

Man on Fire (2004)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Mexico | UK | USA
Actors: Denzel Washington | Dakota Fanning | Marc Anthony | Radha Mitchell | Christopher Walken | Giancarlo Giannini | Rachel Ticotin | Jesús Ochoa | Mickey Rourke | Angelina Peláez | Gustavo Sánchez Parra | Gero Camilo | Rosa María Hernández | Heriberto Del Castillo | Mario Zaragoza
Directors: Tony Scott
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A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin, who has given up on life. Creasy’s friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos, daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a youngster, but for lack of something better to do, he accepts the assignment. Creasy barely tolerates the precocious child and her pestering questions about him and his life. But slowly, she chips away at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses drop, and he opens up to her. Creasy’s new-found purpose in life is shattered when Pita is kidnapped. Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved in or profiting from the kidnapping. And no one can stop him.

Into the Wild (2007)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Emile Hirsch | Marcia Gay Harden | William Hurt | Jena Malone | Brian Dierker | Catherine Keener | Vince Vaughn | Kristen Stewart | Hal Holbrook | Bart the Bear | Dan Burch | Joe Dustin | Zach Galifianakis | John Jabaley | Thure Lindhardt
Directors: Sean Penn
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INTO THE WILD is based on a true story and the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Embeth Davidtz | Honor Blackman | Renée Zellweger | Gemma Jones | Celia Imrie | James Faulkner | Jim Broadbent | Colin Firth | Charmian May | Hugh Grant | Paul Brooke | Felicity Montagu | Shirley Henderson | Sally Phillips | James Callis | Charlie Caine | Gareth Marks
Directors: Sharon Maguire
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Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her many imperfections. As a New Year’s Resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss (Hugh Grant) takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones and the ups and downs of their ill-fated relationship prove hilarious and touching at once. Thrown into the mix are Bridget’s band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance (Colin Firth) who Bridget cannot seem to stop running into or help finding quietly attractive.

Event Horizon (1997)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Laurence Fishburne | Sam Neill | Kathleen Quinlan | Joely Richardson | Richard T. Jones | Jack Noseworthy | Jason Isaacs | Sean Pertwee | Peter Marinker | Holley Chant | Barclay Wright | Noah Huntley | Robert Jezek | Emily Booth | Teresa May
Directors: Paul W.S. Anderson
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A rescue crew in space comes to investigate and if possible, rescue a government spaceship gone missing for seven years. When they board the ship, they learn that the ship has been somewhere beyond space and brought something back with it that is an unspeakable evil.

Queen of the Damned (2002)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Music
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Aaliyah | Stuart Townsend | Marguerite Moreau | Vincent Perez | Paul McGann | Lena Olin | Christian Manon | Claudia Black | Bruce Spence | Matthew Newton | Tiriel Mora | Megan Dorman | Johnathan Devoy | Robert Farnham | Conrad Standish
Directors: Michael Rymer
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After many years of sleeping in his coffin, the vampire Lestat awakens only to find that the world has changed and he wants to be a part of it. He gathers a following and becomes a rock star only to find that his music awakens the ancient Queen Akasha and she wants him to become her king…