Posts Tagged ‘alcoholics-anonymous’

Traffic (2000)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Del Toro, Benicio | Vargas, Jacob | Chavez, Andrew | Saucedo, Michael | Milian, Tomas | Yenque, Jose | Rivera, Emilio | O'Neill, Michael | Douglas, Michael | Jones, Russell G. | Hetherington, Lorene | Collins, Eric | Holden, Beau | Stader, Peter | Lew, James
Directors: Soderbergh, Steven
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A modern day look at America’s war on drugs told through four separate stories that are connected in one way or another. A conservative politician who’s just been appointed as the US drug czar learns that his daughter is a drug addict. A trophy wife struggles to save her husband’s drug business, while two DEA agents protect a witness with inside knowledge of the spouse’s business. In Mexico, a corrupt, yet dedicated cop struggles with his conscience when he learns that his new boss may not be the anti-drug official he made himself out to be.

Where the Heart Is (2000)

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Portman, Natalie | Judd, Ashley | Channing, Stockard | Cusack, Joan | Frain, James | Bruno, Dylan | David, Keith | Prewitt, Ray | House, Laura | Green, Karey | Green, Mary Ashleigh | McInroe, Kinna | Auldridge, Laura | Godwin, Alicia | Letts, Dennis
Directors: Williams, Matt
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Novalee Nation, 17 and very pregnant, has never been part of a real home. The closest thing to family for the hard-luck teen is her selfish, would-be musician boyfriend, Willy Jack, with whom she’s traveling from Tennessee to California in a rust bucket that used to be a Plymouth. A bathroom stop en route, at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart, changes Novalee’s life forever. For when she leaves the store, she discovers that Willy Jack and the Plymouth are gone. Only her Polaroid camera remains in the parking space. Alone and broke, Novalee surreptitiously moves into the vast store, borrowing food and supplies from its shelves. When she gives birth on the floor - and her hideaway is revealed - Novalee and her “Wal-Mart Baby” become instant celebrities. More importantly, over the next few years, Novalee finally becomes part of an unconventional, makeshift family comprised of her wonderfully eccentric new friends. Now, with the family she always wanted, Novalee is transformed from a homeless teen to a successful and strong woman. She has finally found a home in this small town where fate has dropped her.

When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Garcia, Andy | Ryan, Meg | Burstyn, Ellen | Tina Majorino | Whitman, Mae | Tom, Lauren | Hoffman, Philip Seymour | Roche, Eugene | Strickland, Gail | Brill, Steven | Thompson, Susanna | Canavan, Erinn | Richardson, LaTanya | Willerford, Bari K. | Courtney, James Jude
Directors: Mandoki, Luis
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An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter’s safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of his enabling behavior.

Mr. Brooks (2007)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Costner, Kevin | Moore, Demi | Cook, Dane | Hurt, William | Helgenberger, Marg | Santiago-Hudson, Ruben | Panabaker, Danielle | Aisha Hinds | Crouse, Lindsay | Lewis, Jason | Aylesworth, Reiko | Schulze, Matt | Delawari, Yasmine | Dinwiddie, Traci | Cole, Michael
Directors: Evans, Bruce A.
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Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland’s Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Fingerprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his alter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her.

Changing Lanes (2002)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Affleck, Ben | Jackson, Samuel L. | Staunton, Kim | Collette, Toni | Pollack, Sydney | Sloan, Tina | Jenkins, Richard | Walker, Akil | Hawkins, Cole | Getz, Ileen | Dundas, Jennifer | Malloy, Matt | Peet, Amanda | Taylor, Myra Lucretia | Altman, Bruce
Directors: | Michell, Roger
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An attorney (Ben Affleck) in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with an alcoholic insurance salesman (Samuel Jackson), who also is a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children. The attorney leaves the scene of the accident and strands the salesman, causing him to miss his custody hearing. During the process of the post-crash discussion, the attorney accidentally drops the papers he needs to present in court. The judge gives him until the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between the proponents. A few questionable actions later on both parties’ part, they finally start questioning their actions and their lives. In the end, both come to new understanding of what is important and appear to be set in new ethical and moral directions. Contains mild violence and profanity.

Simpsons Movie, The (2007)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Animation | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Castellaneta, Dan | Kavner, Julie | Cartwright, Nancy | Smith, Yeardley | Azaria, Hank | Shearer, Harry | Brooks, Albert | Grammer, Kelsey | Mantegna, Joe | Wiedergott, Karl | Brockovich-Ellis, Erin | Driver, Minnie | Hayden, Pamela | Tress MacNeille | Roswell, Maggie
Directors: Silverman, David
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Homer adopts a pig who’s run away from Krusty Burger after Krusty tried to have him slaughtered, naming the pig “Spider Pig.” At the same time, the lake is protected after the audience sink the barge Green Day are on with garbage after they mention the environment. Meanwhile, Spider Pig’s waste has filled up a silo in just 2 days, apparently with Homer’s help. Homer can’t get to the dump quickly so dumps the silo in the lake, polluting it. Russ Cargill, the villainous boss of the EPA, gives Arnold Schwarzenegger 5 options, forcing him to choose 4 (which is, unfortunately, to destroy Springfield) and putting a dome over Springfield to prevent evacuation. Homer, however, has escaped, along with his family. Can he stop the evil Cargill from annihilating his home town, and his family, who have been forced to return to Springfield?

Life of David Gale, The (2003)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Winslet, Kate | King, Cleo | Jones, Constance | Spacey, Kevin | Linney, Laura | Ritchey, Lee | Mann, Gabriel | Craven, Matt | Little, Brandy | Waite, Cindy | Beaver, Jim | Rippy, Leon | De Luna, Jesse | Grote, Vernon | Mitra, Rhona
Directors: Parker, Alan
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Dr. David Gale, an advocate of eliminating the death penalty, is falsely accused of rape and murder. Once convicted, he ends up on death row in Texas himself, telling his story to a reporter through a series of flashbacks.

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Close, Glenn | Bening, Annette | Brosnan, Pierce | DeVito, Danny | Short, Martin | Parker, Sarah Jessica | Fox, Michael J. | Steiger, Rod | Jones, Tom | Brown, Jim | Haas, Lukas | Portman, Natalie | Grier, Pam | Marie, Lisa
Directors: Burton, Tim
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It is a normal day for everyone, until the President of the United States (Nicholson). They are able to get in contact with the Martians, and arrange for a meeting behind them and us humans. But not everything goes to plan, and the Martians have other plans for Earth. Are they just misunderstood beings? or do they really want to destroy all of humanity.