Posts Tagged ‘arson’

Patriot, The (2000)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Seagal, Steven | Sartain, Gailard | Jones, L. Q. | Mitchell, Silas Weir | Belle, Camilla | Beene, Dan | Damon Collazo | Whitney Yellow Robe | Leland, Brad | Molly McClure | Winchester, Philip | Sebern, Douglas | Loney, Ross | O'Connor, Bernard | Mountain Chief, Leonard
Directors: Dean Semler
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The movie takes place in South Carolina in 1776. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, is a patriot who wants no part in a war with Britian. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can’t wait to go out and kill some Redcoats. When South Carolina decides to go to war with Britain, Gabriel immediatly signs up to fight…without his father’s permission. But soon, Colonel Tavington, British solder infamous for his brutal tactiks, captures Gabriel and sentences him to be hanged. As Gabriel is taken away, Thomas tries to free him, only to be killed by Tavington, in front of Benjamin. Now, seeking revenge for his son’s death, Benjamin leaves behind his 5 other children to bring independence to the 13 colonies.

French Connection II (1975)

Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hackman, Gene | Rey, Fernando | Fresson, Bernard | Léotard, Philippe | Lauter, Ed | Millot, Charles | Castaldi, Jean-Pierre | Nesbitt, Cathleen | Llorens, Samantha | Penvern, André | Prat, Reine | Delfosse, Raoul | Luong, Ham-Chau | Dynam, Jacques | Kateb, Malek
Directors: Frankenheimer, John
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New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle follows the trail of the French connection smuggling ring to France where he teams up with the gendarmes to hunt down the ringleader.

Tragedy of Macbeth, The (1971)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Finch, Jon | Annis, Francesca | Shaw, Martin | Bayler, Terence | Stride, John | Selby, Nicholas | Chase, Stephan | Shelley, Paul | MacFarquhar, Maisie | Taylor, Elsie | Rimmington, Noelle | Davis, Noel | Bromley, Sydney | Pearson, Richard | Mason, Patricia
Directors: Polanski, Roman
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Roman Polanski’s version of Shakespeare’s tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt complex and the dead king’s son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is.

Body Heat (1981)

Monday, January 26th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hurt, William | Turner, Kathleen | Crenna, Richard | Danson, Ted | Preston, J.A. | Rourke, Mickey | Zimmer, Kim | Hallaren, Jane | Saunders, Lanna | McGuinness, Carola | Ryan, Michael | Marko, Larry | Lucchesi, Deborah | Hallowell, Lynn | Sharp, Thom
Directors: Kasdan, Lawrence
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Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he’s picked up by married Matty Walker. A passionate affair commences but it isn’t long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty’s rich husband Edmund. A plot hatches to kill him but will they pull it off?

Gandhi (1982)

Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: India | UK
Actors: Kingsley, Ben | Bergen, Candice | Fox, Edward | Gielgud, John | Howard, Trevor | Mills, John | Sheen, Martin | Charleson, Ian | Fugard, Athol | Halmer, Günther Maria | Jaffrey, Saeed | James, Geraldine | Padamsee, Alyque | Puri, Amrish | Seth, Roshan
Directors: Attenborough, Richard
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When ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ (qv) first set foot in British India, he had already been to Britain and South Africa, and had created quite a stir for the betterment of the people. But in India, he realized that he had first to live the life of a peasant to understand what it is to be an Indian. This resolve will lead him to shed his westerners clothing, and don a simple loincloth, be subjected to racial slurs from none other than Winston Churchill (Half naked Indian Fakir); Mobilize awareness of local industry and less dependence on imported clothing and material; the historic dandee march for withdrawal of the salt tax; a fast unto death to stop the virtual slaughter of British troops by irate Indian mobs; and be imprisoned several times. His resolve was to work with stalwarts such as Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Sardar Valabhbhai Patel, Professor Gokhale, J.B. Kripalani, Maulana Azad, and Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru to ensure first of all to get the British to quit India, and then run an Indian Government under the Congress party. Gandhi will soon realize that it is not enough to be just an Indian, for India has many facets - Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, and Christian. The British relied on these many facets as an excuse for their continuance as they wanted to ensure that the minorities are not oppressed by the Hindu majority. Concerned over the inroads made by Gandhi to unite the Hindus, Muslims, and all others under a common umbrella, the British invited Jinnah for talks, and it is here that a seed was laid for a separate country called Pakistan. When Gandhi came to know about this, he pleaded with Jinnah to unite the Muslims, even take over as the first Prime Minister with his choice of Muslim candidates for Parliament, but separatist Jinnah had already made his mind. The World Wars of 1914 and 1944 having taken it’s toll on Europe and Britain in particular, the weary British finally decided to leave India in 1947 - not the India they had conquered - but an India that was ready to be divided in East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Now after the much awaited independence was the real test for Gandhi - a test that will make him or break him - as he started a fast unto death to try and stop the violence that was threatening to break out into a civil war, not realizing that he had indirectly fanned Hindu extremism, which would later be called the Shiv Sena, into taking the matter directly in their hands to ensure that Muslims are kept out of their Hindustan forever.

Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Monday, December 1st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Englund, Robert | Ken Kirzinger | Keena, Monica | Kelly Rowland | Ritter, Jason | Marquette, Chris
Directors: Yu, Ronny
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It’s been nearly ten years since Freddy Krueger (Englund) terrorised people in the dreams, and the towns folk want to keep him erased from their memory. Freddy still has one more plan on getting back to Elm Street. He resurrects Jason Vorhees (Kirzinger) and sends him off to kill. The more bodies which fall to the ground, the stronger in which Freddy becomes. This is until, Freddy realises that Jason isn’t going to step aside easily, and must be taken down himself.

Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Ireland | UK
Actors: Murphy, Cillian | Jones, Morgan | Birthistle, Eva | Neeson, Liam | Coughlan, Mary | McEvoy, Conor | McCabe, Ruth | McKenna, Charlene | Reilly, Seamus | Owens, Peter | Lawlor McHugh, Emmet | O'Connor, Bianca | Breathnach, Paraic | McCabe, Pat | Roe, Owen
Directors: Jordan, Neil
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In the 1970s, a foundling lad, Patrick “Kitten” Braden, comes of age by leaving his Irish town for London, in part to look for his mother and in part because his trans-gender nature is beyond the town’s understanding.

Romper Stomper (1992)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: Australia
Actors: Crowe, Russell | Daniel Pollock | McKenzie, Jacqueline | Alex Scott | Wright, Jeffrey
Directors:
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Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins’ merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?

Grudge, The (2004)

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | Japan | USA
Actors: Gellar, Sarah Michelle | Behr, Jason | Mapother, William | DuVall, Clea | Strickland, KaDee | Zabriskie, Grace | Pullman, Bill | Blasi, Rosa | Raimi, Ted | Ishibashi, Ryo | Maki, Yoko | Ozeki, Yuya | Fuji, Takako | Matsuyama, Takashi | Matsunaga, Hiroshi
Directors: Takashi Shimizu
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Karen Davis is a woman residing in Japan with her boyfriend, who is studying there. Temporarily assigned to be caretaker for a woman with severe sleeping disorder, Karen goes to the patient’s house. What she finds is something she would never expect. The house is plagued by the presence of murderous ghosts, the result of a curse. The curse is born from someone dying in a powerful rage. Now, Karen finds herself being tormented by that curse, as it eventually starts claiming it’s victims.

Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)

Friday, March 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: George, Chief Dan | Locke, Sondra | McKinney, Bill | Vernon, John | Trueman, Paula | Bottoms, Sam | Keams, Geraldine | Parfrey, Woodrow | Jameson, Joyce | Wooley, Sheb | Dano, Royal | Clark, Matt | Verros, John | Sampson, Will
Directors: Eastwood, Clint
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Josey Wales is a peaceful farmer in the days near the end of the Civil War. After his home is burned and his family murdered, he hardens into a human bullet - dedicated to destroying the renegades who took his “life.” He joins a band of unreconstructed rebel guerilla fighters who continue to fight the Union - even after the official surrender of the Confederacy - an action which makes them, legally, outlaws. Josey is driven by vengeance, but after a while, that’s not enough. Back before his own personal Holocaust, he had been a builder - of home, family, farm, and life. And no matter how much ice he’s wrapped himself in, down inside there’s still the soul of a living man. While Wales exists, he’s pulled by this hidden yearning to Live. Each day offers him chances to remember, to assuage his yearning, to begin again. And the movie shows us how Josey Wales - a mere seeker of vengeance - learns to live again, rededicated to the values he chose so long ago.