Posts Tagged ‘billiards’

Beyond the Law aka Fixing The Shadow (1992)

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Sheen, Charlie | Fiorentino, Linda | Madsen, Michael | Vance, Courtney B. | Rippy, Leon | Burkley, Dennis | Riddell, Lyndsay | Thunder, Rino | Torn, Rip | Lee, James Oscar | Adams, Ed | Chamberlain, Hollie | Madsen, Richard | Parks, Ted
Directors: Ferguson, Larry
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Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang’s leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far ‘beyond the law’ will Saxon go?

Devil’s Own, The (1997)

Friday, April 24th, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pitt, Brad | George Hearn | Kelly Singer | Ashley Carin | Paul Ronan | Stiles, Julia | Mitchell, Ryan | Blades, Rubén | Colin, Margaret | Atherton, William | Jones, Simon | McElhone, Natascha | Williams, Treat | David Wilmot
Directors: Pakula, Alan J.
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One of top Northern Ireland IRA terrorists, Frankie McGuire, escapes to NY, where he, under the name of Rory Devaney, with support of friendly judge Peter Fitzsimmons, lives in the house of Irish cop Tom O’Meara, who doesn’t know who Frankie really is. Rory tries to buy some weapons from dealer Billy Burke, while Tom has moral problems covering up his partner cop Edwin Diaz. The problems arise when Tom begins to suspect something about Rory’s identity.

Pinocchio (1940)

Monday, December 1st, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Blanc, Mel | Brodie, Don | Catlett, Walter | Darro, Frankie | Edwards, Cliff | Jones, Dickie | Judels, Charles | Mercer, Jack | Rub, Christian | Darlington, Marion | Page, Patricia | Venable, Evelyn
Directors: Luske, Hamilton
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Inventor Gepetto creates a wooden marionette called Pinocchio. His wish that Pinocchio be a real boy is unexpectedly granted by a fairy. The fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio’s “conscience” and keep him out of trouble. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in trouble.

Turn the River (2007)

Monday, August 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Dornan, Jaymie | Torn, Rip | Ross, Matt | Kinney, Terry | Juback, John | Robles, Tony | Bridges, Jordan | D'Asaro, Santo | Siravo, Joseph | Brown, Brennan | Lage, Jordan | Macnamara, Pete | Leyva, Henry | Haas, Greg | Thode, Paul
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In New York City, Gulley, who’s in middle school, lives with his father and step-mother; his paternal grandmother dominates the family’s life. In secret, he’s recently been in touch with his mother, Kailey, a pool hustler, who wants to win big and take Gulley to Canada. With the help of Teddy Quinette, who runs Quinn’s Pool Hall, Kailey may get her shot at big money. Can she win the match, keep her son’s confidence, and, using fake documents she gets from Markus, a friend of hers, make it to Canada to start a new life?

Silk (2007)

Monday, August 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Canada | France | Italy | Japan | UK
Actors: Pitt, Michael | Vogel, Tony | Bertorelli, Toni | Welsh, Kenneth | Molina, Alfred | Golding, Michael | Cecchi, Carlo | Fiorini, Marc | Csuth, Leslie | Tezuka, Toru | Morita, Hiroya | Ando, Akinori | Kunimura, Jun | Hongô, Kanata | Yakusho, Kôji
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Based on the Alessandro Baricco’s novel this is the story of a married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful Japanese woman, the concubine of a local baron, with whom he becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve’s wife Helene begins to suspect.

Boiler Room (2000)

Friday, July 18th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ribisi, Giovanni | Diesel, Vin | Katt, Nicky | Caan, Scott | Rifkin, Ron | Kennedy, Jamie | Nichols, Taylor | Sage, Bill | Scott, Tom Everett | Affleck, Ben | Griesemer, John | Younger, David | Harper, Russel | Webber, Mark | Fitzgerald, Christopher
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A young man has dropped out of Queens College but desperately wants to please his father, a federal judge who’s harsh with his son. At his father’s insistence, Seth Davis closes a casino he operates in his own house, mostly for college students. Thinking he’ll please dad, he takes a job in a small brokerage house, an hour from Manhattan, where trainees make cold calls to lists of well-paid men, and then apply high-pressure tactics to sell initial public offerings exclusive to the firm. He’s terrific at sales. Once training is over, the pay is phenomenal, and Seth wonders why. Curiosity leads him to ethical dilemmas, encounters with the Feds, and new territory with his father.

Booty Call (1997)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Foxx, Jamie | Davidson, Tommy | Waddell, Amy Monique | Moore, Wiley | Fox, Vivica A. | Jones, Tamala | Chan, Kam Ray | Young, Ric | Sin, Ammie | LaRose, Scott | Mac, Bernie | Yap, Olivia | MacDonald, Bill | Moraitis, John | Robinson, Karen
Directors: Pollack, Jeff
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Bunz and Rushon are two best buddies who are looking forward to dating two ladies, Lysterine and Nikki. When the two boys get their lives altogether, they all fall in love. But will their lives stay peaceful?

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Murphy, Eddie | Reinhold, Judge | Ashton, John | Eilbacher, Lisa | Cox, Ronny | Berkoff, Steven | Russo, James | Banks, Jonathan | Elliott, Stephen | Hill, Gilbert R. | Kimbro, Art | Bailey, Joel | Pinchot, Bronson | Reiser, Paul | Champion, Michael
Directors: Brest, Martin
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Detroit cop Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in California. Not long after Mikey arrives in Detroit, Mikey is killed, right in front of Axel, by a man named Zack. Axel follows Zack to Beverly Hills, California, where Beverly Hills police department Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Detective Billy Rosewood and Rosewood’s partner, Sergeant John Taggart, to keep an eye on Axel. Axel visits his friend Jenny Summers, who works in an art gallery. With Jenny’s help, Axel discovers that Zack works for Jenny’s boss, Victor Maitland, the man who owns the art gallery. Maitland is a drug kingpin who is using the gallery as a front, and Maitland had Zack kill Mikey after Maitland accused Mikey of stealing some of Maitland’s bonds. With the help of Jenny, Billy, and Taggart, Axel does what he can to make sure Maitland and Zack won’t kill any more people.

Alfie (2004)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Law, Jude | Taylor, Renée | Krakowski, Jane | Harding, Jeff | Tomei, Marisa | Rahm, Kevin | Morris, Max | Epps, Omar | Long, Nia | Watanabe, Gedde | Yang, Jo | Summers, Tara | Vincenti, Sam | LaNasa, Katherine | Mink, Claudette
Directors: Shyer, Charles
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Alfie is a remake of the 1966 film. In the contemporary film, Alfie is quite the ladies man and rarely gets rejected when it comes to the opposite sex. He successfully has relations with multiple women without a hint of emotional attachment. A major (lifelong) problem arises when he sleeps with the wrong woman, namely his best friend’s (and future business partner) ex-girlfriend. As a result, his life slowly comes into focus and he begins to appreciate the little things he always missed in the opposite sex. A must see for all guys who call themselves “players”.

Billy Madison (1995)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Sandler, Adam | McGavin, Darren | Wilson, Bridgette | Whitford, Bradley | Mostel, Josh | MacDonald, Norm | Beltzman, Mark | Hankin, Larry | Merritt, Theresa | Platias, Dina | Alianak, Hrant | Marino, Vincent | Mather, Jack | Kelk, Christopher | Donato, Marc
Directors: Davis, Tamra
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Billy Madison is a non-working, non-educated slacker who lives entirely off his dad. He spends his day drinking beer, reading girly magazines, and hanging out by the pool. When his father realizes that Billy is unfit to run the family business, Billy decides that he must go back to school and earn a real education. He figures it will be no problem going back to high school and learning over again, until he learns that his father bought Billy’s passing grades all the way back in elementary school. Thus, Billy must return to elementary school and pass each grade one at a time in a short time, or else he loses his place as heir to the company. In addition, Billy tries to win the hand of Veronica, a sexy school teacher who thinks her students are more mature than Billy.