Posts Tagged ‘character-name-in-title’

Annie Hall (1977)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Keaton, Diane | Roberts, Tony | Kane, Carol | Simon, Paul | Duvall, Shelley | Margolin, Janet | Dewhurst, Colleen | Walken, Christopher | Symington, Donald | Ludlam, Helen | Lawner, Mordecai | Neuman, Joan | Munk, Jonathan | Volner, Ruth
Directors: Allen, Woody
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After breaking up with his girlfriend Annie Hall, neurotic comedian Alvy Singer goes on a stream of conciousness journey through his memories of their relationship, trying to find out what caused them to part ways. He often breaks the fourth wall, speaking to the camera, entering peoples’ stories, and even using animation.

Madea Goes to Jail (2009)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Benítez, Benjamín | Earls, Allen | Greene, Trey | Hopkins, Barry | Lee, RonReaco | Logan, William | Luke, Derek | Mann, David | Sadler, Errol | Savage, Greg | Walker, Jackson | Walsh, Joe | Warren, Steve | Wayne, Kevin
Directors: Perry, Tyler
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When a routine speeding incident turns into a full-blown highway “situation,” Madea (Tyler Perry) mouths off to a cop and lands herself in jail, where she’s suddenly trapped behind bars with more motherly instinct than she knows what to do with. But Madea’s nurturing side comes in handy when she crosses paths with a recovering drug addict turned prostitute (Keisha Knight Pulliam) who needs all the love she can get.

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Williams, Robin | Damon, Matt | Affleck, Ben | Skarsgård, Stellan | Driver, Minnie | Affleck, Casey | Hauser, Cole | Mighton, John | Majorowski, Rachel | McCauley, Colleen | Mercier, Matt | St. George, Ralph | Lynds, Rob | Washington, Dan | Folland, Alison
Directors: Van Sant, Gus
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Will Hunting is a boy genius who was severely abused as a child and has been in trouble with the law ever since. When Will finally agrees to get counseling to keep himself out of jail and with his girlfriend, he meets Sean, the therapist who will change his life. Good Will Hunting tells the poignant story of Will and Sean’s coming to terms with the blows life has dealt them and with the questions that lie in the future.

Finding Forrester (2000)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Connery, Sean | Brown, Rob | Abraham, F. Murray | Paquin, Anna | Rhymes, Busta | Grace, April | Pitt, Michael | Nouri, Michael | Easton, Richard | Fitzgerald, Glenn | Lil' Zane | Berry, Stephanie | Williams III, Fly | Mathis, Damany | Lee, Damion
Directors: Van Sant, Gus
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Jamal Wallace is an inner-city kid from the Bronx who has an aptness at basketball and a genius at writing. While always a C student, Jamal comes to the attention of a prestigious New York prep school when he scores highly on his standardized tests. While Jamal is given a heavy load at his new school, both he and the school know that the real reason they took him on is for his prowess on the court. Befriended by fellow student Claire and helped along by Pulitzer-prize winning author and recluse William Forrester, Jamal pursues his dreams both on and off the court while overcoming obstacles placed by his bitter literature teacher. As Jamal is shaped by Forrester, he finds that he is changing the old writer as well, forcing him to confront his past…and his future.

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Cera, Michael | Dennings, Kat | Yoo, Aaron | Gavron, Rafi | Graynor, Ari | Dziena, Alexis | Wright, Jonathan B. | Booth, Zachary | Baruchel, Jay | Rice, Justin | Rudder, Christian | Angelini, Giorgio | Nowatka, Darbie | Symington, Cully | Haines, Jeremy
Directors: Sollett, Peter
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It’s been three weeks, two days, and 23 hours since Tris broke up with Nick. And now here she is at his gig, with a new guy. How could she have moved on so fast? This begins the night of Nick, Norah and Manhattan. The night of stripping nuns, hotel ice rooms, Russian food, psychotic ex-boyfriends and lovingly trashy ex-girlfriends. It’s the night of Julio and Salvatore. The night of holding hands and writing songs and singing in the rain. It’s a night they’ll never forget.

Truman Show, The (1998)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Carrey, Jim | Linney, Laura | Emmerich, Noah | McElhone, Natascha | Taylor, Holland | Delate, Brian | Slater, Blair | Krause, Peter | Schanz, Heidi | Taylor, Ron | Taylor, Don | Raymond, Ted | Clayton, Judy
Directors: Weir, Peter
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He’s the star of the show—but he doesn’t know. Truman Burbank is a man whose life is a nonstop TV show. Truman doesn’t realize that his quaint hometown is a giant studio set run by a visionary producer/director/creator, that folks living and working there are Hollywood actors, that even his incessantly bubbly wife is a contract player. Gradually, Truman gets wise. And what he does about his discovery will have you laughing, crying and cheering.

Serpico (1973)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Randolph, John | Kehoe, Jack | McGuire, Biff | Eda-Young, Barbara | Sharpe, Cornelia | Roberts, Tony | Medici, John | Rich, Allan | Ornellas, Norman | Grover, Edward | Henderson, Albert | Garrett, Hank | Leake, Damien | Bova, Joseph
Directors: Lumet, Sidney
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Frank Serpico is a young, inexperienced cop who starts out on patrol. Later, he starts to work as an undercover cop who busts all sorts of criminals, but mostly drug dealers and pushers. Since Serpico is a young man living in the 70’s, he lives as one. His image, based on how others look on him, shows him as just a ‘hippie’ and the criminals he busts have no idea he is really an undercover officer. Everything is working out well, except the money situation. Serpico refuses to accept money, as the other officers do. He feels this isn’t right, and wants to expose the situation. Who he thought were his friends now turn into his enemies when Serpico takes the stand on a grand jury investigation. He continues to work undercover, and his life is placed into jeopardy at the hands of his colleagues.

Schindler’s List (1993)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Neeson, Liam | Kingsley, Ben | Fiennes, Ralph | Goodall, Caroline | Sagall, Jonathan | Davidtz, Embeth | Gebel, Malgoscha | Levy, Shmuel | Ivanir, Mark | Macola, Béatrice | Seweryn, Andrzej | von Thun, Friedrich | Luft, Krzysztof | Nehring, Harry | Weisser, Norbert
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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“Schindler’s List” is the based-on-truth story of Nazi Czech business man Oskar Schindler, who uses Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied Poland. As World War II progresses, and the fate of the Jews becomes more and more clear, Schindler’s motivations switch from profit to human sympathy and he is able to save over 1100 Jews from death in the gas chambers.

Get Carter (2000)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Stallone, Sylvester | Richardson, Miranda | Cook, Rachael Leigh | Mitra, Rhona | Strong, Johnny | McGinley, John C. | Cumming, Alan | Caine, Michael | Cassini, John | Rourke, Mickey | Boone Junior, Mark | Sanford, Garwin | Scheelar, Darryl | Lowe, Crystal | Smith, Lauren Lee
Directors: Kay, Stephen T.
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Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother’s funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a murder. With this knowledge, Carter sets out to kill all those responsible.

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Bradford, Ryan Hanson | Brady, Wayne | Fox, Michael J. | Kenny, Tom | Lane, Nathan | Laurie, Hugh | MacNicol, Peter | Padnos, Corey | Romano, Rino | Davis, Geena | Madsen, Virginia | Paden, Sophia | Soucie, Kath | Strong, Tara
Directors: Paden, Audu
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Stuart Little’s back in an all-new, adventure! School’s out for the summer and the Little Family is spending their big vacation at a beautiful lakeside cabin near Lake Garland. But meanwhile, there is something lurking in the forest who could spoil all the fun: the Beast; a mean and isolated forest terror who rules the local animals with an iron paw. When Snowbell is taken prisoner, a Little bravery goes a long way as Stuart, along with his new skunk friend, named, Reeko, who heroically rescues Snowbell, frees the other woodland creatures and outwits the wily Beast.