Posts Tagged ‘heroin’

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.

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Monday, July 27th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Breslin, Abigail | Kinnear, Greg | Dano, Paul | Arkin, Alan | Collette, Toni | Carell, Steve | Turtletaub, Marc | Talley, Jill | Canela, Brenda | Mechoso, Julio Oscar | Loring, Chuck | Shilton, Justin | Thomson, Gordon | Parker, Steven Christopher | Cranston, Bryan
Directors: Dayton, Jonathan
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The Hoover family is the dictionary definition for the word “dysfunctional”. The dad Richard is a man who gives lectures on winners and losers, the wife is Sheryl, a chain-smoking, frazzled wife and working mother whose idea of a home cooked meal frequently consists of a bucket of chicken. Her gay brother Frank recently attempted suicide. The grandpa is Edwin, a drug addict. The son is Dwayne a rebel who has vowed not to talk until he gets into the Air Force. And then there is Olive, a seven-year old girl who dreams of going to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. So what happens when they do?

French Connection, The (1971)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hackman, Gene | Rey, Fernando | Scheider, Roy | Lo Bianco, Tony | Bozzuffi, Marcel | Pasquale, Frédéric de | Hickman, Bill | Rebbot, Ann | Gary, Harold | Farber, Arlene | Egan, Eddie | Ernotte, André | Grosso, Sonny
Directors: Friedkin, William
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William Friedkin’s gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between ‘Popeye’ Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.

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.

Who’ll Stop the Rain (1978)

Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Nolte, Nick | Weld, Tuesday | Moriarty, Michael | Zerbe, Anthony | Masur, Richard | Sharkey, Ray | Strickland, Gail | Haid, Charles | Opatoshu, David | Martínez, Joaquín | Cranna, James | Blake, Timothy | Balik, Shelby | Howell, Jean | Ruiz, José Carlos
Directors: Reisz, Karel
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Vietnam veteran Ray Hicks gets conned into helping his buddy John Converse smuggle some heroin, only to wind up on the lam with John’s wife when the deal goes sour.

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

Monday, January 5th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Ross, Diana | Williams, Billy Dee | Pryor, Richard | Callahan, James T. | Hampton, Paul | Melton, Sid | Capers, Virginia | Fair, Yvonne | Sanford, Isabel | Lyles, Tracee | Glass, Ned | Selzer, Milton | Bartold, Norman | Tanner, Clay | Hairston, Jester
Directors: Furie, Sidney J.
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Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.

Salton Sea, The (2002)

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kilmer, Val | D'Onofrio, Vincent | Goldberg, Adam | Guzmán, Luis | Hutchison, Doug | LaPaglia, Anthony | Plummer, Glenn | Sarsgaard, Peter | Unger, Deborah Kara | West, Chandra | Wong, B.D. | Ermey, R. Lee | Harlow, Shalom | Knight, Shirley | Meat Loaf
Directors: D.J. Caruso
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After the murder of his beloved wife, Danny Parker (Val Kilmer) is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey he befriends slacker Jimmy the Fin (Peter Sarsgaard) and becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette (Debra Kara Unger) from her own demons. Danny is antagonized by undercover narcotics agents (Anthony Lapaglia and Doug Hutchison) and sadistic dealer Pooh Bear (Vincent D’Onfronio).

Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Barrymore, Drew | Zahn, Steve | Garcia, Adam | Murphy, Brittany | Woods, James | Bracco, Lorraine
Directors: Penny Marshall
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Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter’s problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she’s pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly’s marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin.

SherryBaby (2006)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Gyllenhaal, Maggie | Hurst, Michelle | Rodríguez, Sandra | Simpson, Anna | Esposito, Giancarlo | Clay, Caroline | Hackford, Rio | Henke, Brad William | Barkan, Bridget | Simpkins, Ryan | Peabody, Stephen | Trejo, Danny | Bottoms, Sam | Burton, Kate | Dillon, Michael
Directors: Collyer, Laurie
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Sherry Swanson returns home to New Jersey after serving a three year prison sentence. Eager to reestablish a relationship with her young daughter, Sherry soon discovers that coming back to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she had planned.

Nil by Mouth (1997)

Monday, August 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Winstone, Ray | Creed-Miles, Charlie | Morrison, Jon | Foreman, Jamie | Sweeney, Steve | Rowley, Terry | Miller, Sam | Bromfield, Gerry | Maskell, Neil | Golder, Sid | Blundell, John | Hudaverdi, Kenan | Nelson, Everton | Fox, Ronnie | Carey, Dan
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The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy’s mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family.