Posts Tagged ‘homelessness’

On the Waterfront (1954)

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Brando, Marlon | Malden, Karl | Cobb, Lee J. | Steiger, Rod | Henning, Pat | Erickson, Leif | Westerfield, James | Galento, Tony | Mauriello, Tami | Hamilton, John F. | Heldabrand, John | Bond, Rudy | Blackman, Don | Keegan, Arthur | Simon, Abe
Directors: Kazan, Elia
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The Waterfront Crime Commission is about to hold public hearings on union crime and underworld infiltration. As workers are turned against each other, Terry Malloy inadvertently participates in the murder of fellow longshoreman Joey Doyle. Union boss Johnny Friendly orchestrates the murder along with other illegal dockside activities, aided by Terry’s brother Charley. Terry begins to feel pangs of conscience. When Joey’s sister Edie sees more in Terry than he sees in himself and Father Barry urges him on, Terry reassesses his past and begins to regain responsibility for his actions.

Life or Something Like It (2002)

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jolie, Angelina | Burns, Edward | Shalhoub, Tony | Kane, Christian | Gammon, James | Melissa Errico | Channing, Stockard | Thornhill, Lisa | Itzin, Gregory | Baker, Max | Dunker, Andromeda | Rutherford, Jesse James | Sood, Veena | Snellman, Eric | Zahn, Theron
Directors: Herek, Stephen
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A reporter, Lanie Kerrigan (Jolie), interviews a psychic homeless man (Shalhoub) for a fluff piece about a football game’s score. Instead, he tells her that her life has no meaning, and is going to end in just a few days, which sparks her to action, trying to change the pattern of her life…

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Adams, Amy | Alexander, David | Clifford, Clare | Cole, Christina | Cole, Stephanie | Edney, Beatie | Henderson, Shirley | Hinds, Ciarán | Kants, Sarah | Leonard, Sally | McDormand, Frances | Murphy, Katy | Pace, Lee | Payne, Tom | Potter, Tim
Directors: Nalluri, Bharat
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Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.

Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Hartnett, Josh | Morris, Kathryn | Goyo, Dakota | Alda, Alan | Nichols, Rachel | Hatcher, Teri | Shaw, Kristen | Sandow, Nick | Paymer, David | Lennix, Harry J. | Coyote, Peter | McDonald, Ryan | Ippolito, Chris | Trenholm, Jameson
Directors: Rod Lurie
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Up-and-coming sports reporter (Hartnett) rescues a homeless man (”Champ”, Jackson) only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ’s story and escape the shadow of his father’s success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Trading Places (1983)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Elliott, Denholm | Aykroyd, Dan | Woods, Maurice | Fisher Jr., Richard D. | Gallagher, Jim | DiSabatino, Anthony | Behrend, Bonnie | Merrill, Sunnie | Newell, James | St. John, Mary | Tremena, Bonnie | Schwartz, David | Bellamy, Ralph | Ameche, Don | Degidon, Tom
Directors: Landis, John
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Louis Winthorpe III is a successful Philadelphia commodity broker with mansion, manservant and girlfriend to match. Billy Ray Valentine is a hustling beggar. Winthorpe’s employers, the elderly Duke brothers, make a bet that by switching the lifestyle of the two Billy Ray will make good and their man will take to a life of crime. Suddenly Louis finds himself uncomprehendingly with no job, no home and only a new acquaintance, glamorous hooker Ophelia, prepared to help him. So at least in one way things could actually be worse.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: Hong Kong | USA
Actors: Turco, Paige | Caso, Mark | Warner, David | Sisti, Michelan | Tilden, Leif | Scott, Kenn | Clash, Kevin | Reyes Jr., Ernie | Chau, François | Obata, Toshirô | Serra, Raymond | Ginther, Mark | Bryant, Kurt | Nash, Kevin | Amodei, Joseph
Directors: Pressman, Michael
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The turtles find out where the Ooze, the substance which made them mutate, came from. Unfortunately Shredder learns about it too, and uses it to enhance himself. So the turtles have to prove again who’s the better ninja fighter.

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Clooney, George | Zeta-Jones, Catherine | Rush, Geoffrey | Cedric the Entertainer | Herrmann, Edward | Adelstein, Paul | Jenkins, Richard | Thornton, Billy Bob | Duffy, Julia | Hadary, Jonathan | Aldredge, Tom | Travis, Stacey | Kyle, Jack | Keyes, Irwin | Drake, Judith
Directors: Coen, Joel | Coen, Ethan
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Miles Massey, a prominent Los Angeles divorce attorney has everything—and in some cases, two of everything. Despite his impressive client list, a formidable win record, the respect of his peers and an ironclad contract (the Massey pre-nup) named after him, he’s reached a crossroads in his life. Sated on success, boredom has set in and he’s looking for new challenges. All that changes when Miles meets his match in the devastating Marylin Rexroth. Marylin is the soon-to-be ex-wife of his client Rex Rexroth, a wealthy real estate developer and habitual philanderer. With the help of hard charging private investigator Gus Petch, she has Rex nailed and is looking forward to the financial independence a successful divorce will bring. But thanks to Miles’ considerable skills, she ends up with nothing. Not to be outdone, Marylin schemes to get even and as part of her plan, quickly marries oil tycoon Howard Doyle. Miles and his unflappable associate, Wrigley, unwittingly dig themselves in deeper and deeper as they go head-to-head with Marylin. Underhanded tactics, deceptions and an undeniable attraction escalate as Marylin and Miles square off in this classic battle of the sexes.

Pursuit of Happyness, The (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Smith, Will | Smith, Jaden | Newton, Thandie | Howe, Brian | Karen, James | Castellaneta, Dan | Fuller, Kurt | Fischer, Takayo | West, Kevin | Cheung, George | Silverman, David Michael | Bove, Domenic | Callan, Geoff | Raven, Joyful | Klace, Scott
Directors: Muccino, Gabriele
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Chris Gardner has big dreams for him and his family but it doesn’t seem to come together for him. Chris has an opportunity to be a stock broker but first he has to go through a grueling internship which means no pay. Chris decides to do it but when his wife leaves and he is evicted, he has to take care of his son on his own. So they find themselves sometimes living on the street and struggling to get by. But Chris is determined to make it.

Stay Alive (2006)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Foster, Jon | Armstrong, Samaire | Muniz, Frankie | Simpson, Jimmi | Pierce, Wendell | Ventimiglia, Milo | Bush, Sophia | Goldberg, Adam | Slaughter, Billy | Oppermann, Nicole | Wood, April | Monica, Monica | Hackford, Rio | Louviere, Billy | Nash, J. Richey
Directors: Bell, William Brent
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After the brutal death of a friend, a group of friends find themselves in possession of a video-game called “Stay Alive,” a blood-curdling true story of a 17th century noblewoman known as the Blood Countess. After playing the game when they know they shouldn’t, however, the friends realize that once they die in the game—they die for real. As their numbers begin dropping and as they begin dying in the ways they died in the game, the remaining friends realize they must defeat the Blood Countess or accept their fates.

American Psycho (2000)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Bale, Christian | Theroux, Justin | Lucas, Josh | Sage, Bill | Sevigny, Chloë | Witherspoon, Reese | Mathis, Samantha | Ross, Matt | Leto, Jared | Dafoe, Willem | Seymour, Cara | Turner, Guinevere | Bogaert, Stephen | Meier, Monika | Cathey, Reg E.
Directors: Harron, Mary
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Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.