Ireland:12 certified movies

Catwoman (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Fantasy
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Halle Berry | Benjamin Bratt | Sharon Stone | Lambert Wilson | Frances Conroy | Alex Borstein | Michael Massee | Byron Mann | Kim Smith | Christopher Heyerdahl | Peter Wingfield | Berend McKenzie | Chase Nelson-Murray | Manny Petruzzelli | Harley Reiner
Directors: Pitof
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Catwoman is the story of shy, sensitive artist Patience Philips (Halle Berry), a woman who can’t seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammoth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What happens next changes Patience forever. In a mystical twist of fate, she is transformed into a woman with the strength, speed, agility and ultra-keen senses of a cat. With her newfound prowess and feline intuition, Patience becomes Catwoman, a sleek and stealthy creature balancing on the thin line between good and bad. Like any wildcat, she’s dangerous, elusive and untamed. Her adventures are complicated by a burgeoning relationship with Tom Lone (Benjamin Bratt), a cop who has fallen for Patience but cannot shake his fascination with the mysterious Catwoman, who appears to be responsible for a string of crime sprees plaguing the city.

Crimson Tide (1995)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Denzel Washington | Gene Hackman | Matt Craven | George Dzundza | Viggo Mortensen | James Gandolfini | Rocky Carroll | Jaime Gomez | Michael Milhoan | Scott Burkholder | Danny Nucci | Lillo Brancato | Eric Bruskotter | Rick Schroder | Steve Zahn
Directors: Tony Scott
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In the near future, Russian rebels have taken over one of the ICBM bases in the USSR. Alarmed by the prospect of a rebel strike, the U.S. sends the U.S.S. Alabama, a nuclear ballistic submarine, to watch over the base and retaliate in case they launch. While on patrol, the submarine is attacked and the radio systems are knocked out. An emergency message received during the battle is only partially recovered. Captain Ramsey believes it to be the order to launch on the rebels, while XO Hunter wants to wait for a confirmation message. The conflict escalates into mutiny as Ramsey and Hunter fight for control of the Alabama’s nuclear missiles.

Airplane! (1980)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Lloyd Bridges | Peter Graves | Julie Hagerty | Robert Hays | Leslie Nielsen | Lorna Patterson | Robert Stack | Stephen Stucker | Otto | Frank Ashmore | Jonathan Banks | Craig Berenson | Barbara Billingsley
Directors: Jim Abrahams
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Ted Striker just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess at Trans American Airlines. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard the plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to contact her again and again, but as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a bad fish meal, he has no chance to get to her. In fact, Ted Striker seems to be the only healthy person aboard that has piloting experience. Now, it is up to him to get the bird down in Chicago safely, before the poisoning starts causing casualties. But Ted Striker’s aversion really is a serious psychosis, which breaks open and needs to be cured - right now.

The Golden Child (1986)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: J.L. Reate | Eddie Murphy | Charles Dance | Charlotte Lewis | Victor Wong | Randall 'Tex' Cobb | James Hong | Shakti | Tau Logo | Tiger Chung Lee | Pons Maar | Peter Kwong | Wally Taylor | Eric Douglas | Charles Levin
Directors: Michael Ritchie
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Eddie Murphy plays a detective with a speciality of finding lost children. He is told he is the ‘Chosen one’ who will find and protect the Golden Child, a Bhuddist mystic who was kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Murphy disbelieves the mysticism but finds more and more evidence of demon worship as he investigates.

The Hunt for Red October (1990)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Sean Connery | Alec Baldwin | Scott Glenn | Sam Neill | James Earl Jones | Joss Ackland | Richard Jordan | Peter Firth | Tim Curry | Courtney B. Vance | Stellan Skarsgård | Jeffrey Jones | Timothy Carhart | Larry Ferguson | Fred Dalton Thompson
Directors: John McTiernan
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Based on the Best Selling novel by Tom Clancy this film tells the story of Captain Marko Ramius, the skipper of the Soviet Union’s newest nuclear sub. Jack Ryan of the CIA gets involved in a tense, tangled hunt for this sub, when Ramius defects, taking the “Red October” with him. The story is an action packed techno-thriller.

Wicker Park (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Josh Hartnett | Rose Byrne | Matthew Lillard | Diane Kruger | Christopher Cousins | Jessica Paré | Vlasta Vrana | Amy Sobol | Ted Whittall | Isabel Dos Santos | Joanna Noyes | Kerrilyn Keith | Mark Camacho | Marcel Jeannin | Stéfanie Buxton
Directors: Paul McGuigan
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In Chicago, the former photographer and presently advertising executive Mathew (Josh Hartnett) is closing a business deal in a fancy restaurant with a Chinese representative, when he sees a woman that looks like his former passion Lisa (Diane Kruger). Two years ago, Lisa and Matthew had a love affair, and Lisa simply vanished when Matthew invited her to move with him to New York, where he had the invitation for a better job, and Matthew is still obsessed for her. Matthew decides to follow Lisa, and when he meets her, he realizes that Lisa is indeed another woman (Rose Byrne) with the same name. Matthew stays in Chicago with his friend Luke (Matthew Lillard) and decides to investigate the mystery.

The Fugitive (1993)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Harrison Ford | Tommy Lee Jones | Sela Ward | Julianne Moore | Joe Pantoliano | Andreas Katsulas | Jeroen Krabbé | Daniel Roebuck | L. Scott Caldwell | Tom Wood | Ron Dean | Joseph F. Kosala | Miguel Nino | John Drummond | Tony Fosco
Directors: Andrew Davis
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Based off of a one time 1960’s Mini-Series. (This is not correct. It was a full-blown TV series that ran for four years.) A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to prison, Kimble’s transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble makes up his own investigation to find who really killed his life, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well.

Twister (1996)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Helen Hunt | Bill Paxton | Cary Elwes | Jami Gertz | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Lois Smith | Alan Ruck | Sean Whalen | Scott Thomson | Todd Field | Joey Slotnick | Wendle Josepher | Jeremy Davies | Zach Grenier | Gregory Sporleder
Directors: Jan de Bont
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TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team of stormchasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados.

The Aviator (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: Germany | Japan | USA
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio | Cate Blanchett | Kate Beckinsale | John C. Reilly | Alec Baldwin | Alan Alda | Ian Holm | Danny Huston | Gwen Stefani | Jude Law | Adam Scott | Matt Ross | Kelli Garner | Frances Conroy | Brent Spiner
Directors: Martin Scorsese
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The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese’s favorite films, Hell’s Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.

The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance | Western
Countries: Mexico | USA
Actors: Matt Letscher | Maury Chaykin | Antonio Banderas | José María de Tavira | Anthony Hopkins | Diego Sieres | Emiliano Guerra | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Yolanda Orisaga | Paco Morayta | William Marquez | Stuart Wilson | Tony Amendola | Pedro Altamirano | Luisa Huertas | María Fernández Cruz | Mónica Fernández Cruz
Directors: Martin Campbell
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In early 19th century California the masked swordsman hero Zorro was a champion of the people against the tyranny of Spanish rule, represented by the ruthless Governor Montero. Unfortunately, on the eve of his greatest triumph, the liberation of California, Montero learns of Zorro’s secret identity as Don Diego de la Vega and attacks the rebel in his home leaving him imprisoned, his wife dead and his daughter abducted to be claimed as the child of Montero. Twenty years pass, and Montero returns to California intent on a foul plan to bring it under his total control. Upon learning of his return, Don Diego escapes from his long imprisonment and prepares for his revenge. Part of it involves the training of an orphan who helped him as a boy to become his successor. Together, the two must prepare to do battle with Montero and his American henchman to save California and reunite with Diego’s lost daughter. So once again, the enemies of freedom and justice in California must fear of the man who leaves the mark of the Z.