Posts Tagged ‘arson’

Office Space (1999)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ron Livingston | Jennifer Aniston | David Herman | Ajay Naidu | Diedrich Bader | Stephen Root | Gary Cole | Richard Riehle | Alexandra Wentworth | Joe Bays | John C. McGinley | Paul Willson | Kinna McInroe | Todd Duffey | Greg Pitts
Directors: Mike Judge
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Peter Gibbons just can’t seem to catch a break. His girlfriend is cheating on him, he has an obnoxious neighbor, and he’s completely miserable with his job as a small cog in a company called Initech. Then he visits a hypnotherapist, who dies just after putting Peter into a state of complete bliss. Free of worrying about making a living, he no longer feels the need to keep his job, just as the company is going through a massive downsizing. However, his new attitude only makes him more valuable in the company’s eyes, and his friends Michael and Samir are fired instead. Together, they scheme to plant a virus inside Initech’s computer system that will pull money into their own account.

Point of Origin (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ray Liotta | John Leguizamo | Colm Feore | Cliff Curtis | Ling Bai | Illeana Douglas | Ronny Cox | Trent Gill | Ingrid Rubio | Ryan B. Adams | Graham Beckel | Mike Camello | Joe Colligan | Shashawnee Hall | Marshall Manesh
Directors: Newton Thomas Sigel
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Based on a true story, this twisting psychological thriller focuses on a serial arsonist whose terrifying six-year crime spree is juxtaposed with the increasingly desperate efforts of investigators to bring him to justice. Charged with investigating many of these fires is Captain John Orr (Ray Liotta), a legendary figure in the Glendale Fire Department, possessed with an uncanny ability to pinpoint the origins of a fire, as well as the devices by which an arsonist may have carried out the crime. Through a fingerprint left at the scene of one crime and a series of surprise revelations focusing on arsons set in several towns, the task force is able to close in on an unlikely suspect. . . and ultimately crack the case.

Helter Skelter (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Jeremy Davies | Clea DuVall | Allison Smith | Eric Dane | Mary Lynn Rajskub | Michael Weston | Hal Ozsan | Rick Gomez | Robert Joy | Graham Beckel | Chris Ellis | Isabella Hofmann | Robert Costanzo | Yvonne Delarosa | Crystal Rivers
Directors: John Gray
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A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.

Backdraft (1991)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | William Baldwin | Robert De Niro | Donald Sutherland | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Scott Glenn | Rebecca De Mornay | Jason Gedrick | J. T. Walsh | Anthony Mockus Sr. | Cedric Young | Juan Ramírez | Kevin Casey | Jack McGee | Mark Wheeler
Directors: Ron Howard
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A rookie firefighter tries to earn the respect of his older brother and other firefighters while taking part in an investigation of a string of arson/murders. This detailed look into the duties and private lives of firemen naturally features widespread pyrotechnics and special effects.

Manderlay (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Denmark | France | Germany | Netherlands | Sweden | UK
Actors: Bryce Dallas Howard | Isaach De Bankolé | Danny Glover | Willem Dafoe | Michaël Abiteboul | Lauren Bacall | Jean-Marc Barr | Geoffrey Bateman | Virgile Bramly | Ruben Brinkmann | Doña Croll | Jeremy Davies | Llewella Gideon | Mona Hammond | Ginny Holder
Directors: Lars von Trier
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In 1933, after leaving Dogville, while traveling with her father (Willem Dafoe) and his gangsters to the south of USA, Grace Margaret Mulligan (Bryce Dallas Howard) sees a slave ready to be punished in a property called Manderlay. The slavery had been abolished seventy years ago, and Grace becomes revolted with the attitude of the owners of Manderlay, keeping slaves in their cotton fields and following predetermined despicable rules called “Mam’s Law”. Grace decides to stay with some gangsters in Manderlay and give notions of democracy to the slaves and to the white family. When harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economical reality of Manderlay.

Road House (1989)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Patrick Swayze | Kelly Lynch | Sam Elliott | Ben Gazzara | Marshall R. Teague | Julie Michaels | Red West | Sunshine Parker | Jeff Healey | Kevin Tighe | John Doe | Kathleen Wilhoite | Travis McKenna | Roger Hewlett | Kurt James Stefka
Directors: Rowdy Herrington
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Dalton is an expert “cooler” — a barroom bouncer who can break up fights without getting himself killed in the process. Frank Tilghman, the owner of the Double Deuce in Jasper, Missouri, has hired Dalton away from a bar in Memphis, because Tilghman needs someone who can handle the nightly outbreaks of violence at the Double Deuce, and teach the rest of the Double Deuce’s bouncers how to handle it. There’s even a cage protecting the bar’s band from the customers. The band is led by Dalton’s old friend Cody, who is blind. Dalton is injured on his first night on the job and is treated by Elizabeth “Doc” Clay, the local doctor. Dalton and Doc soon fall in love with each other, and this angers Brad Wesley, a crime boss that Doc was once involved with — and may still be involved with. Wesley is also responsible for a lot of the violence at the Double Deuce, and for some time, Wesley has had the sheriff in his pocket, giving him complete control of the town of Jasper. Wesley is out to get rid of Dalton, who has already made some friends in Jasper — Dalton has rented a room from a man named Emmet, and has befriended local auto parts store owner Red Webster, and has also befriended Pete Stroudenmire, the owner of Stroudenmire Ford, a local car dealership. Wesley, who wants money from these people, has his henchmen burn down Red’s store, run a big foot truck through the showroom of Pete’s dealership, and set Emmet’s home on fire. Dalton is pleasantly surprised when his mentor and old friend, legendary cooler Wade Garrett, arrives in town and helps him beat up the guys who are vandalizing Tilghman’s liquor shipment because Wesley wants to be the one to supply Tilghman’s liquor, and take money from Tilghman. A couple of days after Wade’s arrival, Wesley has Wade murdered in order to get a point across to Dalton. In retaliation, Dalton storms Wesley’s mansion, with every intention of freeing the town from Wesley.

Goodfellas (1990)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Robert De Niro | Ray Liotta | Joe Pesci | Lorraine Bracco | Paul Sorvino | Chuck Low | Frank DiLeo | Frank Sivero | Tony Darrow | Mike Starr | Frank Vincent | Frank Adonis | Catherine Scorsese | Gina Mastrogiacomo | Suzanne Shepherd
Directors: Martin Scorsese
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This film views the mob lives of three pivotal figures in the 1960’s and 70’s New York. Ray Liotta plays Henry Hill, a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. Joe Pesci plays Tommy Devito, a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry’s best friend. Robert De Niro plays Jimmy Conway, the man who puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero, played by Paul Sorvino, to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive.

Red Rock West (1992)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicolas Cage | Craig Reay | Vance Johnson | Robert Apel | Bobby Joe McFadden | J. T. Walsh | Lara Flynn Boyle | Dale Gibson | Ted Parks | Babs Bram | Robert Guajardo | Sarah Sullivan | Timothy Carhart | Dan Shor | Dennis Hopper
Directors: John Dahl
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When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

8 Mile (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Eminem | Kim Basinger | Mekhi Phifer | Brittany Murphy | Evan Jones | Omar Benson Miller | De'Angelo Wilson | Eugene Byrd | Taryn Manning | Larry Hudson | Proof | Mike Bell | DJ Head | Michael Shannon | Chloe Greenfield
Directors: Curtis Hanson
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A rap version of “Saturday Night Fever.” B-Rabbit, a wannabe rapper from the wrong side of Detroit’s 8 Mile, has problems: he dumps his girlfriend when she tells him she’s pregnant; to save money to make a demo tape, he moves into his alcoholic mom’s trailer; his job’s a dead end, and he’s just choked at the local head-to-head rap contest. Things improve when he meets Alex - an aspiring model headed for New York - and a fast-talking pal promises to set up the demo. Then new setbacks: Alex isn’t faithful, mom rejects him, rifts surface with his friends, and he’s mugged by rivals. Everything hinges on the next rap showdown at the club. Can B-Rabbit pull truth out of his cap?

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Jim Carrey | Liam Aiken | Emily Browning | Kara Hoffman | Shelby Hoffman | Jude Law | Timothy Spall | | Billy Connolly | Meryl Streep | Luis Guzmán | Jamie Harris | Craig Ferguson | Jennifer Coolidge | Jane Adams
Directors: Brad Silberling
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Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are three intelligent young children who receive terrible news that their parents have died in a fire and have left them an enormous fortune not to be used until the eldest child is of age. When they are sent to live with Count Olaf, a greedy distant relative, they soon learn he is trying to steal their fortune for himself.