Posts Tagged ‘bet’

Trading Places (1983)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Denholm Elliott | Dan Aykroyd | Maurice Woods | Richard D. Fisher Jr. | Jim Gallagher | Anthony DiSabatino | Bonnie Behrend | Sunnie Merrill | James Newell | Mary St. John | Bonnie Tremena | David Schwartz | Ralph Bellamy | Don Ameche | Tom Degidon
Directors: John Landis
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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.

Let It Ride (1989)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss | David Johansen | Teri Garr | Jennifer Tilly | Allen Garfield | Edward Walsh | Richard Edson | David Schramm | John Roselius | Joseph Walsh | Ralph Seymour | Cynthia Nixon | Richard Dimitri | Robert Towers | Michelle Phillips
Directors: Joe Pytka
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An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can’t lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.

Like Mike (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Bow Wow | Morris Chestnut | Jonathan Lipnicki | Brenda Song | Jesse Plemons | Julius Ritter | Crispin Glover | Anne Meara | Robert Forster | Eugene Levy | Roger W. Morrissey | Timon Kyle | Stephen Thompson | Alex Krilov | David Brown
Directors: John Schultz
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Calvin and his friends, who all live an in orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin now has unbelievable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA.

Cruel Intentions (1999)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Drew Snyder | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Ryan Phillippe | Reese Witherspoon | Selma Blair | Louise Fletcher | Joshua Jackson | Eric Mabius | Sean Patrick Thomas | Swoosie Kurtz | Christine Baranski | Alaina Reed Hall | Deborah Offner | Tara Reid | Herta Ware | Hiep Thi Le
Directors: Roger Kumble
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Kathryn makes a bet that her step-brother, Sebastian, won’t be able to bed Annette (a virgin, who wants to wait until marriage) before the start of the school year. If he loses, Kathryn gets his Roadster, if he wins, he gets Kathryn

Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Jaime Pressly | Cody McMains | Ron Lester | Eric Jungmann | Deon Richmond | Mia Kirshner | Chyler Leigh | Chris Evans | Eric Christian Olsen | Sam Huntington
Directors: Joel Gallen
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At John Hughes High School, the students are the same as just about every other teenager in a teen movie. The popular jock, Jake (Chris Evans), takes a bet from Austin, the cocky blonde guy (Eric Christian Olsen), that he can transform Janey, the pretty ugly girl (Chyler Leigh), into the prom queen before the prom. But two people are trying to stop Jake from succeeding: his evil sister, Catherine, the cruelest girl in school (Mia Kirshner), and Priscilla, the bitchy cheerleader (Jaime Pressly). And all of their friends are the same as any other teen movie: Areola, the naked foreign exchange student (Cerina Vincent), Les, the beautiful weirdo (Riley Smith), Malik, the token black guy (Deon Richmond), the desperate virgins (Cody McMains, Samm Levine, and Sam Huntington), Amanda Becker, the perfect girl (Lacey Chabert), Ricky, Janey’s obsessed best friend (Eric Jungmann), and Sadie, the VERY old undercover reporter (Beverly Polcyn).

Life Stinks (1991)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Lesley Ann Warren | Jeffrey Tambor | Stuart Pankin | Howard Morris | Rudy De Luca | Teddy Wilson | Michael Ensign | Matthew Faison | Billy Barty | Brian Thompson | Raymond O'Connor | Carmine Caridi | Sammy Shore | Frank Roman
Directors: Mel Brooks
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A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman.

Dr. No (1962)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Sean Connery | Bernard Lee | Ursula Andress | Joseph Wiseman | Jack Lord | Eunice Gayson | John Kitzmiller | Margaret Le Wars | Zena Marshall
Directors: Terence Young
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An agent of the British Secret Service, James Bond (007), is sent out to the West Indies in order to find out why another of his number was killed. His arrival is not welcomed by everyone, but it is not long before he is on the trail of the killer. The trail leads to a secretive scientist, Dr. No, but the discovery has wider implications…

Four Rooms (1995)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Paul Calderon | Bruce Willis | Tim Roth | Sammi Davis | Amanda De Cadenet | Valeria Golino | Madonna | Ione Skye | Lili Taylor | Alicia Witt | Jennifer Beals | David Proval | Antonio Banderas | Lana McKissack | Patricia Vonne | Tamlyn Tomita | Danny Verduzco | Salma Hayek
Directors: Quentin Tarantino | Robert Rodriguez | Allison Anders | Alexandre Rockwell
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This movie features the collaborative directorial efforts of four new filmmakers, each of whom directs a segment of this comedy. It’s New Year’s Eve at the Mon Signor Hotel, a former grand old Hollywood hotel, now fallen upon hard times. Often using physical comedy and sight gags, this movie chronicles the slapstick misadventures of Ted, the Bellhop. He’s on his first night on the job, when he’s asked to help out a coven of witches in the Honeymoon Suite. Things only get worse when he delivers ice to the wrong room and ends up in a domestic argument at a really bad time. Next, he foolishly agrees to watch a gangster’s kids for him while he’s away. Finally, he finishes off the night refereeing a ghastly wager.

Biker Boyz (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Laurence Fishburne | Derek Luke | Orlando Jones | Djimon Hounsou | Lisa Bonet | Brendan Fehr | Larenz Tate | Kid Rock | Rick Gonzalez | Meagan Good | Salli Richardson | Vanessa Bell Calloway | Dante Basco | Dion Basco | Tyson Beckford
Directors: Reggie Rock Bythewood
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A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son”, this is the story of Manuel Galloway (Fishburne), also known as “the King of Cali”, the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets. The focus of this story takes place at an annual drag-racing event in Fresno, as Manuel tries to retain his championship title.

40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Josh Hartnett | Shannyn Sossamon | Paulo Costanzo | Adam Trese | Emmanuelle Vaugier | Lorin Heath | Aaron Trainor | Glenn Fitzgerald | Monet Mazur | Christine Chatelain | Keegan Connor Tracy | Michael C. Maronna | Vinessa Shaw | Stefanie von Pfetten | Stanley Anderson
Directors: Michael Lehmann
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Nicole broke up with Matt months ago and is now engaged to someone else. He’s very good-looking and has no trouble finding other lovers, but that doesn’t help because he’s still obsessed with wanting her back. Then he gets the inspiration that swearing off sex for Lent (all forms of sexual activity, even kissing or masturbation) will give him the perspective he needs. So of course a few days later he meets a woman and they fall in love. Now Matt sees his vow as a personal matter, and won’t even tell her about it, but his friends think otherwise, and now the complications begin…